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Am I the only one tat disagrees with this? I really wanted to like the Galaxy Tab that I got from Google I/O and at first glance it was awesome, but after actually using it during a complete day I noticed several, extremely annoying software-related problems; The gmail app stopped accepting scrolling events, I had to reboot the tablet several times and the OpenGL drivers were, let me say this, pure crap. As far as the Samsung Series 9, a pure spec to spec comparisson without seeing the system from a holistic point of view (software + hardware) is a must in this consumer market. We are not in 1997 anymore, having to put a paperclip through a pinhole to make the power management work should be considered a FAIL for the entire system, sorry.


Have you upgraded the tablet to 3.1 yet? The upgrade became available for I/O tablets as of last Friday. I had the same issues you talk about with mine, specifically the Gmail scrolling issues and some really infuriating rendering & touch event bugs in the browser.

But that seems to be an issue with whatever cobbled together version of Android 3.0 that was on the pre-release devices. The difference under 3.1 is like night and day in terms of stability. I find the device extremely usable now and I enjoy it more than I do my iPad.


It has been sitting on my shelve after two weeks of honestly trying to like it. I will upgrade it to 3.1 and see if it gets better...


If I had realised this kind of stuff before I bought it, I wouldn't have got it. I don't run the windows that comes with it, but I've read that the software is a bit flaky and not many updates have arrived yet.




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