it was direct at apple haters and android lovers (the same group, people like you), so they can live in the illusion that we (the ones that freely CHOOSED apple) are some sort of inferior beings.
Meh. Not any more than the Mac commercials used to.
The stylus is not "the main input method" for the Note - it's included to be used with very specific functions such as adding hand written notes to photos, a built-in drawing tool with various pressure points (like a pad for a computer), etc. The screen is the same type of touch screen as any other smart phone, and you can use your finger for ANY of the phone's functions - the stylus is just included for those who want to use it for the very specific functions if they don't want to use their fingers - like a pen tablet on a computer. I've actually tried out one of these in beta form, and it's NOT like the old PDAs... it actually works quite well and the stylus adds to the functionality... not takes away from the way you already use a smart phone. I'll also point out that the camera on it is excellent as is the front camera and the screen.
The 5.3 inch screen is what might hurt this thing in the American market, though. Most people (men, especially), don't want to carry a tablet in their pants. Once you put a bumper or skin of some sort on the Note, it becomes just too big to carry in your pants pocket. Women will have an easier time since (most) have purses or handbags, and guys who use brief cases or backpacks may like it. Pants carriers, not so much. So it's not the stylus that's going to hurt this thing - it's the size (and maybe battery life, as at least on the beta, that huge screen sucks up the battery pretty quick).
I could maybe see this being popular in places like construction job sites, Realty, etc... where hand written notes and sketches/drawings are sometimes needed.
I'm not a brand loyal person. I own an iPad and love it, but use an Android phone, and might try a Windows Phone as my next one when the next gen comes out. Apple, Android, Windows... they're all good in their own ways. I just get tired of the back and forth bashing.
Excellent response to all those Apple fanboys. I love Apple too, but I didn't submit my soul to the company!! I have been using an Android phone since last year as I was extremely bored with the same-all-same iPhones. Apple needs to make really good changes to win me back.
The only negativity with Galaxy Note is the huge screen. And I agree, it may be more suitable for women than for men because of that.
Alright I guess you can, but doesn't mean you can't do it on Android.
And my main point is this.
The article reads:
"....the Note utilizes a stylus as a main form of input, supplementing the finger-based scheme made popular by the original iPhone."
This is complete bullshit. I used to think this site had some legitimacy until I read this. Most reviews on the Note so far have been spectacular, the writer is just jealous of this fact and is compelled to spread lies.
Capacitive pen = crayon, a lesson I learnt shortly after buying one for my iPhone 3G in 2008 used it for 10 minutes before realising just how useless they are.
The Note pen has pressure and a sharper tip so it has advantages over a capacitive pen but the results from a capacitive pen and brush are decent enough:
I think drawing on a phone, whether it's 3.5" or 5" with a stylus is not going to be something you'd want to do. Wacom would be better introducing compatibility with the Bluetooth Intuos:
Someone could even make a dock like the Asus Transformer but with a drawing tablet on the base.
As for the advert, I thought it was lacking vs the original one. They are running out of reasons to suggest why it's better than the iPhone. They are also going to split their own customer base because they've declared the Galaxy S2 was the next best thing and now it's the Note. People aren't going to buy both.
The Note pen has pressure and a sharper tip so it has advantages over a capacitive pen but the results from a capacitive pen and brush are decent enough:
I think drawing on a phone, whether it's 3.5" or 5" with a stylus is not going to be something you'd want to do. Wacom would be better introducing compatibility with the Bluetooth Intuos:
I was less than impressed by the commercial. With that out of the way, I can see some immediate potential benefits to the Note.
We often need to do site surveys before designing/creating messaging and graphics for some of our clients, particularly in retail environments. Normally that entails both photos and hand-written notes. On some occasions the matching of notes to photos haven't been as clear as they were when originally surveyed. Doing mark-ups on the photos themselves could be a great asset. Now add the ability to do a quick sketch or proposed design while talking to the client and I'm seriously considering putting a Note in service at my business.
