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[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] knives of ice:
I just can't wait till we get an aosp rom on this thing then it should be perfect for me.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] toenail_flicker:
After all the doggy reviews, I'm pleasantly surprised at how good it really is. Is it me, or is the GNote just that good? :good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
I wont lie. I find myself often wishng the screen res was just a little better when viewing web pages, but then i ask myself which i would rather have, a super responsive pen or more pixels.

From what i have read of the Infinity, that HD screen takes a toll in other areas.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Kohawk09:
100% agree - I miss the infinity screen most when viewing text on web pages. Is viewing the text 'fine' on the note, absolutely. Is viewing the text 'great', IMO, nope. But, I no longer have any stutters or my browser doing this:

For all the former infinity and prime owners, we unfortunately became all too familiar with this lovely popup. I could 100% replicate it by refreshing my current page, going to another tab and trying to load up a different page. The infinity held up for a solid 2 weeks, then succumbed to this just like my prime did... so on to the note I went.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ilostmypistons:
I had the exact same expirience and as much as I loved the screen on the TF700 I just couldnt take it anymore.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] maazali:
Just reading all of these posts, it makes me feel like the screen resolution of the infinity is not much of a deciding factor as the build quality is.

I feel that if only if Samsung spend like another 50 dollars on a higher screen resolution screen, they wouldn't have made picking our next tablet this difficult. I wouldn't have minded paying another 50 dollars for a higher resolution screen to be honest. Samsung's note would have been the clear winner without a doubt, but I guess companies and manufacturers like to make it harder for consumers to choose their product over another.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ashuras:
I couldn't agree more, and that issue alone was the thing that delayed my ultimate decision to get the Note 10.1, but thankfully I decided the Infinity had to go before the return deadline came around.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Try the Boat Mini Browser. Your resolution will look better. Get the mini version not the full.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] COA4178:
Received my tab yesterday I was amazed how responsive it is.. pen very accurate in fact extremely accurate and I love the remote controll hahaha the screen is great though is not like the infinity even though I haven't had it but I cannot lie I don't have any complains very happy with my tab
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] madsquabbles:
one neat tip about the pen is that it when you hover over a flash video, it'll pull up the controls. normally i'd have to tap the video and pause it to show the controls where now i can just hover. it also works with preview gifs of videos for sites that have them. you can just hover to activate the previews.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
Hover is fantastic. It basically allows you to use drop down menus exactly the way they work on a PC. It saves a huge amount of time because you don't have to access multiple pages in order to drill down to something specific. In this example I'd normally have to hit reservations, wait for it to load, hit book flights, wait for it to load, and then select the option I was looking for. With hover it's one step.

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Speaking of cool stuff. Here's Hulu playing in a Pop up play window. I use PlayOn which plays Netflix, Hulu, and HBO GO via the stock video player. Great for those with ADD. ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] madsquabbles:
wow, thanks! i haven't tried hovering over menus. now i may have to check out PlayOn too.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] aimfire72:
Got my Note this week and am mostly happy with the performance so far, S-Pen works great, no lag, etc...

However, the thing that's killing me is the screen resolution! Watched some hd YouTube and Netflix vids and everything looked slightly fuzzy and not that sharp. Compared to the other devices I use daily (ipad 3, Galaxy S3, Nexus 7), the Note's screen easily looks the worst. :(

Despite all the bad things I've heard about the Infinity, I'm thinking about picking one up today and trying it out for myself for a few days. I played with the demo at BB and loved the hd screen, didn't find it laggy at all, quite the opposite.

I've also owned a TF 101 and 201 and am familiar with Asus's lack of QC... But I think this is something I just gotta compare side by side for myself, lol. I'll report back and let you guys know which tablet I decide to keep.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
Note 10.1 PPI = 149

Nexus 7 PPI = 216

TF700 = 224

iPad3 PPI = 264

SGS3 PPI = 306

One X PPI = 312

Does the pre-loaded helicopter video look "fuzzy" to you? I ask because both Netflix and YouTube are connection dependent. I have a One X which has a higher PPI count than the SGS3 and the same MKV local content looks more detailed but I wouldn't say the Note's "fuzzy" in comparison.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
I wonder if xfinity app will stream through that. I forgot if it plays through default video player or its own. anything that defaults to stock video player can be put into pop up mode?

