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Hello XDA!
I managed to get my hands on a Galaxy Tab to review. I'm an avid android user and I know what I would want from a device like this. Thing is, I want to know what YOU, dear XDA members, would like to know about the device!
Kindly leave me questions that you wish to be answered in the video review of the Galaxy Tab.
The sooner I get the questions the sooner I'll be able to post up a video.
Note: Kindly note that I cannot root the device nor change the flash version of android that runs on the device.
Firmware version: P1000XXJH1
Specs of the device as per Quadrant Advanced:
Quadrant score: 1,000
CPU: 1437
MEM: 1684
I/O: 791
2D: 201
3D: 886
Linpack score: 13.877
Total memory available: 435MB of which 174 is used on fresh boot.
System information(via Quadrant Advanced).
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It would be nice if you describe display quality - viewing angles, panel type (is it IPS) how it performs in sunlight. Is minimum brightness good for reading in dark conditions? Thanks!
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It would be nice if you describe display quality - viewing angles, panel type (is it IPS) how it performs in sunlight. Is minimum brightness good for reading in dark conditions? Thanks!
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Viewing angles are a subjective issue, personally when i pick up my mobile device and look into it, it's always straight in front of me, so that's all i want, but if you have a viewing angle of over 45 degrees like the Tab, all you get is people on the bus, train or plane looking sideways to see what you're looking at
I'm based in England at the moment, they don't have that much sunlight and even less direct sunlight
First impressions, it feels to plasticky, not like it's price suggests that it should, not as bad as an X10, but almost.
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Viewing angles are a subjective issue, personally when i pick up my mobile device and look into it, it's always straight in front of me, so that's all i want, but if you have a viewing angle of over 45 degrees like the Tab, all you get is people on the bus, train or plane looking sideways to see what you're looking at
I'm based in England at the moment, they don't have that much sunlight and even less direct sunlight
First impressions, it feels to plasticky, not like it's price suggests that it should, not as bad as an X10, but almost.
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How is the call quality/ease of use.. Does the tab "feel" swift?
Hello guys,
Thanks for the initial question. I will cover this question in the video review.
I need more points of focus for the review.
MOARRRR
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Like if you have had chance to use the ipad, maybe like how does it compare value wise? As I think how much it costs £599 is putting me off, but if it is worth it compared to other tablets then I would consider it more
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How is the call quality/ease of use.. Does the tab "feel" swift?
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Wouldn't know about call quality as it's only owned by an engineer that comes into our office, he doesn't have any problems as far as i've heard, but as with other threads here just don't expect it to fit into you jacket or trouser pocket, one it's to big and another it's to heavy to be comfortable.
You may have visited the dell streak forum, or heard of how fragile the dell streak lcd screen is? because of it's large size the body flexes but LCD's by their very nature cannot flex and they snap. Well just look at the size of the LCD on the Tab, and the body of the Tab is made of plastic and (not titanium as per streak) to save weight, this by it's very design will make it more suceptible to breakage, (the body will flex under pressure the LCD will not) = ££££££
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Like if you have had chance to use the ipad, maybe like how does it compare value wise? As I think how much it costs £599 is putting me off, but if it is worth it compared to other tablets then I would consider it more
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Well the ipad and the Tab are two completely different entities, one is a bookreader trying to be a netbook pc, the others a smartphone with obesity problems. They shouldn't be compared IMO.
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Wouldn't know about call quality as it's only owned by an engineer that comes into our office, he doesn't have any problems as far as i've heard, but as with other threads here just don't expect it to fit into you jacket or trouser pocket, one it's to big and another it's to heavy to be comfortable.
You may have visited the dell streak forum, or heard of how fragile the dell streak lcd screen is? because of it's large size the body flexes but LCD's by their very nature cannot flex and they snap. Well just look at the size of the LCD on the Tab, and the body of the Tab is made of plastic and (not titanium as per streak) to save weight, this by it's very design will make it more suceptible to breakage, (the body will flex under pressure the LCD will not) = ££££££
Well the ipad and the Tab are two completely different entities, one is a bookreader trying to be a netbook pc, the others a smartphone with obesity problems. They shouldn't be compared IMO.
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Thank you. Do you have any questions that you would like answered about the device?
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Thank you. Do you have any questions that you would like answered about the device?
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Similar to all owners i would think! why did samsung insist on utilising such a large bezel around the screen? therebye turning a 7' screen device into one more akin to a 10' without any benefits of a 10'?, and adding nothing to the looks of the device at the same time.
