So let’s get this out of the way; I’m a Mac / iOS guy.  None of the Droid OS devices will beat out an Apple device from my point of view.  But I don’t want to debate that, I simply want to talk about my experience with this Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 that I was given.  I received this 16GB/WiFi model for free and free is always great.  Having never used a Droid device I was kind of excited to actually spend some time with hit.  I have two words that come to mind:  Clunky and Disjointed.

The setup and registration process just seemed disjointed.  First I need a Google Account.  Got that done.  Then it started to ask me for a Samsung Account.  Got that done.  Then I started to put things like Twitter or FB on and it defaults to my Google Account but I can really do that because I have my owner personal domain account.  So I’ve just had to add another set of accounts to manage to use this simple device.  From the Apple stand point you need and AppleID.  You can use whatever email account with your AppleID; it doesn’t force you to spawn/fork a whole new set of addresses.

Clunky.  Screen scrolling is jerky.  Interface, especially that displayed KB is just simply clunky looking.  I’m not talking about trying to figure out how to navigate; I assume that’s going to be different.  I’m talking about the overall look and feel.

There were four iPads in our household and my youngest kid’s iPad bit the dust.  I have an iPhone and a MacBook Air so I gave my son my iPad and have been without one for a little bit.  When I first got the G-Tab I was excited because it would allow me to fill in that little gap but it doesn’t.  What it did do was replace my Kindle Touch which was another “free” item that I had.  So not to impressed with the experience overall.  Don’t get it, don’t want to get it, just going to live with it for a bit.