{"id":33146,"date":"2011-09-02T13:28:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T11:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=33146"},"modified":"2011-09-03T00:43:13","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T22:43:13","slug":"samsung-galaxy-note-sa-launch-plans-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/33146-samsung-galaxy-note-sa-launch-plans-surface.html","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Note SA launch plans surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Korean electronics company Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note note-taking smartphone at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA, or the International radio exhibition in Berlin) on 1 September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung claimed to have created a new category of product with the device, filling the gap between tablet PC and smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting a 5.3-inch Super AMOLED display running at 1280&#215;800 resolution and sporting a pen that can work on a capacitive touch display, Samsung said that the Galaxy Note combines the artistic freedom of a paper notebook with the benefits of smartphone technology.<\/p>\n<p>The device is set to support 21Mbps HSPA+, and run Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a 1.4GHz dual core processor.<\/p>\n<p>A table of specifications provided by Samsung is reproduced below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33160\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/33146-samsung-galaxy-note-sa-launch-plans-surface.html\/attachment\/samsung_galaxy_note\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33160\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33160\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy Note\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Samsung_Galaxy_Note.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Note\" width=\"610\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Samsung_Galaxy_Note.jpg 610w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Samsung_Galaxy_Note-40x30.jpg 40w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Samsung_Galaxy_Note-96x75.jpg 96w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Samsung_Galaxy_Note-180x140.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samsung Galaxy Note<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #f0f0f0; border-color: #fff;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ccc;\">\n<th colspan=\"2\">Samsung Galaxy Note specifcations<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Network<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>HSPA\uff0b 21Mbps 850\/900\/1900\/2100<br \/>\nEDGE\/GPRS 850\/900\/1800\/1900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Processor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1.4GHz Dual Core Processor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Display<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5.3\u201d WXGA(1280&#215;800, 285ppi) HD Super AMOLED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>OS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Android 2.3(Gingerbread)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Camera<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Main(Rear): 8 MP with LED Flash<br \/>\nFront: 2 MP<br \/>\nAction Shot, Beauty, Panorama Shot, Smile Shot, Share Shot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Video<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Video: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX, Xvid, VC-1 Recording 1080p@24~30fps, Playing 1080p@30fps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Audio<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Codec: MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, WAV, FLAC, OGG<br \/>\nMusic Player with SoundAlive; \u20283.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"13\"><strong>Value-added Features<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Samsung Apps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Samsung Kies 2.0\/ Samsung Kies air<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Samsung TouchWiz\/ Samsung L!ve Panel UX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u2028Samsung ChatON mobile communication service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0(Downloadable via Samsung Apps)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Smart Note Apps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>S Pen \/ Pen UX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Social Hub\u2028- Integrated Messaging(Email, SNS), Contacts\/ Calendar Sync\u2028- Basic: POP3\/IMAP Email<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Social Hub, Readers Hub, Music Hub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Google Mobile Services\u2028: Gmail, Google Talk, Google Search, YouTube, Android Market,\u2028 Google Maps with Google Places and Google Latitude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A-GPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Enterprise Solutions\u2028\u00a0&#8211; ODE, EAS, CCX, MDM, VPN, WebEx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NFC(optional)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Connectivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bluetooth\u00ae technology v 3.0\u00a0\uff0b HS<br \/>\nUSB 2.0 HOST<br \/>\nWiFi 802.11 a\/b\/g\/n,\u00a0WiFi Direct<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sensor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Accelerometer, Light, Digital compass, Proximity, Barometer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>16\/32GB Internal Memory \uff0b microSD (up to 32GB)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Size<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>145.85 \u00d7 82.95 \u00d7 9.65 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Battery<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Standard battery, Li-on, 2,500mAh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: xx-small;\" colspan=\"2\">\uff0a All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Samsung said that the Galaxy Note is scheduled to become available in South Africa in early November 2011. No recommended retail price (RRP) was available at the time of publication, but Samsung said they would communicate pricing information closer to launch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfMmMrUwRnI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung confirmed that they intend to bring the Galaxy Note to South Africa in 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":33156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[397,1593,1591,35,645,4406],"class_list":["post-33146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-android","tag-android-2-3","tag-android-gingerbread","tag-headline","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-galaxy-note"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33154,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33146\/revisions\/33154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}