Sponsored post first published in Elysiants on 16 November 2011.
I have been contemplating about getting a tablet for a long time, mainly because I need to jot notes at interviews and blog while I am away from my laptop. What keeps me from getting one though is how it duplicates the exact same functions that I already have on my phone, with the only difference of having a bigger screen, so it seems a bit pointless to be carrying an extra gadget in my small clutch. Thankfully, Samsung comes to the rescue with their latest innovation: Samsung Galaxy Note.
The thing I like best about it is how it fuses the functions of a smart phone, Microsoft Office, and a physical notepad all in one, so you really only need to carry one thing when you are out, and not having to worry about rushing back to the office to brush up your Powerpoint presentation or tweak a few figures on your Excel spreadsheet. Usually phones that do a lot of stuff are pretty ugly, because its functionality overrides its aesthetics, but the Samsung Galaxy Note would be an exception to that. With a 5.3” display yet only 9.65 mm thick, it has a large enough screen for you to process documents, but small enough to fit in your evening clutch.
What's more? This baby comes with its very own in-built stylis, so you can draw all over it however you like. Great gizmo for architects and designers! What I like most about the stylis is that you can crop non-rectangular shapes on your phone, so if you need to cut a person out from a photo and paste it onto another document, you don't need to wait till you get back to your desk now. There is also a memo function, which can convert all your pictures, voice recordings, typed text, handwritten notes or drawings into a memo, and have it digitally edited, annotated and shared. If somebody has thought of this earlier, it would have saved me from buying a digital note taker for taking minutes.
The Samsung Galaxy Note is also built for using VPN, so it is great for bloggers who travel to China often and need to update their blogs regularly. Well, either that or if you are an investment banker and needs to remote access your files in office. And it isn't a phone that only does boring ol' work! It also has a camera that does everything a real digital camera does: timer, scene mode, anti shake, blink detection. You name it, it has it. It even has a built-in beauty camera mode, so you don't need to download an app just for that. I have never been a fan of the Apple Juice, because frankly who wants to bulk up a sleek phone? That is why Android phones are great with the option to change your batteries when they are out, as well as having a Micro SD slot, so you won't be bounded by the limited gigabytes that your phone has.
So there you go, here comes a phone that is truly smart!
I have been contemplating about getting a tablet for a long time, mainly because I need to jot notes at interviews and blog while I am away from my laptop. What keeps me from getting one though is how it duplicates the exact same functions that I already have on my phone, with the only difference of having a bigger screen, so it seems a bit pointless to be carrying an extra gadget in my small clutch. Thankfully, Samsung comes to the rescue with their latest innovation: Samsung Galaxy Note.
The thing I like best about it is how it fuses the functions of a smart phone, Microsoft Office, and a physical notepad all in one, so you really only need to carry one thing when you are out, and not having to worry about rushing back to the office to brush up your Powerpoint presentation or tweak a few figures on your Excel spreadsheet. Usually phones that do a lot of stuff are pretty ugly, because its functionality overrides its aesthetics, but the Samsung Galaxy Note would be an exception to that. With a 5.3” display yet only 9.65 mm thick, it has a large enough screen for you to process documents, but small enough to fit in your evening clutch.
So there you go, here comes a phone that is truly smart!