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Having had my xformer for 4days now I would not swap it for any other current or "coming soon" tab.
The whole feel of the unit and look of the screen is superb. I have read some disparaging remarks about the size of it but it cannot understand what the problem is. I only use it whilst sitting down with it resting on my lap/legs and weight/size is no problem and when my kb arrives it will be used in the same position or at a desk.
The ability to change and customise is brilliant and am so glad I didn't get an Ipad 2.
I'd say 90% of the apps i've downloaded have worked fine and adapted very well for a tablet.
I love the screen/display so much and am now looking forward to the final piece in the puzzle, the kb/dock, which to my mind will make this unit unbeatable.
Just hope that more people, especially stateside and other parts of europe can get their hands on one soon as to my mind it will be worth waiting for.
Yeh, I'm really excited for them to be released in the US. I have some connections with a local retailer, so I'm hoping the possible low inventory/short supply will not affect me, but only the future will tell.
Good to hear that the user experience is positive. Makes waiting that much harder....
I've had my Transformer for about the same amount of time and the more I use it the more I love it. I have taken Asus up on their early adopter offer and have placed my order for a keyboard dock which I feel will make it just about perfect for my needs. Yes there are niggles with honeycomb but nothing that can't be fixed with future updates: the screen is fantastic, battery life is awesome - I regularly have it on for over 16 hours and it still has charge. And no, I'm not exactly a light user. I can only imagine how much longer it'll last with the dock.
I use it for catching up on emails, web surfing, watching movies and BBC iplayer. I use it as an ebook reader, play same games and just recently I've discovered the brilliant Splashtop Remote Desktop for linking the Transformer with my desktop PC, enabling me to stream all my movies and music to my tablet. It has basically replaced my laptop.
If you're in two minds about waiting to get your hands on one, it's definitely worth the wait.
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I've had my Transformer for about the same amount of time and the more I use it the more I love it. I have taken Asus up on their early adopter offer and have placed my order for a keyboard dock which I feel will make it just about perfect for my needs. Yes there are niggles with honeycomb but nothing that can't be fixed with future updates: the screen is fantastic, battery life is awesome - I regularly have it on for over 16 hours and it still has charge. And no, I'm not exactly a light user. I can only imagine how much longer it'll last with the dock.
I use it for catching up on emails, web surfing, watching movies and BBC iplayer. I use it as an ebook reader, play same games and just recently I've discovered the brilliant Splashtop Remote Desktop for linking the Transformer with my desktop PC, enabling me to stream all my movies and music to my tablet. It has basically replaced my laptop.
If you're in two minds about waiting to get your hands on one, it's definitely worth the wait.
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Yes, absolutely agree, I'm loving this device, my Ipad is now gathering dust on the shelf until I can find a buyer for it. The screen is awesome, the Gmail app incredible, when it's not lagging the web browser is amazing, especially the sync with Google.
I also stumped up for Splashtop remote as well and agree that it's fantastic. However, I think (not 100% sure but I saw a video on You Tube by a guy who seemed to have a later firmware version) that we will get Splashtop for free with the next firmware update as part of the Asus Cloud service. Bit annoying if that turns out to be the case
That aside though, it feels far more grown up than iOS, still buggy but having that degree of control over the homescreens and your content is amazing. Those people who are waiting for it, it really is worth it and with the keyboard dock it will only get better.
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Good to hear that the user experience is positive. Makes waiting that much harder....
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Hi guys,
i just bought a transformer from eBay and eagerly awaiting its arrival!
Is there anything i need to know about them?
Did anybody make a signature for the transformer? like my sensation one..
I look forward to your replies and help!
thanks,
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The screens the shiny bit
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Great!
Just need to know you bought you got a wonderful tablet.
Regards.
Well it's proving to be great fun so far... a HUGE deal more fun than my HTC Desire was/is.
Head into the Eee Pad Transformer Development forum. That's where the fun's at Especially getting Ubuntu/other OS's to run on it. And check out the Ultimate Transformer Thread in these forums to get a great index of things to do to start you off.
thank you guys for your support!
I use my tablet for everything from controlling xbmc to watch movies with on my projector to remote vnc to all my pcs in my house, not too mention having a gps and mp3 player in my car bundled in one, it really has replaced alot of devices for me and is more than worth the money. Not to mention the devs and the support on these forums is amazing! Once Linux is booting this tablet it will be the perfect device
I haven't toched my notebook since I got it. I do almost everything on it (VNC, RSS, inet, ssh, games, forums, image management (sorting), movies, music, sms, ebooks, ...
