[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
The Note is the most complete tablet on the market now and that includes W8 RT & Pro tablets. The latter beat it on productivity because of their MS Office access but lose big time on the consumption side. That is unless you think the kluged way you consume media on your current laptop/desktop is ideal.

When looking at other tablets ask yourself if these features mean anything to you:

- Multiview (enhanced in JB)

- Pop up play

- S-Pen/S-Note

- AllShare Play and Cast

- Enhanced camera features (smile/face/blink detection, buddy shot)

- Mini apps (enhanced in JB)

- Enhanced audio and video codec support

- IR port

- Browser h/w acceleration

- S-Voice (added in JB)

- Air View (added in JB)

- Group Cast (added in JB)

Video Air View

– Preview videos without opening them. View future/past scenes in a playing video via the timeline without stopping it.

Photo Air View

– Pictures contained in folders will display in thumbnails when you hover over the folder. They advance nine at a time.

E-Mail Air View

– Hover the pen over a heading or contents of an e-mail summary (including via the widget) to see an exploded view of the contents without opening it.

S-Planner Air View

– Hover the pen over an event or task to see an exploded view without opening it.

Pop Up Note

– Tap the screen twice with the S-Pen button depressed and a pop up note will be displayed. Even on the lock screen when the device is locked. On the N8000, if you’re in a call and remove the S-Pen from its holder, a pop up note automatically opens.

Easy Clip

– Capture anything on the display (lasso) anywhere and save it to the clipboard or send it an application (including S-Note).

Draw/Write on an e-mail

– As it says.

Draw/Write in S-Planner

– As it says (Month View only)

Color Picker

– In S-Note, set the ink color to a color selected from a picture.

Pen Switch

– Select multiple pen types (color, texture, weight) and toggle through them without opening the menu by pressing the button on the S-Pen once.

Sketch Affect

– Change any picture to an outline, color sketch, pencil sketch and more from within S-Note.

Share S-Notes

– Convert S-Notes to plain text, PDFs, or pictures and share them via Facebook etc. in one step.

Photo Note

– Write personal notes on the back of photos

Gallery Organizer

– Create folders and drag and drop pictures between them.

I've had the Note since it was launched and wouldn't be able to move to a tablet that didn't offer some of those features. Good or bad, Samsung's done so much to the Note s/w wise that it's more "Samsung" than "Android."​

As for the 3G, personally, I wouldn't have a tablet without it. Tethering is a pain in the ass. Pull out phone, turn on Wi-Fi sharing, connect tablet, disconnect tablet, turn off Wi-Fi sharing. Forget the last step and you're phone's battery is toast. It's toast anyway based on the additional power draw. And when a tablet's always connected you don't have to wait several minutes for it to sync to be usable as is the case for a Wi-Fi tablet reconnecting after being offline. The Note's also a full-fledged phone and with its mammoth battery its the device I use for long conference calls. All my accounts are replicated on my phone and tablet. If I have to respond to a long e-mail I'll pick-up the Note. Something short like MMS I'll use the phone. To me, it's really nice to have that option of picking the right tool so easily. I guess in the end it depends on your wallet and the cost of 3G access.

The only area where the Note gets dinged is the lack of a FHD display and I honestly wish it had one. But, as others have said too, the stuff listed above outweighs that.