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Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-a-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-10.1-about-to-be-unveiled-at-MWC_id26918 and http://www.allaboutphones.nl/nieuws...Note-70-en-Galaxy-Note-101-zijn-onderweg.html (Dutch).
Might be introduced at the MWC Barcelona, we`ll see
Hope it has no phone function unless via bluetooth.
If it has a 10.1" screen no point in calling it "Note". It's against the basic motivation "all in one ultra portable" behind the "Note". I think it's just a Samsung employee mistyped.
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-to-debut-at-mwc-definitely-maybe/
I suspect with all the patent wars going on the "Tab" has a poor rep with distributors and retailers. Rebranding the tablet as the more successful and undamaged Note may work well for them.
Note = with pen
Tab = without pen?
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Note = with pen
Tab = without pen?
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As I know from the last rumors... Tab = with pen
Peter and chaosdefinesorder both have good point but I think it may not come out as well as expected for Samsung. "Note" was on the right path through becoming a real brand icon with some unique features as the name "iPhone" recently is. "Note" is probably the truly first device i-people consider changing their iPhone for. If they use name "Note" for tablets with pen I think they will lose that chance for good. I mean nobody calls iPhone as apple brand phone right? So it's better if Samsung keep "Note" as a brand name for specific highend models with s-pen and tablet-phones upto max 7". And they shall not release various different Samsung devices like 7"version and 5"3' with brand "Note" at the same time. They should release new version only once a year like iPhone does to keep Note brand name as perfection for ultraportable phablets if they wanna keep sales so good as it is now. So when people hear "Note" they will know exactly what it is and can picture it clearly instead of letting them think about it's one of Samsung phones among various different models.
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I am pretty sure these will be new tablets with the digitizer pen, hence the name note. No one ever said that note should be just a phone, note name is connected to the pen not the phone.
Imagine this... a phone covering ur whole face.
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sammy give me 12.1 tab super AMOLED
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Imagine this... a phone covering ur whole face.
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Perfect! When can I buy it?
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Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-a-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-10.1-about-to-be-unveiled-at-MWC_id26918 and http://www.allaboutphones.nl/nieuws...Note-70-en-Galaxy-Note-101-zijn-onderweg.html (Dutch).
Might be introduced at the MWC Barcelona, we`ll see
Hope it has no phone function unless via bluetooth.
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Why would you want to limit the phone!? If you don't want to use a large device as a phone, just don't. But other's might. I just don't understand when people ask for limitations.
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sammy give me 12.1 tab super AMOLED
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Samsung will release a 11.1 tab ..rumored as the largest tab.... so you mite get what you wish
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sammy give me 12.1 tab super AMOLED
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and a portable generator .... ?
I have the 5.3 inch version and I even wish for a bigger display! If the Note was a screen only device, you could have a 6 or more inches display with the dimensions of the note.
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Just a question. At the end of the superbowl add for the note someone holds up a tablet if i remember rightly which i thought was odd. Why put a year old tab in it maybe its an easter egg lol
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The Galaxy tab 7.7 seems like a perfect fit for those wishing for a bigger 'Note'. It has phone capability, so grab a BT headset and go for it.
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxytab/7.7/index.html?type=find
For me I want the 'phone' size of a Note (I really do not feel it is large at all after a couple of months), and have a good big tablet for home use for playing games & surfing. That may have to spend a lot of time charging, or have some meaty batteries.
for me best phone/tab would be : galaxy note plus
5.3" screen
quad core cpu
1.5 gb ram
12 megapx camera
2x usb ports (for connecting hdmi adapter and other one for charging phone)
better battery
and the price of this phone i wouldnt care
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2152978/samsung-slip-galaxy-note-101
Looks like it's a certainty now.
I want a 7" 1080p Note with no bezel
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Quick question for Note II owners, how often do you use your S-Pens?
Is it still useful after the novelty wears often? Or just something that gets left in the phone?
This is one of those long term ownership questions I'm curious about.
I had a Note 1 for a week or so (international) and sold it out of buyers remorse. I now have a Note 2 (international of course) and have used the S Pen a few times already. I've found it useful to scribble out a note while on the phone (i.e. if someone gives me their email address, etc).
