Review: Samsung Galaxy Note

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GADGET REVIEW - Still proud in presenting Galaxy series, Samsung who love to released cell phone and tablet, now combine both in one device. This "Note" could give "out of the box" feeling from most smartphone. It's smaller than tablet and bigger than any smartphone. So, is it tablet? or smartphone?

Technical Details:

• Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G support
• 5.3" 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (800 x 1280 pixels)
• Android OS v2.3.5 with TouchWiz 4 launcher
• 1.4 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset, 1GB of RAM
• Pre-bundled with the S Pen active stylus
• 2MP secondary video-call camera
• 8 MP wide-angle autofocus camera with LED flash, face, smile and blink detection
• Video recording of up to 1080p@30fps
• Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g and n support; Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi hotspot
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Samsung equipped Note with the stylus pen which is used on a resistive screen to explore the screen. You can do a notes with unique character or your own character, and can be shared anywhere. Other than that, the screen is fairly roomy and embedded with special features, such as S Planner and S Memo. The rest of the menu associated with complete multimedia, office, and social networking. UI also comes with higher class namely TouchWiz version 4.0.

With a screen characters that can be created at will, surely you need the support of a powerful processor to divide or run. That's why Galaxy Note injected with Dual-core 1.4GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor. With support of 1 Gb RAM, Note could run applications very smoothly. Not only that, a fairly large supplies memory in the internal storage lets you store any data without external memory support. Basically, external memory slot able to accommodate a microSD external memory capacity of up to twice the internal memory. In this sector the Samsung simply provide what is needed for the storage of data and applications.

In terms of internet and connectivity, with 3.5 G-based, you certainly don't have problems in navigates the browser page. This section has been prepared in the future when some operators using the network 4G aka LTE (long term evolution). You can make creations with the involvement of the stylus pen in this section too. With the presence of a TV output connection, OTG (on the go), and NFC surely enrich this section. This smartphone even to be able to eliminate the noise on the phone mic. Unfortunately, the default earphones cannot adapt to other devices with a loss of stereo functionality.

Special Features:
Stylus Pen
This is a tool to start your "special" creation that you can do on a smartphone. With the addition of this pen, can you explain things like what you want. You can send your pictures, maps, page browser, or anything that was on display. Email, social networking, Bluetooth, and even S Memos can be a target of your creations.

S Memo
This feature is a overview of your clever creations. Combining the character and creativity in sending messages in the form of images, handwriting, and icons. Moreover, there are various features supporting either of the color, pen point type, as well as background color. In short, say your message in any way you like.

With price more than US $700, it's quite a waste if you take an Android Gingerbread-based devices. But again, there are other things to offer from Galaxy Note which do not possess by other smartphones or tablets, that is the design of your creativity in all lines. click here to read more review