Samsung Universe Note 10.1 preview (video)

Mobile World Congress, a debutante ball of sorts for that wireless industry, is definitely an oddity set against a landscape more famous because of its modernist accents and marathon night life than tendency for forward-facing gadgetry. Yet each year, regardless of this cultural contrast, mobile's best, cleverest as well as little-known descend upon Barcelona to showcase the incoming tide of next-gen wares. It is a question, then, that for the bombast and spectacle, Samsung, a titan within the cluttered Android area, made a decision to occupy a substantial swathe from the event's booth property having a glut of mid-range and fewer-than-fresh products. Save for just one notable product.

With no halo of their still secret unicorn, the Universe S III, to energy the brand's visibility, the organization switched the spotlight on its other flagship -- the Universe Note 10.1 -- weight loss of the rightful successor to the O.G. Universe Tab of the identical size, not the lately first showed Tab 2 (10.1). Confused That's understandable, but this broad-tested fella's outing marks a stark transition from the Note as smartphone, established by its 5.3-inch forebear, to some concrete number of S-Pen outfitted items. Its beefier dual-core 1.4GHz CPU and 1GB RAM notwithstanding, this really is, for those intents and reasons, much more of a light update than the usual full-on refresh, as the majority of the build, screen (1,280 x 800) and camera setup remains virtually unchanged.

Strengthening the unit's place atop the industry's top-shelf mantel, is its inclusion of Google's latest ICS OS (4..3), slathered within a TouchWiz skin, and adding two pre-installed S-Pen applications: Adobe PS Touch and concepts. So, software enhancements aside, why must this tablet, an accepted work-in-progress that's missing the finishing touches of the final production model, occupy an area in your carefully updated tech radar Why wouldn't you devote some of the gadget-lusting heart towards the commitment of a killer device presently missing any known prices or availability Well, to reply to individuals questions, Samsung let's take the brief, although time using the Note's in-development next of kin. So follow on following the break once we explore its digitizer-enhanced spaces and crannies and whet your appetites for what's in the future.

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