Comments on: Will carriers kill the Galaxy Tab 7.7?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:01:00 +0000

You and the several people you know are the incredibly small exception. The Galaxy tab 7 was a non-starter 3 months ago and it is still a non-starter.

With the el cheapo, $200 Kindle Fire and $250 Nook, it will be taken off life-support soon.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:08:00 +0000

Then Samsung should not keep the cell tech in for the US market. It’s killing their sales.

By: Cori93437

Cori93437 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:00:00 +0000

I think that Samsung is TRYING to give a lot of us what we want… a tablet with phone! There are tons of wifi only tabs out there. If there was one with phone I’d have bought one by now, but the carriers keep taking the tabs that HAVE built in phone and blocking its use in the American market. THAT is the problem.

By: Cori93437

Cori93437 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:54:00 +0000

You are very wrong. I, and several people I know, have very specifically not purchased the Galaxy Tab 7in simply because American carriers killed the phone capability. Each of us would use it as a phone AND tablet. The size is no issue at all, and in fact is what I am seeking.

I do not use phone often, I already use Bluetooth, and I want a larger interface… but I’m NOT going to spend my money to an American carrier for two separate devices, and pay for service for both, (because they have disabled the phone ability of one) when ONE would do both jobs handily.

By: Remington Steele

Remington Steele — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:41:00 +0000

Hear, hear. As soon as they allow phone service, I am in!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:34:00 +0000

Perhaps so, but Chris Davis happens to be Brit, so the team is at least to some degree international. Hell, if one want to read tech news in English online it is hard to avoid US sites. It is just especially jarring when it come to mobile telecom as USA have a market behavior that is quite different from the rest.

By: Robert Norris Hills

Robert Norris Hills — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:54:00 +0000

Best specs available on the market, release this shit quickly and you have a customer in me (hell screw anyone else that says they wouldn’t I would use this as a primary phone with a bluetooth handset, my 7inch tab was pocketable, and so is this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:40:00 +0000

You ARE on a US-based website.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:09:00 +0000

Exactly!! I’d pitch my phone in the trash for a tablet that allows me to make and receive calls without the google voice hassle.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:08:00 +0000

I would. I hardly ever use my phone to make calls. Something like this with voice capability is exactly what I am looking for. I hardly use my phone to make calls, but don’t quite want to lose the option, ya know?

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:07:00 +0000

He knows well. Problem is that TouchWiz for Honeycomb is still relatively new.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:06:00 +0000

I’m with you on pricing but since I don’t really need a phone, I’d be a prime candidate for something like this that did allow voice calls with a headset of some sort.

One can dream.

By: Defendor

Defendor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:58:00 +0000

Lack of voice didn’t kill it. Ridiculous contract only pricing did.

Sell a Wifi Only version at a reasonable price and this would sell like hot cakes and I would buy one. But I am not getting locked into a contract for a tablet, and I certainly don’t want to carry around a 7″ phone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:36:00 +0000

wait so iPad does allow voice calling?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:03:00 +0000

Who cares what US carrier pull, USA is a island apart from the rest of the mobile world.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:03:00 +0000

Who cares what US carrier pull, USA is a island apart from the rest of the mobile world.

By: Ahmed Eltawil

Ahmed Eltawil — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:54:00 +0000

Do the guy in the video even know how to use an Android Honecomb tablet? He looks like it’s the first time he ever saw a Galaxy Tab interface?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:47:00 +0000

Speakerphone, bluetooth headset, belt holster, whatever. No one wants a phone that size in their pocket, purse or hand. And no one wants two sign up for yet another two year data plan for a tablet.

