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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2013
overall a very nice tablet. screen size is perfect.
1. what i didn't realize until i got this home was that the 16GB version only has 9.87GB available space for storage and other apps. where did the other 6+GB go? filled up with lots of unnecessary Samsung bloatware. one plus on this tablet is that it can support a separate micro-SD card up to 64GB. good thing, otherwise you wouldn't be able to do much with the limited storage.
2. i'm not a techie so i had not been keeping up with Adobe Flash players. one reason why i went to Android O/S was because i thought it supported flash players. not any more. that advantage over the iPad is gone. which means it's frustrating to go to some flash websites and it doesn't work. then i have to run back to my laptop to access the website. bring back Flash!
3. the pen was a draw initially but then i found out i don't use it much.
4. Samsung's S Planner app didn't synch well with Google calendar so i had to download the latter separately.
5. big disappointment on printing capability. you can't print to anything but Samsung printers. i have a Brother printer and so i downloaded iPrint&Scan from Brother. it was funky and clunky and did not print well at all. perhaps one drawback with going with Samsung tablet rather than Google Nexus. don't know but i'm guessing that the Nexus probably supports other printers since their Android version is generic.
6. i'd take google voice over samsung's any day.
7. loaded a bunch of other apps to make it "complete". some of these really should be generic and native to android.
some of my favorite apps include...
- accuweather
- adobe air & reader
- amazon kindle
- audible
- bbc news
- bloomberg
- camcorder
- compass
- xe currency
- dropbox
- google earth
- yahoo finance
- firefox
- flightaware
- gasbuddy
- gmail
- google sky map
- kitchen timer
- google maps
- merriam webster
- netflix (it works!)
- npr news
- ny times
- wall st journal
- orbitz
- overdrive media console
- peel smart remote
- realplayer
- roku
- scan
- scribd
- seatguru
- skype
- smart voice recorder
- soundcloud
- stopwatch
- translate
- vidcon
- waze
- youtube
maybe the next version of this tablet will be improved.
1. what i didn't realize until i got this home was that the 16GB version only has 9.87GB available space for storage and other apps. where did the other 6+GB go? filled up with lots of unnecessary Samsung bloatware. one plus on this tablet is that it can support a separate micro-SD card up to 64GB. good thing, otherwise you wouldn't be able to do much with the limited storage.
2. i'm not a techie so i had not been keeping up with Adobe Flash players. one reason why i went to Android O/S was because i thought it supported flash players. not any more. that advantage over the iPad is gone. which means it's frustrating to go to some flash websites and it doesn't work. then i have to run back to my laptop to access the website. bring back Flash!
3. the pen was a draw initially but then i found out i don't use it much.
4. Samsung's S Planner app didn't synch well with Google calendar so i had to download the latter separately.
5. big disappointment on printing capability. you can't print to anything but Samsung printers. i have a Brother printer and so i downloaded iPrint&Scan from Brother. it was funky and clunky and did not print well at all. perhaps one drawback with going with Samsung tablet rather than Google Nexus. don't know but i'm guessing that the Nexus probably supports other printers since their Android version is generic.
6. i'd take google voice over samsung's any day.
7. loaded a bunch of other apps to make it "complete". some of these really should be generic and native to android.
some of my favorite apps include...
- accuweather
- adobe air & reader
- amazon kindle
- audible
- bbc news
- bloomberg
- camcorder
- compass
- xe currency
- dropbox
- google earth
- yahoo finance
- firefox
- flightaware
- gasbuddy
- gmail
- google sky map
- kitchen timer
- google maps
- merriam webster
- netflix (it works!)
- npr news
- ny times
- wall st journal
- orbitz
- overdrive media console
- peel smart remote
- realplayer
- roku
- scan
- scribd
- seatguru
- skype
- smart voice recorder
- soundcloud
- stopwatch
- translate
- vidcon
- waze
- youtube
maybe the next version of this tablet will be improved.
