"The idea is to teach people how to live healthy, " he says, bounding out of his L.A. office to get a copy of his 500-page tome, Encyclopedia of Foods, which he published in 2002.
The president gave Ms Gillard an oval-shaped platter with a gold face, with an edge that is a copy of the outer-edge of the Oval Office carpet, featuring a selection of famous US political quotes.
The 32GB and 64GB storage options aren't shockers given the extra space Windows and the bundled copy of Office 2013 Home and Student 2013 will demand, but there's a treat for long-haul users in the battery -- it's been upgraded from the 7, 000maH pack of the Note 10.1 to an ample 8, 200mAh unit.