Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (16GB, Deep Grey), A Review
As easy to use as pen and paper, the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with S Pen gives you the freedom to express your creativity, naturally. Edit photos as never before using Adobe Photoshop Touch. Design beautiful illustrations with variable brush weights and sizes. Create handwritten notes, memos and postcards. Then post, send and save them all on Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. You'll never want to Note any other way.Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0 + HS.1-Year Limited Warranty.
Maximizing Your Productivity & Creativity
Maximize your productivity and creativity with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update. This 10.1-inch tablet features Samsung's unique S Pen technology, which lets you edit photos, create detailed illustrations, and take handwritten notes with unmatched precision and pressure sensitivity.
Activate your favorite apps with a stroke of the S Pen, and then open and arrange up to 16 apps on your homescreen to easily switch between them and multitask. Powered by Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update provides an exceptionally fast, smooth user experience.
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Take Full Advantage of Apps with Update
Enjoy All Your Favorite Apps Simultaneously
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update improves on its predecessor by offering easier, faster navigation and multitasking. Cascade View lets you view and access up to 16 different apps at the same time. Open your favorite apps, resize and layer them, and then switch from one to the next with ease.
Keep up to 16 apps open at the same time and effortlessly switch between them.
Hover the S Pen over an app and preview its content with Air View. Air View makes it easy to start playing a movie at exactly the right scene, or preview the contents of a photo album or folder. AirView also lets you quickly scan emails and attachments or scroll through Web pages.
Enhanced S Pen Functionality
With this Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update, you'll have the ability to pick up the stylus to unlock your homescreen, then launch S Note directly from there. Quickly activate your favorite apps using customized and preset S Pen strokes with Quick Command.
Cutting and pasting is a breeze with Easy Clip, a tool that lets you cut out text or part of an image and then share it via email or IM. Just use the S Pen to draw a closed shape around whatever you want to cut, and then press the pen's button to cut it out.
To briskly scroll emails and Web pages, activate Auto Scrolling by holding the S Pen on the edge of the screen.
Android 4.1, Jelly Bean Offers Fast, Intuitive Navigation
Android 4.1, Jelly Bean further enhances your user experience by allowing you to view the Samsung Gallery in three modes: timeline view, grid view, and spiral view. Android 4.1, Jelly Bean also features Page Turning, so you can navigate from one page to the next as if you were flipping through actual papers.
Galaxy Note 10.1 Update (16 GB, Grey)
At a Glance:
- Pressure-sensitive S Pen for easy drawing and note-taking
- View and access up to 16 apps simultaneously with Cascade View
- Preview content before opening it with Air View
- Create personalized photos and handwritten notes
- Fast performance with quad core processor and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Using Quick Command, quickly activate favorite apps with a simple drag of the S Pen.
Cut out content and share it in seconds
with Easy Clip.
Three different view modes optimized for the 10.1 large screen.
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Watch videos and take notes at the same time with Multiscreen functionality.
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Unleash Your Creativity with the S Pen
Create Original Sketches and Drawings
The integrated S Pen, paired with a special screen, offers unparalleled precision for note-taking, photo editing, and illustrating. The S Pen sets itself apart from traditional styluses with its 1,024 pressure sensitivity levels.
Press harder on the S Pen and you'll make thicker, darker strokes. Gently glide the S Pen across the screen and see thin, light strokes. The intuitive functionality of the S Pen makes you feel as though you are writing on paper with a real pen, pencil, or brush.
Simple Photo and Document Editing
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update comes preloaded with a version of Adobe Photoshop Touch that has been optimized specifically for the S Pen. This versatile app lets you edit, crop, enhance, and annotate photos with ease.
You can also use the included S Note templates to quickly create personal and professional documents, such as postcards and graphs.
Highlight text and take notes on e-books with the Kno app. View larger.
Create and Share Handwritten Messages
Send Personalized Media to Friends and Family
With the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update, you can communicate with your family and friends using your own handwriting. The S Pen lets you add handwritten notes to photos, screen-captured images, and other visual content.
Once you are finished personalizing your content, you can access it anywhere using the included All Share Play app. This content-sharing app lets you see content from your smartphone, Smart TV, PC, or other tablet.
Boost Your Productivity at Home, School, or the Office
E-Book Apps for Note-Taking and Browsing New Titles
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update also comes preloaded with several apps that make studying and note-taking easier. The Kno app lets you highlight and write directly on over 150,000 e-textbooks, while the Barnes and Noble Nook widget lets you browse and purchase books, magazines, and comic books. You can also take notes directly on PowerPoint documents using Polaris Office.
Advanced Note-Taking with S Note
Using the optimized S Note application, you can take notes with the convenience and familiarity of pen and paper. S Note also lets you organize your favorite online images and videos--simply snap a screenshot and drag and drop that image into your S Note notebook.
To keep your notes nice and neat, S Note's productivity features will automatically straighten your lines, correct your shapes, and transform your handwriting into typed words. S Note can even recognize mathematical formulas and solve equations for you.
Enjoy Powerful Performance and Expansive Storage
High-Capacity Storage with microSD Expansion Slot
With 16 GB of onboard memory storage, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update offers room for plenty of video, music, and other media. A microSD card slot allows you to expand the tablet's memory even further.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update also comes with a free two-year subscription to Dropbox, an online file-hosting service that lets you store up to 50 GB of digital content.
Pop Up Play for Easy Video Multitasking
Samsung's innovative Pop Up Play lets you collapse any video you are watching into a smaller window. You will be able to browse the Internet, compose emails, or even play games without interrupting video play.
Control, Watch, and Share Content with Your TV
Turn your Tablet into a Universal Remote
The Smart Remote app and built-in IR blaster turn the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update into a universal remote that controls all of your home-entertainment devices, including your TV, cable box, DVR, and Blu-ray player. Smart Remote learns what you like and presents you with personalized recommendations. Find a show, click the "watch" button, and see your TV automatically switch to that show.
What's in the Box
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Update 16GB tablet (Grey), S Pen, and user's manual.
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 10.1-inch Display
- Samsung Tablet 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor
- 2 GB RAM Memory, 16GB On-Board Memory
- Ports: 1x USB 2.0, 1x Docking,Flash Media Slot 1x Micro SD,S Pen included
- Camera: Front- 1.9 MP, Back- 5 MP