Fair enough if you don't see the value in it then stick with your solution.
However, the Note 2 is a powerful and viable tablet with a screen big enough for multi-tasking. You can cut paste to e-mail or notes with...
There is a lot of opinion and few facts in the above posts, so I will try a quick re-balance...
I use a Note and retina iPad [its 6 months old, slow and laggy]. I would classify the iPad as a consumption device not an output...