What's Hot: S Pen, multi-tasking and pen software, IR AV remote, fast CPU, great size for note taking and sketching. What's Not: Expensive, the usual Samsung plastic construction, average display ...

I love my iPad mini but after I borrowed a friend's Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 recently I had to buy one. The Note 8.0 has a similar size to that of the iPad mini but the resemblance ends there. Samsung ...

Here in the States, we'll have to make due with an 8-inch WiFi tablet - a mid-sized device for the category, with a premium price. That said, the price may be the only major downside of the Note 8.0 ...

It seems like Apple and Samsung are constantly parrying each other. Samsung launches the Galaxy S III; Apple launches the iPhone 5 a few months later. Apple launches a new iPad; Samsung launches one ...

is an editor overseeing The Verge’s product reviews and service journalism programs. Dan has covered the technology world for over a decade at The Verge. When it comes to specs, the Note 8.0 is ...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 takes the mid-sized mobile market that Samsung's had covered for several years with successive Galaxy Note tablets and adds a pen. With Samsung's newest iteration of the ...

Overseas, it doubles as a phone. Here in the US, it's just a tablet with an S Pen onboard. For its stateside debut, Samsung's stripped the Galaxy Note 8.0 of the very HSPA+ radios that made it an ...

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is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. The story of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 ...