We spent a little time with the original Galaxy Tab when it was first released in late 2010, and decided it was a quality piece of technology. It has dated quickly though -- browsing is definitely slower than on newer smartphones, and the inbuilt camera is only roughly equivalent to the one in the . The newer Galaxy Tab 10.1 promises to address those concerns; and in our impression is that it will deliver.

The most noticeable difference between the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the original Samsung tablet is the larger screen -- it's got an extra three-and-a-bit inches of real estate and uses Super AMOLED panel, which is bright, crisp and very colourful. We've consistently been impressed with the Super AMOLED screens on Samsung's smartphones like the , and we thought the slightly older had a quality AMOLED display as well. The Galaxy Tab 10.1's screen is far better than the in our opinion. Our one disappointment? It's 'only' a Super AMOLED screen rather than the Super AMOLED being used on the almost-out . The difference is in a bit of extra pixel density (smoother images and text) and better colour. We got a chance to play with the Galaxy S II and while its screen did look smoother, we weren't disappointed with the Tab 10.1.

The touchscreen interface never felt like an impediment while we were playing around with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 -- it was smooth, well laid-out and provided easy and intuitive access to all the features we were hoping for. The interface on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is modern and slick with a few glowing edges and dark grey pop-up boxes. It looks like it'll take well to customising and tweaking, too.