I'm no artist, so we will see how useful it really is long-term. I think it's pretty neat thus far. If I never use it again, the phone is great despite this fact, but I will use it some...
Personally I love the spen on the note II it is such a huge improvement from the first. I am still learning all of the tricks and shortcuts, but so far its amazing. Only gripe is that I find myself always trying to touch the capacitive buttons with it... which im sure you know doesn't work.
All the time. Writing my text messages instead of banging my fingers against glass makes communication much more personal.
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Hardly ever to be honest with you on the Note 1. Hope to get more use out of the S-Pen with the Note 2.
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I bought the original Note thinking I'd never use it. I actually used it a lot, and now I still do with the Note 2! It's very useful when you're on the go, or on a phone call, or just need to write something down VERY quickly. Now on the Note 2 it's even more useful, and a million times more comfortable in the hand:
It's thicker, more ergonomic, and as soon as I take it out of the silo, it opens a memo which saves me a lot of time hehe. I love it! Fantastic pen.
I have had my Note 1 since it came out...and have used the s-pen 2 or 3 times i doubt that this will change with the Note II. But this tells you nothing, cause its different from person to person...
- Bobo
A lot! I love this thing!
Yes, i use it too a lot. I like it how you can use it for browsing internet and for everything else when you want to save your fingers from bashing the glass.
I can't really draw, but i like to practice with it.
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Very useful when making quick notes at work and memos at home. Online, I always use it when selecting text or putting in passwords on pages that do not allow adequate resizing. I don't use for drawings but good to know it is there if I ever need it.
In short, it is great for those "oh sh**, I don't have a pen!" moments.
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Just like the speedometer of my car shows top speed of 260km/h but rarely drive at that speed, however I know that when it's needed its just there!!.
Anyway besides being a useful tool, without it any device would have been. Quite boring.
Never used it on the note 1.... used it alot already on the note 2 and love it...
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I use it a lot, since I use my phone for business. I wish I could draw though, then I'd be able to produce "cool" stuff on it.
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it's very useful, i use it all the time when making notes
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it's very useful, i use it all the time when making notes
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So let me see if I have this right, you're saying you take notes on your Note? Interesting...
It looks like a lot of people are using the S-Pen.
I had the original Note for a bit a while back, I gotta admit I bought it for the big screen (at the time, 1280x800 was a new precedent, only matched that year by the Galaxy Nexus). I never used it that much.
But now it seems it's gotten much better, although still not as good as the pen to paper experience Samsung advertised. Overall though, perhaps the most improved feature of the Note II over the original Note seems to be the S-Pen. By the time the Note III or Note IV comes out, it should be awesome.
Why get the note if there's no intention to use the pen? It's like owning a pickup truck and never hauling anything in the back
sauron0101 said:
Quick question for Note II owners, how often do you use your S-Pens?
Is it still useful after the novelty wears often? Or just something that gets left in the phone?
This is one of those long term ownership questions I'm curious about.
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this is gonna be extremely useful for some people and not so much for some. but it's a freakin wacom powered stylus. how awesome is that. billion times more precise than those fat rubber tipped ones. I use to sketch on my ipad 3 with those and the S-Pen blows it away.
I'm using my S-pen all the time, it's a fantastic addition and makes the phone so much more versatile. I do everything from notation to sketching and photoediting with it and since i also own the Note 10.1 and the pens work on both devices it's great to be able to move it from one to the other and back again without having to use both pens at the same time.
/ Magnus
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I'm using my S-pen all the time, it's a fantastic addition and makes the phone so much more versatile. I do everything from notation to sketching and photoediting with it and since i also own the Note 10.1 and the pens work on both devices it's great to be able to move it from one to the other and back again without having to use both pens at the same time.
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I have note 1 and 10.1..when i use both s pen note 1 or 10.1 on note 2, i found it a little bit off set when taking notes or draw something compare with s pen of note 2..is it just me or others feeling the same?? :what:
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Tomorrow I have an upgrade available and am thinking of getting the Note 2. I own the first note and enjoy it. I also own the Note 10.1 and enjoy it but seem to still use the Note 1 more. I mainly use for pictures, Facebook, movies and music plus the occaisional eBook. Not a lot of office work. I do take some notes with Spen work but not daily.