I'm using my Transformer to do everything my laptop used to do: doing homework, watching movies on the get go, but with more like: listening to music on the cloud, reading ebook/comics and playing games.
Ya it's a great device, I've hardly touched my iPad at all since getting it. I use it alot every day for browsing the web, reading news, watching the news etc. I think it's mostly the dock that makes me want to use it more as it makes a perfect stand and always missed not having a keyboard with the ipad (though I know I could have got one but they don't dock like the TF one does). Hope you enjoy yours as much as I am mine!
Some of you have been around the block with this device. I have always had the stance that I did not need a tablet. I postponed and always found a reason to wait. When the Tab 10.1 was $325 shipped from woot, I could no longer fight that off.
While I waited for it to ship, I scoured your forum (very familiar with XDA, but never a section for tablets). I was EXTREMELY impressed with the posts, the peeps, feedback and the stickies/guides. I had a good feeling about the device before it even arrived, when you have a strong network to go to, any android device can be fun..... big kudos to those who write guides and develop for the Tab.
I also found help with accessories... ended up ordering the pyro skin carbon fiber case, which was sent extremely fast, good price and fits the tab like a glove... great experience (though I wanted the red one and they were out).
Finally... device shipped. Childhood Christmas people... so happy. Fought the urge, decided to power it up to full... cut it on, realized just HOW pretty the screen was on the bootup alone... loved the setup... even the "new" look of the login screens being so different from the android phones that i have used... just "cool."
Boots up, everything starts syncing.... thinking wow, extremely easy. That is so unlike Android (market perception, not mine).... then I started browsing the market... the web... youtube.. camera... gallery... everything is just working.
I know there is an update, so to be weird, I reboot, then update.... getting concerned because it seemed to take forever... finally, it reboots and voila, everything I was doing before looks the same if not better... great.
I load up all my apps... noticing Plume is the most sexy app ever.... night and day difference from the phone experience....
come back to XDA... decide to go ahead and root and try a rom. Find the root guide with the all in one download + video... Jesus, as someone who prides themselves on guides, that one is flawless... well done. The root process was crazy easy... only thing I would have suggested here, the guide could point out you could just flash a rom right after getting into CWR to cut out some steps.... regardless, very easy, very impressed. I know some of you have had, or have helped friends with other android devices not even close to being this easy. Kudos to developers, again.
I decide to go with Task650s 7.0.... the rom booted up and just felt right from the start. I have been putting it through the paces and still need to explore more, but so far with it AND the device, the tab is top notch. Can't believe I waited this long.
Right now I have my Galaxy S4G acting as my wifi hotspot at work, I can put a password on it so I do not think my data usage should be much different than if I were just using my phone... true? So much better using the Tab for checking twitter, etc than my phone.
Anyway, like I said.... some of you know this.... just felt like you might like reading a new guys perception.
As always, taking suggestions and feedback as I try and learn more about the Tab and what it can do.
Glad you like it and webt with tasks rom . As for using your phone as a hotspot, I do that and the tab uses abitt nore data, but only browsing the internet. And like I said to you, get the usb adapter. I can mount my phone in mass storage on my tab and use it to transfer files and stuff. My whole nandroid backup of my tab is stored on my phone along with it's own backup
i'm also a Woot purchaser, and just did the same procedure.
My tablet is really nice, now. I took advantage of Zagg's 50% off sale and got a leather back skin and their rubbery orange-peel screen protector. Now my Tab is the bigger brother clone of my HTC Thunderbolt. The leather gives an elegant feel with minimal weight, as well as some drop cushioning.
I didn't want an iPad, but I do love what this can do. Also, it connects to my Apple Air Port at 5GHz, so it gets a true 300Mbit to my NAS for book and movie loading.
Everytime I want to purchase an electronic device (my old system or my dslr or my gtab), I read a lot of reviews and watch videos on youtubes comparing it to other devices, and I have to say that I'm glad I bought the galaxy tab even though I paid $630 for the 32GB version, but and I even convinced my brother to get one instead of the ipad
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I have always had the stance that I did not need a tablet.
