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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review

Published by Les in Android, Product Review on May 21st, 2012 | No Comments »

Hands on review of the Android 3.1 powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Over the past few years I have been fortunate enough to get my hands on a wide variety of Windows and Android tablets for the purposes of testing or simply as the result of another purchase to satisfy my addiction to technology.

I had the chance a few weeks back to sink my teeth into the 10.1″ Galaxy Tab manufactured by Samsung and I am not ashamed to admit it surpassed all my expectations of what can be achieved from a well built and excellently finished Android tablet.

The first thing you notice upon handling the Galaxy Tab is the solid feel, slim form factor and surprisingly light weight. Samsung have managed to reduce the thickness of the Galaxy Tab over other devices on the market by including a propriety connector on the base of the device instead of a USB port offered by other manufacturers. While I know many people have complained at the lack of USB or HDMI port I have found it in no way hinders the experience as I can barely recall the last time I was required to use a USB device with a tablet, although if you do find that you can not live without USB connectivity you will find a wide range of non OEM adapters available on eBay for less than $10

The Galaxy Tab features stereo speakers mounted either side of the silver bezel and features a power/lock switch and volume toggle on the top of the tablet. The 1280 x 800 WXGA capacitive touch screen is clean, crisp and incredibly responsive to multi touch gestures, The tablet also features a 2MP forward facing webcam and a 3MP rear camera that is capable of recording HD video and includes a flash for those dimly lit still shots, a feature rarely seen on other devices in the same range.

Android 3.1 ( Honeycomb ) is fast and flawless and seems to benefit greatly from the Samsung TouchWiz UI enhancements, navigating the OS with little or no previous experience with Android is fluid and natural, the Galaxy Tab also benefits performance wise from a 1Ghz dual core CPU and 1GB of RAM.

A complete listing of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 specifications can be viewed here

Overall Rating

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Windows 8 Metro theme for Android

Published by Les in Android on April 25th, 2012 | No Comments »

BroBot175 has created a Windows 8 Metro inspired theme for Android devices

A developer by the name of BroBot175 has created a Windows 8 Metro inspired theme for devices running Android 3.0 ( Honeycomb ) or Android 4.0 ( Ice Cream Sandwich ).

The theme requires your Android phone to be rooted but unfortunatly to use the theme on a tablet you need to install a custom ROM.

To check out Metro for Android you can visit the developers website here or watch the video below to see it in action.

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Back to business

Published by Les in TweakGeek News on April 23rd, 2012 | No Comments »

Back to business – well in around 4 weeks

Well as I am sure my regular visitors would have noticed by now that new and updated site content has been few and far between this past month. So what’s my excuse? well I have had the unfortunate task of moving house, while this would not normally present an issue my new residence lacks an active phone line for a broadband internet connection.

Once the line is repaired and my broadband connection activated I will once again be capable of updating this site with ease instead of having to suffer with an appalling wireless service. The repair times have been estimated at around four weeks.

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TweakGeek Windows 8 Directory

Published by Les in TweakGeek News, Windows, Windows 8 on March 10th, 2012 | No Comments »

The official Tweakgeek.info Windows 8 knowledge base launches today

Click here or the image below to be directed to the Windows 8 directory

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How to close Metro apps in Windows 8

Published by Les in Windows, Windows 8 on March 10th, 2012 | No Comments »

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has left many users asking just how do you close a metro app

Since the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview the 2nd most common question asked of me by users is “how the hell do you close a Metro app” the 1st question being “why can’t I open Metro apps on my new netbook”. And just as in the case of a netbook with a resolution of 1024×600 not running Metro apps, not knowing how to close them also comes down to not reading the downloadable guide with the preview.

But I don’t blame the average user for this, after all Microsoft has encouraged members of the public from all walks of life to give the beta a go and most people just don’t know where to find the answers they need, so in an effort to answer Consumer Preview testers questions and preserve my own sanity I have decided to do this post on the methods available for closing a Metro app.

There are 4 common methods for closing a Metro app

Windows will close the app itself after a period of inactivity
While the app is open and in full screen press Alt + F4
Right click the running app in the left hand pane and select close ( see below image )
Drag the open app to the bottom of the screen ( this will cause it to close in the background )