After recently testing an ultrabook, I've been on the go with a Samsung ATIV Tab 3 for the past few weeks, which the manufacturer kindly let me use for a few weeks. The tablet still convinces meTechnology not quite.

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First impression

The Samsung ATIV Tab 3, without a doubt, looks chic too with its white design. The Combination Made up of a tablet with a protective cover and keyboard, it doesn't just look a bit fragile at first glance.

For me, the question in the test was: Can a tablet with a keyboard replace a netbook or even an ultrabook and a complete mobile one Workplace-Solution be? My answer: As things currently stand, not yet.

The device comes with the following equipment:

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measures and weight

Product information

Storage

Display

Graphic

storage media

Communication

Audio

Webcam

Keyboard

Pointing device

Power

Connections

measurements and weight

Working with keyboard

My first focus is the question of whether to write with a tablet and keyboard and how can work with a netbook of the same size. The answer: Conditional.

Taping on the Bluetooth Book Cover Kexboard is just as easy and easy as on other keyboards.

It even works when I have the device on my knees or on a small folding table on the plane. However, the tablet is of course much heavier than the keyboard - the fragile construction therefore tends to tip over at the back.

Battery life and Bluetooth connection

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In addition, the keyboard has an extra battery that needs to be charged extra. So you still have to take a charger with you. Annoying. However, you have to confirm the battery of both keyboard and tablet really excellent running times.

Also, the Bluetooth connection between the keyboard and the tablet must be made at the first time by entering a special code. Not more complicated, but I still a step too much, which is synonymous with the laptop.

Mouse or stylus?

A crack point, however, is that I always use a mouse as usual. As a man is still armed in his old way of working, instead of embarking on the new form of work.

I have read and accepted the Problem I then solved it in such a way that I stuck the stylus behind my ear when writing and used it as a mouse pointer if necessary - probably not quite in the spirit of the inventor and quite unwieldy when working, but the only practicable solution.

Alternate Workflow?

I even tried just using the stylus of Hand to write. The handwriting recognition works amazingly well, you can even read the written text light paste into a document. What unfortunately does not work is to work directly with the stylus in the Open Office document, for example:

If you could just erase and replace letters and phrases manually, it would be a good, alternative workflow - and you probably would not need a keyboard anymore. This possibility shows a real progress of this system.

Cracking point operating system

Because the crack point when working is as so often the operating system: The Samsung device comes with Windows 8. This has the great advantage that you can install and use your usual programs, such as OpenOffice, as usual and do not have to deal with any apps.

However, if you consciously do without the installation of Microsoft apps, like me, you also have the disadvantage of having to fiddle on a touch screen with the small, mouse-buttoned buttons of the standard software. Only with his chunky fingers you have no chance, without stylus it does not work.

random access memory

Windows 8 just can't handle that decide, what it would like to be: A mobile operating system like in the start menu or a desktop solution.

Another disadvantage is that Windows 8 on a device with 2GB memory - a little less at a recommended price of 769 Euro - not really dazzling works.

I have saved the test with the graphics program, when I realize that the software alone opens only time-delayed. This could, of course, have other reasons.

Problem connectivity

Another problem with Windows 8 is the non-recognition of SD cards from 4 GB. Probably need it for its own driver, under Linux functions that problem-free. So, however, I have not managed to get the micro SD card from my camera in the tablet to run.

Result: Just now fast Checking the photos looking at the tablet is not. But what is even worse: there is no connection to the PC either. It doesn't really work with the USB cable either. Result: In my case, data transfer is only per Internet and Dropbox possible. That's weak.

Wi-Fi with weaknesses

Also the wifi seems weaknesses to exhibit. For example works in mine Office the automatic DSL connection doesn't work, I have to reconnect the device every time. None of my other devices have such problems.

In several hotels on my last press trip to Tenerife, the device sometimes got no connection - but it may also have lain the hotels, where it worked flawlessly with my some years old smartphone.

Suddenly the WLAN no longer works

Once I had to reset the device however even on the system settings from the previous day. Reason: apparently had any unintentionally driven update or perhaps a virus (from the anti-virus software under?) The WLAN off.

Only after System-Reset it worked again. But when you're abroad and don't have much time, this can be a real problem.

Conclusion

Such a tablet-keyboard combination could be a great thing if it worked without any problems. As things stand at the moment, however, this combination still has too many weaknesses. the pricePerformanceratio, if you look at the RAM, for example, is not really correct. The only advantage for me, apart from the weight, is the long battery life.

On the other hand, I consider the work with the stylus to be sustainable - the tablet as a notepad, which could also work directly on the text, would be a good alternative to a laptop with a keyboard for me. However, according to current status, I would rather be one Ultrabook as I have tested it here, which also offers in the price-performance comparison more.


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