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[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Download Vevo and watch some music videos. Really good.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] lm that guy:
Your right! Thanks for the tip. Now I'm about to finally play some of these gameloft games I've been itching to play:p
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] dhd1802:
went into carphone warehouse today, and woohoo they had a demo.

i was reasonably impressed, though i was abit disappointed with the build quality of the back cover. i couldn't believe how much it could be pressed in and how flexible it was... is this standard? i expected it to be more rigid than what it was.

btw I've had one on order for 5 days
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
A lot of the reviewers said the same thing. They also say the same things about their phones (I bought a One X because I didn't like the design of the SGS3). I guess the question is "what difference does it make?" As you'll see in the pic below if you do compress it it's only touching the battery. This is my third Samsung tablet in eighteen months and all looked as good as new when I sold them. I'm not a physicist but I'd guess dropping something with some give in it would make it less likely to be damaged than something rigid. That’s probably why you can press-in on the bumpers of M-B’s and BMW’s also. The only other choice would be taughter plastic or metal. The former wouldn't look any different and the latter could dent.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Nakel:
Bingo! Let's see, Samsung could have made it completely rigid to please the journalists who have no engineering knowledge whatsoever, OR they could actually engineer it to handle stress, which is what they did. My Samsung Skyrocket has a bit of flex too. I've dropped it onto concrete three or four times with absolutely no visible damage. (So much for "cheap" plastic...) My buddy dropped his very rigid Iphone 4s just once, both front and back glass cracked. Folks, a little flex is a good thing.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] dhd1802:
a lot of reviews said the screen was a big let down, but i thought it was very good. i though the sgs3 was also quite flexible, but overall it makes no difference how flexible the back is... i just thought it would of been a bit more sturdy. i said to the guy in the shop that it will be put in a case so its a moot point

their is a lot of tablets with a rigid back that work superbly, and handle the odd accidental drop fine. you dont need engineering knowledge to know this.

your comparing glass to a plasticky material which is little unfair. my rigid metal desire hd has been dropped many times with little damage, where my daughters flexible plastic zte blade is showing many wound on its corners and back.

i was more worried about the res of the screen, but after seeing one i have no complaints other than the back:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] yumms:
I love mine. It just works right out of the box. Coming from Transformer Prime the display looks superior. I have no complaints about the performance or the build quality.

But I will return it for a Win RT tablet.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ap27:
I love mine. Coming from an ASUS TF700T with its HD screen. I definitely notice the downgrade in screen quality, but everything else (other than the plastic build...which isn't too bad) is an upgrade.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ngocdao:
I guess because the note wasnt exactly designed 100% for entertainment where a higher res screen makes all the difference.

As for the flexibility of samsung products..lol..i swear that is the most common comment people make on Samsung products. I like to demonstrate to customers by grabbing my n7000 and pull the back cover off and bend the top part almost all the way back and let it go to show them just how durable this "plastic" is.

Yeah ok, not fair, glass versus plastic. What else would you prefer manufacturers use then? Slabs of metal? Oh man, now the tablets too heavy, and i cant catch wifi (previous tranaformer prime owners know what im talking about)

Cmon guys, be happy with what Samsung puts out and stop using Apple products as an anchor point to compare every product other companies make to. This is probably what drove Samsung to mirror a lot of their previous designs to Apple products..

My 02 cents. Lets be happy with what we have :)

we don't see things as they are; we see things as we are.

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Just curious if you knew if the tf700t had any hardware differences to the tf300t other than the hd screen? I had the tf300t and wanted to know if that was all they changed (and design) ..

we don't see things as they are; we see things as we are.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ap27:
I believe the TF700 had a slightly higher clocked processor, SuperIPS screen (higher brightness...the TF300 still had a regular IPS screen) and a metal (as opposed to plastic on the TF300) backplate with a plastic strip along the top for receiption.

I honestly don't think the Tegra 3 is good for pushing resolutions higher than 1280x800. There was a visible slowdown in scrolling through some text and stuff with the TF700. Plus ASUS has terrible quality control and performance issues, especially I/O. On my TF700 when there was an app or two being installed, it was choppy as hell. Once the install completed, it ran normally again. I don't expect that from a quad-core, $500 tablet. On the Note, it was installing my entire App list from the Play store and I could still use Multiview etc without any hiccups.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
They couldn't if they wanted to. Exynos Quad (4412) can't support 1080P. The Exynos 5 (5250) can and a 11.6" Android tablet it's supposed to power that has a 2560x1600 display and a pixel density of 260ppi was outed in the Apple litigation.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
I wonder how much that behemoth is going to cost? Easily over $900 I would guess. Wouldn't it make sense to also produce a 10.1 inch tablet with that high of resolution? 10.1 is the perfect size for portability and note taking.

