Samsung Galaxy Note N7000

Tablets are the "in thing" nowadays. We are seeing top cellphone manufacturers sporting flagship tablets on their products roster. Larger screens, higher res and battery longevity are some of the reasons why they are more preferable on some tasks. These features are usually most sought by the majority of young professionals and middle class entrepreneurs as they are somewhat what they require from their gadgets. However, having both a smartphone and a tablet is likely not practical as they say, it seems a bit awkward to carry both devices along with you. And besides, carrying a tablet will definitely be a hand carry that needs additional baggage space.

Samsung Galaxy Note official photos

Introducing, the Samsung Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note is a smartphone-tablet hybrid designed to bring something new to the cellular experience table of the gadget-conscious society of today. It is smaller than a tablet but is much bigger than a smartphone making it a superior choice among smartphone enthusiasts. The Samsung Galaxy Note brings the tablet experience closer to the consumers without restricting the features of the phone function. Although many would be skeptical saying the Note was picked up where the Dell Streak left off, but please take a peep first on it's quite impressive specs table:

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G support
• 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• 5.3" 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (800 x 1280 pixels)
• Android OS v2.3.5 with TouchWiz 4 launcher
• 1.4 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset, 1GB of RAM
• Pre-bundled with the S Pen active stylus
• 8 MP wide-angle autofocus camera with LED flash, face, smile and blink detection
• Video recording of up to 1080p@30fps
• Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g and n support; Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi hotspot
• GPS with A-GPS connectivity; Digital compass
• 16/32GB internal storage, microSD slot
• Accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Charging MHL microUSB port with USB host and TV-out (1080p through optional adapter) support
• Stereo Bluetooth v3.0
• FM radio with RDS
• Great audio quality
• 9.7 mm slim and weighs a reasonable 178g
• 2MP secondary video-call camera
• Full Flash support and GPU-acceleration for the web browser permit 1080p flash video playback
• NFC support (optional)
• Document editor
• File manager comes preinstalled
• Extremely rich audio and video format support
• 2500 mAh battery

Main disadvantages

• Won’t fit comfortably in every pocket
• Much harder for one-handed use than a regular smartphone
• All-plastic body
• No dedicated camera key
• HD screen uses PenTile matrix lowering perceived resolution
• Non-hot-swappable microSD card
• Sub-par loudspeaker volume

The Galaxy Note is the newest addition to the ever-growing Galaxy family showcasing a faster CPU (Exynos chipset), a million-pixel AMOLED screen and a 2500 mAh battery juice to quench the ever-thirsty Android OS of which any other smartphones cannot keep up with as impressively.

This tabphone or phoneblet (as others fondly call it) is also set to receive the latest firmware upgrade from Android, the Ice Cream Sandwich, to further enhance the user satisfaction experience.

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