Stock multiscreen with my stickit floating media player and overskreen floating browser takes multitasking to another level. with all of that, I can have several movies and websites going at the same time on one screen. remeber that video someone with prime made where he had like 12 movies playing at once on his screen? With stickit. he did it just to see how many could play at once before he Oomed. now with 2gb of ram, more powerful cpu & gpu, even more could be done on the note..lol

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you are right, if your connection slows down, the videos will decrease in quality. that helicopter video looks amazing in note 10.1 and great for testing. if it looks great there and fuzzy on streaming sites/apps, its his connection speed.

I returned my 16gb earlier to best buy and had them order me 32gb. just in time also as bb online showing them sold out again..lol it'll be here wed. 8/30 at the latest. IM hoping it'll come early. miss it already ;)

P.s. I miss my prime also :( LOL I still have the dock. after my new 30 days up on 32gb, I will likely put dock up ebay or Cl. I really want to try out infinity also but just too many reported s/w & qc issues. plus the graphic intense games like tegra3 ones still crashing on it. luckily my nexus 7 software nearly flawless. it performs great like the note. never any crashes, anr, & all games play fine on it. nexus 7 is one great piece of machinery Google & Asus put together. Love it!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] toenail_flicker:
So... I can run Netflix as a floating app? I like to have TV running in the background while I work . Is Hulu paid version worth it, and are there commercials? Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] aimfire72:
Haven't checked out the helicopter video yet. Understand what you're saying about being connection dependant, but if that's the case, then not looking good for the Note, lol. After watching the vids on the Note, I picked up my Nexus 7 and watched the same YouTube & Netflix vids from the same location (my couch, lol) and they looked much better on the N7.

So I don't think it's the connection, it's just the smaller and denser pixels on a 7" screen vs. 10".
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] madsquabbles:
One of Barry's tips is the you can do this running playon.

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It show what asus is capable of if they have someone looking over their shoulders. Asus could dominate if the had better leadership.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
I think display quality is subjective anyways. I have a nexus 7 also. The screen is good on it also but to me, the not 10.1 looks better. Samsung has tricks up their sleeve to make the same resolution look better on their device. Colors and clarity wise.

Also, try going into settings. Then display options. Then like display mode or something. You can change the anyday the display looks. Its on standard by default. You can choose dynamic or movie display mode. I found dynamic to give me the best looking display. Try it out and see if it livens up your display to your liking.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] freedomispopular:
I've found that HD and tablet-optimized content looks great. But I'm not used to a 10 inch HD screen, so my experience will differ.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] fella1:
Just got my Note today and spent a little time comparing it to my Infinity which I'm going to be trading in for it.

Web browising: the note is worlds faster than the Infinity in web browsing. I went to the same websites on both tablets and they came up and were scrollable much faster on the Note. I got the browser not responding error message a few times on the infinity when trying to scroll on a website before it had loaded enough. this problem does not happen on the note at all. In fact most websites loaded up almost as fast as they do on my desktop. Very impressed with the speed.

Wifi connection speed: The note won here also in a real world test. I used BS Player on both tablets to watch an hd mkv file stored on my computer through a wireless lan connection. The file played pretty smoothly on the Note with very few hiccups. The file on the Infinity also played but it had much more frequent pauses.

Screen quality: Here is were the infinity is obviously much better. Website browsing was much slower on the infinity but when the page did load the text looked much crisper and darker. I also compared the images from a comic book with the Xcomics app and it looked nicer on the Infinity. The comic looked nice on the note too but the infinity just gave a richer look to the image. This difference was the only thing that made me want to think twice about trading the Infinity in for the Note. When it comes down to it though I would rather have the faster, smoother tablet experience at the expense of a degrade in screen quality. The screen on the Note still isn't "BAD" and I might not have noticed it much if I didn't have an infinity to do a real time comparision with. I can only salivate at the thought of how perfect the note would have been if it could have also had the infinity's screen quality to go along with it's excellent performance.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] toenail_flicker:
Next gen will be sweet.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
And the gen after that even sweeter. ;)

A couple of people in the comparison thread on the TF700 forum glommed on to the Verge's rather strange review of the Note's performance. I posted these videos for them. It would seem my device with 93 apps and 30 widgets performs differently than the Verge's two test units. The videos are also good for people just wanting to see a Note in action doing multiple things at the same time. As they say, a picture's worth a thousand (tainted) words. ;)

[YOUTUBE]UDvXvoAgAT8[/YOUTUBE][YOUTUBE]i2FSpJUKqyg[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
Good videos. BUT DAMN, LOL, you making sure to maximize your multitasking and 2gb of ram usage. You have alot of stuff going on on your homescreens. Lol. Cool. As for the second video, I would expect a slight pause when switching between tasks. I hope that isn't what people were complaining about. It'll get faster with future updates. But if the note 10.1 w/ 2gb of ram can handle all that on your homescreens and still move fast n fluid, then there should be no worries.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
I wasn't kidding when I said 30 widgets. ;) It just makes the Verge's results even more strange as their device probably had a handful of apps loaded on to it and widgets running.