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I wonder if anyone makes font smoothing software with which we could improve the antialiasing of fonts as we can on our desktop monitors?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] the great heisenberg:
Just got mine and made me realize that the ipad is limited in many ways compared to the note 10.1 :)

No regrets whatsoever
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] toenail_flicker:
FWIW, my Note has zero flex to the back. This is not the first I'd heard of it, but I don't consider it normal.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Just wait till we get the Note 2 firmware. This device will be crazy good.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
I've had mine since Tuesday (9/4) and so far I've been very impressed with it. Yes, it is "plasticky", but I've owned number of other Samsung mobile devices, so I'm used to it. I bought it for the S-Pen, but haven't used it extensively other than few drawings and note taking. Just to give you an idea, I've used number of honeycomb tablets (e.g., Motorola Xoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1, etc) and ICS tablets (e.g., Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and 7, Asus TF300 and Toshiba Excite 10.1) over the years, and Note 10.1 has been the best Android experience, despite the Touchwiz that everybody seem to hate (I'm really ambivalent about it). Web browsing is fast and other operations are very snappy. Since I haven't owned any other tablet with higher resolution, the screen is perfectly fine for me. As stated many times in this thread, you get to see what the benchmarks show in daily use. Before Note 10.1, I had a Toshiba Excite 10.1 (almost naked ICS), and web browsing was horrible along with serious performance hiccups and excessive light bleed. Toshiba Excite's chassis with the Note 10.1 innards (+ S-Pen of course), would have been an excellent tablet.

The split screen works well if you let something run on one side and you are actively "using" the other side. If you try to do something at both sides -as they extensively bashed in Verge's review-, such as scrolling in the e-mail app on one side and scrolling the web browser on the other, you only get one of them working, but not simultaneously. Same is true while scrolling on one side and taking notes or drawing on the other side. Luckily, these are not activities that come up in a daily use scenario, so overall it works well.

The battery life has been great so far. The speakers are excellent. There's a bit of creaking on the right side if you pick it up with one hand from that edge probably due to the space in the bezel to accommodate the S-Pen. I just realized a major creaking source (pretty loud and it clicks with every push): if you are looking at the back of the Note, the area where the silver strip that houses the camera meets the gray back cover on the left side. The right side is fine, but the left side is pretty loose. Luckily, that's not an area that comes into play while holding it with either one or two hands. Nevertheless, it sucks that a $ $500/$550 flagship product has a creaking case.

The functionality of the S-Pen is only going to get better over time with Samsung's update and the introduction of new apps that take advantage of the S-Pen. It's just a matter of time.

As I mentioned in other threads, I'll be checking out the Samsung Series 5 hybrid when it comes out for performance and practicality, but I'll certainly be keeping the Note 10.1 due to its amazing speed and battery life.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Magnesus:
Tegra3 also wasn't supposed to be used with 1080P. I watched an interview with NVIDIA guy who was surprised it works so well when it wasn't designed for that (he was talking about TF700 or sth, don't remember).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] nnick:
Would love to find out if there is....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Based upon my research thus far it seems that Chrome browser is implementing the best font smoothing of the android browsers.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] balabala123:
I just want to see result ，NOTE 10.1 looks nice
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] nnick:
But no multiscreen nor flash :(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] dhd1802:
still waiting for mine, but on the display one i played with, the flexibility of the back was noticeable in the circled area!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Don't push there.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
...or don't touch the areas highlighted here (based on mine). Can't wait to put this in a case to get rid of the creaks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] rcatron:
Not to mention the fact that the Note 10.1 is the first Android device that I own/have owned that runs Chrome great. It has been a dog on all of my other tabs. The Note 10.1 screams!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] taylork1:
I replaced my iPad with the Note 10.1. In the end, the little things with the iPad were too frustrating. LOVE SGN. Adjusting to Android from Apple was tricky, but after that, I just relaxed and enjoyed the device. Snote is great. PS touch works well. I appreciate the file manager. Disappointed that it doesnt support Flash, and with all the notes and how-to's, I can't get it. Handwriting recognition is spot on. Widgets on the main pages -sweet! Wish more of the apps would take advantage of the real estate - can't reformat some of the phone size apps to make the font big enough. Dont have a wireless printer, but would like to USB plug one in. The browser is awesome, renders pages that didnt work well on iPad. I have a CSV with my contacts from Windows, but cant get it imported to my new contact list-had to retype them all. But, don't misunderstand. LOVE.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
You can get flash, you just have to sideload it. Just go to Adobes website and download the .apk.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] arjag:
I have flash working fine on my Note. I can't remember how, I think an archive part of adobe.com

swyped from my Galaxy Note 10.1 with Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
Here's a Dropbox link to Flash 11.1.

http://db.tt/7rrvsV5i
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] lm that guy:
I knew about the adobe achive but i was somehow able to get install flash in the playstore when i first got my note
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] antique_sonic:
ya I know.

