Samsung Launches A Lightly Tweaked, LTE-Capable Galaxy Note 10.1 In Its Native Korea
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Flawed though it may have been, I was a quite a fan of Samsung’s S Pen-friendly Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet — even with flashy new devices like the Note 2 on the market, I still think the whole concept just works best on a bigger screen. Samsung seems to be rather fond of the thing too, as it has just officially launched an LTE-capable version of the tab in its native Korea with a global launch slated for later in the year.
Access to LTE data speeds will be good enough for some, but the changelog doesn’t end there. The revamped Note 10.1 will also ship running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (fear not current Note 10.1 owners — your time will soon come) along with oft-touted features like the ability to draw quick commands and hover the S Pen over the screen for a quick view of calendar entries and folder contents.
Really though, one of the biggest draws of the support for Voice over LTE, which (as you’d imagine) in short routes your voice calls more efficiently over an LTE data network instead of falling back to a 3G GSM or CDMA network. As neat as the move is, the chances of the feature popping up in the forthcoming U.S. variant are pretty slim— the only carrier that currently supports Voice over LTE around these parts is MetroPCS (though that could all change now that a T-Mobile buyout is on the table). Given its lead in LTE network growth, it shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that Verizon Wireless is working on it too, but the carrier has had some trouble making things work properly — the service was originally set to debut this year but is now slated to rollout in late 2013.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is not just the tablet of choice for the 
If you own the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and you’re looking forward to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, well you might be pleased to learn that according to reports, Samsung has begun rolling out the Jelly Bean update for the tablet. Now it seems that the update has begun rolling out in Germany as its first stop, which means that if you’re not living in Germany, chances are you might have to wait a while before it finally gets around to your region. It’s probably not what Galaxy Note 10.1 owners outside of Germany want to hear, but we guess it’s still good news to learn that the update has started rolling out, so we guess until then you’ll just have to be patient (it is a virtue after all, or at least that’s how the saying goes). For those living in Germany who have received the update, let us know in the comments below, or if you’re not from Germany but have received the update, let us know as well.
Thanks to electronic devices like e-readers and tablets, buying physical copies of books and magazines are no longer our only option. Going digital means that publishers will spend less money printing, which in turn cuts down the amount of paper which could help sustain the environment, so we guess it’s not surprising to see tablets starting to replace other paper products, such as sheet music for example. Musicians relying on their smartphones or tablets to read music certainly isn’t new, but it looks like the Brussels Philharmonic will be the first orchestra in the world to replace paper sheet music with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. 
