[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Nakel:
Interesting, I don't get the stutter at all, with or without Power Saving turned on. And I really like Power Saving. With it on, I can read on my Note 10.1 for several hour longer than on my wife's ipad3. Images look pixelated to you? Geez, you must have laser eyes... Some people can see differences in small fonts, but if an HD image looks pixelated to you, your eyes scare me...

I guess it would depend on the app. I have yet to find an app for the ipad that there isn't an equivalent app for the Note. (Other than Tivo streaming, which is coming.) I'm sure there must be though. But the reverse is true too. Who cares how MANY apps are available as long as apps are there for what you need to do. Well, Ipad buyers care of course. And no, I don't find Ipad apps more "polished"

Going to have to agree with you here. Samsung screwed up with the shipped ROM, at least IMHO. They also screwed up by not having all the accessories available at launch, or even now! Still, having both an Ipad3 and a Note 10.1 with the latest firmware, The Note is worth the moments it takes to update.

Going to have to disagree. How it feels to you is your own impression though. Sorry, the Note feels better to me than the Ipad3, but I will give you the Ipad3 is nice. Until you have to hold the damn thing for hours trying to read on a TransPac. Too heavy, bad shape. Annoying to hold compared to the Note. BTW, since you mentioned the polish of apps, Cool Reader is a FAR better ereader than anything I've tried on the Ipad. Yes the Note is plastic, I like the benefits that come with a plastic case. Lighter. Better WiFi and BT reception. Good enough for an F-22 canopy, good enough for me. Yes it does scratch easier than aluminum, absolutely. But a skin on the case erases all of the benefits to aluminum you mention while keeping all of the benefits of polycarbonate. Side by side my Note consistently outperforms my Ipad in WiFi and BT reception.

The Ipad3 is a really nice machine. It also annoys the hell out of me anytime I try and use my own content with it. My wife started with the first Ipad, and I gotta say it was the best out at the time. It allowed her to access the modern world in a way that blew everything else away for people like her. The Ipad2 was better, incorporating things that Apple withheld on purpose from the Ipad1. So that you'd want to upgrade. Then we got the Ipad3. No innovation there. Zero. Hey, but the screen is pretty. And heavy. And slower than it should be. But it is pretty. To be honest, the Ipad2 suited our needs better. But the money was spent... My wife loved her Ipad, but started getting annoyed with it every time she visited a flash site on the web.

Then I got the Note 10.1. Now, my wife always is stealing it so she doesn't get stuck with her Ipad3. Movies are better on the Note 10.1. Reading is better on the Note 10.1. Touching up photos is better on the Note 10.1. Annotating PDFs is better on the Note 10.1. Web browsing is better on the Note 10.1. Even Apple has admitted--with the Ipad Mini--that PPI is not the be all end all. We knew that shortly after I got the Note 10.1. I could go on, but in short, the Note 10.1 is better at absolutely everything we use a tablet for, and it has expanded what we use a tablet for. We'll give the Ipad3 to my daughter when we can afford another Note 10.1 for my wife. My daughter and all of her friends thinks the Ipad is cool.

I wish Apple would start innovating again rather than just trying to suck every cent out of our pockets. Some people are OK with that though. It's amazing what you can do with marketing.