[Galaxy Note II General] ChodTheWacko:
Okay, I read the manual.

There is some stuff that is different from the Note 1:

Random interesting blurbs:

If the device receives an unstable power supply while charging, the touch screen may not function.

While charging, the device may heat up. This is normal and should not affect the device’s lifespan or performance. If the battery gets hotter than usual, the charger may stop charging.

Do not remove the battery before removing the charger. This may damage the device.

Your device accepts memory cards with maximum capacities of 64 GB.

New 'motion' features:

1) tap and hold, then tilt the device towards you to lock the phone.

2) When you pick up the device after it has been idle for some time or the screen has been turned off, it vibrates if you have missed calls or new messages.

3) While viewing call, message, or contact details, pick up and hold the device to your ear to make a call.

4) Pan to browse - when an image is zoomed in, tap and hold a point on the screen, then move the device to 'scroll' around the image.

5) Double tap to move to the top of a list of contacts or e-mails. (or anything, I hope)

6) Camera quick acesss: While the screen is locked, tap and hold the screen, then rotate the device to landscape to launch the camera!

7) shake the device to update e-mails or Yahoo News/finance/accuweather. (not random widgets though)

8) when the screen is turned off, move your hand across the proximity sensor to turn the screen on and view the # of missed calls/new messages/battery power level and "more"

New feature: Page Buddy:

Specify a set of apps to be shown on screen for quick select when:

1) You pull the s-pen out

2) You plug in a headset

3) You are roaming

s-pen notes:

The manual says: For best results, keep the S Pen mostly perpendicular to the touch screen and avoid using it at sharp angles.

That's also what it said in the n7000 manual and that was WRONG. It works best at a 30-45 degree angle. This will be tested.

New s-pen gestures:

s-pen still doesn't work with capacitive buttons and they changed the pen gestures:

hold button and draw a ^ (left-up, then right-down) for menu

hold button and draw a < (left/down then right/down) for 'back'.

hold button and up is now the quick command box.

hold button and draw around an image to save that selection to gallery -> screenshots.

new options to:

emit sound if pen removed/inserted

do nothing (i.e. not turn screen on) if you pull out the pen

launch a quick note if pen is pulled out.

display popup/sound if you walk when the touch screen is off and there's no s-pen.

have haptic feedback if the pen is hovering over files/subjects/other options.

Quick command box:

press button while hovering over quick command box to see assigned gesture commands.

Stuff that I haven't seen before (I don't know if it's JB or new touchwiz stuff)

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Notification bar has usual toggles (wifi/gps/etc) and has a 'blocking mode' toggle - to block/hide notifications. (This is rather nice for programs that hog a spot on the notification bar)

Task manager has an 'end all' button.

Face unlock is now 'Face and voice unlock' - i.e. face + voice command.

You can now capture an image/record video of a video call.

You can now, when entering a message or e-mail (stock app), specify a time/date to send it.

JB feature: option to download offline speech recognition data.

New accessbility option - Negative colors - reverse display colors for visibility (is this night mode?)

New camera modes

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best photo - take a series of photos, save the best one

best face - take a series of group shots, combine the best faces into one group shot

buddy photo share - auto-share pics with anyone 'recognized' in the photo (via tags).

low light - take a series of photos and combine them to improve the image quality (i.e. reduced color noise)

Take photos using a voice command. (not sure if you can set a timer for voice-self shots)

New video modes

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limit for mms - low quality video for sending via mms

slow motion -

fast motion

LED indicator:

settings to turn on the light for: charging, low battery, notifications, voice recording active.

Manual doesn't mention color choices.

samsung keyboard has an option to auto open the handwriting box if you tap it with the s-pen.

Touchwiz blah de blah:

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Homescreen has an 'easy mode' that leasts you easily add app/contact/setting shortcuts to the home screen.

Smart rotation! Rotates based on orientation of your face! (You can read lying in bed now, YEAH)

Display battery percentage (great)

Smart stay - keeps backlight on if you are looking at the display

Doesn't say if changing font size is more universal than it was onthe original note (which only affected a few apps)