Samsung has once again opted to use its own user interface (UI) overlay, onto the Android OS (in this case Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich). Users can take advantage of the customisation by taking screenshots, cropping images, and copying and pasting sections of websites into documents, all using gestures on the S-Pen.

Samsung is pushing the productivity and digital artistry angle by bundling a host of pre-installed note-taking apps including the Note 10.1 edition of Adobe Photoshop Touch, which usually costs around $13 on the Play store.

Perhaps egged on by the features on Windows 8, certain Android apps can multitask and run next to each other. For instance, you can run the browser app while using the note-taking app, then drag and drop articles or pictures from the browser into the note app.

Those with a Samsung Galaxy S III will be familiar with the pop-up and play feature which can keep videos playing on top of other apps in a floating window.

The multitasking is very snappy, and I didn't experience any lag. I kept expecting the very familiar Android forced close notification box to pop up, but it never came.