It’s a phone! It’s a tablet! It’s a… well, frankly, I’m still not quite sure what it is. Samsung had a bit of a surprise hit on their hands last year with the original Galaxy Note, a 5.3-inch device that blurred the line between smartphone and tablet. This year, Samsung hopes to build on that [...]

The long-awaited, much anticipated follow-up to the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note 2 phablet, has finally been released by Samsung. Sporting an even larger 5.5-inch screen, the Note 2 is being marketed as “the next big thing in mobile”. Set to be available in the next two weeks from Rogers, TELUS and Bell, the Note [...]

You know you’ve REALLY hit it big, when one of the largest phone manufacturers in the world is flying you in to sing one song, at an invite-only event. Riding the huge wave of success that “Gangnam Style” is getting lately, Samsung has decided to bring Psy (the singer of Gangnam Style) down to Toronto [...]

Fresh off its announcement at IFA yesterday, Vodafone has placed an early price tag on the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 2. The phone is listed at €639.90 off contract or €79.90 with service plan. The Canadian equivalent is right around $800 without a carrier commitment. Obviously this is very high and does not in ANY way reflect the [...]

And it’s official. At their press conference today, Samsung formally announced the Android 4.1-powered Galaxy Note 2; here are the specs: 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display with 16:9 ratio 1.6Ghz quad-core Exynos processor 2GB RAM 8MP camera and 3100mAh battery. Unfortunately the screen has not been upgraded from the original Galaxy Note. As for the [...]

Those crazy folks at Samsung are onto something. Last year they launched the Galaxy Note to much criticism, yet ended up bringing back the phone stylus and selling 10-million units, thus shushing everyone and creating the new device category nicknamed “Phablet” while at it. In the nature of technology, time flies, and Samsung is gearing [...]

Know Your Mobile received a screenshot in their inbox last night of what may possibly be the successor to the polarizing phone/tablet/phablet Samsung Galaxy Note. Samsung is planning to unveil the Galaxy Note 2 at a Samsung Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin on August 29th, so the timing seems right for images to start appearing. [...]