Samsung Galaxy Note erhält Android 4.0 erst im zweiten Quartal – Spezielle Features geplant

Samsung hat per Pressemitteilung verlauten lassen, dass man das Samsung Galaxy Note erst im zweiten Quartal 2012 mit dem Upgrade auf Android 4.0 versorgen wird. Ursprünglich wurde das Update für das aktuell mit Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” erhältliche 5,3-Zoll-Smartphone-Tablet schon zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt erwartet. Einen konkreten Termin im zweiten Quartal nennt der koreanische Hersteller bisher nicht. Der Grund für die Verschiebung ist offenbar, dass man noch an speziellen Features für das mit einem Stylus bedienbare Smartphone-Tablet arbeitet, die dessen Vorzüge für die Kunden noch besser nutzbar machen sollen.

Samsung spricht deshalb von einer “Premium Suite”, die weitere Anwendungen wie Shape Match, Formula Match und My Story für erweiterter S-Pen-Funktionalitäten mitbringen soll. Darüber hinaus verspricht Samsung ein exklusives Level für das Spiel Angry Birds Space, denn die Koreaner sind Launch-Partner für den neuesten Teil der bekannten Spieleserie.

Hier die Pressemitteilung von Samsung in voller Länge:

(SEOUL–Korea Newswire) March 22, 2012 — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, today announced it will be offering a Premium Suite upgrade for GALAXY Note users worldwide from Q2. It includes extra multimedia features and a range of new S Pen optimized applications in addition to an OS upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The Premium Suite offers new features and applications exclusive to GALAXY Note and its innovative S Pen, which was introduced with GALAXY Note 10.1 in Mobile World Congress 2012 last month. This includes S Note, a unique tool that lets you combine your notes or sketches with other digital content, giving you a new way to create your own stories. S Note comes in various ready-to-use templates for a range of tasks including meeting minutes, diary and others.

S Note also includes the innovative Shape Match and Formula Match applications that help correct and digitize geometric shapes and even solve numeric formulas hand-drawn with S Pen, increasing your on-the-go efficiency and productivity. You can draw tables and grids which are instantly digitized, saving time and effort. Moreover, by using the S Note’s integrated knowledge search engines, users can quickly search, and obtain information.

For a touch of self-expression, the Premium Suite also includes My Story, another S Pen optimized application that allows you to create personalized digital cards for friends or family using any type of content including notes, video content, photos, text or voice.

In celebration of the Premium Suite upgrade announcement, Samsung will provide special offers to all GALAXY users as an official launch partner of Angry Birds Space, a new blockbuster mobile game. For all Samsung GALAXY users, an exclusive GALAXY Note level will be provided for extra fun. Moreover, a special package of 30 challenging levels – ‘Danger Zone’ – will be available for free if unpacked within the three-month period.

Visit http://samsung.angrybirds.com/galaxynote for more information.

”GALAXY Note continues to delight customers all over the world with its incredible versatility and unique user experience. With the Premium Suite upgrade, we wanted to add features that enrich users’ Note experience even more, including the great advantages of Android 4.0 and innovative applications for S Pen,” said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics. “We are committed to providing extraordinary experiences for consumers, and we will continue to provide new features and upgrades to enrich our offering.”

The Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade brings an entirely new look and feel to Android on GALAXY Note, with a more intuitive user interface that includes a redesigned App menu for easier multi-tasking. The upgrade also introduces innovations such as Face Unlock, Snapshot, and others.

The availability and scheduling of the software upgrade will vary by market and wireless carriers’ requirements.

Quelle: Phandroid