If they market this as a slate with pay-as-you-go data/cellular, that might work although I doubt any telco will go for pay as you go cellular. Or if the carriers allowed you to use this thing as a wifi hotspot, with your pay-as-you-go data, that might be interesting. Again, the carriers are mostly brain-dead, so I doubt that will happen.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:14:00 +0000

And speakerphone

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:14:00 +0000

And speakerphone

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:13:00 +0000

Bluetooth headsets…. lol

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:13:00 +0000

Bluetooth headsets…. lol

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:09:00 +0000

What 7-inch tablet hasn’t been killed by carriers?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:09:00 +0000

What 7-inch tablet hasn’t been killed by carriers?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:08:00 +0000

..wow,, i cant believe this!! me and my sister just got two i-pads for $42.77 each and a $50 amazon card for $9. the stores want to keep this a secret and they dont tell you. get here. EgoWin.côm

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:08:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:04:00 +0000

They seem to have forgotten that the first iPad was WiFi only. And then a month or so later came the 3G version with pay-as-you-go data plans.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:04:00 +0000

They seem to have forgotten that the first iPad was WiFi only. And then a month or so later came the 3G version with pay-as-you-go data plans.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:02:00 +0000

“but the big question hanging over the Galaxy Tab
7.7 is whether – like its predecessor – its potential success will be
scuppered by the North American carriers”

Forget about the carriers, just look at the picture of thing with the guy holding it to his ear. It looks totally ridiculous as a cellphone. Using it as such simply screams, “I am a dork.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:02:00 +0000

“but the big question hanging over the Galaxy Tab
7.7 is whether – like its predecessor – its potential success will be
scuppered by the North American carriers”

Forget about the carriers, just look at the picture of thing with the guy holding it to his ear. It looks totally ridiculous as a cellphone. Using it as such simply screams, “I am a dork.”

By: rawdog22

rawdog22 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:48:00 +0000

Another company wasting their money. It seems that Sony, Samsung, RIM, have more hubris and nostalgia from their past conquests than any thoughts on the future. Have you seen the pathetic tablets Sony is going to lose money on? Samsung, you can make my Blu Ray and components for my mac, but that’s it. Apple is going to unintentionally create a monopoly b/c these other companies are run by a bunch of pathetic rich kids (seriously look at the nepotism in these companies).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:44:00 +0000

After thinking it over and taking the 5″ Note into account, I’d actually pay max $350 for this with WiFi only. That’s if they can get it on the market before whatever bomb Amazon has up its sleeve.

The WiFi Galaxy 10 matches the iPad on price and that’s good. But sized down to 7″ and the 5″ Note, you’ve got to scale that price down as well. Get these on the market ASAP in WiFi only and people will eat ‘em up.

By: rawdog22

rawdog22 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:43:00 +0000

You both are absolutely correct. Only Apple has the brains and brawn to sell &500+ device with 3G. If you are by apple price your tablet btwn $100 and $300 and you might sell a few units. I bought my Nook Color from a coworker and rooted an Andriod OS on it. Cost me less than $150 and it works great! When I need 3G I tether it to my iPhone 4.

By: Chris Davies

Chris Davies — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:39:00 +0000

Bear in mind it’s running pre-final software.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:26:00 +0000

looks very sluggish

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:22:00 +0000

Wake up. We consumers want IT ALL, NOW and CHEAP. Give me one kick ass device that does it ALL – NOW. I want voice recognition that works so the keyboard is dead along with the stylus. Companies that say NO to innovation (i.e. big carriers who don’t let products have voice capability) will eventually get bypassed and destroyed by those same things they now block out of fear of change. They need to adapt their business model to the change, not indulge in protectionism.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:21:00 +0000

-,wow,. i cant believe this!! me and my sister just got two i-pads for $42.77 each and a $50 amazon card for $9. the stores want to keep this a secret and they dont tell you. get here. EgoWin.côm

By: Dario Photography

Dario Photography — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:07:00 +0000

So greed is the reason these tablets dont have built in cellphone service? Wow. I wont buy one without it. Its insane to presume I have to buy TWO objects in order to have a portable business station. I wont do it. The tablet by itself is not enough of a draw to get me to shell out $500.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:03:00 +0000

Yes. Samsung facilitates it by bothering to add phone functionality instead keeping it wifi only and getting it in stores. Now they have to waste time negotiating with carriers and it may never come out.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:53:00 +0000

Somehow they were convinced that everything needs to be 3G or 4G capable. The numbers say people prefer wifi and having it now & cheaper vs eventually with a higher purchase price and a AT&T or Verizon contract. WTF does every phone tout tethering if everything you buy has 3G shoehorned in?