If you've ever used an iPhone or iPod Touch, the iPad 2 will feel immediately familiar.

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.

Typically the differences between models are slight — a slightly larger or smaller screen, a new processor, or a thinner chassis — but Samsung took some bigger steps with the new Galaxy Tab 7.7: it’s the first Galaxy Tab to have a Super AMOLED Plus display, the same screen so many people love in Samsung’s Galaxy S II phones.

It’s incredibly hard to recommend the Galaxy Tab 7.7 (or any other Android tablet) over an iPad at the moment, simply because there are so many more good apps available on Apple’s tablet — and there’s no sign that the balance will shift anytime soon.

If you really want an Android tablet, you'll love the Galaxy Tab 7.7 (especially when it gets Android 4.0), but without a more stable OS it’s not the best tablet out there in any conversation — ICS-equipped devices like the Transformer Prime are a smarter buy, and none of them compare to the iPad.

I have no iphone or ipod touch, I have a imac 21.5, a white macbook and ipod classic, then this was my first experience with IOS, which is super easy to use.

The Tab 7.7 is much thinner than the 7.0 Plus, and at 12 ounces it’s almost exactly the same weight despite being physically much larger.

Samsung claims the Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the slimmest and lightest Android tablet going and with official figures of 7.89mm thick and 335g in weight (nearly half an iPad 2), we have little reason to disbelieve the company.

At 7.87mm thick, the Tab 7.7 is barely a tenth of a millimeter thicker than the Toshiba Excite 10 LE, the thinnest tablet we’ve seen yet, and Toshiba would do well to take a page from Samsung's book with regards to build quality — Toshiba trades quality for thinness in ways Samsung obviously doesn’t have to.

The height and width may look similar, but in terms of thickness, the iPad has done some dieting, shrinking from 13.4mm thick on the original model to 8.8mm thick for the iPad 2.

Loads of settings are placed along the left side of the screen, so changing white balance or resolution is only a tap or two away.

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.