There’s a new tablet in town: the Samsung
Galaxy Note 8.0. Just like the iPad mini, it’s a portable slate with an eight
inch screen, but it’s running the very latest version of Android – and it’s out
next month. Read on for all the details, as well as the first pic!
Samsung’s mobile boss JK Shin has confirmed a new
addition to the company’s hit Note series of slates with a stylus is coming to
the Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona next month: the Samsung Galaxy Note
8.0.
Better yet, SamMobile has a picture of the tablet, and it looks just like
a slimmed down Google Nexus 10. The site claims it’ll run the very latest
Android 4.2 “Jelly Bean” out of the box off a speedy 1.6GHz processor, so
you’ll be able to draw and take notes without missing a beat.
After Asus and Amazon took the seven-inch
tablet market by storm last year, the eight-inch tablet sector looks like the
next one to hit the mainstream after Apple’s 7.9-inch iPad mini paved the way, showing rivals that it might just have
found the perfect compromise between screen real estate and in-your-pocket
portability.
Can a Samsung-made rival match it for app prowess? We’ll
let you know as soon as we do. [GadgetShow]