I'm thinking if I get the Note 2 selling the Note 10.1 as here would be a lot of money invested in 2 similar devices. The original note is going to my son.
I am just thinking this through and thought I would throw this out there to see if someone else has thought of uses or thoughts I haven't yet. I'm sure others have both the 2 and 10.1 but for me that seems a little much. I guess I could get the iPhone 5 and keep the 10.1 tablet and have the best of both worlds. I do use GPS on my note phone though. Hmmmmmm.
Please don't flame. I'm seriously just looking for, if it were me I would and their reason. Happy New Year. I guess the other thing to mention, I'm a teacher and a parent that does a lot of running one place to another but I usually leave my tablet at home.
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Seems like your happy with note. It will get upgraded to premium suite as well.
If note can do all u want it to do, why upgrade?? Why not wait for s4?
I like the ability for spen and screen capture on the fly. Basically the 2 has the guts of the 10.1. So I could make that my main device and sell the 10.1 and just pick up a laptop or different tablet like the Surface down the line.
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I'm thinking if I get the Note 2 selling the Note 10.1 as here would be a lot of money invested in 2 similar devices.
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I don't think they are that similar. A 5.5" display might be similar enough to a 7" display to say you can get away with a single device but there's a huge difference between consuming and creating content on the smaller display vs. a 10" display. I had a Teg3 One X that I replaced with a N2 so I could replicate all my files, settings, apps, and content on it and my Note 10.1 and use both the same way including S Note and S Pen. Which I'll reach for depends on what I'm doing. I use the N2 for music, quick e-mails, MMS, and quick browsing. I use the 10.1 for most creation stuff, video playback, the majority of my web surfing, and anything that looks better on a bigger display. If I had to give up one I'd give up the N2. But I’m a heavy productivity user and everyone's needs and uses are different so it's a matter of preference.
Appreciate the input. I'm more of a video, picutre, facebook, audio video consumer with the funny comment here and there with the spen doodle. Maybe a few notes a few times a year is why I'm thinking that the phone maybe enough. Also maybe little to moderate gameplay. I'm not heavy in the production or video editing. I could probably get away with the phone and maybe a 7 inch kindle but they seem too simplified. I like to experiment with custom ROMs, bit short of that I'm a teacher and a Dad has who wants a device to keep me busy at daily school volleyball and basketball practices.
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sdelliott31 said:
Tomorrow I have an upgrade available and am thinking of getting the Note 2. I own the first note and enjoy it. I also own the Note 10.1 and enjoy it but seem to still use the Note 1 more. I mainly use for pictures, Facebook, movies and music plus the occaisional eBook. Not a lot of office work. I do take some notes with Spen work but not daily.
I'm thinking if I get the Note 2 selling the Note 10.1 as here would be a lot of money invested in 2 similar devices. The original note is going to my son.
I am just thinking this through and thought I would throw this out there to see if someone else has thought of uses or thoughts I haven't yet. I'm sure others have both the 2 and 10.1 but for me that seems a little much. I guess I could get the iPhone 5 and keep the 10.1 tablet and have the best of both worlds. I do use GPS on my note phone though. Hmmmmmm.
Please don't flame. I'm seriously just looking for, if it were me I would and their reason. Happy New Year. I guess the other thing to mention, I'm a teacher and a parent that does a lot of running one place to another but I usually leave my tablet at home.
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I was in a similar situation a couple of months ago. I choose to keep my Note 1 for the impending official 4.1.1 update + premium suite. Instead of getting the Note 2, or selling my Note 10.1, i chose to use my upgrade on the LG Optimus G. The raw power, speed, potential of this device is incredible. Sleeper hit of the year imo!
