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Samsung Galaxy Note II Snapshot Review

Android The Galaxy Note II brings the Galaxy S III design cues to the Note line, and expands the availability to five carriers: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular - an instant win from an overall awareness standpoint. Despite the...

Feb 4th by Aaron Baker 11

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What's your ideal smartphone?

Android Ask me what my favorite food is and I'll say Thai Red Curry. Ask me my favorite car and that's a BMW M3. But if you asked me what my favorite smartphone is I'd have no answer for you. There is not a smartphone on the market that's 100...

Feb 3rd by Chase Bonar 43

Verizon Galaxy Note II discounted at Amazon, Titanium Gray model priced at $149.99 for new customers

Android Samsung's Galaxy Note II has been doing pretty well for itself lately in PhoneDog's Official Smartphone Rankings, where it's currently sitting atop both the People's Choice and Experts' Choice lists. Verizon Wireless customers that are...

Feb 2nd by Alex Wagner 8

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What is the perfect smartphone size?

Android What is the perfect smartphone size? It's a question we continually find ourselves coming back to as mobile manufacturers seem to be throwing various smartphone sizes at a metaphorical wall of users to see what sticks.

Feb 1st by Taylor Martin 180 122 Reactions

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Google Nexus 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy Note II Dogfight Part 2

Android If your feedback is any indication, the hottest Android smartphones on the market are the Google Nexus 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The Galaxy Note II brings a load of features to the table, while the Nexus 4 packs vanilla Android to...

Jan 29th by Aaron Baker 11

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Google Nexus 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy Note II Dogfight Part 1

Android According to you, two of the hottest Android smartphones on the market are the Google Nexus 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The Galaxy Note II packs an incredible amount of features, while the Nexus 4 brings vanilla Android to the table...

Jan 29th by Aaron Baker 131 110 Reactions

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Samsung Galaxy Note II remains #1

Official Smartphone Rankings For nine weeks in a row, the Samsung Galaxy Note II has been the people's and experts' top pick in PhoneDog Media's Official Smartphone Rankings™.

Jan 28th by The PhoneDog 1

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Featured user review Samsung Galaxy Note II 1-28-13

Featured User Reviews Thousands of votes later the Samsung Galaxy Note II is still your number one smartphone on the Official Smartphone Rankings.

Jan 28th by The PhoneDog 3

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How do you feel about virtual buttons?

Android If we’re just looking at smartphones, the jump from Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is remarkably drastic. It is, without a doubt, a revolution and not just an evolution. The Ice Cream Sandwich update to Android...

Jan 25th by Evan Selleck 38

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Carrying just one phone is remarkably and understandably serene

Android For the last four years, I have carried no less than two smartphones with me everywhere I have gone. I plug up two phones beside my bed each night; I pack (at least) two phone chargers when I plan an overnight trip; I send and receive text...

Jan 23rd by Taylor Martin 25

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Featured user review Samsung Galaxy Note II 1-21-13

Featured User Reviews Three weeks into January and while some of you may still be having a hard time remember to write 2013 (I know I am) the Samsung Galaxy Note II has NOT had a hard time staying at #1.

Jan 21st by The PhoneDog 5

Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II update rolling out, contains a single security patch

Android Heads up, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II owners, because you've got an update headed your way. Verizon has revealed on its official Note II software update page that this new software will bump the Note II up to build number...

Jan 18th by Alex Wagner 8

T-Mobile Galaxy Note II, Sprint Epic 4G Touch receiving updates to address Samsung Exynos exploit

Android Remember that nasty Exynos exploit that was discovered last month? A few days after it was discovered, Samsung said that it was aware of the issue and that a patch was coming, and now we're starting to see that fix roll out to U.S....

Jan 16th by Alex Wagner 2

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OEMs, can you please stop making phones with anodized aluminum?

Android Phones are generally only made of a few different materials: silicon, plastic, glass and some metal. From time to time, there are anomalies like this Bamboo phone, for instance. But if you make the rounds at your carrier store, you will...

Jan 16th by Taylor Martin 20

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The Best Smartphones: Week 45

Official Smartphone Rankings It's time for another round-up of last week's OSR action. Taylor is back in another weekly recap of PhoneDog's Official Smartphone Rankings. In week 45, ending January 13, the Samsung Galaxy Note II proved its dominance in both charts,...

Jan 15th by Taylor Martin 0

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Featured user review Samsung Galaxy Note II 1-14-13

Featured User Reviews Another week for the Official Smartphone Rankings has come and gone and the Samsung Galaxy Note II is your top pick again.

Jan 14th by The PhoneDog 2

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Should Samsung retire the Galaxy S II name?

Android This morning, Samsung officially announced a new phone. No, it isn’t the next Galaxy Note. No, it isn’t the next Galaxy S. What it is, though, is an old Galaxy S. If Samsung was looking to surprise folks with a phone announcement, I’m not...