Well the ipad and the Tab are two completely different entities, one is a bookreader trying to be a netbook pc, the others a smartphone with obesity problems. They shouldn't be compared IMO.
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Lol yeah I get the point, what I was more curious was in relation to the size, like is 7" too small to get a full web experience? Is it too big to carry round yet too small to use around the home? etc
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like is 7" too small to get a full web experience?
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No, because the 5" dell streak isn't to small for that!
sebbo90 said:
Is it too big to carry round yet too small to use around the home? etc
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As in other posts! you will not carry this around on your pocket, unless you want to break it! You might try a large overcoat with a very wide collar, if the pockets big enough and you want to look like the FBI everywhere you go.
https://www.urbantool.com/hq/laptop-cases/show-pocketbar
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Thanks for trolling another thread entirely off the rails.
To the OP:
A few things that I'd like to see discussed. Firstly how does it feel to type on it ? I've seen in a few first-impression pieces that it feels good (like a galaxy S in landscape) but it'd be great to get the feelings of a regular user. Also, some shots of the keyboard in action would be nice.
Secondly, can you toss some 720p video on there and show us how it looks. It never looks the same in video as in person, but it'd give us an idea of how the screen does as far as contrast and colour vibrancy is concerned.
Finally, how does the device feel to you ? Does it feel to you like you could carry it in a pocket all day ? Does it meet your expectations for speed/ease of use ?
GL with the video, hope to see it soon!
It is maybe off topic, but ... here goes :
- What release of Android is running ? Same as the one on Galaxy S device ?
- Does this android release supports multiple Exchange sync accounts (like HTC Desire & Desire Z do) ?
- Does it have 2 SIM card slots ? (saw that somewhere, don't remember ... where). If so, is it one for voice plan, second one for data plan ?
- Does it come with a USB host port (or the hw to take care of it) ?
Thanks.
Does it play 1080p files (mkv & flash) or does i only output 1080p..?
I got my hands on this last week to try out for a good half hour, and i loved it. The size was great, and great to watch movies on.
Looking forward to it. Release in Norway is 21. okt )
could it be confirmed if the Tab is going to require Kies in the same way as the Galaxy phones, e.g. for firmware updates
i assume that there will be no difference between this and their phones, but as Kies is software that i truly dislike, i am living in hope that it does not.
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could it be confirmed if the Tab is going to require Kies in the same way as the Galaxy phones, e.g. for firmware updates
i assume that there will be no difference between this and their phones, but as Kies is software that i truly dislike, i am living in hope that it does not.
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Yes, it is confirmed by Samsung already. In their official site, it says in the "PC connectivity" section "KIES". Sorry. I know, I hate that application with a passion myself...
If you have time, it would probably interest many people if you'd manage to try some popular apps from the market and see how they act with the increased resolution. We all probably have out own top10 lists for software, but I think browsing appbrain for most popular and trying a few of them would give people some idea how far that compatibility is.
(I, personally, would love to see how WidgetLocker, Beautiful Widgets and Launcher Pro work on that, but unfortunately at least the first two ain't free.
But more generally, how do widgets work on that screen? What I've gathered from the pictures is that the Tab has a FIVE column display (instead of the traditional 4) on the homescreen. How do widgets work with that? does a 4x4 widget scale to full size, or does it live a "column" free. Also, how many rows does the screen have?
EDIT: oookay, I don't know why these two posts became separate, this was supposed to be an edit to that earlier...
Actually thats a good idea.
I even forget that widget locket etc are even apps these days! But yes that'd be good to see if they scale up or still work properly on the big screen.
I imagine beutiful widget and switchpro you could make them bigger with launcherpro+ if they won't scale up by themselves, same with any other widgets, but it'd be good if they did it for free! However I think the 'grid' on the Tab is bigger anyway, so 4x2 widget would cover more space, but then it appears to have more rows too, so they might still appear small
Anyways, if you have any paid for apps on your main smartphone, you should be able to put the same market account on the Tab and download them again, so that's one way around paying twice just to demo them.
A few things I'd like to see:
- Spotify in action if possible.
- Proper comics and hos they scale to the screen and if it's easy or hard to read them (The Walking Dead for example.)
- A bit more on reading eBooks in different lights.
- In-depth look at the calendar and how flexible it is.
- If possible, how the accessories (like the keyboard) work.
- How it handles different resolutions of video.
Thank you for accepting suggestions!
Leys talk about those things you just are in awe over our in shock that your phone can do certain things..
