SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 2 310

 

 

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 2 310 is now available in india for 20,500 according to the August market.

It was announced in February, unveiled in Asia in March and launched in India in May. This tablet packs in a 7-inch (1024×600) PLS TFT LCD display and is powered by 1GHz dual-core processor. Yes, it runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This tablet has 3G support and also lets you make voice calls. Let’s get into the detailed review.

There are Samsung’s app such as Readers Hub, Game Hub, S Planner (Similar to calendar) ChatON messenger. There is a default mail client and Google Mail for emails. Other Google apps include, Google+, Maps, Search (with voice search) and Talk. The utility apps include, Alarm, Calculator, Memo, My file (File browser), Gallery, Polar Office (to view documents) and World clock.

There is a photo editor to edit images and video maker to edit videos with also supports video themes and video import up to 1080p resolution and export up to 720p video resolution. You can download more apps from the Google Play Store and Samsung Apps store.

The first thing you notice about the tablet is how thin it is. It is also compact and easy to carry. The 7-inch multi-touch LCD display is bright and but it is too glossy and prone to smudges.The SIM card slot and the microSD card slot are at the right. It uses a normal SIM card and the memory is expandable up to 32GB.

There is a 30-pin jack at the bottom to charge and to transfer data instead of a micro USB slot on the Samsung phones. The speakers are present on the either side and a small microphone.There is a 3.5mm headset jack at the top and a secondary microphone that is active when you use speakerphone or while recording videos.There is a 3MP camera at the back that can shoot videos at 720p resolution at 30 fps.The tab is 10.5mm thin and weighs 344g, which is pretty good compared to the other 7-inch 3G tablets.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 runs on the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) software.

The 3MP back camera takes some good shots in daylight but no good for in door low-light shooting. There are different scene modes (Landscape, Night, Sports, Party / Indoor, Beach / Snow , White balance settings, Shooting modes (Single shot, Single shot and Panorama) and Timer (2 sec, 5 sec and 10 sec intervals). You can also edit the shortcuts accordingly and edit the photo with the image editor. You can switch to either cameras to shoot an image or a video.

The TouchWiz UI has same homescreen as the Honeycomb with the Google search at the top, App drawer at the top right, Widgets, Icons and the system bar. There are back, home, recent / multitasking and screenshot at the bottom system bar. Since there is no capacitive buttons all the actions are performed using these on-screen menu icons.