[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] phoenixbennu:
There is a great deal here, like always, that is going to rely on personal needs and wants. There will not be any definitive "better tablet"

In the last few months, I have used the Acer A500 (which was nearing the end of its life), the iPad 3, the TF300 with dock, and then TF700. Thats just tablets.

I now have the note, and other than the FHD display its my favorite tablet so far. The A500 was great because of the host usb port I used for my external hard drive. I would actually velcro my two (now three) 1TB external hard drives to the back and use a usb hub plugged into it to run both hard drives and a usb keyboard as part of the case I had and use the adonit jot stylus. I am a big tech and gadget guy (my messenger bag I carried it in had a 1watt spartan laser (enough to burn through solid plastic), my fenix pd30 flashlight, my stylus, tablet, hard drives, digital voice recorder, ti-84+, leatherman (the one Ive had since my army days...about a decade now), my pocket watch, and more. If I had my swissgear 100 buck backpack (thing is awesome, last two years through hell and high water and still like new....and I am VERY hard on my items, and so are my kids) than in the backpack also came my alienware m17xr3 laptop and a host of cords and peripherals. lol.

When the A500 stopped working right, cause of the kids hard use on it, I got it swapped under best buy protection plan for the tf300. I liked the tablet and happy for the upgrade but wanted the tf700 for the FHD. So my wife took the tf300 and got a dock for it and loved it for school and I got the tf700. My wife actually got an iPad 3 from her school but annoyed the hell out of her because of its severely limited functionality compared to android. We even jailbroke it and tried setting as much up as we could, but it was pointless. I wanted to keep the ipad just for the kids to use because it does have more kids programs (mainly mickey mouse ones that kids loved, and some others), but we couldnt afford it, and needed the money from the sale of the ipad 3 to buy the tf700. So we sold it, and got the tf700. I really enjoyed the tablet and the full HD but the sound is horrible. I used to set objects behind the tablet so it would reflect the sound, and even had to hook up external speakers just to watch movies. Granted, my kids can be loud while the wife and I are watching a show, but we use jetflicks to watch warehouse 13, as well as other things, and the sound sucked. We couldnt hear people half the time. Same goes to the tf300, but the tf300 still has better sound than the tf700. When the you are behind the tablet it is loud enough, but when you are actively trying to use it for media, its not the best thing. I did love the higher resolution, and mostly the improved brightness over the tf300. I am more for brightness than I am for resolution, and both were good, but I went through sooo many of the tablets because of poor build quality that the store was telling me I may need another tablet. If you go to the tf700 forums you can see my posting. So, after about 6 different tf700s, I was determined to get the note instead.

I have a wacom graphics tablet and I like using the stylus. I went through a ton of styli before I settled on the jot, and even then I am not too keen on it. It is the best I have used, though, and I would recommend it very strongly to anyone who doesnt have the note. So I decided FHC from the tf700 wasnt worth all the hassle, and got the note, and love the s pen use on it. Makes me feel like I have abandoned my jot stylus, but I may take that too, just for fun, and the wife will use it :).

So far I am loving the note. The resolution seems bright and better than the tf300 but not as crisp as the tf700. but I can live with that easily, the screen is still nice. I was able to get a white 16gb model from best buy after my wife convinced them to take one off reserve for another customer somehow lol. Shes good like that :) I Love My Wife! :) and ive used the s pen, setup the remote for my tv (still havent found the remote the kids lost lol) and right now I am VERY happy with my choice to go with the note.

As for my uses. I am a very well rounded user. I will be reading pdfs, docs, and other print media on it. I have tons of books to go through. I also use jetflicks, netflicks, hulu+, and other programs for media watching since we got rid of cable. I also use sketchbook and other drawing apps to make fun doodles, diagrams, maps, and other things. From fun to serious. I also am a huge gamer. Mainly PC but do have my tablet and xbox and other things. I also do a lot of technical work. I am part of Dell's Rockstar program and spend time helping customers on the community. I work full time for T-Mobile on a special support team, and I do IT work for clients and some businesses, and I am still in school working on my computer programming mainly. Not to mention I am a published author, and still write. In the middle of a current novel trying to finish here soon. I also do freelance writing for clients.

For all my needs, this tablet works. Most of the meetings I am require paper and pencil, but never see anyone but the presenter using a computer. So this tablet will be great. Not to mention that portability is a necessity. As well as the need to eliminate the mountain of paper that accumulates from notes and other things.

From someone who uses their device for just about every use imaginable, the note takes the cake in my book. My only wish would be for a FHD display, but that will come in time. For now, its great and maybe the second note tablet will be FHD. :)