But adobe has decided to stop its support for adobe flash on mobile devices running Android starting from Jellybean. And in fact, adobe has pulled out its flash software from Google play, before JB come out for our note 10.1!

According to the internet source which I google earlier, adobe will only concentrate on the PC development only.

hahaha. damn!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] HasC:
Just did a search on Google play to see if flash still shows up and can advise that I am still seeing it, see screen shot below, I have also highlighted Adobe's disclaimer:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] arjag:
I think what it really means is we will be using the "final" version for ever, regardless of the bugs. :'(

swyped from my Galaxy Note 10.1 with Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tsnstuff:
I just got this device yesterday. So far I'm not really sure how to feel about it. The SPen so far has worked ok for writing notes in the few tests I've done. I love the fact that I can write while resting my hand on the screen. I love the speakers on this thing as well. I actually really like the look of it, I don't know why so many people say it's ugly. The plastic doesn't bother me, as long as the device works. Makes the device lighter too. So far the function that checks if I'm looking at it seems to be working because I haven't had to keep touching the screen to keep it on.

I however have been wondering if I have a defective unit because mine is not smooth at all. Yes the home screen is pretty smooth, but there are so many things that are just laggy or choppy. The Google + app for example is just very choppy, not smooth at all. Although I think that might just be the app, so many images it loads. I was also getting a lot of white space on a lot of pages.

I really like using the stylus to navigate, but it seems to lag quite a bit between a stylus touching it and it allowing a finger to touch it. When typing I was trying to do the letters on the right with the stylus since I was holding it and the letter son the left with my hand, but it did not like that at all. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be like that or not.

I downloaded Riptide GP and noticed that it's missing a lot of the Tegra 3 effects. Now, I understand this is not a Tegra 3, but I know the iPad can certainly do the effects, so that makes me wonder if the Note just can't do it or if the app is gimped because it just doesn't detect a Tegra 3.

Flipboard tells me it's not supported. . . maybe they just don't have a tablet version but you'd think you'd be able to use the zoomed version.

I will certainly give it a few more days, I have 30 days to return it. It looks like JB may be on the horizon so that may smooth things out. I'm trying to replace my iPad with this. If I decide to keep it then I'll sell the iPad. Don't need an iPad, a Nexus 7 and a Note 10.1

I will say I haven't had any force closes or any of the freezing when using the spen that I hear about. I did get rid of all the widgets it comes with and that did help some.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] manhattan212:
I would have to say that right now, I regret buying it.

I think I should have waited for the Galaxy Note 2 instead.

This thing, in my opinion, is of poor build quality and I really regret buying it.

The image quality is noticeably pixelated, and for as much horse power as it's supposed to boast,

I still find it quite lacking.

There is a discernible lag/delay between actions on the screen,

or body of the device, and response from the software/app.

All-in-all, I'm sad I got it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] antique_sonic:
Weird.

I use all keywords, just can't find it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] lm that guy:
do a google search for flash and it should show up, click on it and choose to open it in the play store app. I remember now, thats the way i installed it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
In life there are so few things I can say with absolute assurance. But in the case of your review, I respectfully disagree completely on every point. Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but why would you buy a 10.1 inch tablet if a 5.5 inch phablet would suffice? I am guessing taking written notes is not a priority for you. Let me tell you from experience, taking handwritten notes on a 5.5 inch screen simply does not work. It is too small. Imagine taking class notes on a large post-it note? You get the picture.

Regardless, just return it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
Beginning August 15th*we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install it from the Google Play Store after August 15th.

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/06/flash-player-and-android-update.html

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Performance wise, you're not going to find a better behaving Android tablet. Teg3 is architecturally inferior to Exynos Quad and will be until Nvidia releases a revised design which is expected with Wayne next year. S4 Pro's a beast, especially on the GPU side. So is Exynos 5250. So until tablets with one of those three SoC's hit the market the Note's pretty much the best performer you're going to find (in the Android world). As for the aesthetics, you have lots of other choices.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] HasC:
That's strange, I got mine on release day which was the 16th and remember installing after that date from Google play.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] appelflap:
Like the question if it is to be preferred over the surface tablet. I'm also seriously considering the surface tablet. Nevertheless installed the new Jelly Bean leak and I must say that the performance of the note 10.1 is very very good. I still have to see what the performance of the surface Arm tablets will be compared to the note 10.1.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ilcnyyxdk:
I Recommend this tablet.

I have a ipad2.

I am certainly more time spending this device than ipad.

I bought this device because of Verge's bad review.

No samsung and apple devices diappointed to me.

I really curious. and i want check verge's controvercial review by all myself.

I spend more time to this device than ipad2/PC.

