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hey guys eric franklin here from cnet and today we're taking a first look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 the Tab 7.7 AMOLED screen delivers gloriously deep blacks and super bright colors the tablet is the thinnest small form tablet yet it includes expandable memory and impressive gains performance it also includes both a front 2 megapixel camera and a back LED supported 3 megapixel camera the seven point seven ships with honeycomb 3.2 with Samsung's TouchWiz UI but neither Samsung nor verizon has yet to officially announce a date for an ice cream sandwich update the tablet also includes an IR sensor that turns it into a smart remote control using peels smart remote app 4G speeds fail to match that of dedicated Wi-Fi but we're still satisfyingly fast although not quite up to iPad 4G standards unfortunately there's no HDMI or USB port we looked at dead space on both the Tab 7.7 and the new iPad while each version of the game appear to be using identical geometry for models in the same level of effects complexity the game on a 7.7 look brighter and much more vibrant this vibrancy however is tempered by the fact that the texture color transitions of background objects are anything but seamless and unfortunately noticeably stand out compared to the same art on the new iPad from strictly a design standpoint the sin point 7 is the tablet all other small form-factor tablets should aspire to the lack of hdmi and dedicated USB is disappointing but not deal-breakers unfortunately the price is for most five hundred dollars in addition to a two-year contract is a lot to ask for especially when the tablet market is still in its nascent form and no one really knows what the market will look like a year from now you could pop down seven hundred dollars for a non-contract version but no one should be paying seven hundred dollars for an eight inch tablet with 16 gigabytes of storage I don't recommend signing up for a two-year contract for any tablet but if you really feel you just have to do it this is the tablet you want to once again this is eric franklin and this is in a first look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7