It is. But I said this in the the TF700 comparison thread, "Compared to what? Not having multi-view at all?" Considering Android provides no means of running multiple apps at the same time a few milliseconds of delay in switching between apps doesn't seem like a high price to pay to gain the functionality.

Did you see how fast the crop from the screen cap moved between the two apps? There's no question Samsung can better tune the performance of multi-view when certain apps are open at the same time. It'll probably be soon too. They're going to have to sell a hell of a lot of Notes to pay Apple their $1B. ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] guthrien:
I wish they would have included NFC. At least as far as I've heard, I didn't really remember to check at the store. It doesn't make sense to me why they would make that decision, Samsung was really pushing it and its big part of the flagship phones (just bought the s3).

Its shallow, but I was rethinking the purchase after the Apple decision haha. Still, the PPI is really not that subjective, if only they could have gone a few steps more... closer to the Nexus 7 in some ways which I love much more than I did the Infinity.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] prenedo:
From the prime to an infinity to the note..... Finally happy to have a tablet. The note is great to interact with (I kinda like TW on tablet). Too many hangups on the Asus'.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
F.. apple. I hope Motorola wins their suit against apple. They claim all of apples current idevices or whatever copied off of them and infrindged on several of their patents. So this is why Google made sure to buy out moto for their patent portfolio.So apple cant come at android solely and android can now go on the offensive against apple. Apple is a patent troll and I hope they have the same done to them by moto. Ban all idevices..lol. thing is apple copied off of others. Lol

Edit: Samsung needs to wisen up and cut all ties with apple. Stop producing the enemies chips and displays. Aren't they smart enough to see this is a conflict of interest? Look how they helped apple outand this is how apple repays them. If iI were the entity known as Samsung, I would say F apple and cut all ties with them. Don't produce anything for them anymore. Apple has already been planning for this and is why they looked to other sources to help build their stuff. How the hell can apple say they own the design on a rectangle with rounded corners..lmfao. I dislike apple alot more after this latest ruling. I hope they fall. They will eventually. What goes up, must come down. Now where else for them to go except back to the bottom..lol
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] jjdevega:
Said day for Android community:(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Guys that Apple lawsuit will be in appeal and re-appeal for 5 more years. Samsung will never pay a dime.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Mafiatounes:
I will not pay a dime to Apple anymore if they want to keep me from having a choice when buying a phone, tablet or whatever i will not accept such a behavior, in my house i only have Samsung products now, i sold the iPad and i will buy the Note 10.1, i will even go further in my company all Apple products will disapear we allready use S3's and soon all iPad 2's will disapear for Note's and we are talking about aprox 60 pieces. I hope more consumers/companies will follow and make a clear message towards Crapple that we don't accept such behavior!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
I seriously cannot believe that the jury upheld Apples patent of "rectangular smartphone with rounded corners"! I mean that has been the shape of consumer devices for hundreds of years. I think the playing card industry should now sue Apple for stealing THEIR shape. Next thing you know Apple will say they have a patent on the pixel and the color black.

The fact the jury came back so quickly with their decision and gave Apple the win on even the most preposterous claims while giving Samsung the loss on 100% of their claims stinks to high heaven to me.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] guthrien:
Ironically they probably would have been helped by avoiding TouchWiz and it's poor form iOS analogs. I definitely give points to the Infinity being closer to a Nexus device. It will probably get Jelly Bean next week. That alone will probably make it seem faster to most people though I never had issues like the Prime.

To me it was the hope of the pen and it seems to be an iteration away from being joined with proper hardware and broader software selection. I'll definitely check in for Note 2013, I hope you guys enjoy whichever ones you buy. They're both on display at Best Buy, try them out if you're reading this as a shopper.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
After enjoying my SGN10.1 for the past week it is honestly hard to imagine going back to fingerpainting on some other tablet.

I mean it is just so cool to see an interesting article online, snap a screenshot, write some notes and email it off in a matter of seconds.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] lardo5150:
Finally got my note. Love it but i will say the only difference is the screen.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] MvP77:
I returned my Transformer 300T yesterday and picked up a Note. After playing with it for a full day I believe this is the Tablet I have had (iPad 1, iPad 2, Xoom, Transformer Prime, Galaxy Tab 10.1, and TF300T.

