GALAXY Note debuts in Southeast Asia

The Samsung GALAXY Note combines the market’s largest HD Super AMOLED display, supreme portability with the advanced S Pen feature to enhance your creativity and productivity needs

Jakarta, Indonesia – November 8, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading global mobile phone provider, today announced the commercial availability of GALAXY Note in Southeast Asia. The GALAXY Note will be available from November with major operators including SingTel, StarHub, M1 and Viettel in the region. With the introduction of this game-changing product and on the back of the robust sales of the GALAXY Tab series as well as the GALAXY series smartphones; regional revenue in the mobile phone category is expected to grow by 104 per cent this year.
GALAXY Note features the world’s first and largest 5.3” HD Super AMOLED display screen. This is an expansive high-resolution smart screen that provides an immersive and best in class viewing experience while its unique size ensures maximum portability coupled with enhanced usability. Additionally, the advanced pen-input technology, S Pen, combines with the GALAXY Note’s full-touch screen for a unique user experience. Taking full advantage of the large display, GALAXY Note users will be able to multi-task, create and consume more multimedia data, with fewer interruptions, while on the go.The incorporated digital S Pen can be used for accurate sketching and artwork, while superior handwriting recognition allows ideas to be freely captured and shared with other devices without the need to perform any additional digitization - handwritten text is accurately converted into digital characters.

“The GALAXY Note is a revolutionary product to open a new category in the mobile industry and I am very proud of this accomplishment,” said Gregory Lee, President and CEO of Samsung Asia. “Samsung GALAXY Note will redefine and enhance mobile communications by offering a creative user experience with its innovative features such as S Memo, S Planner and S Choice. I am certain that once our consumers try the GALAXY Note, they will appreciate its groundbreaking and fun features.”

“With the introduction of the GALAXY Note, we are confident that Samsung will firmly maintain its number one position in the mobile category in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand,” he added.

Specially Designed Applications

Alongside the commercial availability of GALAXY Note, Samsung also announced the launch of ‘S Choice’, a new category menu under Samsung Apps, with applications specially designed for GALAXY Note’s S Pen feature. New applications will include Soonr Workplace, OmniSketch, Zen Brush, ComicBook!, and iAnnotate PDF. Soonr Workplace enables team collaboration by allowing direct annotation on the various file formats stored in the Soonr Cloud and iAnnotate PDF provides a direct annotation mode for S Pen when viewing a PDF file. OmniSketch and Zen Brush are very useful tools for sketching and drawing. OmniSketch enables users to sketch using the S Pen as a brush, while Zen Brush provides oriental brush simulation.

Stunning Visual Experience

The GALAXY Note’s high-resolution display ensures that e-books, PowerPoint presentations, news apps and web-pages can be viewed comfortably with minimal scrolling or zooming. Minimizing the need to switch between applications, GALAXY Note’s HD super AMOLED screen is large enough to allow meaningful split-screen operation and true multi-tasking; the most frequently used native apps can be operated side-by-side, reducing interruptions. Additionally, the 5.3” display is the largest ever included in a primary mobile device. Measuring just 9.6mm thick, GALAXY Note fits comfortably in a pocket to offer true portability.

Power, Performance and a Superior User Experience

The GALAXY Note’s 1.4GHz dual-core processor ensures the device is incredibly fast and delivers a smooth user interface for seamless usability. Lightning fast network speeds are enabled through the HSPA+ enabled device’s super-fast connection, ensuring a quick and seamless browsing experience. This means that users can stream videos in real-time or engage with their friends through online gaming platforms, facilitated through Samsung’s Game Hub.

Samsung GALAXY Note’s Debut in Malaysia with Celcom and DiGi

The Samsung GALAXY Note will be available in Malaysia from the 11th of November 2011. Be the first to experience the most powerful and anticipated technology combined with multi input free capture and creation. It is the perfect companion, device and fashion accessory that will keep anyone in tune and a “note” ahead of the rest with today’s busy lives on-the-go.

The Samsung GALAXY Note consumer roadshow will be on from the 11th of November to the 13th of November at Pavilion KL, Queensbay Mall Penang and AEON Tebrau, Johor Bahru.

Stay tuned to the Samsung U-nivez Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/#!/SamsungUnivez and Samsung official website http://www.samsung.com/my for updates on the Samsung GALAXY Note’s arrival.