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I felt just like you, now I can't live without it. I got a SGS2 in May when they first came out and loaded it up with apps for video, reading, browsing and the like. Watching movies on a 4" screen is kind of underwhelming. Reading and surfing are a pain because you're always zooming the text to be able to read it. The Tab's so thin and light I take it everywhere now and it's my primary consumption device. E-mail and messaging is so much easier with the additional real estate. I now use my phone mostly for quick e-mails and messages, taking pictures and videos, and streaming via A2DP in my car. Everything else I do with the Tab. It's 3G so it's always connected so it's easy to whip out and just get stuff done. Teg 2 sucks but it's got enough horsepower for what I do with it. I'll get rid of it when Samsung's next-gen tablet comes out. Primarily because more power's always good and I like that the next-gen tablets have higher res screens.
Here's some apps I can't live without:
- Plex
They just upgraded the server and it's amazing how great it is at streaming video. I get unbelievable quality even over a 3G connection.
- PlayOn
Fantastic for Hulu and Amazon Instant. Again, the transcoding's excellent and plays well even on lower speed connections.
- SwiftKey Tablet X Keyboard
It was clunky at first but the latest revision was a complete revamp. The thumb keyboard's great as is their word suggestion logic.
- HD Widgets
Fantastic clock and weather widgets in multiple sizes designed for tablets.
- News360 and Pulse
Great tablet news feeds
Next Issue, Press Reader, and Zinio
All great tablet apps for newspapers and magazines. If you already have print subscriptions, the digital versions on Next Issue are free.
- TouchDown
The native e-mail client's not bad but TouchDown has great widgets for mail, appointments, and tasks.
- Asus SuperNote
It's a pull from the Transformer and available in the dev section. It's the best note app for hand writing notes. They all suck because of screen lag but this sucks the least.
Good luck with your new Tab, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
I'm jealous of the woot guys who got their device already. Mine is scheduled for tomorrow, but I'm estimating Friday with how slow it's been so far.
Can't wait to get my hands on my new toy! I sold my transformer at the beginning of Nov, but after hearing of a $500 base price on the prime, it was over my allotted amount to spend on myself during the holidays.
Along came the woot sale, and I couldn't pass it up!
Loving my rooted Tab on Task's 7 as well and I agree it is an awesome Tablet...
Some apps that I enjoy on it are:
--Tweetcaster Pro
--Reader HD
--HD Widgets
--Thumb Keyboard
--Netflix
Glad to hear you are enjoying it!
Like some of you I'm pretty new to tablets. Just got my 10.1 tab a couple weeks ago and been immersing myself in thhe Android universe ever since.
I've been very impressed with the devs here and their products. I flashed In Paris v5 the day after I got the tab and today replaced it with Task 7.
It's sweeeeet.
-JM
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I just installed ADW Launcher for $.10 from the Market. Makes a nice theming addition for the tablet.
I feel swanky with half off leather skin from Zagged and this chic and thin tablet with the Task Honeycomb. It would be awesome to have it perfectly match my Skyraider Zeus Thunderbolt. But, right now they are very similar.
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thanks for the post OP. I (finally) received mine from Woot yesterday but I didn't get home till late. I plan on leaving work early today so I can play with my new toy, flash Task's ROM, etc. My SGS2 will get jealous
Hi everyone, I've had a problem over the last year or two, habitually testing out tablets and returning them. My wife has gotten concerned that my tablet buying would beome obsessive, but I really was just looking for the right tool for me. I have finally chosen the Note 10.1 as my preferred choice thought some forum posters might want to hear my thoughts on a variety of tablets and why I chose the Note.
My use case - I'm sort of a techie, I go to a lot of meetings, I have a wicked awesome x100e thinkpad netbook that I absolutely love and that I use for casual and work, and I have a media center computer at home for watching xvids on my TV. But I've wanted a tablet for meetings and other times when pulling a laptop out would not be acceptable. I also really wanted a wacom pen for electronic notes, I seem to believe that might help keep me more organized. One last thing I wouldn't mind from a tablet is learning games to play with my daughter.
I used to have a thinkpad windows xp convertible, which was nice, but heavy and the battery died. So last year when the thinkpad android tablet came out, I jumped on it. But it didn't live up to the hype, too big, too slow, android wasnt really ready and frankly the ntrig pen on it was horrible, the battery on the pen died twice in the month I had it. Returned.