Droid DNA +note 10.1 best of both worlds
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Not sure if I understand what you mean exactly. Are you saying you're not sure if you want to keep the original note 1 phone, and sell the note 10.1 to get the note 2?....as the note 10.1 is too similar to the original note? If that is the case then I'd say it's a totally crazy idea as you'd have two phones of nearly exactly the same size.....And you've just said that you think the note 10.1 is too similar to the original note, so i dont really understand.The original note is getting a firmware upgrade soon so the only difference would be the slightly bigger screen. I think either of the note phones complement the note 10.1
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Not sure if I understand what you mean exactly. Are you saying you're not sure if you want to keep the original note 1 phone, and sell the note 10.1 to get the note 2?....as the note 10.1 is too similar to the original note? If that is the case then I'd say it's a totally crazy idea as you'd have two phones of nearly exactly the same size.....And you've just said that you think the note 10.1 is too similar to the original note, so i dont really understand.The original note is getting a firmware upgrade soon so the only difference would be the slightly bigger screen. I think either of the note phones complement the note 10.1
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Sorry, ignore my last post. I didn't read the bit about your original note going to your son.
Anyway, I still think the two notes complement each other.
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I'd sell the note 1, upgrade to note 2 and keep the 10.1. I wouldn't been seen watching a movie on a 5 inch. I use my HTC one x for my daily needs, as soon as I get home the note 10.1 comes out and HTC goes to sleep.
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I considered getting a note 2 rather than the note 10.1 to replace my aging tablet. What I finally did was replicate the note 2 in cardboard, with the screen dimensions marked as well. After that, I decided I really wanted the tablet. I'd love to have a note 2 as well, but I can't justify the price since I don't live in an LTE area. If you haven't yet, check out the note 2 in person. Although the screen is a bit longer, it's also narrower. Now that Samsung has announced the update to the note 1, I may look for a decent used note 1.
Thank you all. Just what I was looking for. Things I hadn't thought of. Sometimes I just feel guilty leaving a 500.00 tablet at home. The school I work in That thing would be gone in minutes. I've decided I'm going to look at the Note 2 today. If I get it mess with it for a few days. Then decided to keep or sell the 10.1.
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Well I bought the Note 2 and today. I left a more detailed description on the Note 2 forums. However I think I can find a use for both the 2 and the 10.1. Movies just look so nice on the 10.1. I think Dad is going to spoil himself band keep both.
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Well I bought the Note 2 and today. I left a more detailed description on the Note 2 forums. However I think I can find a use for both the 2 and the 10.1. Movies just look so nice on the 10.1. I think Dad is going to spoil himself band keep both.
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Don't blame you, wife and I have the tablets and are stealing the kids upgrade in February and getting note 2s. Sorry kids you can keep rocking dinc 2s. Not bad phones for 11 and 8 year olds
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Hey guys,
I'm thinking of buying a Note 10.1 with the Note 2 in my pocket I find it useful and fun to use, and I perfect selecting text etc with the S-Pen.
However I've got some reservations. I've looked at one 3 times (I know WTF am I doing?) and I've been resitant on buying one as all of them are running 4.0.4 and I'll be honest I found it a bit clonky, and not as rapid as the Note 2.
Now with mention of a possible GT-N8200 which is a possible successor to the N8000 is it wise to buy one? with rumors of the Nexus 10 screen, an updated spec and possible S-Pen improvements I'd hate to buy one and the N8200 pop up 2 months later. One of my reasons for such hesitations is there £379 here in the UK and haven't really dropped in price since there introduction is this because there isn't a replacement or are they just expensive,
When there is the likes of the Tab2 for £265 and the Nexus10 £319 While neither offer the S-Pen I found all in store demonstration models on 4.0.4 are quite laggy and not responsive enough with the S-Pen detection being too slow to realistically use it for drawing I'm finding it difficult to spend more when the S-Pen doesn't seem to work in a way where i'll actually use it.
Can anyone give me a unbiased opinion on how well it works, I know this is the forum for it, but I'm hoping you guys and gals will be able to tell me how it is, as in store demonstrations don't make me want to part with the cash and buying one blind without trying the 4.1.2 up date is financial suicide imho.
TIA
Luke.
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so I have only had one tablet, this one and I bought it a couple days after its release. the 4.1.2 update definitely improved just about everything for me. ~10 hours per charge, another after the update, and expanded multi window. I understand your reservations about buying now and having a newer model. The display isn't good enough for some, and adequate for others look for the nexus 10 vs. note 10.1 thread, it is debated ad nauseam. perhaps is because my eyes are beginning to fail me somewhat but the screen works fine for me. keep in mind higher resolution requires more battery and cpu usage. fwiw, this note was announced Feb 2012. and took 6 more months to be released. my honest opinion, you won't see the next note 10.1 till July- August time frame. that's my gut feeling.
