[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] TheWerewolf:
Ok.. since I HATE uncertainty... I took the video and tried EVERYTHING in it that I could...

(BTW, why I hate videoblogs - 27m19s watching someone hold a device when a simple list would have sufficed and I could read it in 10 seconds... but hey)

- "... you'll know that USB on the go is greatly enhanced on the Galaxy SIII compared to previously..." It also came out after the Note 10.1 so it's entirely possible we didn't get all the enhancements as well (although they could show up in JB).

- 32GB flash drive. As I noted, some work, some don't. He doesn't mention if it's FAT32, exFAT or NTFS. I just did the same test with a 64GB MicroCenter flash formatted as FAT32 and it worked similarly (opening up Samsung's File Manager). Formatted as exFAT seems to have worked as well. Formatted as NTFS, nada. "Blank SD card inserted" and nothing comes up.

- 500GB ext hard drive. ".. and that's the first time that's ever been seen on a handset - in fact, it's only the second time any Android device has been able to do this - the previous time was a Transformer Prime."

NextStar SX drive case, LaCIE drive, Zalman VirtualDisk drive and a Toshiba external drive. None of the could power up from the Note 10.1 - if you plug it into the USB adaptor first, THEN into the Note, the Note will try to power it up but fail. If you put the USB adaptor in first, THEN plug in the drive - you get 'High power USB device connected" and the adaptor is shut down.

With a CablesToGo 7 Port USB hub - all of them powered up but only the one FAT32 partition on one of the drives could be read by the Note. I did try this a few weeks ago with a different brand of USB hub and it didn't work at all - so caveat emptor.

- Logitech keyboard - The dongle simulates a regular keyboard, so this isn't a surprise. It's essentially like plugging in a USB keyboard (mouse will work fine too). Sidenote: the new Microsoft Wedge Keyboard and Touch mouse are exceptional on the Note.

- External USB audio - contfirmed both directly and to USB hub.

- Gravis Gamepad Pro - confirmed both directly and to USB hub. (Similar to PS3 game controller)

- For total silliness - I tried connecting a Wacom Bamboo tablet - no go.

- ID Tech HEN3331 Magnetic Barcode reader (take THAT Square) - no go directly - works with Hub.

- Opticon OP2001 barcode scanner (with HID firmware) - works directly and through hub.

- ID Tech MT9060/4 CCD barcode scanner - no go directly - works with hub.

- HDMI adaptor - I have the stock P30 adaptor and it works but seems not to work with all TVs. We have a bunch of HDMI compatible screens at work and while most work, quite a few don't. All my HDMI computer monitors seem to.

- Ethernet adaptor - I've tried one that worked with the Prime (don't have it any longer so I can't look up the brand) and a StarTech USB ethernet adaptor. Both light up - but neither seem to be able to connect to anything.

- Cameras - It seems that while none of the Samsung cameras will connect directly to the Note, they will work through a USB hub. I also have a Fuji W3 3D and a Nikon P1000 camera but I cannot find the USB/AV cables for these (I never use them - I just pull the SD card and use that since it takes less power).

One big note though - the previous powered USB 2.0 Hub definitely did NOT work with the hard drives - the Cables2Go one did. I've seen this before where a computer would work with one hub and not with another - or flakily. I have this exact same problem with a Belkin 7 port hub connected to my main desktop system.

So, by trying different devices and different hubs, you may get better or worse results. I can't find ANY hard drive that the Note will support directly (ie: without a hub). Samsung's cameras use the USB cable to charge the battery as well as transfer data, which is going to slam the Note (which I argue is kind of ironic - I have three Samsung cameras - none of which it can handle directly... but they work if you connect then through a hub).

Hope this clears up my earlier comments.

---------- Post added at 07:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ----------

It's a little more random than that. With my new tests, none can be directly powered. That's a no starter. Even if you do it out of sequence - the hard drive's USB controller gets powered but there's just nowhere near enough juice to spin up the hard drive. If you connect to a hub (if it's the RIGHT hub) and if the drive is formatted FAT32 or exFAT (I don't know why this didn't work on my previous tests), it works. NTFS is right out although there are some App in Play that can add that capability.

---------- Post added at 07:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:22 PM ----------

1. Not yet - the Note is the only Samsung P30 type device I own and I don't know anyone who has one.

2. This time I used a Cables2Go 7 Port USB 2 hub and got better results than last time. I can't remember what the brand of the previous one was - but it was a four port powered minihub.

3. As I noted, most of the ones I tried worked (excluding the ones formatted with NTFS which didn't work for the obvious reason). The Prime supports NTFS directly without needing additional software. I've seen some other NTFS support apps as well.