Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7

AMOLED screens are able to reach much deeper black levels and a higher perceived brightness than the conventional LED technology in use by most tablet screens.

As a result, the screen pulses with vibrancy and colors practically pop from the screen.

Peel also takes the place of your cable or satellite channel guide and displays a list of shows currently playing locally on your cable/satellite provider's channels.

The resolution is still the usual 1,280x800 pixels most other Android tablets use, but text and color are much clearer and sharper.

1280 x 800 is on the other hand a totally acceptable resolution for a 7.7-inch display — if not exactly standard-setting anymore — and though it's still possible to make out individual pixels or see some jaggies on small text, reading or watching videos is much more pleasant on the Galaxy Tab 7.7 than almost any other Android tablet.

It's the closest thing to true multi-window multitasking I've ever seen on Android, and it's excellent.

Samsung built a solid, high-end tablet with great internals and a great display, but equipped it with an operating system that's just not up to the task.

Thin, light, and well-madeSuper AMOLED Plus is awesome, but it's no Retina display TouchWiz can't fix Honeycomb's problems A great app for a mediocre camera Powerful hardware is held back by underperforming software Samsung picked everything right except the operating system Samsung sells a lot of different tablets, and the number's growing rapidly.

Of course, the lack of good tablet apps for Android is still a huge problem, and so is the price: $499.99 plus a two-year contract is likely to be more expensive in the long run than a $629, contract-free Verizon iPad, and $699.99 without a contract is even harder to swallow for a device with only 16GB of internal storage.

The 3.2-megapixel camera on the back isn't particularly high-res, but does all right, and the 2-megapixel front-facing shooter is actually better than its equivalent on most tablets.

You can tap-to-focus, which I can’t do without, and I love how easy it is to tweak timers and settings, or just flip from shooting stills to recording video.

The left side of the bezel houses a 2-megapixel camera, with an LED flash-supported 3-megapixel camera in the top-left corner on the back.

Super AMOLED Plus displays can be found in some of Samsung’s best phones, like the Galaxy S II, and when we've reviewed those phones we’ve normally only disliked them for being low-resolution (typically 800 x 480).

The Tab 7.7's AMOLED screen is simply stunning, and I'm saying this two weeks after the release of the new iPad.

That said, the Galaxy Tab 7.7's 1280 x 800 Super AMOLED Plus display makes a really good case for that number two slot.