An Artist's Rundown Of The Samsung Galaxy Note: A Great Phone For A Chronic Doodler

I recently picked up a the Samsung Galaxy Note. It's that fucking huge phone that came out recently in North America. You know, the one they're billing as the bridge between a tablet and a phone:

I badly wanted this phone because of its cutting edge audio and video capabilities, and so I could fiddle with all of the latest and greatest apps. I've been using the SNote drawing app a ton. The stylus it comes with works well, yet isn't quite as precise as a real pen or pencil. And I'm finding a lot of different ways to get creative with the device.

The videos I've been shooting are of better image quality, and of way better audio quality than my old Canon point-and-shoot. Check out this sample I shot as an underground promo for the James Street North Art Crawl in Hamilton: I've been recording music with it too. I used to have a couple mics rigged to my PC through an external soundcard called a M-Audio Firewire solo. Honestly, the quality of the demos I get with the Note for both acoustic and electric demos are close to as good as my old rig. I even sold that soundcard on eBay last week because I just don't need it anymore.

The phone is perfect for recording basement tracks. If I want a top notch recording of a song I really believe in, I'll just hit up a real studio one day and do it right. There's less of a need for me to work to build a half-assed home studio like there was in the past. Here are a few guitar samples from my soundcloud page:

 
The Galaxy Note has exceeded my expectations. There are many non-believers who imagine it must be too big to carry around all the time. It's not. I reserve my left front pocket for the device and it hasn't bothered me a lick. Actually, I kinda wish it was even a bit bigger.

I've become a chronic doodler since I discovered the SNote app. So I'll leave you with a few samples of my latest drawings. I promise I'll add more color for my next series (;
He goes by Igor
The chattering robobeast of space Wall St.






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