By the looks of it the galaxy tab is a lot like Samsung galaxy S only bigger the device is almost flat on the front and
Back and has a 7inch capacitive touch screen the front camera is placed at top next to the Samsung logo and at the bottom there are four touch sensitive keys for options home back and search in short the front has no hardware keys whatsoever. The body is built of smooth plastic which makes the tab much lighter than other mini tablets however the construction makes it difficult for a user to grip the device and you may need to be careful while operating it . The sides of the galaxy tab are black with a clean matte finish which is quite a contrast from the fingerprint magnet of touch screen the right side of the tab boasts the power button the volume rockers and a slot each for the micro SD and SIM cards
The tablet comes across as an innovative hybrid computing and communications device however it feels that Samsung simply copied the android platform from its galaxy smart phones onto the tablet due to which the tablet lacks an identity of its own it looks like a tablet but acts like phone