<html><body>On 6 October 2011 20:54, Steve Dobson <steve@dobbo.org> wrote:<br />>> On 6 October 2011 18:31, David Morris <dave@code-fish.co.uk> wrote:<br />>>> It was actually the Samsung Galaxy S2 rather than a tablet.<br />><br />> That makes all the difference. This is a phone not a tablet.<br />> - --<br />> Steve Dobson<br /><br />So Samsung gave the name "Galaxy" to a phone as well as a tablet. <sigh><br /><br />I notice neither the tablet nor the smartphone illustrations on their website show a physical keyboard. They look quite similar except for size.<br /><br />http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/tablets?gnb=Y<br />http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/smartphones?gnb=Y<br /><br />In outward appearance, it now seems to me as if physical size is the only difference between a tablet and a smartphone? The internals of course would be quite different.<br /><br />From Wikipedia: A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen.<br /><br />And: A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone that combines the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone.<br /><br />It also points out that differentiations between types of devices is a little grey.<br /><br />I haven't taken much notice of the field at all, probably since it is so confusing if you've not actually seen a range of devices in action.<br /><br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Fay<br />East Grinstead Linux User Group<br />www.eglug.org.uk<br /><br /></body></html>