I bought a blackberry playbook, was sleek, ahead of the times, fast. But too small, not enough apps, and no wacom pen. Returned.
I bought a ipad 2, was pretty impressed with it actually. Really great selection of apps, jailbroke it and was quite excited about it, but it really wasn't suitable for notes no matter what I tried. Why doesn't this thing have a microsd port? And the Apple ecosystem is hugely frustrating. And as a techie, I can't really walk around holding an iPad, just way to emberassing I wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror. In the end this was a great purchase as a learning tool for my daughter with lots of learning games we play with at night, but it wasn't really suitable for what I needed.
I was really eager when the note 10.1 came out, preordered it and got it in september. Fast, perfect size, speakers are awesome, and the microsd port was really appreciated! But it didn't have USB, android can be pretty quirky and Windows 8 was coming out. I had some problems with polaris office and thought to myself I have to give windows 8 a try before I commit.
So I bought the Microsoft Surface RT. This was an impulse buy, mostly cause I couldnt see it in the store and I had to know what it was like. Frankly its awesome, sleek, quick, the keyboard is amazing. But... not a lot of apps, no wacom pen, pretty much its a netbook with office, and I already have a wicked lenovo netbook, so it went back because what I really wanted was the Samsung Ativ Smart PC!
The samsung Ativ Smart Pc with windows 8 was pretty impressive. This atom cpu flies, I mean flies for office use. It was quicker at reading pdfs then any other tablet I tried including the Note 10.1. It had a wacom pen that worked well. It had a USB port and a mini-hdmi! It has windows 8, which is by far the best windows I tried. Things are so much simpler, sleeker and logical in it. The OS is a joy to use, and the best part it runs ALL of my intel x86 programs so I can load it up with virtually anything. But its still windows, so be prepared for Norton, daily updates and the usual Windows annoyances that I have come to love, this wasn't really a negative for me, but I could see how it would be for my wife. The main problems with this tablet:
1. It couldn't connect to my work wifi. Some windows 8 bug that aggravated me, I'm sure they'll fix it... eventually.
2. Its 11.6 inches, its huge and more to the point it's widescreen. The widescreen aspect ratio is too wide, hard to read a pdf, its a joke to hold this thing in portrait mode.
The Ativ Smart PC is an awesome low power windows ultrabook/tablet, but not a good tablet for occasional use when a netbook won't suffice, too big, too wide. (PS I live in canada, and in canada the ATIV Smart PC does not come with a smart pen, so I returned it, bought the american version....... and returned that).
So I rebought the Note 10.1 on a cyber sale for 449, saved myself 50 bucks from my original purchase and you know what, I'm loving it. I think Windows 8 has a bright future, but not right now. And android is getting better every day
The only cons to the Note I know of for me are:
I am missing audio recording while writing notes, snote and lecture notes can do this but they won't play and fast forward the notes like OneNote or Livescribe do, oh well.
I'd also give props to the niche area apps available on the ipad that has tons of learning games for my daughter that no other platform can rival.
Sucks that it takes so long for samsung to update, Android is finally going to have multiuser ability, and I doubt the Note 10.1 will ever see it. Oh well, wasn't really all that necessary anyways.
The note can do virtually everything I need it to do. Since I last used the Note I have come to see Polaris office is actually pretty good, and I am impressed with Astro file managers improvements. I love how dropbox works with my note, and I have a microsd 32gb card ready to hold all my work files from dropbox on it. I love being able to pull up a doc during a meeting and append, highlight and make notes, thanks polaris office for that. Right now I'm connected to an adobe connect meeting for my work through my tablet, and I'm loving it, switch windows to skype my wife on my tablet, and I marvel at how powerful this small tool is. I just bought a case for the note, I'm keeping it this time, I better or my wife is going to kill me lol.
Edit - Oh yeah, I just have to add this cause other review sites mention it. The whole "thing feels like cheap plasitc" is a bunch of bs in my view. The note is slim, light, and awesome. The screen is also bright and crystal clear.
It's hard to ignore all the hype and praise the other tablets are receiving, huh.
I mainly use my Note for drawing and having an Intuos at home, I already know Wacom is the bee's knees. But I came pretty close to buying an iPad w/ an Adonit Jot anyway just b/c everyone kept telling me and I kept reading the iPad's the greatest. But after trying the Note w/ Wacom and the palm rejection... there was no way I could pick anything else
" And as techie, I can't really walk around holdin an iPad, just way to emberassing I wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror."
