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what's up prized by fans I'm Brian Tommy and this is the first-ever prizefight tablet work that you've been asking for it's a prize five points out between the Samsung Galaxy Tab and apple's ipad 3g our judges for this fight are senior editor donald Saved by the Bell senior associate editor Jessica dish in mount dole Court and Bryant ring-a-ling a ding dong now we'll take all three judges blind scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final price white score be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system let's get ready to rumble round one is design Samsung's Galaxy Tab has a solid design with its seven inch screen and curved corners that's less than half the size of the iPad it's lighter and more comfortable to hold the tabs 1024 by 600 resolution on a smaller screen brings a slightly crisper image button left us wanting more and buy more we mean screen size the iPad brings apples highest level of design and it's nine point seven inch screen is big but its design is if bulky the metal finish and curved edges are gorgeous and it's 1024 by 768 display just pops it might be heavier than you like but it feels like it's worth every penny Apple's iPad gets a perfect 5 and Samsung's Galaxy Tab gets a 4 next rounds controls and user interface the Galaxy Tab is pure Android and if you've used it before you'll feel right at home one issue is that it's the exact same experience you would get on a phone there's nothing that makes it unique for a tablet you'll still get the same customization but widgets don't align with icons hitting the Menu button to access app features on the Android OS bug Donald the swipe input method is here but at the end of the day newcomers to tablets might feel intimidated by its learning curve now it doesn't matter if you've used an iPhone or iPod the iPads user interface is so simple that several judges mentioned how our nieces and nephews one and a half years and older can all use the iPad we keep saying it but it's still amazing how easy it is to use the keyboard is more spacious and comfortable for typing and the iPad was snapping or navigating overall the iPad strikes hard with it second perfect routes and the Galaxy Tab gets up to three point three this after averaging two rounds Apple leads by more than a point but there's plenty of fight to go round three of speeches and performance the tab has everything that iPad users have been craving for with front and rear facing cameras with a flash a micro SD card slot wireless hotspot capability and flash 10.1 support it also comes packed with Google's goodies like voice search and commands Google navigation and access to key services in the notifications pulldown apps from the marketplace are still built for phones and just don't take full advantage of the screen real estate they're just bigger the tab is also a step behind performance wise with a few laggy moments and it's battery life is shorter by three hours now the iPad can't match up with the hardware features but it's still the snappiest tablet on the market with significantly better battery life the new control strip is a nice addition but changing the orientation button to a mute button is idiotic it also has plenty of apps built specifically to use the larger form factor and it makes for a better user experience but it's not enough as the tab finally takes its first round with a four and the iPad gets a 3.3 next round is web browsing a multimedia the tabs web browser is a solid offering but it's frustrating how it goes directly to most of the mobile versions of websites by default even with the seven-inch screen the experience can be a little cramped now flash playback can be hit or miss and it has locking moments when you're pinching and zooming into websites Samsung's media hub is a nice way to get media content but it still has a long ways to go the three megapixel rear camera is mediocre but one advantage is that it's easier to hold and use as an e-book reader now the iPads web browser is a full-screen multi-touch version of Safari that actually makes web browsing more fun and takes advantage of its space even though it doesn't have flash the multimedia experience is one-of-a-kind with its deep library of content from iTunes it has a polished media player multimedia app sets add more access to content and a large screen that enhances the experience the iPad gets a 4.7 and the tab gets a 4 so after averaging four rounds Apple's lead has been trimmed down to seven tenths of a point the final round that decides it all is value the Samsung Galaxy Tab can be purchased with a two-year contract on t-mobile or Sprint for 399 or without a contract on all four carriers for around $5.99 data plans vary but at that price you're almost paying the same price of an ipad 3g for half the screen size apple's ipad 3g starts at six hundred and twenty nine dollars with no contract an apple broke new ground with affordable data plans the Wi-Fi only model gives you even lower pricing but if you're looking for the best bang for your buck it's the iPad tablet prices are still a little high overall but in the final round the iPad gets of four and Samsung's Galaxy Tab gets a three so let's average out all five rounds and enterprise buy where Apple came out swinging with back-to-back perfect rounds the Galaxy Tab closed the gap but it was just too much to overcome and the apple ipad 3g takes this first-time tablet face off four point four to three point seven and is your prize fight winner both of these tablets are great picks and will fit different needs but this young market will constantly be flooded with new contenders and the war for prize fight supremacy rages on i'm brian tom thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time on another prize fight