Samsung recently announces the availability of Samsung Galaxy Note and it got its debut here in Southeast Asia and the feture look just broke down the trend of the styles of conventional smartphones with touch screen features. Samsung Galaxy Note features the world's 1st and largest 5.3" HD Super AMOLED display screen that provides a high resolution smart screen and best viewing experience for users when it comes to reading, surfing and even drawing. The Samsung Galaxy Note includes and resurrect the pen-input tech - the S Pen, people can use it in doing multi task jobs in writing, browsing, gaming and create doodles and art. (more news below)
The S Pen is useful for people who don't want to use their fingers in navigating the touch screen, they can use the S Pen in clicking and operating the apps. It is also useful for art creators, because the S Pen has an accurate sensors, I'm not sure if the S Pen and the Samsung Galaxy Note has a tension sensors like those drawing tablets. The S Pen also can be use for handwriting on the Samsung Galaxy Note,there's an app that can transform handwriting into digital text.
According to Gregory Lee, President and CEO of Samsung Asia - "The GALAXY Note is a revolutionary product to open a new category in the mobile industry and I am very proud of this accomplishment,Samsung GALAXY Note will redefine and enhance mobile communications by offering a creative user experience with its innovative features such as S Memo, S Planner and S Choice. I am certain that once our consumers try the GALAXY Note, they will appreciate its groundbreaking and fun features.
With the introduction of the GALAXY Note, we are confident that Samsung will firmly maintain its number one position in the mobile category in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.”
Here are some apps fit for designing with the use of S Pen
- S Choice, new menu for Samsung Apps designed for the Galaxy Note's S Pen feature
Soonr Workplace - enables team collaboration by allowing direct annotation on the various file formats stored in the Soonr Cloud
iAnnotate PDF- provides a direct annotation mode for S Pen when viewing a PDF file
OmniSketch and Zen Brush - are very useful tools for sketching and drawing. OmniSketch enables users to sketch using the S Pen as a brush, while Zen Brush provides oriental brush simulation.
here's a video about Samsung Galaxy Note
Samsung GALAXY Note Product Specifications
Network: HSPA+ 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100
EDGE/GPRS: 850/900/1800/1900
Processor: 1.4GHz Dual Core Processor
Display: 5.3” WXGA(1280x800) HD Super AMOLED
OS :Android 2.3(Gingerbread)
Camera : Main(Rear) : 8 MP with LED Flash
Front : 2 MP
Single shot, Smile shot, Share shot, Action shot, Beauty, Cartoon, Panorama Video
Video: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX, Xvid, VC-1
Recording: 1080p@24~30fps, Playing 1080p@30fps
Audio: Codec : MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, WAV, FLAC, OGG
Music Player with SoundAlive
3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS
Value-added Features
- Samsung Apps
- Samsung Kies 2.0/ Samsung Kies air
- Samsung ChatON mobile communication service
(Downloadable via Samsung Apps)
- Samsung TouchWiz/ Samsung L!ve Panel UX
- S Pen Experience (S Memo, S Planner, S Choice)
Social Hub
- Integrated Messaging(Email, SNS), Contacts/ Calendar Sync
- Basic: POP3/IMAP Email
Social Hub, Readers Hub , Music Hub
GoogleTM Mobile Services
- Android Market™, Gmail™, Google Earth™, YouTube™, Google Maps™,
Syncing with Google Calendar™
A-GPS
Enterprise Solutions
- ODE, EAS, CCX, MDM, VPN, WebEx
Connectivity : Bluetooth® technology v 3.0 + HS
USB : 2.0 HOST
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Sensor : Accelerometer, Light, Digital compass, Proximity, Barometer
Memory : 16/32GB Internal Memory + microSD (up to 32GB)
Size : 146.85 x 82.95 x 9.65 mm
Battery : Standard battery, Li-ion 2,500 mAh
