When I attended a press conference to announce Samsung's latest high-end business tablet, the Galaxy Tab S4, a reporter asked why it was an Android-based tablet. The purpose of the question is: Suppose someone decides to invest a lot of money in a 2-in-1 tablet. In this case, you will have to invest $650 for the Galaxy Tab S4 itself and $150 for the Samsung Book Cover Keyboard. Wouldn't a full-featured Windows 10 device in the same form factor be better? Samsung is also a manufacturer of notebook PCs, and it is not without experience with Windows.
A Samsung official explained that Google OS was made based on Android on the Tab S4 because it can be customized in a variety of ways, thus helping to implement its DeX productivity environment and experience. Dock the Tab S4 to a keyboard or connect it to a monitor, and Dex turns your Android home screen into a Windows-like desktop environment. Dex does a lot of amazing things. Android apps optimized for Dex can resize windows, and use a Bluetooth mouse or Samsung's built-in S Pen to navigate the window-like interface. Of course, if the Tab S4 had been made into a Windows tablet, Dex wouldn't have been necessary. So Samsung's explanation is not a cool answer. I can provide a better answer to the reporter's question, 'Why are you on Android?' Android itself is an excellent mobile operating system that has reached maturity, but adds powerful work productivity features to it. This is the 'perfect combination'. Excellent app ecosystem
I don't want a Windows 10 tablet. I have a Windows 10 desktop PC in my home office. Windows 10 laptops also play a vital role in getting things done. You need a tablet, and a tablet wants an Android tablet. I also prefer the Android mobile interface, but for tablets, Google's mobile app ecosystem is far superior to Windows. The Android app has better features and is updated frequently. In addition, Windows versions of essential apps often don't exist.
This is a personal 'starting point'. You will need a tablet as a computer to use on the sofa and in bed. This tablet must be an Android tablet. Flick through Instagram pages on the couch and in bed, use your favorite Reddit app, watch Netflix, reply to emails in Gmail, and use the touch-friendly Chrome browser. However, there is also a second use case. This is the case when you need to work on the go using a work tablet that is very lightweight and highly portable. I think that Dex, which is pre-installed on the Galaxy Tab S4, is a use case that will surprise many people. I was definitely surprised.
When the Galaxy Tab S4 and Samsung Book Cover keyboard are connected, the tablet environment automatically changes from Android to the Dex desktop environment. For Galaxy S8, Note 8, and S9, you need a pad or dock accessory to connect an external monitor to use Dex. However, in the case of the Tab S4, Dex is pre-installed in the tablet OS. You can use the Dex desktop directly on the tablet's 10.5-inch AMOLED display. Alternatively, you can use the HDMI-USB-C adapter to connect a large display. For the past 4 days, I have used the Galaxy Tab S4 and Dex together. And we've discovered a few advantages that make the Galaxy Tab S4 competitive with the Surface tablet. PC-like work productivity Dex desktop environment and experience is very similar to Windows. For Android apps optimized for Dex, you can resize the window. You can launch multiple app windows and switch to Alt-Tab. You can drag and drop content between the two compatible apps. You can save shortcuts to your desktop, and right-click to bring up a context menu. You can preview open apps on the taskbar, and use system tools such as Bluetooth, volume, and search. Dex's 'My Files' app provides a useful file system. By running PCWorld's content management system in Chrome, you can perfectly handle article writing tasks such as uploading images stored in the image folder of the tablet. Important apps that support DEXIn order to use Dex desktop features such as window resizing, you need an app optimized for Dex. Obviously, professional creation apps won't support Dex. Even the Instagram app is not yet optimized for Dex. You can bring it up on your desktop, but the window size is small and fixed. However, for general work productivity apps, there are many apps that support Dex. Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype all have Dex versions. Adobe Acrobat Reader, Photoshop Lightroom, and Photoshop Express also support Dex. Thanks to this, I can get my work done on the go. Nine Mail, my personal favorite secure email, also has an app for Dex. Of course, this is an era where a lot of things can be done with a web browser and the cloud. Office 365 and Google would be examples. In other words, 90% of work does not require a separate app. However, even in this case (psychologically) it is comfortable to use an app for Dex. A keyboard that works well I'm not good at typing on a keyboard . Typing like the detectives in a crime thriller movie. It means typing is slow. Usually two fingers, sometimes three fingers. However, you can hit more than 50 words per minute. So keyboard quality is very important to me. You can't rate the quality of the book cover keyboard like a real 'typist'. But from a personal point of view, it's very good.
It is 10 inches wide. However, the key layout is good enough, so the key spacing is sufficient. You can see what you are typing. Above all, the knee adhesion of the book cover keyboard is good. It stays stable on your lap when typing while sitting. One downside is that the left little finger often touches the app button on the test bar, hiding the Word window and revealing the app view. But if you know how to type properly, you won't have this problem. Abundant use of Android apps The Galaxy Tab S4 is a device that can be used in a variety of ways. My favorite Instagram and Fitbit apps aren't optimized for Dex, but they fully function on the Dex desktop. This is very useful when connected to a 30" monitor or 55" TV. The beauty of the Tab S4 is that it offers incredible 'flexibility'. While using Android apps in tablet mode, you can also use Android apps in desktop mode. Most of the work can be done in a desktop environment. The display quality, parts, components, battery life, and performance of the Galaxy Tab S4 require a verified official review. The focus here is only on experience and environment. Dex provides a very good and flexible environment and experience. If you thought of an Android tablet as a mere entertainment device, you might have to change your mind.
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