Jan 10th by Evan Selleck 50 32 Reactions

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Featured user review Samsung Galaxy Note II 1-7-13

Featured User Reviews As all of us cell phone enthusiast wait for device announcements from CES 2013 in Las Vegas, the Samsung Galaxy Note II continued it's dominance of the Official Smartphone Rankings for another week.

Jan 7th by The PhoneDog 10

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The Samsung Galaxy Note II continues to dominate the Official Smartphone Rankings

Official Smartphone Rankings Continuing its long run as the overall top smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note II took first place in the People's Choice Chart and Mobile Tech Experts' Chart for PhoneDog Media's Official Smartphone Rankings™ for week 44.

Jan 7th by The PhoneDog 9

Amber Brown Samsung Galaxy Note II photographed while lounging around in the wild

Android Well, that didn't take long. Just days after a magazine ad outed the existence of Amber Brown and Ruby Wine versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note II, the former has been found in real life and unboxed in a series of photos that've been...

Jan 5th by Alex Wagner 5

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How much do you pay a month for your mobile bill?

Business And Money Earlier this year, Verizon decided to do away with unlimited data in a big way, and changed their plans over to “Share Everything.” As you can guess from the title, it’s all about sharing now.

Jan 4th by Evan Selleck 67

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The Best Smartphones: Week 43

Official Smartphone Rankings Another week, another round-up of last weeks standings in PhoneDog Media's Official Smartphone Rankings! This time, Taylor recaps the top five smartphones in both the People's Choice Chart and the Mobile Tech Expert's Chart. The Samsung...

Jan 2nd by Taylor Martin 9

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The Samsung Galaxy Note II is #1 for December 2012

Monthly Osr Winners For the second consecutive month, the Samsung Galaxy Note II dominated in both the People's Choice Chart and Mobile Tech Expert's Chart in PhoneDog Media's Official Smartphone Rankings™. It went uncontested all month long, never straying...

Jan 2nd by The PhoneDog 1

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Do you use drawing apps on your touchscreen device?

Lifestyle I’ve seen a lot of different Windows 8 commercials as of late, which isn’t surprising. I should be seeing a lot of them, if Microsoft hopes to make any kind of impact. One of the most talked about ads is Microsoft’s Surface spot, the one...

Jan 1st by Evan Selleck 4

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Featured user review Samsung Galaxy Note II 12-31-12

Featured User Reviews On this last day of 2012 we feature a user review for the #1 device for the last two months of the Official Smartphone Rankings, the Samsung Galaxy Note II.

from 2012 by The PhoneDog 7

Samsung Galaxy Note II spied wearing new Ruby Wine and Amber Brown duds

Android The Samsung Galaxy Note II is currently only available in either Marble White or Titanium Gray, the same two color options that it was introduced with in August. That very well may be changing soon, though, as a Korean magazine ad appears...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 4

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Are notification shades getting too cluttered?

Lifestyle Notifications are one of those areas that will probably always have to keep evolving. Much like every piece of technology, you’ll never be able to make everyone happy with the way that notifications are implemented.

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 39

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Is Samsung better at upgrading their Android phones?

Android I’m not sure what’s really going on here, but I feel like I’ve entered some strange, twisted version of reality. Wasn’t it just last year when we were still blaming manufacturers for doing a terrible job of updating their Android-based...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 19

U.S. Cellular Samsung Galaxy Note II update rolling out, Multi-Window included

Android The string of Multi-Window updates for carrier-branded versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note II continues! This time it's U.S. Cellular that's doing the updating, pumping out some new software that'll bring its Note II up to baseband version...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 0

Samsung Galaxy Note II rumored to be receiving new black coat of paint [UPDATED]

Android Samsung gave the Galaxy S III a handful of new paint jobs earlier this year, and now it looks like it might be planning to give the Galaxy Note II a similar treatment. An image posted by AndroidSlash shows the backside of a Galaxy Note II...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 1

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Samsung Galaxy Note II Black 16GB

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Jan 15

Dominick_7

"Exceeds my high expectations for a smartphone!"

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5.0

I've seen every video I could find on the Note 2, and there are many, but after seeing them I had an idea on how good the smartphone would be, and once I got it it exceeded my expectations. Was upset hearing they lessened the wideness of the phone as well as lessened the ppi from the original Note, and am really picky about my devices and screens especially, but when I got it I was pleasantly surprised that it was a gorgeous screen and the real estate was sufficient. As an artist I'm finding... more...

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Samsung Galaxy Note II Snapshot Review

It's time for a PhoneDog Snapshot Review, where we take our typical two-part review and condense it down into a tiny little video that's loaded with information! Today, the Samsung Galaxy Note II . Is the new model better than the last? The Samsung Galaxy Note II is the successor to the Galaxy Note, which launched on AT&T - and much later, T-Mobile - in the United States. The Galaxy Note II brings the Galaxy S III design cues to the Note line, and expands the... more...