TechRadar’s James Rivington on the Galaxy Tab. Some choice cuts:

Is it a phone? No – it makes phone calls, sure, but it’s too big to use as a primary mobile phone.

Is it a tablet? Again, no we don’t think it is one. It’s too small and fiddly and lacking in optimisations. Tablets need to distinguish themselves from smartphones by being bigger, better, more powerful, feature rich and interesting.

The pricing is all wrong, too. Clearly, Samsung needs to avoid undercutting the prices of its own Android smartphones like the Galaxy S. But in doing so, it’s made the Galaxy Tab £100 more expensive than the cheapest iPad – a class-leading product.

The camera, too, is fairly poor. Again, it’s nice to have this feature, but remember this is a £530 gadget. It’s expensive, and so you expect all the features to be top-notch… But they’re not.

It had the potential to deliver a serious blow to Apple’s iPad sales. But in truth, the Galaxy Tab is no match for the iPad. It’s nowhere near as smooth, it’s not as polished and remarkably, it’s not even a match when it comes to value for money.

Other 7″ Android tablets all seem to have similar problems. Personally, I’m very much hoping to see a 10″ Android, webOS or Windows Phone 7 tablet in 2011. I love the iPad, but Apple needs some serious competition to drive it on. It has this in the smartphone space, but right now the iPad remains so far ahead in its field that it’s starting to get a bit depressing.