Samsung may be well into planning the follow-up to last year's stylus-packing Galaxy Note, with rumors suggesting the company will release a handset with a slightly-larger 5.5-inch screen. Despite this, the Note 2 supposedly wouldn't be any wider than its predecessor, and we've heard that Samsung may be targeting an October release window. The latest rumor reiterates that 5.5-inch figure, and makes some new suggestions about how the phone will be announced. According to "a source familiar with the matter", Samsung could reveal the Note 2 at this year's IFA in Berlin, which kicks-off on ...

T-Mobile's getting the Samsung Galaxy Note. We've seen early shots of the phone in action, read about possible release dates in leaked roadmaps, discovered the model's FCC paperwork, and most recently got to look at some press renders. Despite all this, T-Mobile has yet to officially announce its plans for the Note. We'd been expecting that to change very soon, as that leaked roadmap mentioned a July 11 retail launch for the handset. That may not be coming to pass, as a newly-leaked internal document now shows the Note not arriving until we're well into August. The document shows an ...

A couple weeks ago, some rumors started going around concerning a potential follow-up to Samsung's Galaxy Note. These rumors suggested that the Note 2 would see its release in October of this year, but we weren't convinced just how reliable that information might be, especially as it arrived accompanied by a lot of hardware specs that sounded like pure guesswork. Now a new rumor arrives making just a couple specific claims about the Note 2, including the use of one special component we've been hearing about for years. Remember the flexible OLED display prototypes we keep seeing demoed at ...

Look here: Samsung's Galaxy Note passed the 5-million-units-sold mark in March. That's sold, not shipped. Current sales estimates hover between 7 and 10 million Galaxy Notes circulating in the wild. That's a lot of units for a device as unique as the Note, with its monstrous 5.3-inch screen and accompanying oversized casing. Indeed, the Note was the first device to focus worldwide attention on a new sub-category of devices, commonly referred to as "phablets." While some consider that portmanteau of "phone" and "tablet" to be a derisive term, I don't think it is- and it certainly hasn't ...

When we were in London to meet the Samsung Galaxy S III we noticed that the operation was very smooth, as it should be given the most powerful processor to be found on an Android device. However, Samsung's own TouchWiz UX is also smooth and a great improvement over previous versions and it is now available for other (select Samsung device users, for the moment). Let's start with the predecessor, the Galaxy S II. If you are running a Samsung-based ROM you could try TouchWiz UX on your device. There are two flavors, one with four columns and one with five. Head over to the first source link ...

Although it has been about six month since the Samsung Galaxy Note was debuted we have finally gotten our hands on the long awaited official Ice Cream Sandwich ROM from Samsung. A few days ago we reported that XDA-Developers had posted on the Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) Android Development forum that Germany had received the official ICS update through the Kies software. If you are the lucky few that opted for the international Galaxy Note you will now be able to upgrade your device to the official Android 4.0.3 build. The update comes with a few key features that make using the Galaxy Note ...

Samsung's Galaxy Note on AT&T in the States is absolutely going to be getting an update bringing the phone to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. AT&T has confirmed as much, and we've seen leaked ICS releases specifically for this AT&T version of the hardware. The big question on the minds of so many Note owners has been just when will the carrier get around to finally releasing it. We may not be any closer to learning the precise date, but there are some new signs that AT&T is getting closer to finalizing update plans, showing-off an ICS-running Note at this week's CTIA show in New Orleans. ...

If you're one of the many smartphone users out there for whom Samsung's unusually-sized Galaxy Note stands out as a fabulous compromise between small tablets and more petite smartphones, we've got some good news that could very well make the phone even more appealing: official experimental releases of CyanogenMod 9 for the Note have just started started coming out, and while there's still plenty left to do, some major usability improvements have already been made. The very first release, out yesterday, had some serious handicaps keeping it from being much more than a curiosity. Chief among ...

As the past generation of Android smartphones ever-so-slowly starts receiving updates to bring them forward to Ice Cream Sandwich, we've heard plenty of promises from both manufacturers and carriers about which devices would end up making the Android 4.0 cut, and which would be left behind. Today we've got some updated info on the manufacturer side of things, with Samsung publishing a carrier-by-carrier breakdown of which models would be seeing ICS updates in the States. Since we've already heard commentary about many of these models and their prospects for ICS before, this document isn't ...

When word first slipped out about Samsung's Premium Suite for the Galaxy Note, there was some initial confusion over just what the company was planning, and if the Premium Suite might be another Value Pack like the Galaxy S got in lieu of Ice Cream Sandwich. Of course, that didn't sound too plausible, given the Note's hardware capabilities, and sure enough, we later learned that the Premium Suite was a collection of S-Pen-optimized apps that Samsung would be delivering to the Note alongside its full-on ICS update. We've seen leaks of Note ICS beta ROMs, but what we looked at was missing ...

The pink Samsung Galaxy Note was shown off at this year's CeBIT in Germany at the beginning of last month but there were no details about the availability of the "happy" colored device. Berry Pink is the official color of the phone and it was announced for the South Korean market. Aside from the color, everything is the same, including the specs and the S-Pen (which is also pink by the way, as you can see in the render above). There are no details about exact pricing and availability but those who waited for the shade can now prepare to purchase one and add it to those five million already ...

If the rumors and the leaks are true then those who want a white Samsung Galaxy Note and are Telus subscribers (or future customers) in Canada should be happy to find out that the 5.3-incher will be landing starting today. According to a leaked internal document the white variant of the Note will go for the same $199.99 on a three-year contract (and $779.99 for the phone only). On the same note, Bell Canada has an April 10 launch scheduled for the same white Samsung Galaxy Note. Its own prices are exactly the same: $199.99 when you sign a three-year commitment or $729.99 outright. The one ...

Our Canadian friends who are running Android and are Bell subscribers will love this! The good folks at MobileSyrup managed to get their hands on what appears to be a schedule for upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich updates for Bell Canada's Android phones. We all know what Ice Cream Sandwich brings and we all want it. So, Bell customers check this out: if you have one of the following phones (and tablet), this is when to expect the update. - Samsung Galaxy S II: April 2012 - Samsung Galaxy Note: April 2012 - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: May 2012 - Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE: June 2012 - HTC ...