I find the s pen to be plenty responsive, there is a thread with art work done in the note 10.1 and I'm amazed at what people create.
Like I said I have only used this tablet and have never regretted my choice. my advice would be to peruse some of the threads reporting problems, but honestly there don't seem to be as many of those threads as opposed to some devices.
don't trust the store displays, watch some you tube videos, I always have power saving on and it never slows down.
good luck!
Please don't trust a unit in the store! When I went to worst buy to play with 1 the screen was covered in jelly lol. I love mine & could care less about retina displays. Whenn they come out with the note 10.1 2 I will buy it but until then I'm happy with my purchase. There will always something else newer coming out when you buy a tablet. Hell I bought the galaxy note 2 & now they already talking about the galaxy note 3
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Thank you for taking the time to give me an idea what the Note is like.
I will go get one based on this new information, I really wish stores would update the devices they sell as Jellybean seems to have transformed the Note by what I can see, meanwhile the general public see them and obviously prefer the iPad, is it any wonder when some of the Android devices are running so badly.
Even on ICS I was impressed at what this baby could do compared to my old transformer prime. Jellybean has turned this baby into a multitasking beast! Thank god I didn't get the Microsoft surface. Lastly the speakers on the front of the tablet is something I've been hoping a company would do forever. There's nothing worse than having to cup your hands at the back of your tablet to get the sound to fire in your direction
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Even on ICS I was impressed at what this baby could do compared to my old transformer prime. Jellybean has turned this baby into a multitasking beast! Thank god I didn't get the Microsoft surface. Lastly the speakers on the front of the tablet is something I've been hoping a company would do forever. There's nothing worse than having to cup your hands at the back of your tablet to get the sound to fire in your direction
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+1 for the speakers, the IR blaster is kinda cool too
EDIT: as far as becoming obsolete soon, Verizon just began selling these on this side of the pond, Sprint as well I believe. and the 8 inch version hasn't even been released yet. read into that how you desire. enjoy!
Get it recommemded from my internal heart !!!
I have used ipad, windows tablets, tab2 10 and note 10 is the best of them !!!
Speed and functionality as good specification except retina screen !!!
All your multimedia needs and writing needs not like other tablets
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I love my 10.1. I did however buy a different stylus (the Wacom Bamboo feel) because writing with the original stylus can be a little awkward due to its size and shape (for me, anyway). But for school, it's been a great alternative to carrying around multiple notebooks, and I can use my Note II hotspot to easily connect to the internet when not near a router.
I think the note 10 is the most underrated tab around, I had the original n7000 and this is considerably quicker, I even like the touch wiz implementation (mostly) on it, something I never thought I'd say...
It also made me realise I didnt really need a phone with an spen, as I used this one 100x more than the note one.
Use it for drawing all the time would like a higher res screen though.
They have been reduced btw, argos were selling them cheaper, and Samsung were doing a rebate on top of that for uk purchases.
Check old hotukdeals.com topics for those.
Not sure when I'm down in London next, other wise I'd say you're welcome to try mine out,
OT what do you ride btw? I teach mtb
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I love my 10.1. I did however buy a different stylus (the Wacom Bamboo feel) because writing with the original stylus can be a little awkward due to its size and shape (for me, anyway). But for school, it's been a great alternative to carrying around multiple notebooks, and I can use my Note II hotspot to easily connect to the internet when not near a router.
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It looks as if that Wacom stylus has a button, if so, does it behave the same as the stock s-pen?
I highly pecommend this tablet.
It is very fast, Well built and can be used in an office as well as in the field.
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I've been looking at tablets for the past month as I'm taking college courses (yes I'm 40 but close to being done) thus fall. Like all over you I feel I've owned almost every tablet other than the Windows platforms.
My desires were nice screen, note taking ability, nice sound, expandability, and some longevity.
