Of course, as soon as I leave town with my Tab2 the update came out for the Note 10.1. I got home and turned it on and the download began to update my Note - yay.
Happily there was no huge visual change to the tablet. This may seem like a strange thing to say but the update to the tab 7 moved the soft keys to the middle and changed the order! Crazy, I keep hitting the task manager instead of the back button. And I like the soft keys at the bottom left. Google Now comes up with a swipe from the bottom left corner.
First up handwriting. Much more solid recognition (and it was good before) with a fast response. Seems to be doing much better with predictive as well. I'll go back to using the built in keyboard by default. Kii is really nice for the 7 inch. I didn't realize that some apps didn't pop up the handwriting box (for instance, entering the password for the banking app) so I didn't check it it worked with SNote. It does now and is a very nice feature.
The Photo Note feature is surprisingly cool. I wanted to do our holiday picture edits using PS Touch but I think Perfectly Clear will be good enough for me. But then we can write a note that you can have show up on the back of the picture instead of using a caption. Really nice.
Multi-window has really perked up. Tons of apps including Falcon Pro which just solidified that app for my twitter stream. I don't even need a widget now since I can just have it in a window. YouTube has also gone multi-window (cascade only) but I'll be using Super Video Player because resizing is a nice feature for the 10" screen (and I paid for it already). There are enough choices now to need to edit which ones are on the bar now. Now I just need Google Plus in multi-window.
Overall I'm pretty happy with the update. The Note was already fast and smooth but with JB it has gotten even more responsive.
First up handwriting. Much more solid recognition (and it was good before) with a fast response. Seems to be doing much better with predictive as well. I'll go back to using the built in keyboard by default. Kii is really nice for the 7 inch. I didn't realize that some apps didn't pop up the handwriting box (for instance, entering the password for the banking app) so I didn't check it it worked with SNote. It does now and is a very nice feature.
The Photo Note feature is surprisingly cool. I wanted to do our holiday picture edits using PS Touch but I think Perfectly Clear will be good enough for me. But then we can write a note that you can have show up on the back of the picture instead of using a caption. Really nice.
Multi-window has really perked up. Tons of apps including Falcon Pro which just solidified that app for my twitter stream. I don't even need a widget now since I can just have it in a window. YouTube has also gone multi-window (cascade only) but I'll be using Super Video Player because resizing is a nice feature for the 10" screen (and I paid for it already). There are enough choices now to need to edit which ones are on the bar now. Now I just need Google Plus in multi-window.
Overall I'm pretty happy with the update. The Note was already fast and smooth but with JB it has gotten even more responsive.
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