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if I was going to buy an android tablet in 2014 I probably opt for a samsung tablet the reason being is that Samsung continues to make these really heavy refinements to its tablet interface and with each new Samsung tablet I know there's something cool and new and above all useful waiting for me which brings us to the latest Samsung tablet in the note line the Samsung Galaxy Note pro this is a 12.2 inch behemoth but it looks and feels like a modern samsung tablet in all the best ways it has a 2560 by 1600 resolution screen a microSD expansion slot and IR blaster so you can use it as a remote control micro USB for charging and file transfers as well there's the faux stitching design from some recent Samsung products and given that it has a 12 point 2 inch screen size it's surprisingly thin and light that said if you have small hands you may find it difficult to hold with just one of them I always found it difficult to write comfortably on these smaller note tablets but with this new larger one I feel like I have almost enough space to work and my hands don't get so cramped when writing there's an 8 megapixel camera with LED flash on the back and a 2 megapixel camera on the front they're decent but neither takes especially impressive pics overall performance is about on par with most premium tablets currently in the market however I was disappointed in what feels like a more narrow viewing angle than Sadie ipad air or a kindle fire HDX 8.9 the screens colors just don't remain consistent when looking from different angles and it reflects quite a bit of its own environment as well Samsung's TouchWiz interface has changed a lot over the last few years and it's only gotten better with each iteration and this version is the best one yet all the shortcuts and customization options are here the amount of settings available is staggering but Samsung keeps them all well organized the new magazine UX interface is best described as having a widget base front with Flipboard underneath and that it actually uses Flipboard for its inner you can customize the magazine you Lex to your liking and minimize its footprint if you prefer the traditional Android interface there's also a ton of productivity software from WebEx meeting to s note 2 ii meeting as well as free subscriptions to Business Week and the New York Times the note pro starts at seven hundred and fifty dollars for 32 gigabytes of storage and the 64 gigabyte version is one hundred dollars more expensive check out my four of you at cnet com more information and my final recommendation i'm eric franklin and this has been a first look at the samsung galaxy note pro