My favorite of the ipads androids was the Galaxy Note 10.1. The wacom stylus and speed were super. I got rid of it because it felt a little big and I would forget it when I needed it.
I thought hard about the Surface especially with the price cut, but I have an i5 laptop so it seemed redundant. The new Nexus sure has a great speed camera and sound. But no expandability and not feasible to take notes. But it would do nothing more than be an entertainment device and I own a Galaxy Note 2 that does that pretty well.
So last night after weeks of reviews and pluses and minuses I found a GN 8.0 for 300.00 with free ship and brand new in box. I just jumped on impulse and bought it.
My issues with the 10.1 was it was large and a fuzzy screen. So I am thinking the GN 8.0 the screen should be less fuzzy as less real estate but big enough to take notes and hopefully small enough to remember.
Then this morning I woke up and realized I just spent 300.00 on a 3 inch bigger Note.
The deal itself is a good one. The question is after this long story is Have I over killed the Note by getting just a little bit bigger???
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I think the Note 2 and 8.0 compliment each other nicely. I currently use both, and despite what some think about the "phablet," it's definitely a phone. Reading, web browsing, video watching, and many other experiences are much better on a larger display. You made a great choice IMO.
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I sold my note 2 and ipad 4 and replaced them both with the note 8 n5100 with sim, so far im very pleased the note 8 does everything, ive got a 64gb sd card, my vodaphone sim so i can surf text and take calls everywhere on just one device, without tethering or messing about, i swapped to the note 8 as one device as a test, but even with some great phablets due out at the end of this year surrendering my note 8 for a smaller faster phablet will still be a hard to do.
My previous favourite was also the note 10.1, but i now prefer my note 8!
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worth it/
I believe as long as you do some mods to the note 8.0 its worth keeping. First change the layout to tablet not the phablet form it comes with. Then a nice change of launcher and I believe its very useful. Synch them both up to each other and you have a useable note taking tablet with lots of memory. I have imported 4 school books into Snote and works very well. The screen is a good enough size to do reading and the note taking is much better on the 8 then it ever was on the note 2. I use note 2 to take down numbers and little hints but as a study instrument the note 8.0 is only choice is you need stylus.
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I've been looking at tablets for the past month as I'm taking college courses (yes I'm 40 but close to being done) thus fall. Like all over you I feel I've owned almost every tablet other than the Windows platforms.
My desires were nice screen, note taking ability, nice sound, expandability, and some longevity.
My favorite of the ipads androids was the Galaxy Note 10.1. The wacom stylus and speed were super. I got rid of it because it felt a little big and I would forget it when I needed it.
I thought hard about the Surface especially with the price cut, but I have an i5 laptop so it seemed redundant. The new Nexus sure has a great speed camera and sound. But no expandability and not feasible to take notes. But it would do nothing more than be an entertainment device and I own a Galaxy Note 2 that does that pretty well.
So last night after weeks of reviews and pluses and minuses I found a GN 8.0 for 300.00 with free ship and brand new in box. I just jumped on impulse and bought it.
My issues with the 10.1 was it was large and a fuzzy screen. So I am thinking the GN 8.0 the screen should be less fuzzy as less real estate but big enough to take notes and hopefully small enough to remember.
Then this morning I woke up and realized I just spent 300.00 on a 3 inch bigger Note.
The deal itself is a good one. The question is after this long story is Have I over killed the Note by getting just a little bit bigger???
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Changing mode to tablet mode? Is thus a setting or a mod which you need to be rooted?
A lot to catch up once I get the tablet.
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Most apps see the note 8 as a tablet, but if you get apex launcher it has a setting to turn the launcher into a tablet layout
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I'm interested in this as well how do you do this?
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janjannsen99 said:
I'm interested in this as well how do you do this?
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sdelliott31 said:
Changing mode to tablet mode? Is thus a setting or a mod which you need to be rooted?
A lot to catch up once I get the tablet.
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You change the dpi in the build.prop to 160 (and below) and that kicks the tablet UI into play.
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cj31016 said:
I think the Note 2 and 8.0 compliment each other nicely. I currently use both, and despite what some think about the "phablet," it's definitely a phone. Reading, web browsing, video watching, and many other experiences are much better on a larger display. You made a great choice IMO.
