Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 16GB - Installation and Accessories

Installation and Accessories:

Installation can be sometimes either easy or hard, but with the Samsung Galaxy Tablet it was pretty simple for the most part.  I had to install... hmm nothing!  I opened the box and inside was the Galaxy Tablet, a USB cord that can be used for charging or transferring data also came with a wall outlet plug if you don’t want to charge it through your computer. It's not super long so you'll have to pick your plugins carefully or find a close enough table to a plug when charging, but not too bad still.  It came with some ear-bud headphones as well as owners manuals.  I started by doing a factory wipe to clear other info and some apps that a previous reviewer had installed on it.  Always make sure to do a factory reset on a tablet before you send it back or sell it to someone else!

Testing:

When one of us here at BCCHardware gets a hold of a product you can't help but notice that your fingers have eyes and want to "see" how it works.  As the phrase goes "can i see that?" translates to "can I hold that in my hands and play around with it?"  The favorite time with any product is the testing that can lead to getting carried away playing sometimes.  The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is a pretty neat tablet indeed.  I never thought much of getting a tablet, but after a week or so, I thought that it could be a handy gadget to have around.  I thought it would be a bit bigger - as most of the tablets I've seen are 10" units and a 7" unit is a whole lot smaller. 

It's still a pretty good size to pack around and I like the fact that it weighs in under a pound.  Sometimes you don't want to pull out your laptop or if you're going on a trip and don't want to carry too much extra to a meeting or conference, a tablet is handy.  I wouldn't commit all my work and assignments to the tablet alone as I will still use my PC and my laptop for my main work, but like I said sometimes nice to curl up on the couch, in the car, flying or anywhere with the Galaxy Tab to play some quick games or even read.

Draw Something - Korea	Draw Something - Lada Gaga
Words With Friends	Words With Friends

As is typical with Android Tablets, you're able to change and customize your backgrounds with your own pictures.  Once you set up your Google Account, it will sync with your Google account.  If you don't have one, you can create one on during the initial setup process.  Once done, it will pull all your Google pictures and information and contacts that you posted on your Google+ account.  It will import the pictures to your gallery.

Gallery

Gallery

I did notice when you swipe the screen, the app and widget pages are a bit laggy - even with a dual-core processor.  They are not as smooth as Ice Cream Sandwich, but it still does the job it's supposed to.  Web pages load up nicely and are read-able, tilting it horizontal makes the text scale nicely, but you will have to scroll more.  To ease the strain on your eyes you can always zoom in or out, by just simply pinching in or out on the screen or double tapping.

BCC Vertical

BCC Zoomed In

You can adjust brightness, network and other settings such as passwords for your tablet.  These are all under "Settings" that you can access by tapping the clock and then you can pull up the appropriate menu that has a settings option.  All tablet settings are located here - including quick access to Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi and more.

Google Bacon

Google Bacon Images

 
Settings

On the next page, we'll continue with testing before we draw up our final thoughts in the conclusion.