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Samsung has slightly tinkered with the larger version of the Galaxy Note it’ll soon be releasing, adding an oh-so-important slot for the company’s S Pen sensitive stylus and taking the opportunity to enhance the internals of the tablet, too.
According to reports from a recent European Samsung event, an updated Note 10.1 was on show, featuring an integrated holster for the S Pen. Samsung was also showing accessories for the thing, with users able to buy an S Pen Holder Kit to slot the stylus in and turn it into a much fatter, chunkier pen, should they want to hold something a little more substantial while poking away at the bigger display.
Also welcome is news of an internal boost for the larger Note, which was shown running on the same quad-core Samsung Exynos process we’ll shortly get to see powering the Galaxy S III. [Tablet Community via Phandroid]
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When is does how long become too long? Right about now I think.
The only thing that troubles me with this is the rez of the screen and the pen tracking of that screen, if they can get at least full HD with 1:1 pixel pen tracking then I think I’d fall in love, but can’t see it. I hope so, otherwise a long wait a chip replacement while shaving and drilling a hole – shouldn’t take this frigging long.
I’m confused. Is the Note 10.1 the same device as the Tab 2 10.1? (wasn’t that basically the same specs but thicker?) Samsung are really confusing me with their product line, that and they keep redesigning stuff before release and that adds to my confusion…)
The Tab 2 seems to just be a stripped back dual Tab 10.1 with Android 4. The Note 10.1 looks like it will be a flagship product, it seems Samsung may be refocusing its phone and tablet market on the Note as the best range of quad core phones and tablets.
I would imagine this year to see an updated Note 5.3″, Note 7″ and Note 10.1 all running the same quad core stylus set ups – and maybe a stylus based S3 as a Note 4.8″ – that would be a cool range to focus on.
I hear that upgrading the dual Exynos to quad is a simple replacement process, so I imagine Samsung can do a quad Note 5.3″ as soon as the Note 10.1″ is ready.