Thank you. The the two don't equate. :laugh:
Also made the same mistake with the TPT, but didn't bother with other tabs until the GNote was released. After the horror show that was the ThinkPad, and the poor reviews on the Note, I was afraid of it. Glad I got over it. It's been perfect since day one.
My wife has a IPAD and she wants my Note 10. No way, Jose I said. You can do so much more on the Note 10 than a IPAD. IPAD is great for reading, better than the Note 10 but that's it, Note 10 exceeds everywhere else.
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" And as techie, I can't really walk around holdin an iPad, just way to emberassing I wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror."
Thank you. The the two don't equate. :laugh:
Also made the same mistake with the TPT, but didn't bother with other tabs until the GNote was released. After the horror show that was the ThinkPad, and the poor reviews on the Note, I was afraid of it. Glad I got over it. It's been perfect since day one.
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As someone that certainly prefers the Note 10.1 over the ipad, i still really dont understand this statement. Some of the "techinest" people i know use ipads and its their preferred tablet of choice. Im guessing the usual will get thrown out the lack of flexibility and closed ecosystem, but ive seen some very impressive things performed on an ipad, especially when jailbroken.
I have them all and thought the Note would be impossible to beat but the Ativ may beat them all. If you are looking for note taking you can't beat OneNote and an spen
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As someone that certainly prefers the Note 10.1 over the ipad, i still really dont understand this statement. Some of the "techinest" people i know use ipads and its their preferred tablet of choice. Im guessing the usual will get thrown out the lack of flexibility and closed ecosystem, but ive seen some very impressive things performed on an ipad, especially when jailbroken.
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As someone that certainly prefers the Note 10.1 over the ipad, i still really dont understand this statement. Some of the "techinest" people i know use ipads and its their preferred tablet of choice. Im guessing the usual will get thrown out the lack of flexibility and closed ecosystem, but ive seen some very impressive things performed on an ipad, especially when jailbroken.
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Agreed, if you could customize the ipad a bit it would be unbeatable. But no wacom pen, no microsdcard (which is embarrassing really), and just the hunk-a-junk file system and primitive ways of putting files on the thing annoy me to no end. Even jailbroken, I put a couple seasons of big bang theory on there, had to get vlc player from cydia (not in the app store). And had to install them through vlc so they weren't accessible to other programs. Little things just frustrate me about the device, and I dont get that in note 10.1. The multi window thing is pretty cool too. Not to mention philosophically I believe in Gnu/Open source, and while google isn't a saint there, they are much better then apple. I love my sleek lil note
Edit - one thing that annoys me in general about android is the file system as well. Why am I putting everything in /mnt/sdcard? And I know of no way to organize this thing. I tried making /mnt/sdcard/home and have all my personal files/directories in there, but some programs wont configure where they save so you inevitably had to go into that mess of /mnt/sdcard. Not to mention you can't keep that directory clean cause every app wants to put a directory there. I guess I just have to use the "favorites" tool in astro and just mark directories I like as favorites.
As for techies and ipads.... maybe its an age thing? Im 35 maybe that is a factor? I'm not really sure... but to give you some background I have a masters in comp sci, I work with tech, I know a lot of techies and not one has an ipad they would publicly admit too. Only people I know who have ipads are people who never really had computers or didnt know they could do cool stuff like "teleconference" or "photoshop" or "take pictures and share them" or "edit videos in premiere" or "play online games" and now that apple made this stuff popular with products like "facetime" and the "instagram app" and "draw something" they are obsessed with running around telling people like me (who don't find it all that impressive) and it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I just had a conversation with someone today about how cool her iphone was cause it could send voice messages with the app called voxie! I found it hilarious that she was unable to easily send sms voice messages on her phone and needed an app for it to make it useable. Oh well, I just think their way of popularizing and "owning/stealing" things "techies" like me have been doing for a long time leaves a bad taste in some of our mouths. Might be different with different groups tho.