I'll start with a few things and leave some for others, or maybe I'll find out some more cool apps..
Heads up display.. I just found out about this, and got an app that will display speed info and compass right onto the windshield at night, and it does an awesome job at it. I use an app called speed view.
Remote control my computer mouse and keyboard..not for everyone but I have my computer hooked up to my fifty five inch tv and sit on my couch, sometimes I don't feel like pulling out my wireless keyboard and mouse,i just load up the remote droid on my phone and it works pretty damn good.
Roku remote..same as above,it copies what my roku remote looks like right onto my phone..works through my network and works flawless..
Sling box.. Watch direct tv on my phone, need hardware but well worth it..again works flawless...
Voice search programs like googles search and vlingo. The accuracy is amazing..
So those are just a few of "i can't believe my phone can do this"
What do you guys have?
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That is just works
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That is just works
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Coming from WinMo, my sentiments exactly.
Good info, but I just created a thread on the 25th with the almost exact same premise that was on the font page as recent as today..lol
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Heads up display.. I just found out about this, and got an app that will display speed info and compass right onto the windshield at night, and it does an awesome job at it. I use an app called speed view.
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Which HUD app is this, i saw a few on the adnroid market.
Speed View
Download Dildroid and AndWobble2.
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I must say this is a big one. After 5 smartphones the EVO is the first phone I've had that I don't have a major issue with. It does everything I expect when I expect it.
I must admit though that the speech recognition is pretty amazing for a device this size.
Not really a jaw dropping feature...but does help me because i used to have an issue doing this:
I found out that the easiest way to move an app or widget from the main screen is by holding it, then dragging it onto another app or occupied space. By doing that, the screen will hold the widget/app in that place. Then you just swipe through the screens and place it somewhere.
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Which HUD app is this, i saw a few on the adnroid market.
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you even quoted the name of the app from the OP....wow
deathsled said:
you even quoted the name of the app from the OP....wow
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My thoughts exactly... Some people just can't comprehend !
what does it not do
Time Recorder. Don't have to worry about my boss getting "creative" when he totals up hours for payroll. Tikl Touch to Talk. A repeater radio over the 3G network is pretty damn cool. Seems kinda silly but Google Maps. The amount of info and the speed with which it can be accessed is incredible. This was really put into perspective watching my boss drag out a paper map and try to find an address he was not familiar with. Ouch! The Evo is my third smart phone and it is so far superior to the first two it blows me away.
I like to use my phone for watching movies
1. It just works (came from WinMo and Palm before that)
2. Customizable home screens
3. Angry Birds and Live Hold 'em - I'm addicted
4. Voice recognition is awesome, especially when I'm driving and using GMaps
5. Streaming radio
6. Flash-enabled browser
7. Flashlight - lame, I know, but incredibly useful
8. An app market and an active developer community
Most importantly - it can do everything I need it to do, and it does it all very well. My only 'complaint', if it is a complaint, is that Sense UI is not as buttery smooth as Samsung's on the Epic 4G.
1. It just works(repetitive i know)
2. Wifi Tether
3. kernel/rom/interface customization
4. versatility(i can change things on a whim, not wait for Apple to "release" a feature)
5. GIANT screen. ( i have a hard time using the fiance's iphone. it's too small)
6. Support base here at XDA(the mods and hacks for this thing exceeded anything i could have imagined)
7. expandable memory(the iphone's have to buy new models to get more storage. we just swap a memory card and sell the old one!)
8. High-end camera(video recording still needs some work, but the digital is pretty darn great)
Sprint TV. If I want the kids quiet on my long daily commute, I just load up the Disney Channel, and get sweet silence from the back seat.
Just curious, and figured since we've obviously been deemed a niche community by Samsu--err, I mean -- the Market, we might as well get to know each other.
I had a few questions that might shed some light on topics that samsung has been less than forth-coming on. For example, sales; how many of theses are there out there? first amoled tablet; was super amoled+ display the primary driver for your purchase?
Anyway, two questions to start:
What did you get your tablet for?
What are the sales like in your region?
I'll answer first:
1). I'm an artist, and have done digital work using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Painter with a wacom stylus for about a decade. I got real excited getting my first laptop because I thought it would liberate me from working inside all the time...BOY was a wrong. There was no way I could work out in daylight with any real access to a color palette. The screen was just too dim. I've waited on buying a tablet for the past three years just because I knew there would be one closer to perfect available if I just held out...--and here I am, happy as a lark with my gTab7.7 and I had no idea it would open up huge metaphysical problems in contemporary color theory!!! --feel free to ask me more about that one, I'm in WAY over my head. I'm thinking Jeans Jacque Rousseau, Benedict Spinoza, Leonardo DanVinci, David Hume and Aristotle.
