Who knew that a hybrid device combining elements of a smartphone and a tablet would prove to be popular with consumers? The original Galaxy Note took the market by surprise and Samsung’s follow up ...

There was a time when I thought 4 to 4.3 inches was the ideal screen size for a smartphone. This was before Apple upsized its iPhone 5, but after other phone makers had starting creeping into the 4.7- ...

When Samsung came out with its Galaxy Note smartphone last February, many wondered exactly how to classify the 5.3-in. device. It was smaller than any existing tablets and yet larger than any other ...

According to a recent report, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update has been delayed. The update has also apparently been delayed for the Samsung Galaxy S3, and it is apparently because of ...

The original Samsung Galaxy Note was a concept that really shouldn't have succeeded; a phone with a finger-stretching 5.3-inch screen by rights should be a laughable spectacle, yet it found a ...

Many tech writers, myself included, wondered if a lot of people would want a hybrid tablet and smartphone when the original Samsung Galaxy Note was announced last January. It turns out plenty of ...

The Note 2 is an unmissable phone, both in the sense of being ridiculously fully featured, and also being the size of a small cottage. Personally, I don't think I could go back to a normal-sized ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has sold more than 3 million Galaxy Note II smartphones in a little over a month after its launch, as the company vies to keep its lead ...

an original Samsung Galaxy Note. The big blower is about to get the same software update as the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3-- namely Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, as well as the Premium Suite upgrade. That ...

In this post, I will guide you how to fix or troubleshoot a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 that won’t turn on. The phone was released in 2012 and if it started to act up recently for some reason, then perhaps ...

I must say I am very tempted. My father ended up getting the first Galaxy Note and I played with it a bit, love the screen. On my iPhone 4S I cannot browse the web unless I use bifocals or take of my ...

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