Comparing the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Barnes & Noble Nook Color: A Hack Job Comparison

Hey guys, it's David from the unlock.com, and today we're going to do a quick comparison between two devices that you might not normally see get compared. One being the Galaxy tab by Samsung, and the other one being the Barnes & Noble Nook Color. Now, obviously, the Nook color has been hacked, and it is running Android 4.0 (Froyo) same as the Galaxy Tab. We want to see if this $250 device when it's hacked is anywhere near comparable to this $500 device, so let's find out.

First, we'll talk about the hardware of these devices, which are actually very similar for both devices. Both have a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with a 1024x600 pixel resolution. Even though that is the case, the Nook color is slightly larger because of this bezel around the outside, but it also is a hair thinner than the Galaxy Tab. They both have the same processor, uh cortex A8, which is clocked to 1 GHz in the Galaxy Tab and 800 MHz in the Nook Color. Both devices have 512 megabytes of RAM in them as well. They both have a 3.5 mm headphone jack, micro SD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and they also have an option for 3G depending on what carrier you use it on, whereas the Galaxy Tab does not.

Another hardware difference that we do have that is worth noting is the lack of buttons on the Nook Color. The Nook color only has one button, which we turn into the home button. On the other hand, the Galaxy tab has your normal Android buttons - menu, home, back, and search to get around that. We load an app on it called Soft Keys, which gives us this little button here when you tap it will bring up the Android normal buttons on the screen itself. So, we have menu, you can use that to access the menu, search brings up the search bar, and "this is always home," etc. That's something to know.

Now, let's talk about software-wise. As you may or may not know, the Nook color does not normally come with a full-blown version of Android on it. It's actually a very hidden version of Android, which normally just allows you to use the browser and their own Nook uBook program and that's about it. What we've done is we've rooted the Nook Color and then flashed FRiQO onto it, which can be found out how to do if you're curious on our site by clicking on "howtos" at the very top, then clicking on Android, then the no color, and you'll see all the procedures on how to do that. But we've done that to this one, and that's why it's capable of doing the same stuff as the Galaxy Tab.

But, you must understand that because of that the version of Android on here is far from perfect. It is still a little buggy, but this version is much faster than the last one I used and faster than the one before that, so they are making progress. That's kind of where it stands on the software.

So, we're left wondering if the extra camera, smaller size, and more stable software on the Galaxy Tab is worth an extra 250 bucks? You can literally buy two of these for the price of this one, so not so sure what do you guys think? Do you think it's better to pay the 250 and hack the device or pay the 500 and get the straight-up device uh the way that it was quote unquote meant to be.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's David from the unlock.com and today we're going to do a quick comparison between two devices that you might not normally see get compared one being the Galaxy tab by Samsung and the other one being the Barnes & Noble Nook Color now obviously the Nook color has been hacked it is running Android fooo same as the Galaxy Tab we want to see if this $250 device when it's hacked is anywhere near comparable to this $500 device so let's find out okay first we'll talk about the hardware the devices which is actually very similar for both devices both have a 7in uh capacitive touch screen 1024x 600 pixel resolution um even though that is the case the Nook color is slightly larger because of this bezel around the outside but it also is a hair thinner than the Galaxy Tab they both have the same processor uh cortex A8 this one's clocked to 1 GHz this is clocked to 800 MHz uh 512 megabytes of ram in both they both have a 3.5 mm headphone jack micro SD card slot Wi-Fi Bluetooth um this does have the option for 3G obviously depending on what carrier you use it on whereas this does not this also has two cameras a 3.15 megapix camera on the back uh and a 1.3 megapix camera on the front for video calling whereas this has no cameras whatsoever another Hardware difference that we do have that is worth noting is the lack of buttons uh the Nook color only has the one n button uh which we turn into the home button whereas the Galaxy tab has your normal Android buttons menu home back and search to get around that the Nook Color we load a app on it called Soft Keys and what it does is it gives you this little button here which when you tap it will bring up the Android normal buttons on the screen itself so we have menu you can use that to access the menu search brings up the search this is always home Etc so that is something to know okay now software wise uh as you may or may not know the Nook color does not normally come with a full-blown version of Android on it it's actually a very hidden version of Android uh normally just allows you to use the browser and their own Nook uh book program and that's about it now what we've done is we've rooted the Nook uh and then flashed froo onto it um which you can find out how to do if you're curious uh on our site by clicking on howtos at the very top then clicking on Android then the no color and you'll see all the procedures on how to do that um but we've done that to this and that's why it's capable of doing the same stuff as the Galaxy Tab but you must understand that because of that the version of Android on here is far from perfect uh it is still a little buggy but this version is much faster than the last one I used and faster than the one before that so they are making progress so that's kind of where it stands on the software okay so that's it for our quick little run through uh again the device is very similar I wonder if the extra camera the smaller size and the more stable software um on the Galaxy Tab is worth an extra 250 bucks you can literally buy two of these for the price of this one so not so sure what do you guys think do you think it's better to pay the 250 and hack the device or pay the 500 and get the straightup device uh the way that it was quote unquote meant to behey guys it's David from the unlock.com and today we're going to do a quick comparison between two devices that you might not normally see get compared one being the Galaxy tab by Samsung and the other one being the Barnes & Noble Nook Color now obviously the Nook color has been hacked it is running Android fooo same as the Galaxy Tab we want to see if this $250 device when it's hacked is anywhere near comparable to this $500 device so let's find out okay first we'll talk about the hardware the devices which is actually very similar for both devices both have a 7in uh capacitive touch screen 1024x 600 pixel resolution um even though that is the case the Nook color is slightly larger because of this bezel around the outside but it also is a hair thinner than the Galaxy Tab they both have the same processor uh cortex A8 this one's clocked to 1 GHz this is clocked to 800 MHz uh 512 megabytes of ram in both they both have a 3.5 mm headphone jack micro SD card slot Wi-Fi Bluetooth um this does have the option for 3G obviously depending on what carrier you use it on whereas this does not this also has two cameras a 3.15 megapix camera on the back uh and a 1.3 megapix camera on the front for video calling whereas this has no cameras whatsoever another Hardware difference that we do have that is worth noting is the lack of buttons uh the Nook color only has the one n button uh which we turn into the home button whereas the Galaxy tab has your normal Android buttons menu home back and search to get around that the Nook Color we load a app on it called Soft Keys and what it does is it gives you this little button here which when you tap it will bring up the Android normal buttons on the screen itself so we have menu you can use that to access the menu search brings up the search this is always home Etc so that is something to know okay now software wise uh as you may or may not know the Nook color does not normally come with a full-blown version of Android on it it's actually a very hidden version of Android uh normally just allows you to use the browser and their own Nook uh book program and that's about it now what we've done is we've rooted the Nook uh and then flashed froo onto it um which you can find out how to do if you're curious uh on our site by clicking on howtos at the very top then clicking on Android then the no color and you'll see all the procedures on how to do that um but we've done that to this and that's why it's capable of doing the same stuff as the Galaxy Tab but you must understand that because of that the version of Android on here is far from perfect uh it is still a little buggy but this version is much faster than the last one I used and faster than the one before that so they are making progress so that's kind of where it stands on the software okay so that's it for our quick little run through uh again the device is very similar I wonder if the extra camera the smaller size and the more stable software um on the Galaxy Tab is worth an extra 250 bucks you can literally buy two of these for the price of this one so not so sure what do you guys think do you think it's better to pay the 250 and hack the device or pay the 500 and get the straightup device uh the way that it was quote unquote meant to be\n"