Launched on February 7 of this year the Samsung Galaxy note was released under the smartphone device category. However, thanks to the largest screen found on a smartphone, and the smart stylus S Pen with integrated handwriting recognition technology, there are many tabletlike features that that large screen provides. That is how the large screen Samsung Galaxy note help start an entirely new device category, namely the “Phablet” line of devices. Part phone, part tablet, the Samsung Galaxy note has become a flagship best seller for AT&T, and has already sold between 7 million and 10 million units.
The Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone is currently available starting at $199 on contract at select retailers. Offered in either Carbon Blue or Ceramic White chassis, the Galaxy note 4G Android smartphone recently received an over the air update to the Android 4.0 operating system, and meshes with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, accepting multitouch, capacitive gestures to navigate the handset in the touchscreen display.
That 5.30 inch Super AMOLED screen is protected by a layer of scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass, and delivers a pixel density of 285 pixels per inch. Overall screen resolution runs 800 x 1280 pixels, and visuals are rendered in more than 16 million different colors. The light sensor on board automatically adjusts for the proper brightness levels, and the built-in proximity sensor helps conserve battery life by dimming the display when you lift the Galaxy Note to your head to place or receive a call.
Talk time runs approximately 25% better than the average 4G device at 10.00 hours from a single charge of the oversized 2500 mA battery on board the handset. Standby time runs 10.4 days, and the hardware package on board the Galaxy note also includes a Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon microchip package. That suite of chips revolves around the dual core 1.5 GHz Scorpion processor, and a separate Adreno 220 chip handles all graphics processing. 1.0 GB of RAM system memory is on board, as is 16 GB of built-in storage, with a microSD slot providing storage expansion opportunity up to 32 GB.
The rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder joins a front facing 2.0 megapixel chat cam in the camera combo. That rear device offers video capture at 1080 P HD resolution, and the front facing chat cam can also provide video call support. A built-in music player is present and supports all major audio file formats, and popular online destinations YouTube, Twitter, Picasa and Facebook have been pre-installed. The handset also delivers Near Field Communications (NFC) support out-of-the-box. You can buy the Samsung Galaxy Note starting at $199.