I agree with some of the other posters that the Samsung Note may not have a wide appeal, primarily due to it's size. That doesn't mean it doesn't have significant potential for business purposes. As someone else mentioned, real estate professionals, designers, contractors and others could put these to good use.
The larger screen is cool, but this primary stylus input is not a welcomed blast from the past. It will be looked at as an antiquated pda, I'm thinking Palm Pilot or Nintendo Dsi. How lame.
The best line in the commercial was also the biggest fail, and unspoken, only written. It said something to the effect: "The next big thing is already here." Directly followed by, "Coming soon."
I saw that and could not believe it. I laughed out loud. So Samsung-ish
The larger screen is cool, but this primary stylus input is not a welcomed blast from the past. It will be looked at as an antiquated pda, I'm thinking Palm Pilot or Nintendo Dsi. How lame.
The input is not primarily by stylus. It's an error in the article, inadvertant I'm sure.
EDIT: AI has edited and re-worded the article this morning, now saying the stylus is a main form of input rather than primary.
"....the Note utilizes a stylus as a main form of input, supplementing the finger-based scheme made popular by the original iPhone."
This is complete bullshit. I used to think this site had some legitimacy until I read this. Most reviews on the Note so far have been spectacular, the writer is just jealous of this fact and is compelled to spread lies.
Well call me a fanboy, but I don't really see what's the problem with that statement, except for the fact that (as it turns out) the stylus is not the _primary_ input method for the Galaxy Note.
As much as you probably disagree, I actually think you can safely say that it was the iPhone who made finger-based touchscreens popular. That doesn't mean Apple invented capacitive touchscreens, or that it was first to market using them, but it's hard to argue that the iPhone wasn't the first massively popular device that actually made good use of finger-based touch inputs, thanks to the fact that it was running the first mobile OS that was built for finger control from the ground up. 99% of all touch screen devices sold when the iPhone was released were using resistive screens, and it took about a year before they really hit mainstream for any of the other manufacturers.
That'd be nice. Not really interested in the current generation of Android tablets though.
I have an iPad 2, but someone gave me a Tab 10.1 for Christmas. It's hard to put the iPad down, but harder to pick the Tab 10.1 up. After nearly 2 months, there is No decent software that I have found to install on it.
At New Year's 2011 I searched for "Best apps for galaxy tab 10.1", and the best and most recent link that Google's search could find was an article published 5 months earlier in JULY.
I have tried three downloadable "market" apps that are supposed to replace the standard Android market for more specialized apps focusing on tablets....guess what - there still isn't anything worth downloading.
So just a few months after the release of the Tab 10.1 what are the websites talking about - the upcoming launch of the Galaxy Nexus..... like they had already forgotten about the Tab 10.1
So the hardware might be good (at least on paper), but the poor user experience, the nearly non-existent app ecosystem and lack of supervision of the app market, the risk of viruses, the overall lack of care for customer satisfaction, make Samsung's tablets expensive paper weights.
On the one hand, I'm glad I didn't buy it, on the other hand, I feel sad that someone wasted their money buying it for me.
For me Apple still has a few products left to show. The commercial was a bit over the top. Don't get me wrong I like Apple and have used them since my first 30gb iPod. If it were not for Apple we wouldn't see the competition we see today. Will Apple always stay in the lead I dont know. All of these other companys are trying in a sense to 1-up Apple and Apple has been smart and innovative enough to stay ahead of its competition, heck of even itself. Would the other company's like Samsung or google come up with these type of products if not for Apple doing them first. Just cause your doing what the other person is doing doesn't mean you'll get ahead, you may get close to, but not quite. I will wait and see until Apple shows the rumored iPad 3 and iPhone 5.
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Video does not work here.
And I don't believe your eyes.
Video does work here and I can verify that some guy had a guitar plugged into an iPad and was demonstrating various effects.
Understood. I captured a pic for you then.
Lol, you beat me to it
it was direct at apple haters and android lovers (the same group, people like you), so they can live in the illusion that we (the ones that freely CHOOSED apple) are some sort of inferior beings.