I read all the reviews and was a lil worried, but i always like to try things for myself. So far i have experienced hardly any lag and it performs better than my TF300T with Jelly Bean. Loving My Decision so far. My main use for my Tablet is watching movies and while the Tegra 3 is great for games it sucks at codec support. Even using Mvideo player video audio sync was always off.

I only played around with the S-Pen a lil but i see how it can be useful and has me thinking about getting my son one for school.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] madsquabbles:
just got to play with the tf700 a little more extensively today and i've definitely made up my mind to take it back. the screen it wonderful, but the cost is performance and the lack of some of my most used apps, opera being #1, not really supporting the resolution.

the biggest factor is the stuttering of scrolling. the gpu or cpu just doesn't seem to be powerful enough to push all the pixels. it looks great, but the pauses and stutters just get annoying after a while. the note performs smoothly. i'll surely miss the dock and the fact i'm getting used to the higher res, but i'll get by. the pen will keep me company. and if i need a dock i'll just pick up a bt kb or the samsung dock. it's not as convenient, but it'll do.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
This sort of explains it. It's really hard for us to understand the play-by-play because we weren't there. But anecdotally it would appear Apple's attorneys were superior to Samsung’s. Samsung's filed a number of motions and submissions late, their demeanor pissed off the judge (and therefore most likely the jury), and they are the ones that represented Oracle in their massive loss against Google over Java. I'm not an attorney but in a case this complicated, if I were representing Samsung, I'd want my jury as technically naive as possible. This guy shouldn't have been allowed on.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/08/25/apple-v-samsung-meet-the-foreman-of-the-jury/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ilostmypistons:
My nephew has in the court for the verdict he said the look on the judges face was like... I can't believe what's going on here.... he said she was doing double takes to make sure she wasn't seeing things.... The jury may have helped Samsung's appeal believe it not.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
Some more vids focused on the browser and handling of HD content...

1080P YouTube video playing full screen in the browser

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HD HBO GO (public) movie trailer in the browser

[YOUTUBE]pcm9utpFuJA[/YOUTUBE]

XDA "all forums" list scrolling in the browser

[YOUTUBE]Pv-eBVgooI4[/YOUTUBE]

Netflix HD video

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Thanks yeah those sre nice. Do like the white Note. Would habe gotten one if i didnt have such a bad experience with my whote SGS2 getting so dirty. Plus im putting a black csse on it anyway so i suppose the point it moot.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
It would be cool if someone with a TF700 had the time to post some comparison videos. You'll notice I cleared history and the cache for each video to make it harder. I also intentionally picked the most difficult content. Any tablet can handle USAToday. ;) Seeing a device do something vs. talking about it also gets away from the "my device can beat up your device" subjective debates.

The U.S. gray Note has a gray bezel which I think is cool. The 3G version has a black one and looks like every other G-Tab. I didn't have a choice as only white was available when I ordered it. I could have gone either way.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] rap6388:
You have to remember that this "trial" was in Apple's back yard. They had home field advantage. Sit this jury anywhere else and things could be different.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
It's a little OT but some of you guys asked about PlayOn. Here's what it can access. You have to have accounts with the services that are subscription based. All the contest is streamed via the stock video player so you can use Pop up play with it.

There are two components to it, a server-side app and the Android client-side app. Any decently powered PC can run the server app. I have it running on my Windows Home Server. It can be accessed on the same network or remotely when you're traveling (even over 3G). It basically "mobile-izes" heavy websites and provides a mobile-device friendly navigation system to access content.

It's the best way to play Hulu on devices they don't support. It's also good for flash-intense sites like HBO GO. I use it primarily for accessing content on the road.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] madsquabbles:
i cannot believe the battery life on this tablet. 4 hours of continuous use - streamed netflix, drawing with layer paint, watched 3 episodes of the unit and it only dropped 25%. i used headphones and only had the screen at 13% brightness (indoors at monkey joe's - a little kid's jumpy playground). at that rate i could have gone 16hrs, can that be for real? my infinity's couldn't get this kind of efficiency. i really wonder how the infinity benched as having better battery life than the note in reviews when users here seem to have opposite results.

i have permanently let go of the infinity today. i'm not really sure if i'll ever give asus another go 'round unless google is managing the product.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] toenail_flicker:
Almost bought the Infinity - just before this came out. So glad I didn't.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
Dang...I'm missing my Note 10.1..lol. can't wait till my new 32gb arrives wed. Or earlier. My nexus 7 holding me down till then.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ilostmypistons:
Hang in there its gonna be ok ;)

Im sure Barry will come up with something amazing to entertain us...