Oh, and so I use this thing as a sketchpad. I'll post some for interested parties, but the forum only allows jpgs (ACK!!), so I'll up a zip file of pngs of the work I've done on this device with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Infinite Painter, and Adobe Photoshop Touch.
I also use this as my phone, e-reader, music device and for watching movies (duh!). Oh, and SNESOID ROCKS!!! the color from those old 16-bit games..;;
2). I've seen noone else with the gTab7.7, in the Dallas/Ft Worth area in Texas, though when I briefly had the LTE version I had to call three different stores before I found one that had them in stock. I returned it because here (in the US), the device is USD$750 off contract, and $550 with a 2yr service agreement. It was just too much, but I fell in love with it! In May, I bought a "used--in mint condition", the importer said it was a demo model, but when I got it, it had SU still installed, but didn't have root. OBVIOUSLY not a demo model.--- thanks to this forum, I returned it to stock and its running beautifully.
Anyway, I see about 100 people a day through work or more, and they all have ipads, or transformers. Not a single other person with this device.
What are sales like in the rest of the world? Is there any country where this device is more popular?
The indefinite microcosm becomes the indefinite macrocosm in a definite manner and by definite means...and vice versa.
Uses:
Phone, gps, browser, tv ( now that the Euro Championships are on i watch them via Watch ESPN app ), larger viewfinder for my Nikon DSLR with Mophoto (beats the small lcd screen on the back of the camera ) and e-reader.
I am in NJ and i dont know of anyone that has this tab (internanional 3g+wifi).
Would love to see your work,i am not a heavy photographer but i am thinking of getting Photoshop Touch but at the same what is holding me back is the lack of a usefull stylus (ala s-pen from the G Note). Amtel has a Maxstylus Mxst100 that is supposed to work with our tab, but no release date or price.
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I keep tearing rubber styli. I've gone through 2, and spent maybe 100-200 hours drawing and sketching so far? I'm switching to the iFaraday for now. Its a capacitive stylus made out of fabric, so its washable, and it shouldn't drag across a clean surface. The rubber stylus requires a layer of fingerprints to NOT drag and stutter. VERY annoying when you're trying to cross-hatch with a 3px brush and you have to account for wobble and imprecision already... It was the screen real estate i preferred ultimately over the gNote, but boy was it a tough decision. I SO wanted the wacom digitizer to be in the gTab7.7... Do i wish I'd gotten the gNote? Sometimes. But for now, the larger viewing and operating surface was the deciding factor for me. But all three apps, Sketchbook Pro, Infinite Painter, and Photoshop Touch SUPPORT pressure sensitivity...
Here is a zip with some of what i've been doing:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5eM4rH3azruckFYWk93VUFnOTA
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got the tablet for watching tv shows/movies on the 40min commute to work, also reading comics/manga and ebooks. games are pretty good too but i already have 3ds and vita.
i live in london and i have seen no one else with it or no one i have shown the tablet to has even heard of it. Its seriously a ipad-fest here, and i want to strangle those who say "oh...so its like a small ipad!"
also its really expensive at the local shops and online in the uk, so i got mine for LOADS cheaper from a hong kong seller on ebay.
Much like adinis78 I use this as a large Screen for my Photography. I also use this as my main phone now (With a Bluetooth) and for playing games or web use.
This tablet is also a great E-book reader.
I live in the San Antonio, TX area and I only know one other person with this tablet. They have the wifi model and I am using the wifi/3g Import.
We have a lot of Ipad users here, but I have seen some Acer and Asus android users as well.
On a side note, I am trying to build a rom for this device in Linux. I am no Dev but I will give it my best shot and see if I can make something useful
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Much like adinis78 I use this as a large Screen for my Photography. I also use this as my main phone now (With a Bluetooth) and for playing games or web use.
This tablet is also a great E-book reader.
I live in the San Antonio, TX area and I only know one other person with this tablet. They have the wifi model and I am using the wifi/3g Import.
We have a lot of Ipad users here, but I have seen some Acer and Asus android users as well.
On a side note, I am trying to build a rom for this device in Linux. I am no Dev but I will give it my best shot and see if I can make something useful
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Okay so, so far Texas has the highest device penetration density on the planet.... and HK wholesalers bought up a bunch from the manufacturer and is now undercutting local markets to have them imported directly from Hong Kong...
