The problem is that Multiview is incredibly limited in its current implementation: The feature can be used with only six apps -- a list that includes Samsung's skinned version of the now-dated stock Android Web browser and an unexceptional preinstalled office tool called Polaris. Apps like Gmail and the more current are not supported, nor are like Documents to Go, Quickoffice or OfficeSuite Pro.

A somewhat similar feature is Samsung's Pop-Up Play, which lets you watch a video in a floating box while conducting other tasks. The box can be moved around your screen on top of other apps or activities. It's very impressive, especially with the ample screen space a tablet provides, but there's a catch here, too: The feature works only with standard video files saved on your device's storage -- meaning it won't work with clips from YouTube or movies from Google Play. With that restriction, I'm not sure how often it'd come in handy.

Another noteworthy-sounding feature of the Note is strangely M.I.A.: Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 promotional materials show off something called Learning Hub, which is supposed to let you watch lectures and other educational content while simultaneously viewing supplementary reading material and even taking notes on-screen.

After going on a wild goose chase to find the feature on my device, I discovered some fine print in Samsung's press release that said Learning Hub is currently available only in Korea, the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, China and Singapore, and will "gradually roll out to other global markets" at some point in the future. A representative from Samsung told me the U.S. would be among those markets but was unable to provide any estimate, specific or general, as to when the feature might actually arrive.

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