Meh. Not any more than the Mac commercials used to.
Looked kind of desperate to me.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/24386...are_grows.html
"desperate".
Ok, let's clear it up...
The stylus is not "the main input method" for the Note - it's included to be used with very specific functions such as adding hand written notes to photos, a built-in drawing tool with various pressure points (like a pad for a computer), etc. The screen is the same type of touch screen as any other smart phone, and you can use your finger for ANY of the phone's functions - the stylus is just included for those who want to use it for the very specific functions if they don't want to use their fingers - like a pen tablet on a computer. I've actually tried out one of these in beta form, and it's NOT like the old PDAs... it actually works quite well and the stylus adds to the functionality... not takes away from the way you already use a smart phone. I'll also point out that the camera on it is excellent as is the front camera and the screen.
The 5.3 inch screen is what might hurt this thing in the American market, though. Most people (men, especially), don't want to carry a tablet in their pants. Once you put a bumper or skin of some sort on the Note, it becomes just too big to carry in your pants pocket. Women will have an easier time since (most) have purses or handbags, and guys who use brief cases or backpacks may like it. Pants carriers, not so much. So it's not the stylus that's going to hurt this thing - it's the size (and maybe battery life, as at least on the beta, that huge screen sucks up the battery pretty quick).
I could maybe see this being popular in places like construction job sites, Realty, etc... where hand written notes and sketches/drawings are sometimes needed.
I'm not a brand loyal person. I own an iPad and love it, but use an Android phone, and might try a Windows Phone as my next one when the next gen comes out. Apple, Android, Windows... they're all good in their own ways. I just get tired of the back and forth bashing.
Excellent response to all those Apple fanboys. I love Apple too, but I didn't submit my soul to the company!! I have been using an Android phone since last year as I was extremely bored with the same-all-same iPhones. Apple needs to make really good changes to win me back.
The only negativity with Galaxy Note is the huge screen. And I agree, it may be more suitable for women than for men because of that.
lol, you beat me to it
.....
And my main point is this.
The article reads:
"....the Note utilizes a stylus as a main form of input, supplementing the finger-based scheme made popular by the original iPhone."
This is complete bullshit. I used to think this site had some legitimacy until I read this. Most reviews on the Note so far have been spectacular, the writer is just jealous of this fact and is compelled to spread lies.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/24386...are_grows.html
"desperate".
Hey what happened the quarter after that one?
Why don't you tell us, I'd like to know how Samsung did at holding on to the number one spot.
Edit:-
Using the same source you did I found this more current article.
Hint, you probably won't like it.
Capacitive pen = crayon, a lesson I learnt shortly after buying one for my iPhone 3G in 2008 used it for 10 minutes before realising just how useless they are.
The Note pen has pressure and a sharper tip so it has advantages over a capacitive pen but the results from a capacitive pen and brush are decent enough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUuU0rkoWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaWloob8PVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep3MfVM1Tuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcexLVa_JN0
It seems as though the iPad has a way it can detect pressure but Apple hadn't opened the framework for developers:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...awing-to-ipad/
Finger painting is ok too though:
http://andywyc.deviantart.com/gallery/
I think drawing on a phone, whether it's 3.5" or 5" with a stylus is not going to be something you'd want to do. Wacom would be better introducing compatibility with the Bluetooth Intuos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfsxYoVh9JM
Someone could even make a dock like the Asus Transformer but with a drawing tablet on the base.
As for the advert, I thought it was lacking vs the original one. They are running out of reasons to suggest why it's better than the iPhone. They are also going to split their own customer base because they've declared the Galaxy S2 was the next best thing and now it's the Note. People aren't going to buy both.
boring, boring, boring.
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Why come here, then?
