Until a few days ago we'd heard surprisingly little about the Galaxy Note, a handset rumored to be launching alongside the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Wave 3 at IFA. It's ironic, really, because of all the phones to have kept a low profile, this is a memorable one. Behold, a 5.3-inch handset with a stowaway pen for note-taking, drawing and grabbing screen captures. In other words, a Dell Streak-esque hunk of a device that blurs the lines between phone and tablet. You're looking at a Gingerbread-running LTE and HSPA+ handset with a 1280 x 800 Super AMOLED display, dual 8MP and 2MP cameras, a removable 2,500mAh battery and the same Samsung-made dual-core 1.4GHz processor you'll find in the just-announced Galaxy Tab 7.7. For a phone this gargantuan, it's actually quite thin at light, at 9.65mm (0.38 inches) thick and a reasonable 178 grams (6.3 ounces). We had a few minutes to handle the phone in advance of today's press conference, and found it surprisingly easy to grip, even in our small hands. As with the Infuse 4G --whose own 4.5-inch screen once seemed impossibly sprawling -- the thin shape makes it tenable, as does the lightweight, textured plastic lining the back.
As you'd expect, Android 2.3 comes layered with TouchWiz on top and, in this case, seven home screens and a touch-optimized interface dubbed "S Pen" designed to take advantage of that pen. These include S Planner, a native calendar and to-do list app, from which you can drag and drop appointments, changing time slots without having to open an entry. S Memo for note-taking, meanwhile, accepts voice, photo, text and handwritten input. We also got a quick glimpse of Virtual Whiteboard, a more collaborative form of note-taking. On top of that, Samsung says it's releasing the S Pen SDK to third-party developers, and the company's banking on more apps for organizing photos and drawing, among other things. For now, this is merely a global launch: Samsung says it's still in discussions with carriers worldwide, so depending on your neck of the woods it might be awhile before you hear anything definitive about pricing or availability. Find the some fancy press shots (and a promo vid) after the break, and stay tuned for our hands-on.
Samsung Galaxy Note Feature and Specifications
As you'd expect, Android 2.3 comes layered with TouchWiz on top and, in this case, seven home screens and a touch-optimized interface dubbed "S Pen" designed to take advantage of that pen. These include S Planner, a native calendar and to-do list app, from which you can drag and drop appointments, changing time slots without having to open an entry. S Memo for note-taking, meanwhile, accepts voice, photo, text and handwritten input. We also got a quick glimpse of Virtual Whiteboard, a more collaborative form of note-taking. On top of that, Samsung says it's releasing the S Pen SDK to third-party developers, and the company's banking on more apps for organizing photos and drawing, among other things. For now, this is merely a global launch: Samsung says it's still in discussions with carriers worldwide, so depending on your neck of the woods it might be awhile before you hear anything definitive about pricing or availability. Find the some fancy press shots (and a promo vid) after the break, and stay tuned for our hands-on.
Samsung Galaxy Note Feature and Specifications
- Network Band: 2G (GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), 3G (HSDPA/UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- Operating System: Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- CPU: 1.4 GHz Coretx-A9 Processor
- Phone Type: Touch Screen Candybar
- Display Type: Super AMOLED Plus Touch Screen
- Display Screen Size: 5.3 inches
- Display Colors: 16M Colors
- Display Resolution: 1280 X 800 Pixels
- Pixel Density 285ppi
- Samsung TouchWiz 4.0 UI
- Ambient light sensor
- 3-Axis Gyroscope Sensor
- Multi Touch
- Proximity Sensor
- Gorilla Glass Display
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Mali-400MP GPU
- Camera Size: 8 Megapixel
- Action Shot, Panorama Shot, Beauty, Smile Shot, Share Shot
- Secondary Camera Size: 2 Megapixels
- Secondary Camera Resolution: 1600 × 1200 pixels
- Video Recording: 1080p HD video recording capable @ 30fps
- Recording Resolution: 1920×1080 pixels
- 720p HD video recording
- 1GB RAM
- Storage Capacity
- Internal Memory: 150 MB Storage, 2GB microSD Card Included
- Expandable Memory: Supports Up To 32GB
- MicroSD Card Slot
- Messaging: MMS, SMS, IM, Email, RSS
- Browser: HTML, xHTML, WAP 2.0, Flash
- Data Transfer Connectivity: Bluetooth v3.0 with EDR Stereo and Mini USB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
- Internet Connectivity: 3G HSDPA Up to 21 Mbps, HSUPA Up to 5.76 Mbps, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Capable
- 3.5mm stereo headset jack
- Stereo FM Radio with RDS
- A-GPS
- Adobe Flash compatibility
- Smart Note Apps, S Pen / Pen UX
- Samsung Kies 2.0, Samsung Kies air
- Video Format Support: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX, Xvid,
- Audio Format Support: MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, WAV, FLAC, OGG
- NFC Support
- Android Market
- G-mail, Google Maps, G-Talk
- Social Integration Integrated
- YouTube
- Quickoffice
- Digital compass
- Gyroscope
- Battery Model: Li-Ion 2500 mAh
- Standby Time: Up to 570 Hours on 2G and 390 Hours on 3G
- Talk Time: Up to 13 Hours on 2G and 4.6 Hours 3G
- Dimensions: 110 x 58.2 x 12.3 mm
- Weight: 178 grams
- Colors Choice: Black
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