GPS is very quickly catch its position.(GPS + Glonass support)

display is bright and clear.

S-Pen is very useful as a memo.

I can upload 1080p .mkv movie file without itunes converting.

I saved several movie files to external microSD card.

Front speaker is stereo sound. No other tablet can do that.

Web browsing speed is really fast. Even default web browser speed is faster than google chrome of android.

Youtube... no buffering. I don't know why this device is faster wifi than ipad2. Maybe 'plastic' backpanel help less wifi interfere. just my thought.

'plastic' backpanel make less weight. I love light weight. it is easy to one-handed grip.

Overall. I love this tablet.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ngocdao:
I had the N7000 and youre "write" :lol:

This tablet is orgasmic and i love drawing on this thing!!!!

I had a customer who loved his 'new ipad' but was frustrated about the things he couldnt do on it. Demo'd the n0813 for 15 minutes and dude face glimmered like he had an epiphany. ended up giving his daughter the iPad hahaha

we don't see things as they are; we see things as we are.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] madsquabbles:
if you've installed it on another device prior to the 15th it should still show up for you.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ketpetje:
Yes it is worth buying, I'm a big fan of the stylus, it's working perfect. No problem with the screen also!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] driekus33:
I think the Note 10.1 is worth buying but it is not an iPad.

An Ipad is designed purely for media consumption and apps while the Note 10.1 is no slouch when it comes to video that is not its primary purpose.

The Note 10.1 is really a productivity tablet.

Try opening a 200 MB pdf on the Note and you will see that it works very well. My Dad has an Ipad and it simply struggles to handle this type of load.

The SPen is the other great thing about the note 10.1. It is a real pen and does great note taking and also enables you to write emails by hand and have handwriting recognition interpret your writing. Try doing this with an Ipad. It is like comparing writing with a ball point pen to writing with a thick marker.

The Note is not perfect, I have a few creaks which will be sorted by a new case. All my Samsung devices have the same problem. The reduced weight and better wifi reception is worth the sacrifice.

If you want something for productivity buy a note 10.1, if you want a media and app machine that makes you look "cool" buy an iPad.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] dhd1802:
thats a wind up, right? :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] driekus33:
Yes, in a Samsung forum it is a wind up, while in an Apple forum it would be trolling.:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
I don't think an iPad makes you look cool. I think it makes you look like a chick. The iPad is the Mazda Miata of tablets. That's not a knife, THAT'S A KNIFE.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ilostmypistons:
As the owner of a 658hp 94 RX7

I approve this message! :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Nakel:
Here's a great review of the Note 10.1 and comparison with the Ipad3:

http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=43233

I disagree with a couple of the comments, but overall it's pretty good review. The points I disagree with:

1. e-reader. She gives this the iPad, but I don't. the app she's using on the note does in fact have bad color. However, other apps have great color on the note. Also, she thinks the iPad is more comfortable to hold while reading, however she also thinks you should read in portrait mode. Once you do a lot of reading on a device, you lose the need to have the screen be like a book. I've already extensively with both the iPad 3 and the note 10.1. Both of them are more comfortable to read in landscape mode , because of the weight. Because of that the note 10.1 is much easier to hold while reading. Neither of them is completely ideal. I think a 6 to 7 inch screen is ideal for reading. That said, the note 10.1 is much better than the iPad 3 at reading. In landscape mode it is not so tall, so there's not much leverage to the weight . Plus it is considerably lighter.

2. Media availability and ease of use. If you are contents to buy all of your media from Apple, then yes the iPad 3 is easier. If however, you have much of your own media you'd like to use, then the note 10.1 beats the iPad 3.

3. one thing that is never brought up, is weight per square inch of usable screen area. Most video is in 16: 9 format. That gives the iPad on 8.9 screen compared 10. 0 with the note. That leaves the note with 28 percent more screen area than the iPad. The iPad 3 is 44 percent heavier per square inch of usable screen area. That's a lot, and it makes the iPad 3 far less desirable to travel with than the note 10.1.

4. Reading documents. This is given to the iPad because it's aspect ratio more closely mimics a sheet of paper. However, most people are going to read documents in landscape view. They are just too small in portrait view. It's much easier to read them in landscape and scroll. Given this, the aspect ratio of the note 10.1 is far superior for reading documents. the note 10.1 is 8.8 inches wide compared to 7.7 inches for the iPad. With the note documents are just slightly larger than actual. With the iPad documents are a fair bit smaller than actual. Consider that documents are 8.5 inches wide, and there may be comments in the margins.

Owning both the iPad 3 and the note 10.1, I can't think of a single task that the iPad 3 is better at. Given a choice, I always pick up the 10.1. My wife keeps stealing it though, and leaving me her iPad 3. I guess it's time to sell the iPad and buy another note 10.1.