![]() ![]() Just looking at the quick settings menu in the notification shade alone gives me a headache. While it's highly functional and crammed with features and ways to tweak them, I find Samsung's UI more confusing than those from other phone makers. Aside from all the S Pen enhancements, it's essentially the same skin you see in the Galaxy S4. Layered on top of that is Samsung's custom interface, once known as TouchWiz. Android KitKat is due out soon, and I'm hoping the Note 3 will receive this update in a timely fashion. It may not be KitKat, but the Galaxy Note 3 runs the modern Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system, which is the most recent available. ![]() You can also create paired windows to use later. I actually found it pretty helpful, especially for grabbing location details directly from e-mail and using it to create meetings in my calendar - a task I do constantly. The function allows you to open two application windows at once, then drag and drop content between them. I do think the Advanced Multi Window feature is very useful, especially to power users who juggle data from multiple apps at once. View two apps at once with Advanced Multi Window. Of course it takes about three steps to create an application windows vs. It's an interesting idea, and I can see it being useful in certain situations.įor example, imagine reading e-mail, then punching out people's phone numbers, making calls to follow up, all while digging through messages for Web links and office memos. ![]() So for instance you can have your e-mail or Web browser open then pull up a little window for the calculator, phone, or contacts, which will float above everything. Hitting Pen Window allows you to draw a box on the screen, then select an application that will fill that space. The function will sift through the phone's memory for keywords, including your handwritten notes, and present a list of documents containing relevant information. That said, if you're researching projects that require sifting through lots of visual info (home improvements, shopping for a new wardrobe, etc.) then I can see it being handy. Personally, however, I'm not someone who scrapbooks in real life or even does so virtually using sites like Pinterest. In practice the feature worked well enough and I was able to grab images and other content then save directly to a personal scrapbook. I think Samsung has made large strides toward its goal since this is the first implementation of the S Pen I've actually been tempted to use. To this end, the company says it has revamped the S Pen experience on the Note 3 (and new Note 10.1 tablet) to provide a refinement of existing features, not overwhelm them with a confusing laundry list of capabilities and tools. Samsung hopes this third iteration of the Note franchise, though, will convert more users into being S Pen faithful. I doubt even the most avid Galaxy Note adherents use their S Pens often, at least those who don't primarily communicate in complex character-based or pictographic languages. Viewing desktop versions of Web sites, an activity I don't recommend on devices with cramped displays, was also pleasurably not eye-straining. Characters in movie trailers practically leap off of the screen and into your lap, and detail in photos and video is incredibly crisp. Samsung apparently honed this mode further because its colors look even more natural than the same selection on the Note 2.Īnd because its screen is brighter and sharper than its predecessor, watching all sorts of visual content on the Note 3 is extremely captivating. I prefer the Movie mode, since its colors are the most lifelike. As with the Note 2, you have five screen modes to choose from (Adapt Display, Dynamic, Standard, Professional Photo, and Movie), which offer specially tweaked color settings. The latest Note's high-contrast display produces well-saturated colors as well, with deep blacks and very wide viewing angles. Also, while the HTC One (4.7-inch, 468ppi) technically has a sharper screen, its viewing area is minuscule when saddled up against the Note 3. The Note 2 produces text that's noticeably less crisp than on the Note 3. It certainly outdoes the Note 2's (5.5-inch, 267ppi, 1,280x720 pixels) viewing experience. The massive 5.7-inch AMOLED screen renders images sharply and in vibrant colors.
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