Best Samsung Galaxy Tab Apps

by Antonio Wells Nov 16, 2010 12:28 PM – 12 Comments

Best Samsung Galaxy Tab Apps. Now that the Samsung Galaxy Tab has hit every major U.S. carrier and even regional carriers, we wanted to point out some of the best Android apps and games for the 7″ screen. The apps listed are those that take complete advantage of full screen real estate… let’s get started!

Check out these Android Apps, we’ve included the QR barcode to scan or Chrome to Phone/Firefox to Phone direct buy & download links from the Android Market.

HD Gaming

Ever Popular Angry Birds takes advantage of the Tabs full screen. Download below:

Angry Birds Free Angry Birds. The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake! Dish out revenge on the greedy pigs who stole their eggs. Use the unique powers of each bird to destroy the pigs’ fortresses. Angry Birds features challenging physics-based gameplay that requires logic, skill, and force to crush the enemy.

Experience the world of warcraft in 3D across Android and iPhone platforms with Pocket Legends:

Pocket Legends (3D MMO) Free Pocket Legends is on-the-go gameplay with hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Latest version: 1.5.4 (for Android version 2.1 and higher)

Spaghetti Marshmallows is a fun and addictive game of building structures with spaghetti sticks and marshmallows as the glue. Download below:

Spaghetti Marshmallows Free, $2.24 Spaghetti Marshmallows. Pin marshmallows with uncooked spaghetti and build your way to the next level. Spaghettis bend, snap and throw your marshmallows to the ground. On level completion, go rampage and bring everything to the ground to a symphony of snapping spaghetti! (For Android version 2.1 and higher)

We told you Gameloft is coming strong with 7 HD game titles for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, where they are again. Asphalt 5 HD is already included as a demo app. Other titles have to be purchased directly from Gameloft. However, Sprint customers under the “Try & Buy” program can access 6 Galaxy Tab titles from Gameloft ‘s Storefront from the ‘Free Games’ icon on the Tab.

Asphalt 5 HD, high-octane first person race car game with amazing 3D graphics. Also check out our review of Asphalt 5 game. Let’s Golf! HD, first person 18 hole golf challenge game. Also check out our review of Let’s Golf! game.

Other titles include Let’s Golf! 2, Fishing Kings, Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front, Spider-Man: Total Mayhem, GT Racing: Motor Academy, Real Football 2011, Gangstar: Miami Vindication, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Shrek Kart, The Oregon Trail, N.O.V.A – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD, Hero of Sparta HD, Modern Combat: Sandstorm HD, Dungeon Hunter HD, and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle HD.

eBooks & Publications

Kindle for Android is bundled with other sweet ebook apps and publications.

Kindle for Android Free Kindle for Android. Read more than 620,000* Kindle books on your Android phone including thousands of free books. No Kindle required. Automatically synchronizes your last page read between devices with Amazon Whispersync. Adjust the text size, color mode, or brightness. *If you are a non-US customer, book availability may vary.

Top U.S. media publications have been formatted for the Tab such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal Android apps. Download it for your Tab below:

NYTimes Free The NYTimes app for Android allows you to enjoy the award-winning journalism of The New York Times on your Android smartphone, free of charge. Specifically designed to utilize the features and navigation of the Android, this app includes: unique video display, various sharing tools, offline reading and font size adjustment.

Email, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks & Notes

Exchange for TouchDown, popular Microsoft Exchange email app for Android with Active-Sync push technology, is capable of auto-detecting the larger screen size thus serving the tablet version of the app. Have you noticed it supports corporate Exchange Contacts, Calendars, Tasks, and Notes in addition to email! Download it for your Tab below:

Exchange for TouchDown $19.99 Connect to your Exchange Server to get Email, Contacts, Calendar and Tasks with TouchDown. TouchDown provides most complete Exchange sync.

K9 Mail, an alternative yet extremely popular email client for Android, is also suited for the larger screen. Download it for your Tab below:

K9 Mail Free description: K-9 Mail Android App is an open source email client for Android with multi-folder sync, email signatures, Bcc-to-self, return-address configuration, keyboard shortcuts, Exchange Support, message flagging, IMAP deletes, saving attachments, configurable notifications and more.

