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It’s Official: Samsung Has a 10.1 Inch Galaxy Note
- miahi 15y agoFimally? Finnally? Big typo on "handwritten" note?
- allbutlost 15y agoSeems to be either bad handwriting or a very bad font. Notice the same on "magazine", and "Sam" looks like "Samn".
- agravier 15y agoAt school, I learnt to write n and m with 2 and 3 creases respectively (so one more than the typographic n and m), so this image doesn't shock me.
- StavrosK 15y agoI think the serif just extends way back. Look at the "m", it seems to confirm this.
- gurkendoktor 15y agoI don't get it. I thought Galaxy Note clearly referred to the medium-sized stylus-driven PDA replacement - why would they compete against their own Galaxy Tab brand? Does anyone know if there is a technical reason to separate stylus-driven and multitouch devices?
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- bryanlarsen 15y agoThe Note uses a separate input mechanism for its S-Pen input, which is licensed from Wacom. They could use the capacitive input layer for both finger and pen input, but that would not work as well -- compare Galaxy Note reviews to Samsung Vu reviews. So the pen is actually adding significantly to the cost of the Note, which is probably why they're shifting the pen-less Tab to the low-end of the market. Jobs called a pen an 'automatic failure', but he's not Korean, Chinese or Japanese. A pen is a much better input mechanism for Chinese and Korean characters than a keyboard, virtual or no. In North America, the target audience for the Note probably overlaps fairly well with the type of people who buy Wacom tablets for their computer -- a very small minority, but those who do love them.
- glhaynes 15y agoDo many phones in that area come with styluses?
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- bstar77 15y agoTalk about brand dilution. I have no idea what the "Galaxy" brand stands for anymore. Why do they have to create a product for every possible demographic? Is the "Galaxy Beam" really needed? Do we really need another Galaxy Note form factor that intersects with the Galaxy Tab"?
- bryanlarsen 15y agoThey've just announced the Tab 2 (10.1), which is actually thicker than the original Tab, and has very similar specs. It seems quite likely that Samsung is going to use "Tab" for it's low end tablets and "Note" for its high end tablets. As for Beam, it's a niche product, and has a place. A very few people will buy it and be happy that it exists, and the rest of us can safely ignore it. Large companies can successfully address both volume and niche markets simultaneously without shortchanging the niche or diluting the volume markets, although this is a very difficult task and most companies who try, fail.
- bstar77 15y agoI guess my point with the Beam is, why isn't the projection a peripheral? Seriously, how often are you going to need to use a projection feature from your phone? Something like this (http://www.flash-memory-store.com/hand-held-iphone4-4s-dlp-projector--.html?gclid=CNqfkqO0vK4CFYmK4AodNjtYNQ http://www.flash-memory-store.com/hand-held-iphone4-4s-dlp-p...) for the iPhone seems reasonable if that feature is a must-have for you.
- SeanLuke 15y agoDoes it work as a phone?
- barkingtoad 15y agoAlmost certainly - other Samsung tablets can be used to make calls.
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