by Daniel Chiam
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| Recommended Retail Price: RM2,299 |
Thank you Samsung Malaysia for the invite of the media launch for the Samsung Galaxy Note II at Zebra Square KL yesterday. It was an awesome event, great food, great company and of course the main highlight of the night, the launch of Samsung Galaxy Note II.
Let's cut to the chase and see what's so great about the Note II. After seeing the presentation and short demo, I can conclude that the Note II is absolutely great for multitasking and for creativity purposes.
Multitasking.
Like Note 10.1, Note II also has the ability of multiwindow which enable you to multitask and be more effective in getting your work done. With the 5.5" screen, I find that the space you have to jot down notes, while browsing the net is quite sufficient and being able to adjust the size of the windows to suit your need, it really made multitask a lot easier.
Now sadly the multiwindow function doesn't come in the first batch of the Note II yet, and you will need to wait for the OTA upgrade before you can use the multiwindow function.
S Pen.
The S Pen is cool. I didn't really get a good try during the launch of Note 10.1 but I did get to give it a good feel this time, and I must say that it is really cool. The S Pen works like a laser beam and without touching the screen it enable the "air view" function, which allows you to preview inside a folder without having to open it first. I know we have a lot of function like that with our computer but to have it on the Note II, it is really cool.
The sensitivity of the S pen is very good. I tried scribbles a few time on the S note and trying out the air view function, it responded very well and I get the hang of it quite fast too :D
Scribbles, doodles and be creative.
Note II is really about sparking your creativeness. Crop, paste, draw, write on-the-go, whenever, wherever and it is totally awesome. Perhaps Note II can really makes you forget about typing and get more personal with your writings.
Instead of typing a caption for the photo that you just took, you can write it down and make it more personal. Just like taking picture with an instant camera and when the photo came out, you can just scribble on it or behind it before giving it away to someone. With Note II, instead of giving it to just one person you can share it with all your friends and also in the social media with the world.
Let's cut to the chase and see what's so great about the Note II. After seeing the presentation and short demo, I can conclude that the Note II is absolutely great for multitasking and for creativity purposes.
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| 5.5" (140.9mm) HD Super AMOLED (1,280 x 720, 264 ppi) |
Multitasking.
Like Note 10.1, Note II also has the ability of multiwindow which enable you to multitask and be more effective in getting your work done. With the 5.5" screen, I find that the space you have to jot down notes, while browsing the net is quite sufficient and being able to adjust the size of the windows to suit your need, it really made multitask a lot easier.
Now sadly the multiwindow function doesn't come in the first batch of the Note II yet, and you will need to wait for the OTA upgrade before you can use the multiwindow function.
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| Dimension: 80.5 x 151.1 x 9.4mm, 180g. |
S Pen.
The S Pen is cool. I didn't really get a good try during the launch of Note 10.1 but I did get to give it a good feel this time, and I must say that it is really cool. The S Pen works like a laser beam and without touching the screen it enable the "air view" function, which allows you to preview inside a folder without having to open it first. I know we have a lot of function like that with our computer but to have it on the Note II, it is really cool.
The sensitivity of the S pen is very good. I tried scribbles a few time on the S note and trying out the air view function, it responded very well and I get the hang of it quite fast too :D
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| 1.6 GHz Quad-Core processor, 2GB RAM |
Scribbles, doodles and be creative.
Note II is really about sparking your creativeness. Crop, paste, draw, write on-the-go, whenever, wherever and it is totally awesome. Perhaps Note II can really makes you forget about typing and get more personal with your writings.
Instead of typing a caption for the photo that you just took, you can write it down and make it more personal. Just like taking picture with an instant camera and when the photo came out, you can just scribble on it or behind it before giving it away to someone. With Note II, instead of giving it to just one person you can share it with all your friends and also in the social media with the world.
Now, this is just a short overview of the Note II from what I saw during the presentation and also from trying it out myself for a short while. I believe that there is many more things that you can do with the Note II and some will only works better when you have it on Wi-Fi.
Hopefully I'll be the selected one to be able to take home the Note II for review purposes and be able to write more on this amazing device. So far, I really like the Note II, the things that it can do, the possibilities that it can offers and also how it helps you to be creative in the marketplace.
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Wah i like the s-pen features... Can jus scribbles..
ReplyDeleteExactly my favorite thing about it too :D
DeleteSo Daniel, thinking of getting this?
ReplyDeleteI wont say no to Note II just yet, haha.
Deletecool!!!
ReplyDeleteI know right!
DeleteI wanna review too!! Pls let me tag along LOL!
ReplyDeleteI already booked a spot to get my hands on it! Hahahaha
DeleteWow, u were at the event too? Cool! I did a review on Samsung Note last year & the hp is awesome :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really a privilege to be invited and yes I can feel that the Note II is even more awesome now :D
DeleteBuy for me? :P I want to review too but no one invite me D:
ReplyDeleteHahaha I also wish someone would buy for me xD
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