Comments on: Samsung Tab to be Announced Thursday, To Verizon Employees Today

By: Tony Vc

Tony Vc — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:50:40 +0000

no phone/calling capabilities? No thank you

By: aaronvail

aaronvail — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:16:55 +0000

well my dad is an employee.. so I've already seen this, but I can't wait!

By: aaronvail

aaronvail — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:16:55 +0000

well my dad is an employee.. so I've already seen this, but I can't wait!

By: Adpreece

Adpreece — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:47:36 +0000

Have you all seen the Archos 101 tablet…. any thoughts on that one… it will have Android 2.2…

By: kervation

kervation — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:35:41 +0000

I read that the reason that Samsung made this a “Phone” was so they could run the Android OS. Google said that the were considering blocking the 2.2 OS for tablets because it is not opitimized for those devices. It seems as long as it can be used as a phone then Android 2.2 would be allowed to run on it.

By: Adekoju

Adekoju — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:20:51 +0000

Loking forward to it. Hope it will be priced right.

By: bamadroid

bamadroid — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:16:13 +0000

So this is only going to be sold as a 3G tablet? No WiFi version? Thats just stupid. With that being said, that bad boy looks sweet. I will not be giving verizon 60 more bucks a month though

By: NuclearFluxx

NuclearFluxx — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:06:35 +0000

In the picture of the tab, the top left app reads “phone”.

By: KnightCrusader

KnightCrusader — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:54:27 +0000

I know it says UI not final, but I see that is shows “Phone” as the first icon. Does that mean this thing will make phone calls? If it does, I might get one. If not, I'll stick with my D2.

By: Nanllyn

Nanllyn — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:35:09 +0000

Sorry just saw the links to the specs. I see GPS now. So that is cool.

By: Nanllyn

Nanllyn — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:32:53 +0000

I really want this bad boy but 1) don't want to pay an extra monthly charge (I'm taxed out now!) 2) worried about the size and the apps not meant for a device that big 3) No wi fi so you don't have to use VZ network.
Is it true that you can't tether this and not have to pay a monthly bill? Those are the things that will hold me back from buying it. Otherwise, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Only other thing I just thought about is does it do Google maps? I haven't heard anything about any GPS on them. That would also be a deal breaker for me. I can't wait to get more info on this.

By: Andrew Webber

Andrew Webber — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:25:57 +0000

From everything I've seen it is a phone, there's just no speaker for holding it up to your face. You have to use speaker phone or a bluetooth or wired headset.

I'm planning on using my upgrade to get it, then just reactivate my Droid X on the line and tether to it. I guess I'm lucky that it's coming out right when my contract is up for an upgrade .

By: Rain_king46

Rain_king46 — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:15:15 +0000

I dont think it is a phone. I think that the 3G is just data like an iPad. Notice that there is no dialer in the dock. Tho assuming it has Bluetooth, you could prob use Google Voice to make calls from it.

By: Keithsmnr

Keithsmnr — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:13:50 +0000

get out

By: Keithsmnr

Keithsmnr — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:13:34 +0000

BS picaso, From what I've heard of people that have Sprint or AT&T, VZW is much more reasonable.