Now I am tempted to buy a batch if 10 and see what's up on ebay.....
Now a question for you photographers: HDRi viewing is INCREDIBLE due to sAMOLED contrast ratio and expanded 30% larger color gamut. Is an rgb value of 255/255/255 my whitepoint at 250 nits and screen mode set on "dynamic" and at 100% brightness? Does anyone have a calubration device or run across a sAMOLED+ icc profile?
as OP I wanna stay as OT as possible, but at the same time, I'm now getting what I was hoping for: professional people who bought these devices to check their productivity potential.
I use this beauty as a phone through BT, using it intensively for mails with its form factor, is an ideal device for me as a Sales Manager.
I live in Cairo, Egypt and this device is very popular here & getting an increasingly market share, have it for around 4 months now and have seen around 10-12 users having this tab, it is sold for around 550$ for the GT 6800 .
I use it to study, and do tests with vce mobile.
Also browse web! Using it as my primary phone till i get an infuse again!
1, Comic book reader,
2, Web, online streams,
3, Apps & games
Just love how the colours pop out when reading comics,
Only downside I get is 2 heads on my shoulders when I'm reading a comic on the tube...
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1, Comic book reader,
2, Web, online streams,
3, Apps & games
Just love how the colours pop out when reading comics,
Only downside I get is 2 heads on my shoulders when I'm reading a comic on the tube...
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Check ot some of the stuff i'm working on above--just a link to png files instead of posting a jpg inline on here, they always look horrible.. they're supposed to be viewed on our screens, full brightness in dynamic color mode.
and do you know anybody else in your area who owns one?
In order of priority:
1. Surfing the web and yotubing
2. Watching TV (I use pay-tv on it)
3. Using photoshop touch and viewing/showing off pictures
4. Games and fun apps
I live in vienna and never saw another 7.7 on the streets. Although it's easily available here and not too expensive.
Making and editing pr0n.
Its my main mobile media device.
Use it in the car to play/stream tunes, Navigation and Maps
Use it to listen to listen to music at work, web browse on my lunch.
I would consider it for phone use as well if it was possible and i woulda dumped my galaxy nexus eventually but damn Verizon nerfed phone capabilities
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Making and editing pr0n.
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lol that post made my day :laugh:
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Its my main mobile media device.
Use it in the car to play/stream tunes, Navigation and Maps
Use it to listen to listen to music at work, web browse on my lunch.
I would consider it for phone use as well if it was possible and i woulda dumped my galaxy nexus eventually but damn Verizon nerfed phone capabilities
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Should have gotten the international version
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Should have gotten the international version
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No way!
Verizon LTE blows At&t and T-mo speeds away and I have unlimited LTE through vzw. Not worth it. I have the ability to swap my sim from my Galaxy Nexus to the Tab if i really wanted to though I typically just tether the Tab via my Nexus.
Movies, video clips, mp3, call, sms, mms, video call, XDA-ing, share my works to my clients, web browsing, download ROM and Kernel customization, chat and facebook.
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No way!
Verizon LTE blows At&t and T-mo speeds away and I have unlimited LTE through vzw. Not worth it. I have the ability to swap my sim from my Galaxy Nexus to the Tab if i really wanted to though I typically just tether the Tab via my Nexus.
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Was saying because uou said you would consider the tab as your phone
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For work I do fengshui with it. Of course I can't use its compass for fengshui calibration, but it can assist me in calculating fengshui and life spreads for fengshui design and fortune-telling. Also it helps keeping fengshui profiles and records for my easy reference.
It is lighter and more useful than a notebook for my work.
I'm boring and i just use it for watching tv shows/movies and reading books/manga. I guess i read a magazine on it from time to time. Engadget distro works well on it.
The Galaxy Note series gave me the opportunity to start creating digital art. I do traditional pen, pencil and watercolors, and had no time to sit to do stuff with a tablet at home or carry a laptop and sit. I actually wanted a Wacom Cintique that is an extra touch screen, nearing some $2000.
So, when I got the first Galaxy Note came, I started to learn to do digital drawing. I managed to work well with the Sketchbook Express app. I then got the Note II last January, these were some of my more serious drawings using the Sketchbook Pro with process:
Anne Hathaway
http://flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157632896900046/
Arya Stark
http://flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157632932865305/
And my winning entry for winning this Note 8 from SamMobile Netherlands
http://flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157632969056494/
I've recently bought the Sketchbook Ink, only available for tablets and here are some of my work on caricatures:
http://flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157633514570241/
I'm hooked on digital drawing. The Note 8.0 is a perfect size factor for convenience with ample screen area.
