How excited is Samsung in regards to the new Galaxy Note? The corporate is convinced that the device heralds a complete new space for the industry, something in between the smartphone and the tablet. And what is the distance called? The Note, in fact. At 5.3 inches, the object does feel much more like a cell than a tablet — albeit a very large one. It’s still reasonably portable, certainly more so than the also recently announced Galaxy Tab 7.7 , however the added screen real estate may not be well worth the extra pocket space for those that don’t use their portable devices to monitor movies.
Interestingly, the main application here actually looks enterprise users. While Android 2.3 isn’t particularly known for being an excellent business OS, the power to scribble notes with the stylus, the “S Pen,” harkens back to the old PDAs and should likely entice users sick of typing with their fingers. That said, we had some difficulty mastering the pen within the couple of minutes that we spent with it. Despite Samsung’s instance at the thing’s accuracy, the stylus was quite slippery at the device’s glossy screen, and we had a number of difficulty being precise for easy drawings — as you can find within the scribble above.
All in all, it’s hard to examine the Note as an entire new space, and it is still seen whether the S Pen can indeed give the aged stylus new life. Check on our hands-on video after the break and notice for yourself.
Zach Honig contributed to this report.
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