[PCWorld]

Post your comments for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 First Look here

[liyaana010]

Where can I get this tablet? Is it on sale yet?

[imaginarynumber]

Whilst I am not convinced that I need a tablet device I do find the stylus compelling. Indeed it is one of the features I most miss from today's current "smart" phones. Before the others point out that fact that capacitive pens exist, yes, I am aware of that but on a small screen they are practically unusable compared to the accuracy afforded by resistive screens.

[QUADICON]

Being able to physically write is the coolest feature of this device. I like the 5" model vs this one though.

I was seriously considering getting the Lumia 900 on ATT when it arrived, but after seeing the 5" Note in White and seeing how it mimics the styling from the Galaxy S, I decided that could be my option. My only problem is I can't stand TouchWiz.

Good job Samsung.

I think Samsung should drop all other smart devices and just Go with a full Galaxy line of devices.

This could have been the Galaxy S Note 10.1 while the other could have been The Galaxy S Note

[KLanD]

This tablet is begging for some kind of Desktop/mobile Photoshop merge.

[CampbellLetters]

Does anyone know if this stylus has a PROPER pressure-sensitive tip, or if it's just got a squishy capacitive tip that attempts to translate surface area into a pressure measurement? The screenshot in the article makes it look like the former.

[EPeltzer]

There has got to be a giant untapped market among artists and designers and students for a responsive ART PAD. The ability to draw directly on the screen is just huge. Wacom has catered to this market but mostly with pen tablets where you draw on a pad but it appears on the screen. They have sold a lot of these pads but just think of how much more sense it makes to draw on what you're drawing! Cintix and Windows tablets have been able to do this fairly well for some time, but these have been expensive, heavy, complicated, short battery life, and, bafflingly, marketed more at business than at artists. Win 8 might be more competitive, but this Note 10.1 looks like it will be awfully good. Can't wait to try it. If it's a good art and sketch pad, it will be worth it purely for that, but with a full Android tablet as well, that's just awesome. It would also be the first truly compelling advantage that a non-iPad device has over Apple.

[TechConc]

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"The pen is an optional add-on (though it comes standard on thel 5-inch Galaxy Note), and the tablet unfortunately lacks a spot to store the pen. Still, I expect the S Pen will be the reason many people consider buying the Note 10.1 over another tablet like Apple's iPad."

I'm not sure I understand the logic behind this claim made by Melissa J. Perenson. I just read an article which compared a dozen touch screen styluses for the iPad, including touch sensitive models, etc. There are plenty of drawing and handwriting recognition apps that are optimized for this as well. Overall, I see the actual use cases for using a stylus on a tablet to be very limited. Generally speaking, finger based touch navigation has proven to be much more natural for most tablet usage. Likewise, I don't see the draw for this that the author seems to imply.

[ArmandoRodriguez]

TechConc, on 27 February 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

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"The pen is an optional add-on (though it comes standard on thel 5-inch Galaxy Note), and the tablet unfortunately lacks a spot to store the pen. Still, I expect the S Pen will be the reason many people consider buying the Note 10.1 over another tablet like Apple's iPad."

I'm not sure I understand the logic behind this claim made by Melissa J. Perenson. I just read an article which compared a dozen touch screen styluses for the iPad, including touch sensitive models, etc. There are plenty of drawing and handwriting recognition apps that are optimized for this as well. Overall, I see the actual use cases for using a stylus on a tablet to be very limited. Generally speaking, finger based touch navigation has proven to be much more natural for most tablet usage. Likewise, I don't see the draw for this that the author seems to imply.

The pen isn't for navigation (like the capacitive styluses you see on Apple's iPad). This is a pressure sensitive stylus that more closely mimics a pen/pencil for writing/drawing. It seems to be aimed at a niche market composed mainly of students and artists.

