Hi Guys,
Well this is my first day on the Samsung Galaxy S2. Here's what I've been doing with it:
Skype...internet browsing...uploading music files...uploading PDF files from scans of my music books, finding my way around using the GPS (it seems to tell me I'm at home lol. Fair enough - I've barely moved from the kitchen into the living room
); finding out how to use the digital camera, and making some videos
Now with a 7 inch screen, yes you can increase sections of the text by spreading finger and thumb apart on the touch screen. It is more for studying music, rather than playing as sheet music. However the great thing is, I can carry it around with my music stored in it, and just send the files across to a computer screen somewhere else to read via bluetooth once I learn how.
A friend of mine has a iPad 2: the Galaxy S2 is wayyy quicker for navigating. Not sure why -since it is only a 1.2Ghz ? Anyway, i'm really happy with it. Perhaps it didn't do what I wanted. I don't wish to carry a 10" screen around with me - I'd definitely rather have a Macbook Air, or at least a Macbook Pro, once it gets bigger than a book sized novel.
Cunparis - if you prefer traditional book/sheet music like I do, you just need to buy a few hardware clamps with rubber spongy ends, to clamp a book onto a music stand. I've never gotten into the Amazon Kindle thing, and I'm not so sure I'm going to like the iPad. I like the idea of an iPad, but I will still need a professional laptop at some point (remember my laptop is 7 years old). With a lifestyle unit like the Galaxy, being able to use skype (free) from an internet cafe, is just so fantastic when you're in a foreign country, trying to call home. This way, when I go travelling, I just slip the tiny little Galaxy S2 into my pocket. Btw: the Samsung 10.1" Galaxy has both widescreen and 4:3 capability. My 7" screen has as well. It has a 8Megapixel camera, which is very detailed too. The bit I like most, is that I can just dock it into a keyboard dock, and type really fast on a normal keyboard. I think you can do that on the iPad too.
I don't understand why people are worried about the .pdf issue. On a Mac, you can just save any .tiff (scanned) or .jpg document or .doc document as a .pdf, and then upload it onto a Kindle, Galaxy, or iPad. It is a shame I won't be able to read music from the Samsung, but given that the battery would dim the lights for energy saving, by the time I get through a slow air, it's probably best I just stick to paper
