Samsung Galaxy Note – An Ultimate On-The-Go Device
Samsung Galaxy Note- is an ultimate on-the-go smartphone that consolidates core benefits of diverse mobile devices, while maintaining smartphone portability. It empowers you with everything you can ever desire, so that you can feel free. It is basically an Android smartphone and tablet PC, which was launched in the year 2011 and has attracted attention with its 5.3-inch screen size between that of traditional tablets and smartphones and with its included stylus. The Galaxy Note was announced by the company in Berlin during IFA 2011 and was revealed to the public starting with Germany in 2011 with other nations following shortly after that. By end of November, it was offered in most significant markets like Europe, India and East Asia.
In December 2011, the company announced that 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones were marketed in less than 2 months, and will be offered in USA from 19th February 2012 from AT&T. The Galaxy Note is a primary device, which will minimize the need to switch to other peripherals while on the go and open up the potential of your mobile experience. Its 5.3-inch screen is one of the largest displays size with smartphone portability that enables you to do more and see more, while on the go. It is the first 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display of the world, which offers you with expansive high-resolution screen for immersive viewing experience.
The Samsung Galaxy Note offers you with the capability to freely create and capture ideas everywhere and anywhere. The S Pen is fused with full touch screen for creating class-leading mobile input experience and is the most sophisticated pen input technology equipped with collection of functions such as preciseness, pressure sensitivity, speed and more. With S Pen, you can easily write notes or sketch drawings with ease and increased accuracy. Its functionality is deeply incorporated into the device’s native apps for providing a richer interactive experience. The Galaxy Note allows mobile access from anywhere, while the VPN solution offers easy-to-deploy and reliable encrypted network connectivity. Business users can update reports, review and open documents, join webinars and approve expenses using its virtualization solutions.
With its throwback stylus and large display, the Samsung Galaxy Note is a polarizing handset, which winks at tablet territory. Those who like their displays XL will find a high quality smartphone, which allows multimedia shine; on the other hand the S Pen adds quite a few artistic potential. The company started marketing its Galaxy Note for AT&T on wrong foot. Meanwhile, phablet has become catchphrase for the product for which the manufacturing companies can’t seem to decide, which spin will net most sales. So, don’t worry about the Galaxy Note as tablet, and think of it as a smartphone. Nevertheless, if 5.3 inches screen seems too ungainly for your hand, then check out other options – Samsung Galaxy S II and Galaxy S II Skyrocket.
The Samsung Galaxy Note measures 5.8 inches high, 0.37 inch thick and 3.3 inches wide with curved edges. One of the exquisite features found on this device is the 5.3 inch HD Super AMOLED display that boasts 1280 x 800 pixel resolution and colors looking saturated, bright and vivid. Images look alive and crisp, while videos playback smoothly on huge, high definition display. The front facing 2.0-megapixel camera is situated above the display, and underneath it you will find four customary touch sensitive navigation buttons for search, menu, back and home. The power button is located on the right hand side of the device, while the volume rocker button on the left. The microUSB charging port is at the bottom, while the 3.5mm headphone jack on the top. Its eight-megapixel rear facing camera is at the back, while microSD memory card slot beneath the battery cover that holds up to 32GB.
Motivation for the Samsung Galaxy Note comes from Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, featuring TouchWiz interface of Samsung. With this interface, you can cycle through crazy-fast applications by swiping or holding down along row of pixels, pull down notifications menu for accessing system settings and pinch screen to see an overview of 7 customizable home screens. Some of the most significant features of Galaxy Note include 4G LTE radio that makes it one of the fastest phones of AT&T for downloading and uploading data. Also onboard are Wi-Fi, penchant of Android to integrate social networking into virtually limitless address book, Bluetooth, GPS and multimedia and text messaging. Some of the Google services include YouTube, Google Maps with turn by turn voice directions, Google Music, Search and Gmail.
The company has added its own application package to Samsung Galaxy Note, such as its usual AllShare and Kies Air applications to share multimedia (videos, photos and doodles) with your DLNA-compatible devices and desktop respectively. There are also Music Hub and Social Hub to organize tools around Twitter and Facebook social networking, and listening to tunes and podcasts. AT&T has bequeathed Note its typical complement of applications, including code scanner, the app to keep tabs on your account, AT&T Live TV through U-verse subscription and family tracker. There is also AT&T Ready2Go setup wizard. Qik Lite for video chats, Amazon Kindle for e-books, Pulse, Polaris Office, Yellow Pages Mobile and Mini Diary are other applications, which have been preloaded onto the Note.
Standard features on Samsung Galaxy Note include 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100; 4G Network: LTE 700 (region specific); 5.3 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with Touch sensitive controls, 16 million colors, 800 x 1280 pixels and ~285 ppi pixel density; Corning Gorilla Glass; TouchWiz UI v4.0; microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included; 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM; HSDPA speeds up to 21 Mbps and HSUPA speeds up to 5.76 Mbps; LTE; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot; 8.0-megapixel camera with 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and image stabilization; OS: Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread); Dual-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9.
The Samsung Galaxy Note is also equipped with HTML, Adobe Flash; Stereo FM radio with RDS; GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS; S Pen stylus; Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic; NFC support; TV-out through MHL A/V link; SNS integration; MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player; MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player; Image/video editor; Document editor (Excel, Word, PDF and PowerPoint); Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration; Voice memo/dial/commands; Predictive text input; Phonebook: Caller groups, Unlimited entries, Search by both first and last name, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID and Ring ID; Organizer: Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer, Calculator, Notes; Messaging: SMS, MMS, Threaded view, Predictive text input; E-mail: IMAP, POP3, SMTP and Microsoft Exchange; Notifications: Polyphonic ringtones, Music ringtones (MP3), Flight mode, Vibration, Speakerphone and Silent mode.
Also standard on Samsung Galaxy Note include Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass and barometer; Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles: AMP Manager Protocol (A2MP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP), Generic Access (GAP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Handsfree (HFP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Human Interface Device (HID), Headset (HSP), Message Access Profile (MAP), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Phone Book Access (PBAP), Object Push (OPP), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), Serial Port (SPP) and SIM Access (SAP).
The estimated battery life of Samsung Galaxy Note is 26 hours in talktime mode and 40 days in standby mode. So as long as you are all for supersizing, Galaxy Note is a good choice, because it comes with all those features found on original Galaxy S II Skyrocket and Galaxy S II, but even larger, HD Super AMOLED screen.