Communication

Skype and Qik let’s you make video calls! Download the apps for your Tab below:

Skype Free Free* Skype-to-Skype calls over 3G or WiFi. Call landlines or mobile phones at great Skype rates. Instant message one or many friends at the same time. * Data plan or WiFi connection required (calling in U.S – WiFi only). Some handsets may not be supported

Qik – Share the Experience! Free Qik lets you record & share videos with your friends, family, favorite social networks and the world. Capture videos & share them live to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or blogs. Send Video Mail to anyone, anywhere. All your videos are stored on your account on qik.com

Fuze Meeting Free Never miss a meeting again! Fuze Meeting is pleased to announce the first dedicated app for Android. Now you can catch your meeting if you are out in the field, or just running late. Fuze Meeting is a mobile and web-based collaboration service with integrated audio conferencing, synchronized video and image sharing.

fring - free video calls, IM Free FREE Video Calls! Video call to any Smartphone. NOW with DVQ™ technology gives you optimized video quality for your network connection. FREE call & chat with fring buddies & other networks: GTalk™, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo™! & SIP! Try fringOut: CHEAPEST worldwide calls to any phone # from 1c/min: best VOIP in market

Media & Music

YouTube can be used in HD on the Tab or take your personal radio music experience with Slacker Radio to the large screen.

YouTube Free Experience the latest and best version of the official YouTube app, which offers: Beautiful new UI design. In-page playback (read comments while video is playing!). Personalized homescreen video feed. Brand new player controls. Rotate-for-fullscreen playback

Slacker Radio Free Listen to free personalized radio on your mobile phone. With millions of songs from 1000s of artists, Slacker Radio is the best way to discover new artists and hear your favorites. Customize over 120 stations from every genre or create your own stations – new for 2.0, a free trial of station caching for off-line playback!

Augmented Reality

In the classic words of Inspector Gadget Layar Reality Browser, augmented reality GPS aware app, is “Wowzers“! Indeed worthy of downloading to your Tab:

Layar Reality Browser Free Layar Reality Browser, a beautiful, fun augmented reality app that shows you the things you canʼt see.

Since there is not specific category or indicators in the Android Market to help identify Galaxy Tab apps we’ll keep adding apps & games to the list for your convenience!

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12 Comments

By David on December 9, 2010 at 7:55 am:

Add in Fring. It does video calls and takes advantage of the forward facing camera

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- By Luis on December 11, 2012 at 7:23 am:
  
  I wold add to music and media ArkMC application. I can play on my Tab all the music and video stored on my PC.
  Here is the link: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arkudadigital.arkmc.gm
  
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By andy on December 18, 2010 at 8:38 pm:

Nice list i just got a samsung galaxy tab so im going to get all those, the augmented reality apps are cool

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By Sam on January 13, 2011 at 5:53 am:

Add spinlet.com, try out the free music player with cloud for Samsung Tab.

-Sam

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By jack on February 3, 2011 at 10:47 am:

i got a samsung galaxy tab it is really good i wish my friends had 1 so i can pair device with them . what is the best app or game please write back thanks

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By radhikaray on April 7, 2011 at 10:45 am:

there are too many new applications being launched in android market off late. The customers are really spoilt for the choice but who’s complaining. More the merrier.

But android has opened possibility of a whole new world of mobility and also turned fortune for samsung as a mobile handset manufacturer.

Samsung has really emerged as a strong competitor to the leader for long Nokia

Please share the QR code for Angry bird RIO version

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By nick099 on April 8, 2011 at 12:54 pm:

Add “FileLinx’ to the list. It transfers any file of any size between Android and a PC while also being able to print to any PC-connected printer whether through WiFi or 3G, so you can be anywhere. No print charges. No cloud servers. I use it on both my Droid X and tablet. Very reliable and they guarantee it too.

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By youssed on May 12, 2011 at 10:28 am:

i got a galaxy tab but i dont know it type or how can i download apps for it can any body tell me how :/

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By dan.c{e} on May 13, 2011 at 7:19 pm:

omg i just tried pocket legends it rocks even on my 7″ tab

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By philipblair on June 2, 2011 at 8:00 pm:

MailDroid has to be in here. Definitely a better app than K9. I use for accessing my home email accounts (can’t comment on business uses) and it absolutely blows K9 out of the water. Ease of use, email handling including attachments, audio files and video files.

Definite 10 out of 10 score and 100% recommendation.

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By Ann on January 29, 2012 at 2:36 pm:

is there a microsoft word app for the samsung galaxy? if not is there a word processing program that works on the galaxy?

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- By Antonio Wells on January 29, 2012 at 3:25 pm:
  
  Sure there is, check out QuickOffice Pro http://www.androidtapp.com/apps/business/quickoffice-pro/
  
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