Samsung launches new era of portability and productivity with Galaxy Note 510

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the launch of the world’s first eight inch (20.32 cm) tablet, the Galaxy Note 510, at its Southwest Asia Forum 2013 in Hyderabad; a new era of intelligent ‘Note’ technology set to reignite the mid-size tablet category that Samsung established in 2010.

Providing unrivalled multimedia performance within a compact one-hand-grip screen, the Galaxy Note 510 has the power and advanced technology to evolve the tablet experience and ensure you achieve new levels of efficient multitasking while benefiting from superb voice call functionality.

Furthermore, the intelligent S Pen brings together the latest innovation and the ease of using a traditional pen and paper; creating a sophisticated mobile experience that will enhance life on the go.

“Back in 2010, the launch of the first Samsung Galaxy Tab with a seven inch screen opened a new chapter in the mobile industry. Now almost three years later, Samsung continues to evolve the sector that meets the demands of modern life,” said J.K. Shin, President of the IT and Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics.

“The Galaxy Note 510 breathes fresh life into the category as it delivers the perfect fusion of portability and everyday productivity resulting in a pioneering, pocket-sized solution that enhances and enriches our everyday lives, whether at work or play,” said B.D. Park, President and CEO, South West Asia, Samsung Electronics.

The Galaxy Note 510 offers innovative solutions such as beneficial functions, including ‘multi-window’ feature that splits the portable 20.32 cm screen and allows optimal access to a number of live applications; a new generation of Samsung’s intelligent ‘S pen’ with advanced usability; access to a suite of ‘S Note templates and tools’ that allow you to create, edit, manage and share everyday documents; and the Samsung ‘reading mode’ technology to enjoy ebooks with optimised resolution, video and voice calls. In addition, a suite of exciting new content and services are pre-loaded for users at no additional cost, including, for the very first time on a Samsung Galaxy tablet, the innovative Flipboard and Awesome Note.

A smart diary for life on the go

Slim and compact to become the perfect on-the-go work and play companion, the Galaxy Note 510 brings powerful performance and functionality to support even the most demanding of lifestyles. Designed to store and manage your personal and professional data efficiently, this new era device gives users the perfect pocket-sized hands-on organisational tool.

Practical S Note templates and S Planner feature helps to manage everyday tasks, including meeting notes, to-do lists and even personal diary entries. All content can be entered and updated with the finest of detail thanks to the evolution of the intelligent Samsung S Pen. Enhanced precision is offered with Handwriting-to-Text conversion and advanced Productivity Tools that support formula and shape recognition are now available at the touch of your S Pen.

New content and services

The Galaxy Note 510 is packed with pre-loaded content and apps specifically for the value maximising, mass multimedia consumer. Upgraded Chat-On provides easy instant messaging and group chatting in multiple formats – images, video, voice, contacts – for simple, enjoyable communication.  Awesome Note, an integrated application that is introduced in android tablet for the first time with Galaxy Note 510, is capable of unlimited note-taking uses including Memo, Diary and Must-remember lists. With Flipboard, your news, social network and other feeds come together in one stylish, flippable format so you can enjoy all your news and life’s great moments in one place. Flipboard has developed a customised version of its application exclusively for Samsung that allows users to take the S Pen’s hover feature and preview article headers beneath Flipboard’s main screen tiles. Finally, Smart Remote gives you a universal remote control and electronic programming guide allowing you to manage TV and video watching seamlessly.

A new age of S Pen intelligence

Optimised to aid personalised creativity, the Samsung S Pen has evolved to increase everyday usability and enhance creation expression. Embedded within the tablet, the S Pen is an extension of the Galaxy Note 510. Removing the S Pen from the device will automatically launch innovative features such as Pen Detection that will suggest adapted menus that it thinks you’ll need and Page Buddy a feature that will intuitively activate your most recently adapted S Note home screen.

S Pen technology is now so advanced that it doesn’t even have to touch the screen. With Air View, the S Pen needs only to hover over the screen to see previews of videos, emails, photos and appointments on S Planner without opening the file or application in full. S Pen Gesture allows images and content to be easily edited and cropped, whilst Paper Artist and Photo Note allow photos to be artistically personalised. In addition, for the very first time in the Galaxy Note category, you can use S Pen to control the physical menu/back buttons on the device with WACOM technology.

Maximising mass multimedia consumption

Creative multi-tasking with the Galaxy Note 510 is effortless due to innovative Dual View feature, two multi window options that seamlessly allow you to facilitate multi-screen usage. Dual View’s split screen accommodates optimal operation of different apps, such as launching the S Note on the web browser screen and allowing content to be resized, dragged and dropped as required.

Multi-tasking is extended to phone calls. Pop Up Note allows you to access S Note at any time to keep track of key actions and Pop Up Video ensures that you can keep surfing the web whilst chatting – content windows can be easily resized by pinching to enlarge or reduce.

Perfect infotainment partner

Packed with features to engage, entertain and excite, the Galaxy Note 510 supports your practical everyday needs. Reading Mode transforms the Galaxy Note 510 into an eBook reader, provides the optimal reading conditions to ensure you can curl up and enjoy a good book. You can even turn it into a universal remote control with Smart Remote, to seamlessly manage TVs, set-up boxes, DVD and Blu-ray players.