For my part, as a wildlife photographer, it allows me to replace several other objects that are indispensable to me every day, namely: an old buggy phone, GPS, and ... a notebook for taking field notes.
Even better, it improves all these uses due to its extraordinary screen size (for a phone) while saving me the weight and bulk of a true touch pad that I had planned to acquire before that it became obvious to me that the Note could answer this particular use.
GPS is an unequaled comfort thanks to that big screen, it is very fast, and taking note of my observations becomes downright brilliant in that it is very simple to me to combine and annotate within a same note, a picture, a satellite view and / or drawing.
In one sentence that could give it: the screen resolution of the phone and its size are of great comfort for all uses that require a screen!
The battery life is excellent, but the charging time is very long, which is the only complaint that I see about him.
Finally, it is my opinion advisable to opt quickly for Ice Cream Sandwich system to benefit its features without having the feeling of a "could do better" ... in perspective by the fact that it is only that 'after trying ICS that I found so well adapted to this phone; suggests that ICS has been done for him because, without being indispensable, it greatly enhances the everyday experience.