According to foreign media AllThingsD reports, Samsung today at the mobile world congress officially launched the Galaxy Note 8 tablet computer, desire to break into medium-sized flat-panel computer market, beat to Apple's iPad mini and Google Nexus 7. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 size is between 5.5 inch Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Note 10.1, now Samsung in almost every dimension has a product line.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 tablet computer has 8 inch touch screen, pixel 1280*800, equipped with S Pen stylus as with Galaxy Note series of products, the products also include many new features.

The first new feature called " reading ": as long as the user open electronic reading application, the device will automatically adjust the screen contrast, to reduce user fatigue of eyes, read more like browsing the electronic ink display. In addition, Samsung is still Galaxy Note 8 installed many proprietary applications, such as Samsung smart new notes of application of Awesome Note and application of Flipoard and other social news.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 with S Pen can control the computer hardware button for the menu and equipment stylus, in the previous Galaxy Note series products, the menu and the hardware buttons only controlled by finger touch.

The flat computer uses the Android version of the 4.1.2 operating system, 1.6GHz Exynos quad-core processor, 5000000 pixels and 1300000 pixels in the rear camera front-facing camera, the software features include Galaxy Note II and Note 10.1 features such as multiple window support and video pop-up window.

Another feature is that Galaxy Note 8 global version also provides telephone function, which will include Wi-Fi version, 3G version and LTE version, including 16GB and 32GB capacity expansion.

Of course, this product is not a Samsung tablet computer first medium-sized screen, 7 inch Samsung tablet computer initially involved in is Galaxy Tab, but the Tab tablet computer. But it is not better than Galaxy S series intelligent mobile phone and Galaxy Note palmtop computer.

Though Samsung has launched in many sizes products production line so far, they were different. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet computer listed before, Samsung products are very easy to confuse. Samsung now expect multiple window support and S Pen smart touch pen function can help Galaxy Note 8 talent showing itself in the Apple, Amazon and Google and other competitors. However, Samsung Galaxy Note case is not good as Apple, for example, now more and more people like to use cheap ipad mini cases free shipping.

The product price of course is also a key factor, but Samsung today has not yet announced the price details. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is expected in the second quarter of 2013 in the United States and other market, Samsung said sale will release more information.

Samsung also said that plans in 2013 to become the main focus of the United States of America flat-panel computer business market. Samsung subsequent new products will be around the main theme of several design, including the bedroom experience, more consistent user interface and creativity. maybe interested on: unique iphone 4 cases

The Wall Street journal recently wrote, Google and Samsung in recent years the cooperation is win-win, but relations between the two sides is from a friend to frenemies stage, both sides compete in hardware, media content stores and Internet services is rising.

Some years ago, Samsung Electronics supported Google's decision system of Android, has been proved to be a win-win choice. Samsung technology and marketing strength to help Android mobile operating system, which has become the most dominant, while Android let Samsung and Apple as an equal, received billions of dollars in profits from the intelligent mobile phone and tablet computer business.

Now, from the Barcelona Mobile World Congress ( MWC ), the relationship is entering a more complex and delicate stage become more obvious. As previous reports of Samsung hopes to get Android higher advertising into Google cited dissatisfaction reported, the increasingly tense relationship between the two partners.

Google in the last only focused on software business, but in the past year, the company to enter the large-scale hardware business, the completion of the Motorola mobile scale high of $12500000000, while actively expanding its brand Nexus series and Chrome equipment.

For Android equipment manufacturers, the move is a worry, because they worry that Google may favour Motorola, let it take advantage of other Android equipment manufacturers in the competition. Google said, Motorola service is an independent operation, it does not treat differently other partners. As of now, Google and Samsung are trying to downplay both competition and tension. Samsung communications Usa Inc chief product officer Kevin Parkin, said in an interview, he saw more positive momentum of bilateral relations.

"At some level, you must trust each other," he said, "Google know they must prove they have between Android and Motorola separated by a fence." Parkin Ham pointed out, such as friend and enemy mode won't let Samsung uncomfortable, after all other departments have been sold Samsung and Samsung parts to competitive equipment manufacturers.

Flat field

Flat computer is becoming fierce competition of the battlefield. Samsung at MWC. This week released a new tablet computer Galaxy Note 8, aimed at last appeared in two medium-sized flat-panel computer -- Google Nexus 7 and iPad mini. Now we can imagine that there will be more and more Samsung Galaxy Note cases come into being, just like cheap ipad mini cases.

Parkin ham said, expand the tablet computer market share is the top priority of the company in 2013. For Samsung in 2010 launched the first tablet computer, Parkin, said the user experience is not very good." The experience is just not good enough. " But he points out that, along with the launch of the new tablet computer, the problem will become the past.

Internet service

In the Internet service, Samsung and Google competition also is in upgrade status. Related services currently offered include online Google wallet Checkout, online content storage cabinet Google Cloud Storage, and mobile and PC payment service Google Wallet.

In the MWC, Samsung has released a new cloud storage service HomeSync. HomeSync allows people to upload and download content from a variety of devices, the use of cloud technology, at home through the wireless technology or through a mobile device and family to share content in outdoor. Samsung has also revealed its new ambitions in the field of payment, at the MWC conference announced an agreement with Visa. According to the agreement, Samsung agreed to use Visa in the mobile payment technology.

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