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Wow that's amazing! I'm trying to figure the settings to recreate a water color look on the same app. Any advice?
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Bonisaur said:
I'm trying to figure the settings to recreate a water color look on the same app. Any advice
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Not the same app, but apparently your best choice for watercolor at this time:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.auryn.apps.ink&hl=en
Haven't tried it myself yet, but I intend to.
To the OP: Nice work!
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Not the same app, but apparently your best choice for watercolor at this time:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.auryn.apps.ink&hl=en
Haven't tried it myself yet, but I intend to.
To the OP: Nice work!
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I am a very serious watercolorist and I teach it in architecture school. The rating for the Auryn app is only 3 out of 5. Reports from some Note 10.1 users say it doesn't work. That's bad. And the samples shown aren't that impressive. I intend to see some better results and I wish there was a free to try version.
Thanks. The skills and discipline from traditional medium onto digital medium is quite easy enough. The Arya Stark portrait is airbrush method using the Adobe Photoshop Touch for phones on the Note 2.
I love the Sketchbook Ink app. It's good to note that you can save/export up to 8000 by 12800 pixel images! More art as I make them.
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Wow. Beautiful work, so impressive. Amazing what real artists can do. Thank you for sharing your work with us. I find it mind boggling that people can create such beauty with a tablet.
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What I can just say is "wow"!
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Very nice work. It is cool how you used a framework of lines and proportions to do the face. Did you also do something like that for the profile? Would like to see more note 8 art!
This is the exact reason I want a Note 8.0. I'm a digital media major right now and I lack drawing ability, but love working with digital imagery. I figured this would be a good push to mesh both and learn to properly draw! How difficult was the transition from paper to digital, especially on a Note?
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This is the exact reason I want a Note 8.0. I'm a digital media major right now and I lack drawing ability, but love working with digital imagery. I figured this would be a good push to mesh both and learn to properly draw! How difficult was the transition from paper to digital, especially on a Note?
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Drawing/sketching is an acquired universal skill, just like reading or driving. I've struggled with drawing for the party 20 years. It's a never-ending endeavor. I learn new techniques and styles from every time I see new handmade images I see from books, colleagues, galleries, Internet and students. Each drawing you do, is a lesson. I have disciplined myself that spontaneity and welcoming accidents on paper and learning from mistakes rather than erasing them are the best way is been learning. Each drawing is practice, and the moving visual record and mind process that went along well be collected in your mind.
I still carry my sketchbooks and portable watercolor set. Any self-respecting visual artist should use sketchbooks. I do a lot of drawing from observation. I also do large pieces of 36" by 48" finely penciled and watercolored architectural pieces. I think we should not be slaves on one particular medium. I believe the basics of observing and applying line values, line angle direction, shape, proportions, contrast, composition, shades and shadows will always be there, even if you are going digital.
It's easier coming from traditional mediums to a digital device like the Note 8. But some aren't keen on going digital at all.
I do suggest you do join an art group like Urban Sketchers (we're 4000+ strong worldwide) to be encouraged in doing more sketches through live observation.
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Drawing/sketching is an acquired universal skill, just like reading or driving. I've struggled with drawing for the party 20 years. It's a never-ending endeavor. I learn new techniques and styles from every time I see new handmade images I see from books, colleagues, galleries, Internet and students. Each drawing you do, is a lesson. I have disciplined myself that spontaneity and welcoming accidents on paper and learning from mistakes rather than erasing them are the best way is been learning. Each drawing is practice, and the moving visual record and mind process that went along well be collected in your mind.
I still carry my sketchbooks and portable watercolor set. Any self-respecting visual artist should use sketchbooks. I do a lot of drawing from observation. I also do large pieces of 36" by 48" finely penciled and watercolored architectural pieces. I think we should not be slaves on one particular medium. I believe the basics of observing and applying line values, line angle direction, shape, proportions, contrast, composition, shades and shadows will always be there, even if you are going digital.
It's easier coming from traditional mediums to a digital device like the Note 8. But some aren't keen on going digital at all.
I do suggest you do join an art group like Urban Sketchers (we're 4000+ strong worldwide) to be encouraged in doing more sketches through live observation.
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I figured as much. I still used my sketchbook from time to time, but most of the time it's abstract, and maybe observation drawing is what I really need. I figured I would get used to digital drawing, however as well, because honestly from my Bamboo Capture I've loved it.
