@CNNMoney February 24, 2013: 3:09 AM ET On paper, Samsung's new Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet is a perfectly fine piece of hardware. It runs Android 4.1, has a 1.6 GHz quad-core CPU, 2 gigabytes of RAM, and an 8-inch, 1280 x 800 display that you can control with Samsung's S-Pen stylus.