For those who crave a phone with a physical keyboard, this might be the best device. Unfortunately, that isn’t really saying much. Keyboard phones are a rarity and they never really come well specced. The Stratosphere II is no exception, with a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, a 4″ Super AMOLED display, NFC, and Android 4.0. Sure, most of the phone is… Read more
Outside of the US, the Samsung Galaxy Note II has a famous feature called Multi Window. It allows you to run two apps at the same time, one on top of the other, on the massive 5.5″ HD display. It’s a great multitasking feature, but it’s been strangely absent in all the US models. We don’t know of any possible reason, but that’s the way it is…. Read more
As expected, Samsung is releasing the Jelly Bean source code for the AT&T Galaxy Note II. Samsung has always been quick with source code drops, and this is no different. In this category, Samsung never disappoints. However, here is a strange piece of news: Jelly Bean source has been released for the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and 2 7.0. While this is… Read more
When the Galaxy Note 10.1 was released, it had a feature where you can snap two apps side by side. Unfortunately, it only worked with a few specific Samsung apps, nothing more. The Galaxy Note II improved on that with a bigger set of compatible apps, making the feature far more useful. However, you still couldn’t use any app you wanted. But who doubted… Read more
Samsung’s Galaxy Note II is the hot Android device right now (other than the Nexus 4, of course), and Samsung now has some numbers to back it up. 3 million Note IIs have been sold already, an astonishing number considering the size of the device. Sure, it probably won’t be able to match the Galaxy S IIIs 20 million in 100 days record, but being… Read more
This little gem showed up on Clove’s site, currently with no price, availability, or release date. But it’s great to take a look at this device. It’s a dock for the Galaxy Note II with 3 full size USB ports, a full HDMI port, a 3.5mm audio out, and a micro USB charging port. Meaning that when your Note is attached, it can act as a full computer (with a… Read more
It looks like the T-Mobile and AT&T Galaxy Note II’s are pretty much identical: They both use the Qualcomm 9215M network chip. It makes sense for Samsung to create one phone without drastically modifying it for each carrier. The side effect is of course that the T-Mobile Note II is capable of LTE connectivity. Sounds great, right? Well, the first… Read more
While sites are reporting on T-Mobile getting the Galaxy Note II and Verizon and AT&T taking pre-orders for it, people really haven’t been talking about Sprint. Sprint has released theirs today, making it both their biggest phone released and their first quad core phone. It sells for $299.99 with a new two year contract, which is a lot cheaper than… Read more
Today, T-Mobile has released their Samsung Galaxy Note II. This is fantastic for T-Mo users, as they have another high end option, which is rare. Unfortunately, they’ll have to pay a pretty big price. With a Classic Plan, they’ll have to pay $419.99 on contract with a $50 mail in rebate. That’s extremely pricey, considering the competition will have it… Read more
I don’t have any words for this besides that Verizon really has gone too far. Samsung slimmed the bezel down so extensively, Verizon didn’t have room to put their logo. So they put it on the home button. It looks cramped, ugly, and ruins a very clean look. The shape is also not uniform, like Samsung’s logo. It’s pretty bad. Isn’t a logo on the back… Read more
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