Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0: A new era in portability, everyday productivity

MANILA, Philippines -Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp. (SEPCO), a leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, has announced that it will launch the world’s first eight-inch tablet in April.

The Galaxy Note 8.0 represents a new era of intelligent Note technology set to re-ignite the mid-size tablet category that Samsung established in 2010.

Providing unrivalled multimedia performance within a compact one-hand-grip screen, the Galaxy Note 8.0 has the power and advanced technology to evolve the tablet experience and ensure that users achieve new levels of efficient multi-tasking while benefiting from superb voice call functionality.

Using an intelligent S Pen, users can now enjoy the ease of a traditional pen and paper but with the latest in notebook technological innovation, creating a sophisticated mobile experience that will enhance life on the go.

“Back in 2010 the launch of the first Samsung Galaxy Tab with seven-inch screen opened a new chapter in the mobile industry. Now almost three years later, Samsung continues to reinvent the sector to meet the demands of modern life,” said Coco Domingo, product marketing head for Samsung Mobile Phones.

“The Galaxy Note 8.0 breaths fresh life into the category as it delivers the perfect fusion of portability and everyday productivity — the result is a pioneering, pocket-sized solution that enhances and enriches our everyday lives, whether at work or play,” Domingo added.

At the core of the Galaxy Note 8.0’s innovative solutions are beneficial functions, including multi-window options to split the portable eight-inch screen and allow optimal access to a number of live applications; a new generation of Samsung’s intelligent S Pen with advanced usability; access to a suite of S Note templates and tools that allow users to create, edit, manage and share everyday documents; the Samsung “reading mode” technology to enjoy e-books with optimized resolution, video and voice calls.

In addition, a suite of exciting new content and services is pre-loaded for users at no additional cost, including, for the first time on a Samsung Galaxy tablet, the innovative Flipboard, and Awesome Note.

A smart diary for life on the go

Slim and compact enough to become the perfect on-the-go work and play companion, the Galaxy Note 8.0 brings powerful performance and functionality to support even the most demanding of lifestyles.

Designed to store and manage personal and professional data efficiently, the new Galaxy Note 8.0 replaces conventional diary or planners with one portable device. Practical S Note templates and S Planner feature help manage everyday tasks, including meeting notes, to-do lists and even personal diary entries.

All content can be entered and updated with the finest of detail, thanks to the evolution of the intelligent Samsung S Pen. Enhanced precision is offered with handwriting-to-text conversion, and advanced productivity tools that support formula and shape recognition are now available at the touch of the S Pen.

New content and services

The Galaxy Note 8.0 is packed with pre-loaded content and apps specifically for the value maximizing, mass multimedia consumer. Upgraded Chat-On provides easy instant messaging and group chatting in multiple formats — images, video, voice, contacts — for simple, enjoyable communication.

Awesome Note, an integrated application that is introduced in an Android tablet for the first time with Note 8.0, is capable of unlimited note-taking uses, including Memo, Diary and Must-remember lists.

With Flipboard, RSS, social network and other feeds come together in one stylish, flippable format so users can enjoy all the news and life’s great moments in one place. Flipboard developed a customized version of its application exclusively for Samsung that allows users to take the S Pen’s hover feature and preview article headers beneath Flipboard’s main screen tiles.

Finally, Smart Remote gives users a universal remote control and electronic programming guide, allowing them to manage TV and video watching seamlessly.

A new age of S Pen intelligence

Optimized to aid personalized creativity, the Samsung S Pen has evolved to increase everyday usability and enhance creation expression. Embedded within the tablet, the S Pen is an extension of the Galaxy Note 8.0.

S Pen technology is now so advanced that it does not even have to touch the screen. With Air View, the S Pen needs only to hover over the screen to see previews of videos, e-mails, photos and appointments on S Planner without opening the file or application in full.

S Pen Gesture allows images and content to be easily edited and cropped, while Paper Artist and Photo Note allows photos to be artistically personalized.

In addition, for the first time in the Galaxy Note category, users can utilize the S Pen to control the physical menu/back buttons on the device with WACOM technology.

Maximizing mass multimedia consumption

Creative multi-tasking with the Galaxy Note 8.0 is effortless due to innovative Dual View feature, two multi-window options that seamlessly allow users to facilitate multi-screen usage. Dual View’s split screen accommodates optimal operation of different apps, such as launching the S Note on the Web browser screen and allowing content to be resized, dragged and dropped as required.

Multi-tasking is extended to phone calls. Pop Up Note allows users to access S Note at any time to keep track of key actions, and Pop Up Video ensures surfing the Web while chatting — content windows can be easily resized by pinching to enlarge or reduce.

Perfect infotainment partner

Packed with features to engage, entertain and excite, the Galaxy Note 8.0 supports practical everyday needs. Reading Mode transforms it into an e-Book reader, provides the optimal reading conditions to ensure users can curl up and enjoy a good book. Users can even turn it into a universal remote control with Smart Remote, to seamlessly manage TVs, set-up boxes, and DVD and Blu-ray players.

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