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I figured as much. I still used my sketchbook from time to time, but most of the time it's abstract, and maybe observation drawing is what I really need. I figured I would get used to digital drawing, however as well, because honestly from my Bamboo Capture I've loved it.
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The Note 8 is light and gives ample power for live drawings from observatons. It's good training for building up a visual vocabulary, and nothing is richer than directly sketching subjects on-the-spot. No pictures. No videos. No poses. Just direct creative drawing. It doesn't even matter if it's "correct". Sketching is experiencing the eye-mind-hand process. The more you do it, the better you be in tune with your own unique style.
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very impressive. #thumbsup
Those are incredible! Wish I could do that with my note!
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I've tried to draw with my Note 8. In my opinion is it the best choice for digital sketch and draw.
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Wow, simply amazing you're really making it hard for me to choose which tablet to get. After getting a chance to play the note mainly concentrating on the media side I found I really liked it. I then decided not to get it because I heard of the bad battery life. I had no idea the pen was capable of starting like this.
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Wow, simply amazing you're really making it hard for me to choose which tablet to get. After getting a chance to play the note mainly concentrating on the media side I found I really liked it. I then decided not to get it because I heard of the bad battery life. I had no idea the pen was capable of starting like this.
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With the Adobe Photoshop Touch, you can do this from scratch, to how realistic you can do:
This was done on my Galaxy Note II with the PS Touch for Phones. I will do something with the Note 8 when I find the time.
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Jadefalkon said:
Wow, simply amazing you're really making it hard for me to choose which tablet to get. After getting a chance to play the note mainly concentrating on the media side I found I really liked it. I then decided not to get it because I heard of the bad battery life. I had no idea the pen was capable of starting like this.
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The Note 8.0's battery is just satisfactory. I can drain it in 4 hours of heavy usage like games or downloading continuous torrents. For stock browsing with minimal brightness, it could drain 7 to 8 of continuous usage. I stopped wakeups with Greenify to have apps like Facebook, Whatsapp, or anything that does updates to sleep when the screen is off.
I still would get this over other tablets because the Note 8.0 is powerful and is the only one with a Wacom digitizer.
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Just did a quick 5 minute sketch of my girlfriend while britains got tallent was on to test out the tablet and get used to sketchbook pro. Its nothing special, but I havent done any serious drawing for a good few years now and am hoping that this tablet will be my way back in to it.
Going to try LayerPaint today and see how I get on with that
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Just did a quick 5 minute sketch of my girlfriend while britains got tallent was on to test out the tablet and get used to sketchbook pro. Its nothing special, but I havent done any serious drawing for a good few years now and am hoping that this tablet will be my way back in to it.
Going to try LayerPaint today and see how I get on with that
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Nice. Not bad for 5 minutes. I find Sketchbook Pro to be most versatile than most sketching apps. I'm using it to produce architectural illustrations for a design competition due in 45v days. It will be a testament to skill. It can't however (yet) replicate watercolors or the textures of oils.
You can make magic if you really commit a few hours.
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Nice. Not bad for 5 minutes. I find Sketchbook Pro to be most versatile than most sketching apps. I'm using it to produce architectural illustrations for a design competition due in 45v days. It will be a testament to skill. It can't however (yet) replicate watercolors or the textures of oils.
You can make magic if you really commit a few hours.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I'm just learning how to use the different brush settings etc at the moment in Sketchbook and wont start to do anything serious until I am more comfortable with the tool. My background is pencils and watercolours (in collage 8 years ago), so its those mediums I'm most looking to replicate. I'm finding I'm quickly addapting to the "feel" of the screen rather than pencil and paper though.
note: my main intention is to develop a comic book style hence the big eyes in the sketch I attached, but i like the sound of the urban sketchers movement and may try and get more involved in it once I get more comfortable
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Good watch ?
I think the most intriguing feature is that it's waterproof. Not bad at all Kreyos!
I am a backer as well. Looks like a really promising device, I have high hopes for this for sure.
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I love it!
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I'm surprised there isn't more discussion about this device. I can't wait to get my hands on mine.
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I'm surprised there isn't more discussion about this device. I can't wait to get my hands on mine.
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Once the campaign is over, discussion stops until device is available Keep in mind, after Kreyos you had HOT watch and Omate, and new Sony SW2, Samsung Gear, etc. Too much in the news which takes attention away, and people forget about Agent and Kreyos...
