It is like going back to stone ages.. Honestly.. I can't understand rationale for huge success of Galaxy Note. It is good and seems useful but I still feel that stylus makes it really counter intuitive. I think that Samsung tagged on stylus with note mainly to circumvent around Apple patents. However surprising thing is.. it was huge success.. and mostly it is attributed to cool ads Samsung came up with tens of different unique use cases where stylus can be used.. It probably was very risky strategy but it worked.. Not sure, how many people are actually using these so Sam-Cool features. Personally I didn't liked that idea and couldn't imagine using stylus. I have few apps on iPhone/iPad where you can draw or write by free hand and finger works perfectly fine.
On the contrary, I liked form factor of Galaxy Note and could wish iPhone has bigger size.. I think iPhone5 will be slightly bigger for sure in all probability. Keeping my fingers crossed. Some day I will try Galaxy Note as well.. don't know when that day will come..
Updated Galaxy Note, with stylus, coming up
By Peter Svensson
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Fresh off a legal battle with Apple, Samsung is announcing a new version of the Galaxy Note, an offbeat, oversize smartphone that’s become a surprise hit. Samsung, the world’s largest maker of phones, is revealing the Galaxy Note II at a trade show in Berlin. The 5.5-inch screen is narrower but longer than on the first version. The processor is faster, and the software has been further adapted for the included stylus — the phone’s signature feature.
While Apple has been releasing a new smartphone model each year, Samsung makes several to target different types of customers. That includes low-end phones for priceconscious customers. As a result, Samsung has been selling more smartphones than Apple this year. The Note runs on Google’s Android operating system but isn’t among the phones that Apple is asking a judge to ban from the U.S., after a jury in California ruled last week that some of Samsung’s Android phones violated Apple patents. The jury awarded Apple $1 billion in damages in a high-profile case that could force Samsung and other Android phone makers to rethink their designs.
The Note is designed to work well with a stylus for jotting notes and drawing on a screen, while styluses for other devices tend to be an afterthought. The Note’s large screen also makes the phone more like a tablet and more suitable for playing games and consuming content. Samsung started selling a tablet version of the Note this month.
Samsung Electronics says it has shipped 10 million first-generation Galaxy Note smartphone in one year.
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