Also, apps launch without delay and settings menu options appear readily after tapping them.

Web and app download speeds matched most other Android tablets when within 5 feet of our test router, and even when up to 20 feet away, the connection retained much of its strength. While scrolling through Web sites was smooth, there was a noticeable degree of clipping as the processor attempted to keep up with its rendering duties. Scrolling through a page once or twice, however, solved the clipping issue. Thanks to its hardware scalability, I used Riptide GP as a games performance benchmark.

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The Tab 2 It's not choppy and it's pretty consistent, but it's just not as buttery-smooth. Games in 2D, like Angry Birds Space, showed no signs of performance issues compared with Tegra 3 tablet performance. As mentioned, the Tab 2 Compared with the Tab A picture of my face taken with the VGA camera, for example, lacked many embarrassing and detailed blemishes, while a similar pic from the Tab The 3-megapixel back camera fared better, capturing more details, but the Tab 2 While the Tab The p video playback from outside sources was smooth and crisp; p files that were only a couple hundred megabytes in size, played fine, but files that were larger, say 1GB looked less like a moving picture and more like a slideshow of images.

That's one of the ways that Tegra 3 clearly enhances the Android tablet experience. Our Tab 2 More tablet testing results can be found here. With that kind of competition, it's difficult to see the Tab 2 The latest HD 8 isn't much of an upgrade over last year's model, but the "always-ready" Amazon's big inch tablet delivers serious media chops for less than half the cost of The Surface Go from Microsoft is fun and practical, but not as inexpensive as you might The x2 strikes a nearly perfect balance between laptop and tablet -- at a Chromebook price.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Design 7. As far as middle of the road Android tablets go, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 It's doesn't stray too far from the norm, failing to offer anything truly exciting or different, but also ensuring it doesn't fall flat on its face. If you're looking for a bog-standard Android tablet experience then it's worth considering, but you may want to check out the Asus Transformer Pad , Toshiba AT and Acer Iconia Tab A, which offer strong competition to the Galaxy Tab 2 It seems strange to see a new tablet that hasn't changed too much from its predecessor which perhaps best describes the Galaxy Tab 2 Having got thicker and heavier, the specs are mostly just the same.

The screen is still an absolute joy to watch films and video while Micro SD card support and Ice Cream Sandwich are both nice and necessary additions. Android tablets have a lot to live up to now that the Nexus 7 has turned up, but if you want a non-Apple tablet that is similar in screen size and mostly equal in performance for both multimedia and work purposes, the Galaxy Tab 2 If you are after the best Android tablet, there are definitely cheaper alternatives out there and a few of them can be found in the Asus camp.

With that kind of competition, it's difficult to see the Tab 2 There's no doubt at all that the Galaxy Tab 2 The screen is clear, bright and has great viewing angles, although it lacks that super-high resolution that's all the rage these days.

Perhaps best of all though, is the price. Samsung hates the idea that people think it is a budget brand.

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