Galaxy Note 10.1: Android tablet with touch and pen input appears

A 10-inch tablet with touch and stylus operation, which has never happened before, which was met with enthusiasm - in February, as Samsung at MWC the Galaxy note 10.1 first presented. Now finally the delivery is imminent, at least when it comes to the second performance, the Samsung has released this Monday. Thus, it is available in Germany, South Korea, UK and U.S., other markets; it is yet to come in August. Currently, it already lists a number of German traders, to make them available but is not yet available. On Tuesday Samsung held a meeting, hopefully to follow the details about prices, configurations and availability.

After all, Samsung has announced the technical data. According to the rumor be true in May that a quad-core processor is installed, and the one at 1.4 GHz - a high-end tablet with only two cores, but now even Samsung could not sell. Together with the 2 GB of main memory - twice as much as previous Android Tablets - should include the 10.1 to the fastest tablets.

The stylus is, according to the photos just as long as the rating of the smartphone Galaxy, which is about 11 centimeters. It should be a little thicker, 6.5 mm. Unlike even the prototype device at MWC (which the photos section of our pictures are below), he takes in a manhole at the lower edge of space equipment. If desired, the tablet will automatically start an app, if you take him out. Apart from the known Galaxy touch pen apps like S grade, S Planner and Crayon Physics 8 Adobe Photoshop Touch € expensive and geared specifically for the school and notes and e-learning app pre-installed.

Android 4.0 is installed; an update to 4.1 does not mention Samsung. An extension mentioned in the press release: The 10.1 can split the screen and display two apps side by side. The display shows only 1280 × 800 points, less so than the current top models from Acer and Asus with full-HD display. Versions with 16, 32 and 64 GB of memory are provided, it is not clear which of them come to Germany. A microSD slot is available. Initially to a wireless version (11n Dual Band) and a 3G version (HSPA +) will appear later this year will be followed by a variant of LTE.