The Galaxy Note 8.0 is available in the U.S. today. Called a mid-sized tablet, the Note 8.0 has the features of the Note 10 and II such as the S Pen for drawing, handwriting recognition, Air View; and Multi Windows. It comes with 50GB of DropBox storage and a $25 app store credit.
There Galaxy Note 8.0 will be the first tablet to feature Samsung WatchON, a search and recommendation service that acts a TV Guide and suggestion services offering live TV and streaming video-on demand. The Galaxy Note 8.0 also acts as a universal remote to switch channels.
Specs:
- 8-inch WXGA screen, 1280 by 800 pixels.
- 1.6GHz Quad Core processor.
- 2GB of RAM.
- Wi-Fi.
- 4,600 mAh battery up to 14 hours.
- 16GB of storage and microSD card slot.
Software Features:
- Reading Mode, which adjusts color and brightness to an optimal level for reading.
- Smart Stay, keeps the screen awake while you are reading.
- Multi Window: The Galaxy Note 8.0 offers true PC-like multitasking, so you can use two appsside-by-side. Multi-Window now supports 20 apps, including Polaris Office, Google Chrome andFacebook.
- Air View: Conveniently preview your content without opening files or folders. The S Pen held abovethe screen allows you to preview pictures in the Gallery, open menus on Web sites, and preview amessage or an attachment in an email.
- AllShare Play: Pass content to the TV or remotely access files on your desktop computer.
- Polaris Office: View, create, and edit Microsoft Office Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations right on your tablet. With the Galaxy Note 8.0, you can add handwritten notes and drawings to your documents.
- Awesome Note: A note-taking application and to do list manager, Awesome Note enables you to customize folder icons, colors, fonts and backgrounds for quick reference and visual organization.
- Group Play: Share and collaborate on content, including documents, which allows users to work together.
- SAFE, or Samsung for Enterprise
Freebies and Deals
Bonuses include worth over $200, include 50GB of free Dropbox storage for 2 years, 1 month free of unlimited music streaming in Samsung's Music Hub and for a limited time, they will also receive a $25 Google Playcredit with the purchase of a Galaxy Note 8.0, when they register their device.
The Galaxy Note 8.0 will be available in white for $399.99 MSRP.
Acessories include Book Covers in white, grey, pink or green, as well as USB and HDMI adapters,and a travel charger that connect via the device's microUSB port.
The Galaxy Note 8.0 will be available in stores and online at retailers including Amazon and BestBuy. Here's a video of Multi View from CES.
The Note 10 features PhotoTouch that is a special verison of PhotShop, see video demoed with on hand on the Note and the other on the pen.