Samsung vows to "not be outdone" by skinny iPad

It's not about the specs..it's about the user experience. Apple puts that first; the others focus on the market, competition, etc. You don't win a race by trying to stop the other guys.

I was considering the new 8.9 before I got my iPad2 a couple days ago.

The main reason I decided to get the iPad2 was recent benchmarks showing the iPad2's graphics processor to be about 2x as fast as the Tegra 2.

That, combined with the videos of these Samsung devices running their UI, which was very laggy and slow, was the deciding factor.

I cannot stand laggy interfaces, I want my devices to respond quickly.

There is a reason the Android 3.0 devides have 1G ram, they need it to run that chuggy user interface.

News flash to all Koreans-you have already been out done
Chop chop.

Turns out it might not even be thinner. This article shows the two tablets side by side, and the iPad 2 is still thinner.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/tablets/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229400221&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Now all Samsung have to do it get it working for the June release date.

(They units they showed were non functional)

thinner ok i wont buy my iPad 2 tomorrow now and will wait for the samsung (NOT)

0.2mm? Really? I'm all for friendly competition but even stacked side by side who can account for that little of a difference? I have an iPad, and my girlfriend wants it so I've been weighing between an Android tablet and an iPad 2; turns I do like both. I've weighed the apps, the specs, the UI, the build, pretty much everything. And there's been a lot that's made me consider each device.

You know what wouldn't tip the scales? 0.2mm, that's what.

This move (obsessing to be thinner than iPad 2, by 0.2mm? by Samsung just prove once again that they just don't get it.
They should focus ( like others said) in more applications, better software (Touch Wiz? really?) and keep the Android upgrading up to date ( unlike the original tab that is pretty much useless using old software not even intended for tablets)

So if Sammy wants to stay relevant in the tablet sector, and since they just wait for Apple to copy hardware, why not copy everything else? they might have a chance then.
Apple wins again.

Let's not go any thinner. Take the advances in "thin" technology as a way to put a bigger battery in things.

Remember paper? It was thin, and it tears easily. I don't want devices to do the same thing.

Please, please, please, no thinner than the ipad 2. It's thin enough as it is, could be lighter but not thinner.

And strangely, I kinda wish the bezel was just slightly thicker like the ipad 1 for my thumbs. Everyone complained about the bezel but you really need it to grip without touching the screen.