One of the core questions which arose in our consulting practice in regards to the Galaxy Tab was short and sweet: who will buy the thing! As our contacts at Samsung’s didn’t yield much, here’s a bit of personal reflection on the thing until the official review drops.
As devices have become smaller and smaller, the paradigma of small is beautiful has been etched into our brains. However, this is not true for all usage scenarios: for web sites and reading stuff, Mr. Mika’s paradigm (big is beautiful) could very well be true.
It is these two jobs where the Galaxy Tab excels. The additional smartphone features like voice calls and a camera are implemented as well – but one can feel that they are not the intended use cases.
Making phonecalls with the huge brick will likely make you look funny – and the only interesting part of the (horribly noisy) camera is its social media integration. In fact, this is amusing…as the large screen of the tab would have allowed high-quality pictures to shine.
I see the Galaxy Tab as the forefather of a new generation of devices, which will act as a “secondary phone” in a fashion not dissimilar to what the Palm Foleo wanted to be.
The current incarnation of the tablet will see usage in all scenarios where the added bulk of a laptop is prohibitive – if you romp around aircraft or building sites all day, toting sketches on a tablet saves you both weight and scrolling…
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