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as Michael with pocketnow.com here at Aoife in Berlin checking out the Samsung ativ octave however you want to pronounce it it's Vita spelled backwards this is Samsung's new Windows 8 tablet it is as you can see running on an Intel Atom processor at 1.8 gigahertz backed up by 2 gigs of RAM this is as you can see the full version of Windows 8 we can out back into the alternative desktop view here and you can see that responsiveness on the software side is really really really amazing as far as the hardware goes this is obviously a very wide device no blushes about this horizontally landscape focused aspect ratio front facing camera up top we hop on over to the side here it is nine point nine millimeters thick ten finger multi-touch support on the display here on the back this kind of faux brushed metal finish reminiscent of the galaxy note 2 and the galaxy s3 primary camera right on up here Samsung branding there's an LED flash up top volume controls powers standby USB port headphone jack sim and micro SD slots almost everything you need right up top up and back to that 11.6 inch panel here on the front it is HD at 1366 by 768 Samsung is claiming exceptional battery life nine point four hours of video play if we hop on into the browser here we're having a little bit of data connectivity issues here at the venue that's not the devices fault so I'll just tell you that it feels it's very very light in the hand build quality is sort of in line with the galaxy s3 galaxy note 2 it's a little bit creaky you can definitely feel that it's hollow back here certainly not the most premium feeling device on the planet but the stereo speakers left and right are nice the light feel in the hand is quite nice and overall we're having a pretty good time taking a first look at the a2 and just so you get an idea from a hardware perspective of the size of this device and its aspect ratio relative to something pretty popular pretty common we'll bring in the latest generation iPad for you obviously quite a significant difference as far as aspect ratio goes and size in general and you can't feel this on the camera from a weight perspective they're actually kind of in the same neighborhood I don't have the exact specs on me but they feel the same to my hands individually at the moment but whereas the iPad has the cool metal casing Samsung once again very clearly a hollow less finished feel more in line with their latest products that emphasize low weight over manufacturing toughness and as a nice final bonus we can using the samsung reddit redesign samsung port on the bottom here we can plug at the ativ into a keyboard dock calling it making it a smart pc as samsung calls a full-size keyboard here variable angle hinge you're not just committed to one angle on your tablet configuration and then you've turned this into a completely different device so when it's plugged in here it has a very very complete laptop feel down to the heft it is a little bit top-heavy because all the serious hardware is in the tablet obviously but we've got both left and right is the same full-size USB port here with a protective door over it and you can obviously a trackpad there you can close the device as I mentioned before it's just the back of the tablet the bottom of the keyboard here has a really solid feel to it feels just like a regular old notebook computer and the S Pen holster for the S Pen doesn't go all the way here because that's a demo unit but and pop it back open the device obviously featuring full support for the stylists much more useful in rearranging icons now much more useful in the full desktop version of Windows but other enhancements no doubt coming for the S Pen in Windows 8 even on the non desktop like side that's just a quick look at the samsung octave ativ smart pc uncie asian issues aside this has been michael fisher with pocketnow.com with samsung here at Aoife in berlin tony behind the camera stay tuned for more videos as we make more of them and publish more of them as the day goes on thanks for watching