The Galaxy Note 10.1 only supports two windows at this time.īy sliding out the Multi Window menu on the right side of the screen, we could drag over up to four of the 16 available apps, which include mainstays such as email, Gmail, the Web browser and the Hancom Office apps. With the Note Pro 12.2, Samsung has expanded the number of possible windows from two to four, allowing you to take full advantage of the device's expanded screen real estate. We've long been fans of Samsung's Multi Window mode, which lets users split the screen between two different apps on other Galaxy devices. However, we found the classic desktop provided a lot more flexibility, as it showed all of our main shortcuts and allowed us to use any third-party widgets we wanted.
We liked seeing some of our key information at a glance and enjoyed the UX's rich, graphical design. You can fit up to six tiles on each home screen, and the tiles get larger or smaller depending on how many you include. Widgets include news headlines by topic, your calendar appointments, and email or social networking alerts from some services (but not Facebook, Pinterest or Google+). However, the two screens to the right contain Samsung's new Magazine UX, which has a Windows 8-like rich tile-based layout, where each tile displays dynamic content from either the Web or your own accounts. The default screen and the one to its left are both traditional-style screens that you can configure with any widgets or shortcuts you like.
When we played Patrice Rushen'sbass-heavy "Forget Me Nots," the music was clear and pleasant, but when we listened to Judas Priest's guitar-laden "Breaking the Law," the audio became quite tinny.Ĭlick to EnlargeSamsung provides four home screens. In our tests, the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 delivered crisp audio that was loud enough to fill a small room but was sometimes distorted. MORE: Top 10 Tablets to Buy (or Avoid) NowĪt 450 lux on our light meter, the Note Pro 12.2 is significantly brighter than the 359-lux tablet category average, the Surface Pro 2's 389-lux screen, the iPad Air's 411-lux panel and the Dell Venue 11 Pro's mediocre 174-lux display. However, the iPad Air's 2048 x 1536 display has a slightly-higher 263 PPI because of its smaller display. Because it has the highest resolution on the market, the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 has a very strong 247 pixels-per-inch. Fine details, such as battle scaring on a helmet and wrinkles in Ben Kingsley's face, were easy to make out. When we watched a 1080p video trailer for "Iron Man 3," the red in the hero's armor and the blue in an oxygen tube appeared very prominent. Click to EnlargeThe Galaxy Note Pro 12's 12.2-inch, 2560 x 1600-pixel display provided sharp images and vibrant colors in our tests.
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