Don't get me wrong, they occasionally make great products, the Ipod was a work of art, and compared to the other mp3 players I had at the time it was light years ahead. The first ipod belongs in a museum, and my creative jukebox deserves to be run over by my car, if I can find it lol. It's just I don't really respect the brand, it makes me think "locked down", "over priced" and "less functional" so I will avoid it if possible
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I have them all and thought the Note would be impossible to beat but the Ativ may beat them all. If you are looking for note taking you can't beat OneNote and an spen
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I spent two weeks with a canadian ativ, and another two weeks with an american ativ. I can say that lil atom is much faster then you might think. And the OS is a dream on tablets once you get used to it. Still... its a new-ish OS, and its got kinks. In a year or two, I think windows 8 tablets will be awesome, right now Android has so much available and working out of the box. Not to mention size wise the ativ is more of a computer, forget bringing it to bed or bringing it to meetings while holding a coffee. Its just too big. I like reading pdfs in portrait, so I can see a whole page, the widescreen ativ is unusable in portrait.... unless all my pdfs go widescreen in the near future, that aspect ratio is done. Incidentally if you use apps like bing/news, the tiling layout is awesome cause it's formatted for that screen. Unfortunately my dungeon magazine is in portrait and its much more readable on the note 10.1
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As someone that certainly prefers the Note 10.1 over the ipad, i still really dont understand this statement. Some of the "techinest" people i know use ipads and its their preferred tablet of choice. Im guessing the usual will get thrown out the lack of flexibility and closed ecosystem, but ive seen some very impressive things performed on an ipad, especially when jailbroken.
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Sorry, but as a long-time techie, before there were laptops and pads, my statement and sentiment about the OP's post stands. As to the techies you know- there's no accounting for some people's taste. JMO
Don't trust the people who tell you that an adonit jot pro with a capacitive screen is anywhere near the wacom stylus on this.. I used the jot pro (meh, waste of money because of the issues regarding the conductivity between the ball and the plate) with the asus transformer. Even at its best, it cannot be compared to the Note.
I agree with you absolutely. Coming from a Galaxy Tab 7.7 with a Jot Pro was an exercise of frustration. The Jot was over rated. For true note taking experience on tablet form factor, nothing beats the S-Pen.
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I have always owned an ipad since the first generation. They are excellent devices and I consider myself a "techie". I am never ashamed of carrying it or my Note 10.1 because my self-esteem has this weird quirk where I just dont give damn what other people think of me because I own it. I certainly wouldn't judge someone because they owned an apple product. The whole premise is ridiculous and immature.
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I agree with you absolutely. Coming from a Galaxy Tab 7.7 with a Jot Pro was an exercise of frustration. The Jot was over rated. For true note taking experience on tablet form factor, nothing beats the S-Pen.
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I tried about every stylus available with my TF101 in just about every app available. Ended up using LiveScribe instead. Happy stopped using both when I got my Note 10.1, the S-Pen and lecture notes. It simply cannot be beat and after years of trying to be paperless for meetings I have finally done it with the Note. Oh, and I love using my AllShare cast dongle with presentations. I can look at my notes, display full presentation and do markups with my S-Pen. Pretty slick. I'm sure you can do that with iPad somehow but I wouldn't consider another tablet without a wacom.
Wow, I didn't think there was anyone as "crazy" as me lol. I actually do have OCD and it takes me forever to make a decision. I've also tried and returned many phones and tablets. More so for phones. I'm never satisfied with the one I have. I just got the Note 10.1 today tho and I'm loving it! Just put on JB.
I agree with the second poster also. It is hard to ignore the hype and praise for these different tablets. You never truly know which one is going to be the best until you've tried them out. It was between the Note 10.1 or the iPad 4. I've had iPads before but for some reason I thought this one would be different. I decided on the Note 10.1 and the whole time I was waiting for it to arrive I kept thinking that maybe I should have taken the iPad but now that I have the Note I have to say I'm glad I stuck with my decision.
I'm still on part where I try the ativ before getting the 10.1, but I'm currently abroad until after christmas, so I can't try/buy yet since I haven't seen an ativ smart pc here. I've tried the note 10.1 and it feels a bit strange to me. The stylus and the screen don't have that feeling that I can draw on it like on my tablet pc. So I'll found out after christmas. I'm at a stage in my life where I don't know if I am going to replace my tablet pc with an ativ smart pc or replace my xperia play with a 3g 10.1. I may end up getting both though.
I'm sure this has been talked about elsewhere in bits and pieces, and maybe there is an appropriate thread, but I didn't see one exactly.