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Totally agree. Lol, and I did the same as the OP, bought my note 8 on a whim because I found a good deal, then wondered if I had made a mistake 2 hours later. I can say I don't regret my purchase one bit. For me the note 2 is a PERFECT phone. Great performance, great battery life, and what I now consider to be an ideal size screen for a phone. That being said, I find the note 2 useless for taking any kind of notes. The only time I use the spen is for annotating the odd photo. I just find it a little too small (especially for a lefty) to be as quick or efficient as a pen and paper. When I tried a bit of note taking on the note 8, it was a night and day difference. As far as the screen, it won't make you say "wow" like an htc one , but you probably won't be disappointed with it either. I would describe it as perfectly acceptable. I don't think you'll regret your purchase.
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Note 8 and note 2
I have both and am very happy with them. I use the note 8 to take notes at lectures and my note 2 for calls and entertainment.
Thanks to all. After thinking it to death and obsessing finally some common sense crept in. I love my Note 2 and use it all the time but mainly for texting and looking at fb and YouTube. I may use the stylus once a month but wouldn't trade my phone. I have a 64gb sandisk with tons of movies yet never watch them. Oooh. I love taking pictures with this phone. So easy and good quality.
I am so thinking the movies ebooks and stylus use will increase with the Note 8.0.
Thanks for talking me off the ledge a bit. The one thing that resonated from people here and other threads is the nexus 7 is solid but almost too small while the 8.0 was bigger but not 10.1 or notebook big. That's kind of what went through my mind when I made the purchase.
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I was on the wall for 20 days thinking should i buy the note 8 when i have the note 2....lol... At last got it. .... But I would have loved only wifi model... It would have been cheaper, here in India you only get the 3g+wifi model... still, no regrets
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pakure said:
I was on the wall for 20 days thinking should i buy the note 8 when i have the note 2....lol... At last got it. .... But I would have loved only wifi model... It would have been cheaper, here in India you only get the 3g+wifi model... still, no regrets
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That's quite weird, coz the 3G+ Wi-Fi model seems to be as rare as hens teeth here in the UK, at least it was when I got mine a couple of weeks ago, the one I have now was imported from India.
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I have an OG Note and the Note 8, and I can safely say it's not overkill. I love both, and there is some overlap, but for the most part, I use the devices very differently.
I have both the Note II and 8. The Note II has always been handy in my daily commute, and the Note 8 when you sit to do a bit of work or at home.
At times needed, I connect the II onto a projector, and with RemoDroid mirror-cast whatever I have on my Note 8's screen. It's great for presentations and drawing demonstrations. There's a bit of stutter, but it works.
Android is so much better than the competition.
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lwsoccjs said:
I believe as long as you do some mods to the note 8.0 its worth keeping. First change the layout to tablet not the phablet form it comes with. Then a nice change of launcher and I believe its very useful. Synch them both up to each other and you have a useable note taking tablet with lots of memory. I have imported 4 school books into Snote and works very well. The screen is a good enough size to do reading and the note taking is much better on the 8 then it ever was on the note 2. I use note 2 to take down numbers and little hints but as a study instrument the note 8.0 is only choice is you need stylus.
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How do you change the layout to Tablet?
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Well you can either change the DPI or tablet or just download the app note 8 mode switcher and use that its pretty simple and straight forward its In The boards I think under apps and themes.
Shofar1 said:
How do you change the layout to Tablet?
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I've got a 6 inch phone too but I use the note 8 more. When on wifi I use it as my phone as well to make calls and text. I don't mind having both. My son is happy because he can hog my phone now though. If you're wondering I imported a pantech Vega 6 from Korea.
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guys..i noted that my note 8 does not get charged with my note 2 charger though it works the other way around...i get an X on the battery symbol and the battery in settings shows discharging status..
pakure said:
guys..i noted that my note 8 does not get charged with my note 2 charger though it works the other way around...i get an X on the battery symbol and the battery in settings shows discharging status..
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Check the current rating on the chargers, though it's interesting that your note 2 charger is different from your note 8 charger. The ones packaged with my devices were both identical 2a Samsung units.
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