Apple iPad has set in a tablet frenzy. Hardware vendors of all sizes have jumped on the tablet bandwagon to challenge Apple's tablet and cash on the new computing segment. Latest to join the fray is Korean giant Samsung and Toshiba who recently unveiled their iPad challengers.
In India too the tablet PC market is hotting up. Recently, Olive Telecom launched its iPad contender which is country's first 3.5G tablet.
Here's how the recent launches in the tablet space -- Samsung Galaxy Tab, Toshiba Folio 100 and OlivePad VT100 -- compare on looks, OS, camera, connectivity and apps front with each other and Apple iPad.
1: Dimensions
iPad: Apple's iPad measures 9.56 inches in height, 7.47 in width and 0.5 inch in depth. iPad weighs 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg), the 3G version is 0.1 pounds heavier.
Galaxy: Measuring 7.84 X 4.74 X 0.47 inches, the device weighs mere 380 gram.
Toshiba Folio 100: Folio measures 181 x 281 x 14 mm and weighs 760 gram.
OlivePad: Measuring Width 110(W) X 11.5 (D) X 179.4 (H) mm, the device weighs 410 gram.
2: Display
iPad: The device has a 9.7-inch LCD colour screen. iPad uses iPhone's multi-touch technology, Apple's Magic Mouse, and the company's trackpad technology found in some of the company's laptops.
Galaxy: Sporting a 7-inch TFT LCD display, the Galaxy Tab has a screen resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels.
Toshiba Folio 100: Featuring a 10.1-inch display, the device has a multitouch screen. The screen has a resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels.
OlivePad: With 7-inch touch capacitive screen, the device has screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The device can also be used to make phone calls.
3: Camera
iPad: Apple's iPad lacks camera. Lack of camera is widely seen as a negative in iPad as the device is said to be placed somewhere between a smartphone and laptop.
Galaxy: Unlike iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab comes with a 3.2 megapixel rear-facing camera. The device also has a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera.
Toshiba Folio 100: There's a 1.3 megapixel camera.
OlivePad: The device boasts of a 3 megapixel camera with 4x zoom and a front facing camera.
4: OS & processor
iPad: iPad runs on Apple iOS 3.2. The device has a 1GHz chip that has been custom designed by Apple.
Galaxy: The device uses Google's Android 2.2 operating system.
Toshiba Folio 100: Folio runs Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. The device will come with Google Android 2.2 OS.
OlivePad: The device runs on ARM11 600MHz processor and packs Android 2.1 (Eclair) OS.
5: Memory
iPad: Apple iPad comes in 16, 32 and 64GB versions.
Galaxy: The device comes in 16 and 32GB version.
Toshiba Folio 100: Toshiba's iPad rival comes with 16GB of storage.
OlivePad: In terms of storage, OlivePad VT100 has 512 MB of internal memory which can be extended upto 32GB.
6: Adobe Flash
iPad: The device doesn't offer support for Flash. This means users will encounter those 'big, empty video boxes in the middle of a page' while surfing on the pages which require Adobe Flash. Youtube will be supported just like in iPhone but no Flash games. In iPhone 3GS too when users browse through Web pages with Adobe Flash, it displays empty spaces with missing icons.
Galaxy: Samsung Galaxy Tab offers support for Adobe Flash
Toshiba Folio 100: Folio 100 supports latest Adobe Flash Player 10.1.
OlivePad: The device runs Adobe Flash.
7: Connectivity
iPad: It supports both WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. The WiFi antenna supports 802.11 a/b/g/n. The device also packs GPS.
Galaxy: For connectivity, Galaxy supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G cell phone networks.
Toshiba Folio 100: The device supports WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1. Toshiba announced that a 3G version will be launched soon.
OlivePad: The device has WiFi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR), and microUSB connectivity.
8: Battery
iPad: It offers battery life of upto 10 hours. The standby time is approximately a month.
Galaxy: It promises upto 7 hours of video playback.
Toshiba Folio 100: As for battery, Toshiba claims that the device promises upto 7 hours of Web browsing.
OlivePad: The device comes with 16 hours of standby time and 7 hours of talktime.
9: Apps
iPad: The device can use virtually all the over 140,000 apps currently available for the iPhone. However, iPad will let you download applications only from Apple's AppStore. iPad doesn’t allow users to download any apps other than from the App Store.
Galaxy: For applications, Galaxy Tab offers access to Android Market in addition to non-Market apps.
Toshiba Folio 100: Users can download apps from Toshiba App Place.
OlivePad: It has access to Android MarketPlace.
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