How can i locate my samsung galaxy note 3

Powerful new Note wields mightier pen skills

Reviewed: October 1, 2013

Updated: March 7, 2014

I do think the Advanced Multi Window feature is very useful, especially to power users who juggle data from multiple apps at once. The function allows you to open two application windows at once, then drag and drop content between them. I actually found it pretty helpful, especially for grabbing location details directly from e-mail and using it to create meetings in my calendar -- a task I do constantly. You can also create paired windows to use later.

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How can i locate my samsung galaxy note 3

Software, interface, and Samsung extras

It may not be KitKat. but the Galaxy Note 3 runs the modern Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system, which is the most recent available. Android KitKat is due out soon, and I'm hoping the Note 3 will receive this update in a timely fashion.

Layered on top of that is Samsung's custom interface, once known as TouchWiz. Aside from all the S Pen enhancements, it's essentially the same skin you see in the Galaxy S4.

While it's highly functional and crammed with features and ways to tweak them, I find Samsung's UI more confusing than those from other phone makers. Just looking at the quick settings menu in the notification shade alone gives me a headache. HTC's Sense software on the HTC One is easier to comprehend, for instance, as is the close to stock Android UI on Motorola's Moto X.

One aspect that's new to the Note 3, though, is how Samsung has pregrouped certain apps in the application tray into custom folders. Front and center is a "Samsung" folder, which holds shortcuts for many of the company's self-made software and services. Highlights include the S Health pedometer, Action Memo, S Voice for voice commands, Group Play, which shares video and photos with other Galaxy devices, plus utilities such as My Files and Voice Recorder.

Interestingly, all of Google's installed programs are also tucked away in their own virtual home. Honestly, my eyes kept sliding past it since stock Android never arranges Google apps like this. This folder houses Gmail, Google Search, Google+ social networking, along with icons for the company's digital content storefronts like Play Books, Games, Movies, and Music.

How can i locate my samsung galaxy note 3

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The My Magazine screen grabs content based on news topic. Brian Bennett/CNET

Samsung has also taken a cue from HTC and its BlinkFeed news aggregator, which first appeared in the HTC One. Swiping upward from the home screen on the Note 3 launches the My Magazine news viewer. Using technology from the popular Flipboard app, My Magazine serves up articles and news stories from a variety of sites.

Similar to HTC's solution, though, there's no way to remove My Magazine, since it's apparently baked right into the Note 3's OS. Additionally, you don't have control over which media outlets and Web sites the reader pulls info from. The most granular selections you can exert are choosing which topics of news My Magazine will fetch for you.

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