Had not seen anyone mention the app "Wave Launcher" in connection with the Note 2. By swiping up from the bottom of the screen apps and folders appear pretty much no matter what other app you are in. Very customizable as well.
I had had this installed on my Evo but its much more useful on the Note2. Those of you that had Palm Pre's will remember this functionality as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilemerit.wavelauncher&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpbGVtZXJpdC53YXZlbGF1bmNoZXIiXQ..
I had had this installed on my Evo but its much more useful on the Note2. Those of you that had Palm Pre's will remember this functionality as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilemerit.wavelauncher&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpbGVtZXJpdC53YXZlbGF1bmNoZXIiXQ..