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So yesterday, Apple released iPad Mini and in their presentation, they compared it with the Nexus 7. For obvious reasons, they only pointed out iPad Mini’s positives and not its negatives. We, at galaxytabblog.com, will not compare them to Nexus 7, but will compare it to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.

           Galaxy Tab 7.7         iPad Mini
Dimensions 196.7 x 133 x 7.9 mm   200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
Weight     340 g                  308 g
Resolution 1280 x 800             1024 x 768
Screen     7.7" 196 ppi           7.9" 162 ppi
Cams       3.15 & 2 MP            5 & 1 MP
Micro-SD   yes                    no  
CPU        Dual-core 1.4 GHz A9   Dual-core 1 Ghz A9
GPU        Mali-400MP             PowerVR SGX MP4+
RAM        1 GB                   512 MB

As you can see, the iPad defeated in all the areas. Still we expect it to sell like hotcakes because Apple-lovers will buy whatever they release, no matter how it sucks compared to the exciting  products.

We got a preview of ICS build for 10.1 way back in December. Verizon is rolling out official ICS update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.  The tablet was released with Honeycomb (Android 3.2), which provided amazing tablet experience. Android ICS update will only enhance it further.

Features added are:

Continue reading Verizon rolling out Android 4.0.4 ICS for Galaxy Tab 10.1

Many users have been searching for the stock ROM for the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 as they want to return back to a fully working firmware or for warranty reasons (your warranty gets voided if you flash a custom ROM or root your Samsung Tab).

In case you are running a custom ROM, you must flash this stock firmware to make the UMS flash storage utility work on the Tab 10.1 (as that utility does not works on many custom firmwares).

Continue reading Stock ROM for Galaxy Tab 2 10.1

Samsung does not offers USB flash drive on the Galaxy S3, atleast natively and the company gave the Galaxy Tab 10.1 same treatment. Fortunately, the Galaxy S3 UMS mode has been adapted to work with the tab 10.1. The utility is straight forward – it allows the user to mount the external SD card as USB flash storage device.

Continue reading Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 USB Flash drive mode

Rooting an Android tablet is not a very difficult task and same can be said for the Tab 7.7. Here is how to root the Galaxy Tab 7.7. First, make sure you are running the latest ICS firmware on your Tab.

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While some of us have to revert back to the official firmware for warranty purposes, other just want to run the latest official firmware as their carriers are not pushing the latest ones to their tablets. So, here is the latest ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) firmware for your Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet. Download and flashing instructions are given below:

Continue reading Latest ICS Firmware for Galaxy Tab 7.7

Download mode is used to install official and custom firmwares. It is also used to install custom (or official) CWM (clockworkmod) recoveries. To get into download mode on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, shut down the device. After it shuts off completely simultaneously press the Down volume key+press the power button.

Continue reading Galaxy Tab 7.7 Download Mode

Samsung has released its new 10.1 Tablet, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 in UK. It has already been picked by Clove, Expansys and Carphone Warehouse. The 16 Wi-Fi only model is on sale for GBP 317, 300 and 315 from Clove, Expansys and Carphone Warehouse respectively.

Continue reading Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 UK Price (Clove, Expansys, Carphone Warehouse)