The Galaxy Note 10.1-inch tablet PC is a souped-up and large screen version of its Galaxy Note series of 5.3-inch smartphones, which became an overwhelming hit across the world.
By combining a ‘S Pen’ function with a 10.1-inch large display, the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet PC will deliver the same stylus pen-based user experience as Galaxy Note 5.1-inch smartphone. .
Adobe’s premium creative application, Photoshop Touch is preloaded and optimized for Samsung’s S Pen to deliver unprecedented precision and control, too.
The device also highlights a multi-screen feature, which allows users to actually operate two different apps side-by-side, simultaneously, on the same screen.
Powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core processor and 2 GB RAM, the Galaxy Note 10.1 can simultaneously pop up two apps on the same screen with no data latency.
“Our goal with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is simple – redefine the tablet experience,” said Tim Baxter, President, Samsung Electronics America.
“The S Pen offers both active content creation as well as passive content consumption, while the Multiscreen capability finally enables true multitasking. For the user, the resulting experience is completely new and quite unexpected,” added he.
Multi-tasks on multi-screen
With GALAXY Note 10.1’s multi-screen feature, users can effortlessly utilize two different applications side-by-side simultaneously for true and easy multitasking, For example, users can view Web pages or videos, or launch other applications while writing or sketching ideas with the S Pen on the other half of the screen – no need to toggle back and forth between apps.
Further, users can even capture and crop images from an app on one side, and drag them to an app on the side – for enhanced creativity and productivity.
Apps, which support the multi-screen features, are S Note, Internet Browser, Video Player, Email, Gallery and Polaris Office.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 also offers the ‘Pop Up Play’ feature, one of the most appealing features of its flagship Galaxy S III Smartphone.
With it, users can play back videos in a floating window that can be overlaid anywhere on the screen, providing a “picture in picture” experience.
What’s anew to the Galaxy Note 10.1 is the ability to adjust the size of the video window.
In addition, Galaxy Note 10.1 offers a mini-apps tray that can launch a selection of mini-app on top of others apps and freely moved around the screen. These include Alarm, S Note, Music Player, Email, Calculator, World Clock.
Scribble & Draw
Featuring an advanced S Pen with 1,024 levels of sensitivity, Galaxy Note 10.1 is designed for natural and intuitive content creation.
The S Pen is embedded directly into a slot in the device and when removed, activates a taskbar with quick access to optimized S Pen apps such as S Note, Adobe® Photoshop® Touch and Polaris Office.
Alternatively, users can easily set their preferred application to be launched instantly.
The S Note application is a unique tool that gives users the ability to combine notes and sketches with other digital content in ready-to-use templates.
Shape Match converts hand-drawn shapes such a square and lines into clean and perfect versions – perfect for creating charts.formula Match can actually solve formulas hand-written with the S Pen.
S Note is also integrated with knowledge search engines so that users can search for content, obtain information, and easily drag and drop content onto S Notes without having to switch between screens.
Photoshop Touch
Adobe® Photoshop® Touch, normally a US$9.99 purchase, is preloaded on the Galaxy Note 10.1.
Further, since it is optimized for S Pen, users are able to control brush size and opacity by just adjusting the pressure of the pen on the screen.
Users can also use popular Photoshop features such as layers, selection tools, adjustments, and filters to create mind-blowing images, or use the high quality GALAXY Note 10.1 camera to fill an area on a layer with the unique camera fill feature.
With Photoshop Touch, it’s also a snap to add or remove people or objects from a photo, or blend two photos together.
To get users started quickly, in-depth step-by-step tutorials are provided to help users learn techniques the pros use for great-looking results.
Photoshop Touch is integrated with Adobe Creative Cloud providing users free access to powerful file syncing and sharing features and 2GB of storage space. Files can be synched to the Creative Cloud and opened in Photoshop on the desktop or laptop for further refinement.
The device also includes a 5-megapixel main camera and a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera. Using the cameras, users can experience the outstanding ‘Smart Stay’ feature, one of the most appealing features of the Galaxy S3 smartphone, which prevents the device from going into standby mode while it detects a user in front of the device.
Finally, with its AllShare Play, users can share content with a large group in real-time by connecting GALAXY Note 10.1 to Samsung HD TVs, phones, mobile tablets, laptops, and other consumer electronic devices on the same network. With Group Cast, users can also share and collaborate on documents, presentations, or images in real time, without loading the files separately.
Galaxy Note 10.1 will be available at retail and wholesale chain stores across the U.S., including Best Buy, Amazon, Tiger Direct, HH Gregg, CDW, BrandSmart, Conn’s and Fry’s.
The device will be available in choice of white or dark gray, and in 16 GB or 32 GB memory configurations, for $499 or $549 SRP, respectively.