[TechConc]

ArmandoRodriguez, on 27 February 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

The pen isn't for navigation (like the capacitive styluses you see on Apple's iPad). This is a pressure sensitive stylus that more closely mimics a pen/pencil for writing/drawing. It seems to be aimed at a niche market composed mainly of students and artists.

Two things... First, this simply illustrates my point. The need for a stylus, especially a pressure sensitive stylus, is clearly a niche. It's a niche within a niche. Likewise, again this contradicts the notion of "many users" as suggested by the author of this piece. Second, while most iPad styluses are more simple in nature, you can already get a pressure sensitive model for both iPad and Android such as the jaja pressure sensitive stylus. Again, I just don't see this as any big deal, game changer or reason to avoid another more popular tablet as the author suggests.

[robthetodd]

ArmandoRodriguez, on 27 February 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

TechConc, on 27 February 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

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"The pen is an optional add-on (though it comes standard on thel 5-inch Galaxy Note), and the tablet unfortunately lacks a spot to store the pen. Still, I expect the S Pen will be the reason many people consider buying the Note 10.1 over another tablet like Apple's iPad."

I'm not sure I understand the logic behind this claim made by Melissa J. Perenson. I just read an article which compared a dozen touch screen styluses for the iPad, including touch sensitive models, etc. There are plenty of drawing and handwriting recognition apps that are optimized for this as well. Overall, I see the actual use cases for using a stylus on a tablet to be very limited. Generally speaking, finger based touch navigation has proven to be much more natural for most tablet usage. Likewise, I don't see the draw for this that the author seems to imply.

The pen isn't for navigation (like the capacitive styluses you see on Apple's iPad). This is a pressure sensitive stylus that more closely mimics a pen/pencil for writing/drawing. It seems to be aimed at a niche market composed mainly of students and artists.

I'm going to have to agree with the author here. On cellphone-size form factors it does seem like a niche market for effective use of the stylus but on a tablet it's an entirely different story. How often do you use notebooks in your daily work? If you're an engineer and part-time student, link me, I constantly flip between three notebooks, one for each project I'm working on, and one for class. I hate carrying around my notebooks and I'd rather have my notes digitized and shared across platforms. The Galaxy Note is hardly the first solution in this space, but capacitive touchscreens lack the resolution for natural note taking, so I'd call it the first realistic solution.

As far as input resolution goes, there is already the Livescribe Echo Smartpen and the Wacom Inkling which seem to be the current best solutions for naturally capturing and digitizing notes. The Galaxy Note is the first interface that has the form factor, the input resolution (using the Wacom Digitizer under the hood, and therefore it already garners my respect), and the operating system to support cloud-based storage and sharing (note that Box has a 50GB free upgrade promotion until March 23). Does the ipad have any of this? Well yes.. 2 out of 3, but not the input resolution yet. So if you're comfortable writing notes on your ipad in first-grade-ruled paper (where each letter is 1 inch tall) then that's probably still your best bet. Personally, I'd rather not change my handwriting habits that I've worked 28 years to perfect (albeit perfectly illegible for anyone else) and use the same device for entertainment, reading, and finally for supporting my work.

In my experience, Samsung has a poor track record at maintaining their product line. Almost as soon as they release a product (thinking back to the Original Galaxy Tab 7), they release a new redesigned model and stagnate ROM releases for the former. On the other hand, Apple is a well-oiled machine, and their product life-cycle allows their user-base and third-party developers to further enhance the product. For this reason I could see the capacitive with resistive screens really taking off after Apple adopts it themselves. Once they do I think everyone will embrace it and it will change the way we use these devices.

[ElizabethMartinez]

What is the release date?

[WiktorMoe]

liyaana010, on 26 February 2012 - 11:58 PM, said:

Where can I get this tablet? Is it on sale yet?

They announced it 4 just some months ago...
Of course its not on sale -.-

[Brainspore]

If the pen is truly comparable to a Wacom device then it's certainly worth a look. I've been disappointed about the lack of love tablet makers have been demonstrating to artists so far.