Galaxy Note 10.1 And Galaxy Tab 2 Tablets Get Android Jelly Bean Updates!

Today, Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 WiFi variants will be getting the upgrade to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean! The Galaxy Note 10.1 has all of the great features from Android 4.1 and you get a Premium Suite that features new upgrades for productivity and multi-tasking! There is new S Pen support that will let you resize and open multiple applications and view them on top of each other, all on one screen. Cascade View will allow you too move, pin, and resize applications in multiple views. They will be running simultaneously and on the same screen, it will help you become more productive. Air View allows you to preview mail attachments without opening them, view photos with out the need to open the album, preview video when scrubbing ahead, and more.  Quick Command let’s you use the S Pen to write shortcuts by using pre-set S Pen strokes. For instance if you want to search the internet simply, draw a question mark (?) and then what you want to search. With Enhanced Writing you can send emails that have the same personality that is found on a postcard or make your calendar look like your hand written planner. Samsung has enhanced the S Pen yet again, when you pull the pen out of the tablet it unlocks the screen and opens shortcuts to S Pen enhanced applications. You can pick the color you want the ink of your writing to be with a tap on an image, all with a simple tap of the screen. With Easy Clip you can simply copy and past anything from the display and then save it your clipboard. With Paper Artist you get over 30 different effects that you can use on your images and you can write or draw on content and then share that with others. The Android Jelly Bean upgrade  more intuitive and smoother user interface, faster performance and response times across applications and the operating system as a whole. The Android Jelly Bean 4.1 Update is available today for the WiFi Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and WiFi Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 devices. For more information please see the gallery and press release below.

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Press Release

Samsung Releases Android Jelly Bean Upgrades for Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2

Premium Suite Upgrade for Galaxy Note 10.1 Delivers Improved Performance, Enhanced S Pen Functionality and Fully Resizable Apps

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.,  January 16, 2013– Samsung Electronics America Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today announced the availability of updates to Android 4.1™, Jelly Bean for both its award-winning Galaxy Note™ 10.1 and its popular Galaxy Tab 2 devices for the Wi-Fi versions.

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 upgrade includes all the performance benefits of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as well as Premium Suite, a collection of new features that further upgrades multi-tasking and productivity, while enhancing personalization and offering new levels of creativity. Users will enjoy improved S Pen support and the ability to easily open and resize multiple apps, then view them across the screen layered on top of each other.

“Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 created a new category by delivering content creation capabilities in addition to content consumption,” said Mike Abary, senior vice president of consumer IT product marketing, Samsung Electronics America. “However, we always strive to deliver unexpected value to our customers. By providing not just Jelly Bean, but dramatic improvements to the multitasking and S Pen features on the devices, we’re ensuring that the Galaxy Note 10.1 remains at the forefront of innovation.”

A range of features have been introduced which aim to further boost the capabilities of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 including:

Multi-tasking & Productivity:

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 pioneered the innovative Multi Window feature which lets consumers experience a dual view, running two apps side-by-side on the screen. The new, updated Galaxy Note 10.1 enhances the experience further in a variety of ways:

Cascade View: The feature allows users to freely resize, move and pin selected applications in multiple views, running them simultaneously or while operating the home-screen. This PC-like feature will help users to be more productive, and actually do multiple tasks at one time.

Air View: Allows users to use S Pen to conveniently and quickly preview content without having to open it. This feature allows user to preview video while scrubbing, preview email attachments without opening, preview photos without opening the album, and more.

Quick Command: With Quick Command, the S Pen quickly activates applications and services that are used most often by allowing you to write command shortcuts using customized and preset S Pen strokes.

Enhanced Personalization:

Enhanced handwriting: Users can quickly and easily send personalized handwritten notes and memos to friends and family via email, as well as hand-write directly into their S Planner

Enhanced S Note: S Note now features additional ready-to-use templates; allows users to add effects to their digital content with Idea Sketch; and enables the insertion of video directly into not only Note templates but also other templates. Users can also launch S Note directly from their home-screen for added convenience.

Easy Clip: Allows users to select and clip content to save, paste or share in seconds.

Photo Note: Add personalized handwritten notes on the back of your photos to help capture the moment.

Creativity:

Paper Artist: Besides enabling users to enliven sketches or content with different color or pencil styles, Paper Artist enables over 30 artistic effects that can be applied to images or media. Users can also draw or write onto the content and share it with others.

A smarter S Pen: The S Pen now allows users to select writing or color modes at the touch of a button, or unlock the home-screen simply by removing the S Pen.

Both the Wi-Fi versions of Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 and 7.0) will benefit from the core improvements of Android 4.1 which features a more intuitive user interface, faster performance and response times across applications, and an overall smoother user experience. This is also complemented by an enhanced user interface optimized for the 10.1-inch screen.