{"id":745617,"date":"2013-04-09T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=629116"},"modified":"2013-04-09T10:41:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T14:41:02","slug":"samsung-bets-big-on-digital-ink-399-galaxy-note-8-0-hits-us-on-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/745617","title":{"rendered":"Samsung bets big on digital ink: $399 Galaxy Note 8.0 hits US on April 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20130409005569\/en\/Samsung-Brings-Power-Portability-U.S.-Galaxy-Note%C2%AE\">Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Note 8.0 arrives in the U.S. later this week<\/a> the company announced on Tuesday. Starting April 11, the 8-inch Android tablet with digital ink support arrives on retail shelves and on the web for ordering at $399.99.\u00a0Amazon, Best Buy &#38; Best Buy Mobile, h.h. gregg, Newegg, P.C. Richard &#38; Son, Staples and TigerDirect.com are Samsung&#8217;s retail partners for the Galaxy Note 8.0.<\/p> <p>Most of the<a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/01\/24\/galaxy-note-8-0-images-appear-looks-like-super-sized-galaxy-s-iii\/\"> hardware specifications and pictures line up with what we saw back in January<\/a>:<\/p> <ul> <li>8-inch LCD with 1280 x 800 resolution<\/li> <li>5 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera<\/li> <li>2 GB of memory, 16 GB of storage (up to 64 GB microSD expansion supported)<\/li> <li>Android 4.1.2 with Samsung TouchWiz<\/li> <li>A 1.6 GHz quad-core processor<\/li> <li>S-Pen and supporting software<\/li> <\/ul> <p>The 8-inch tablet is basically a super-sized version of the Galaxy Note 2 smartphone, owing largely to its digitizer support for the S-Pen and similar features. Like the Note 2, the new Note 8.0 supports hovering with the pen for drill-down information in many apps and the ability to run two applications on the screen at one time. I love this feature on my Note 2, but I can see even more value on the larger display of Samsung&#8217;s new tablet. Of course, the Note 2 works with cellular voice calls; the same can&#8217;t be said of the Note 8.0.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/browserandtwitterongalaxynote2-e1349440262234.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" alt=\"Browser and Twitter on Galaxy Note 2\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/browserandtwitterongalaxynote2-e1349440262234.jpg?w=566&#038;h=377&#038;fit=566%2C377&#038;resize=566%2C377\" width=\"566\" height=\"377\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-570262\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Surely the $399 Galaxy Note 8.0 will be compared heavily to Apple&#8217;s $329 iPad mini. I&#8217;ve already seen comments <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/tablets\/samsung-galaxy-note-8\/4505-3126_7-35618822.html\">and reviews<\/a> that the Note 8.0 is too expensive by comparison. Even without getting my hands on Samsung&#8217;s new slate, however, I find that to be a short-sighted viewpoint.<\/p> <p>Yes, the tablet is $70 more. For that premium, you&#8217;re getting a slightly higher pixel density, <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/01\/17\/samsungs-galaxy-note-8-0-may-have-a-secret-weapon-against-ipad-mini\/\">digital pen support<\/a>, ability to upgrade the memory with a microSD card. Are those features worth the $70? 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