[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
I suppose I should be specific here. As popular as it is, the iPad 2 is not the holy grail of perfection that everyone may think it is. Quite to the contrary in fact. It just so happens that Apple is very good at either outright hiding or distract in the user from any would-be imperfections. See, Apple would rather NOT push the boundaries of the hardware capabilities for the sake of forcing a more consistence experience.

I have never owned, nor would I, any Apple product, period... ever. So, my experiences with the iPad 2 have been limited to display devices in retail location and hands-on time with any of the ones owned by family members.

Some examples of where I would consider my 7.7 to be either faster, smoother, or generally better than the iPad 2 would include:

Homescreen UI:

ADW EX vs iOS

I love ADW EX on the tablet. It's simple, it's customizable, and it's FAST!! It also happens to be hardware accelerated, which helps with the points I just mentioned. Why do I feel this beats the pants off of iOS's homescreen? Simple. It manages to consistently pump out 60 frames a second, making screen transitions and finger response smooth as silk.

"So what? iOS does that too on the iPad 2."

Yeah, but my 7.7 running ADW EX manages 60 fps all while running active widgets, live background, and 3D transition effects between screens. All iOS is doing is moving a bunch of icons from page to page in front of a static background. Not hard to do really, so the 60 fps figure doesn't impress me that much. Besides, if all we're doing is moving application icons across the screen at 60 frames a second, my ADW EX app drawer does that too...

This bring up my earlier point about how Apple won't push the boundaries. It's entirely possible that Android running on the iPad 2 would not yield the same quality experience.

Either way, win for 7.7!

Angry birds:

I know, this seems like a strange category, but seeing as it's the only cross-platform game I have played on both devices, it's all I have to go on.

Anyway, the Android version of Angry Birds on my 7.7 runs very smoothly at 60 frames a second, whereas the iOS version of Angry Brids on the iPad 2 seems to run at a much lower framerate for some reason. It may not me noticeable on its own, but comparing the two side by side, the difference is night and day. The iPad version appears very choppy next to my 7.7. It remains consistent, and thus it's still very playable, but my 7.7 not only is equally consistent, but at a smoother higher framerate, it is more enjoyable.

Web browsing:

Now, here's the category which I have to say is the closest one to call personally.

For starters, I should point out that I use Dolphin Browser for pad (beta) on my 7.7 instead of the stock browser. I generally prefer its interface, and it's a shame that the Dolphin team hasn't continued to develop this tablet specific version of their browser.

Anyway, getting back on track here, assuming that the desktop agent is being used on both devices (so that they both go to the desktop versions of the same websites), performance may vary depending on where you're going. The iPad will manage to best the 7.7 in terms of consistency in its performance no matter where you go. Scrolling and zooming will be consistently responsive and smooth. This may not always be the case with the 7.7, especially on the YouTube home page. But that is about the only place I have experienced any kind of slowdown.

On my 7.7, for the most part (with only the occasional slowdown), my browsing experience remains at least as smooth as what I have seen on any iPad, and that's just while it's doing the same level of Java and HTML5 that the iPad does. Add to that by enabling Flash content, while playing a 1080p video on the same web page, and still the 7.7 doesn't miss a beat!? Then you really start to realize what a monster this thing is...

Win for 7.7 again!

P.S. My 7.7 has been consistently scoring 111,000 and above in browsermark. Yeah, it's a beast.