Samsung Launches the Galaxy Note in Style

It could have been set anywhere in the world, the Kampala Serena poolside and of course the Silk Events lighting always make any function one to relish.

We were there to launch the new Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung’s answer to the iPhone, to Nokia’s N8, to Blackberry’s Storm. It is large, and I mean large with a really wide screen. It is super fast and of course with a clarity to match them all. That’s because of its HD super AMOLED HD display.

As we watched the minister for ICT Hon. Nyombi Thembo unveiled a work such as my years in tech-dom have not allowed me to encounter.

 

 This device came across as what you would get if your tablet fornicated with your cell phone and they had a baby. With the speed of the second latest android technology (yes, they used Gingerbread not IceCream Sandwich), and the sweet deliciousness that you find in next generation devices, one has to say that this device is quite the gadget on the block. Complete with a stylus, you can doodle, write, take notes, during phone calls which says something about the phone’s ability to multi task and not hang which is more than I can about some of our more prominent devices in our market these days.

Some have argued that this device is suspiciously similar to the Galaxy S II – and have been replied to that in fact both phones are made by Samsung and so indeed would carry the best features of the Galaxy S II. Able to support high speed internet, up to 16GB of inbuilt memory and of course the sleek 8 megapixel camera that makes all your photo and video experience a whole different shade of interesting.

 Anyway, they served us nice treats (as if the Serena can do any less), and then unleashed on us the finest surprise of the evening: Barbed Wire Thong. The boys in that band are on something extra rich. Rudeboy Devoh who used to sing for Afrigo and Samuel Nabwiiso as lead vocalists just took the night away and hit for 6!!

Hanging out with cool advertising girls

Samsung might not have done well to retail the Galaxy Note at UGX2.4 Million (about $USD1,000) especially since Orange was launching the iPhone 4S the same night at the same price but the band more than made up for that. But with expandable memory and its sleek bezel finishing, I think that the tide in the market might have changed. Finally Samsung has arrived to the party.