Here is something Kreyos mentioned that has me a little worried:
"only one 3rd party watch app can be downloaded to the watch at one time. Whereas we have default Kreyos watch apps already built into the Meteor itself. We can hold 20 watch faces."
Not sure how many 3rd party apps there will be, but still, one seems like a big limitation.
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Here is something Kreyos mentioned that has me a little worried:
"only one 3rd party watch app can be downloaded to the watch at one time. Whereas we have default Kreyos watch apps already built into the Meteor itself. We can hold 20 watch faces."
Not sure how many 3rd party apps there will be, but still, one seems like a big limitation.
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If it's a memory limitation, hopefully they will have a way to off-load some native apps to allow more 3rd party ones. It is kind of alarming because it would be a disaster to rely purely on native apps. If I learned anything from my use of MetaWatch, if it wouldn't be for Noah/Community edition and other custom user stuff, I would probably give up on using it with "native only" support which is at a very slow pace.
Btw, I still haven't seen any indication if they are on track with shipping schedule. I know they are talking about survey letters being send out and making a really big deal out of it, and taking attention away from the main concern of shipment date.
Wearing a pebble right now... Also a backer for kreyos. Can't wait to get it
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My main concern with the Kreyos is thickness. If I don't like it once it comes, I think I'll go for the agent watch just because it most looks like a normal watch. Unless something better comes along.
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My main concern with the Kreyos is thickness. If I don't like it once it comes, I think I'll go for the agent watch just because it most looks like a normal watch. Unless something better comes along.
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That is something I am worried about also. The pebble is pretty damn perfect in size... May change out the watchband but the kreyos just looks bulkier from teh pictures... Have to wait til november to find out.
Not officially posted, but here is their latest video:
http://vimeo.com/76443374
You can see the reduced logo compared to their previous prototype.
My fingers hurt watching that.. hopefully they're not but it looks like those really squishy buttons that take mad force to get a reaction... it's probably just the way the person is pressing them, making dramatic button presses =P
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My fingers hurt watching that.. hopefully they're not but it looks like those really squishy buttons that take mad force to get a reaction... it's probably just the way the person is pressing them, making dramatic button presses =P
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... or just a part of workout for your fingers since its targeted as "activity" watch. Actually, I think that was an awful video. After such a long silence they should have released a video demonstrating it's smartwatch functionality instead of handful of awful looking watchfaces and a general functionality as a smart-stopwatch. I'm not knocking Kreyos down, those guys are the real deal and ran a good crowdfunding campaign. But looking at it now after seeing what Omate and SW2 can do - it looks so bulky and limited, based on that video alone, not general description of functionality. They should have produced a better video.
They posted an update saying the buttons have been fixed since that prototype (they were testing the waterproofing) and claim that engineer's wrist/arm is unusually small. I still think its going to be bulky, but its the same thickness as the Omate. They also admitted the video sucked.
I think they are unfortunately giving in to the impatient people on their page and shot a real quick video. I hope they don't continue to 'give in' to comments on their page and do a rush job.
Hi all backers,
We received many comments and email regarding the video, so here are some FAQs regarding the video:
1) Buttons issue
This is one of early prototypes, the buttons are very tight because we are testing the waterproof solutions for the watch. We have since fixed the issue.
2) Why is the screen not clear/sharp?
If you look closely, the camera's focus isn't on the screen, therefore it might look "blur-ish" or unclear. The Kreyos Meteor uses Sharp's Memory LCD, which is one of the best LCDs that's available in the market. Pebble, Agent and Nike's GPS watch are all also using the same LCD. We will do a better job when filming the next video.
3) Size
Jason, our engineer in the video has a very small wrist. If it is worn on someone with a regular wrist size, it won't look as bulky. Another reason might be because the video is done up close to the Meteor.
4) Final Product?
NO, this is NOT the final product, we just wanted to show our backers a quick demo video of a working prototype. More videos will follow once its ready.
5) Voice, Gesture, Apps
We are working on finalizing the last few UIs and also the Kreyos App, once that's done we will post new pictures and video updates.
6) Quality & Lead Components
Even though the Meteor is assembled in China, Kreyos Meteor is built using the best components (80% imported lead components). We are very focused on building a great quality product and we are very confident that our backers will feel the same when they received the Kreyos Meteor.
We cherish all feedback and comments from all backers, but please do not include rude comments with it. Kreyos is a new startup with grand visions, your pledge gives us the opportunity in building the Meteor, rest assured it will not be taken for granted.
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected]. Once again we like to thank all backers for your support and patience.
The Kreyos Team
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