The Note pen has pressure and a sharper tip so it has advantages over a capacitive pen but the results from a capacitive pen and brush are decent enough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUuU0rkoWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaWloob8PVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep3MfVM1Tuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcexLVa_JN0
It seems as though the iPad has a way it can detect pressure but Apple hadn't opened the framework for developers:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...awing-to-ipad/
Finger painting is ok too though:
http://andywyc.deviantart.com/gallery/
I think drawing on a phone, whether it's 3.5" or 5" with a stylus is not going to be something you'd want to do. Wacom would be better introducing compatibility with the Bluetooth Intuos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfsxYoVh9JM
Someone could even make a dock like the Asus Transformer but with a drawing tablet on the base.
How much will it cost to replace it, if you lost it?
The ad was great. Entertaining and shows the audience who is hip with technology and who is not.
I think you meant to write "who is (about to break a) hip with technology"
We often need to do site surveys before designing/creating messaging and graphics for some of our clients, particularly in retail environments. Normally that entails both photos and hand-written notes. On some occasions the matching of notes to photos haven't been as clear as they were when originally surveyed. Doing mark-ups on the photos themselves could be a great asset. Now add the ability to do a quick sketch or proposed design while talking to the client and I'm seriously considering putting a Note in service at my business.
I agree with some of the other posters that the Samsung Note may not have a wide appeal, primarily due to it's size. That doesn't mean it doesn't have significant potential for business purposes. As someone else mentioned, real estate professionals, designers, contractors and others could put these to good use.
The best line in the commercial was also the biggest fail, and unspoken, only written. It said something to the effect: "The next big thing is already here." Directly followed by, "Coming soon."
I saw that and could not believe it. I laughed out loud. So Samsung-ish
The larger screen is cool, but this primary stylus input is not a welcomed blast from the past. It will be looked at as an antiquated pda, I'm thinking Palm Pilot or Nintendo Dsi. How lame.
The input is not primarily by stylus. It's an error in the article, inadvertant I'm sure.
EDIT: AI has edited and re-worded the article this morning, now saying the stylus is a main form of input rather than primary.
And my main point is this.
The article reads:
"....the Note utilizes a stylus as a main form of input, supplementing the finger-based scheme made popular by the original iPhone."
This is complete bullshit. I used to think this site had some legitimacy until I read this. Most reviews on the Note so far have been spectacular, the writer is just jealous of this fact and is compelled to spread lies.
Well call me a fanboy, but I don't really see what's the problem with that statement, except for the fact that (as it turns out) the stylus is not the _primary_ input method for the Galaxy Note.
As much as you probably disagree, I actually think you can safely say that it was the iPhone who made finger-based touchscreens popular. That doesn't mean Apple invented capacitive touchscreens, or that it was first to market using them, but it's hard to argue that the iPhone wasn't the first massively popular device that actually made good use of finger-based touch inputs, thanks to the fact that it was running the first mobile OS that was built for finger control from the ground up. 99% of all touch screen devices sold when the iPhone was released were using resistive screens, and it took about a year before they really hit mainstream for any of the other manufacturers.
That'd be nice. Not really interested in the current generation of Android tablets though.
I have an iPad 2, but someone gave me a Tab 10.1 for Christmas. It's hard to put the iPad down, but harder to pick the Tab 10.1 up. After nearly 2 months, there is No decent software that I have found to install on it.
At New Year's 2011 I searched for "Best apps for galaxy tab 10.1", and the best and most recent link that Google's search could find was an article published 5 months earlier in JULY.
I have tried three downloadable "market" apps that are supposed to replace the standard Android market for more specialized apps focusing on tablets....guess what - there still isn't anything worth downloading.
So just a few months after the release of the Tab 10.1 what are the websites talking about - the upcoming launch of the Galaxy Nexus..... like they had already forgotten about the Tab 10.1
So the hardware might be good (at least on paper), but the poor user experience, the nearly non-existent app ecosystem and lack of supervision of the app market, the risk of viruses, the overall lack of care for customer satisfaction, make Samsung's tablets expensive paper weights.
On the one hand, I'm glad I didn't buy it, on the other hand, I feel sad that someone wasted their money buying it for me.