What do you use your note for? What does your note allow you to do that you couldn't with another tablet? Or, what works for you? Is there some sequence of apps you use in conjunction that allow you to get things done better than before?
I know that I personally just use Lecture Notes and Polaris Office almost non stop. I'm constantly taking notes, cutting from texts in polaris, pasting into LN, exporting pdf's for email, etc. I can't help but feel that there's functionality I'm overlooking, tips, or shortcuts that really take advantage of even more of the notes features.
Anyone have any thoughts they'd like to share? About anything they use the note for really, not just my particular needs.
As a side note. Samsung needs to pay Acadoid money and have S notes redesigned. S note is missing so much seemingly simple functionality that it's baffling. They had some really good ideas and then half a**ed the job. Thank god for LN's
my note has tv remote :silly:
When I want to travel light, it serves as a laptop repacement since I can handle office tasks using Polaris or Kingsoft Office. Clearly, email support is excellent. I run Klock Mobile for tracking time for billing purposes. I can use VOIP when on WIFI should my smartphone battery be low. I love reading my daily newspapers online on the Note. I also love reading e-books on it. I'm just an amateur doodler, but I enjoy drawing and painting with the s-pen. I don't watch a lot of movies or television, but it's nice to be able to watch media on the note when I've got bored kids and we're traveling. With 2GB of RAM onboard and the Exynos processor, its performance makes it a joy to use.
Multitask for my car..
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I only have to take my note to class.. I use it to take notes, and browse the textbook without having to lug all of that crap along. I use it for watching stuff as well, but mostly the note-taking..
(I like to sketch stuff too, but I don't have the time at the moment, but I did a couple of drawings when I first got it!)
I use it for the different job(s)/ jobsite(s) I have. I can keep notes on Sequence of Operations for each job, and keep all notebooks handy so if I'm at one site, and need information when someone calls me about another- it's all right there.
Loving it so far- just hate Android apps "stretching"
I have combined Write, Adaptive Rotation Lock and a Boxwave screen protector to make my Note 10.1 behave and feel very much like writing on a note pad.
I combine Dropbox and Kingsoft Office to keep up to date with my budget when I am not at my laptop.
My note keeps me entertained at work (which is a godsend sometimes) and also keeps my nieces/nephew entertained when they come over. They love to use the pen on drawing/colouring apps.
Note 2? Or you mean Note 10.1? Isn't there another forum for Note 2 users?
My Not I used like a mix of fun and work.... Bought him last month and I loved it... Very good speed.. Fantastic Tablet
I use mine for work and music.
Write, s note, polaris, calculator. Rocketplayer, mx player. Lots of stuff, I use it all day tethered to my GN2.
Salvation27 said:
Note 2? Or you mean Note 10.1? Isn't there another forum for Note 2 users?
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Thanks for the catch. Made the correction. I have both and sometimes get the forum I am on mixed up do to both being so much alike.
I think the ability to handle PDFs is extremely important for the Note 10.1. The SD slot and SPen mean that you can easily load up a ton of PDFs and work with them.
I only wish that Samsung would realize this and build in some kind of killer PDF app that is fast and optimized for SPen annotation.
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Reading. Mainly using the Nook app and imported epubs into Aldiko. I also use flipboard and springpad a lot.
I use it for work as an IT Consultant almost everday. If it had ethernet I could replace my laptop. Of course Polaris, S-Memo and S-Calendar see heavy usage.
I also do email, facebook, browsing, etc.
Love this tablet.
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Im addicted to New star Soccer on mine
asdfuogh said:
I only have to take my note to class.. I use it to take notes, and browse the textbook without having to lug all of that crap along. I use it for watching stuff as well, but mostly the note-taking..
(I like to sketch stuff too, but I don't have the time at the moment, but I did a couple of drawings when I first got it!)
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If only I had this went I went to school.
I use my note 10.1 as a big ass cellphone that lasts longer. I mainly use it as a GPS device (Waze) and as a drawing pad (Sketchbook Pro Mobile).
Just curious, didn't it too heavy to use as a ebook reader?
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If only I had this went I went to school.
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Yeah you're telling me. Instead of lugging about half a dozen heavy textbooks plus my notebooks I could have just carried around this thing.
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vibranze said:
Just curious, didn't it too heavy to use as a ebook reader?
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Not really. I can load 2 pages side by side, dim the screen slightly and read for hours.
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