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Samsung Announces An 8″ Phone, Largely Because It Can

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:14:36 +0000

Mobile World Congress kicked off only hours ago, and Samsung has already garnered a heck of a lot of buzz for the Galaxy Note 8. While you may think an 8″ device sporting Android 4.1 with TouchWiz is a tablet, Samsung has thrown phone functionality into the Note 8. We live in a world where […]

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note II, The Big And Small Of It

Nathan Weinberg — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:24:17 +0000

When Samsung announced the first Galaxy Note in 2011, it was met with confusion, disbelief, and some snickers. The idea of a phone with 5.3 inch screen seemed absurd. We were just getting used to the idea of 4” 4.3” 4.5” 4.65” phones, and here was a phone that seemed to be questioning whether it […]

On The Cheap: Cyber Monday Is Over, But Smartphone Savings Are Not

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:30:14 +0000

Yesterday was a fun day to be the writer of a column about cheap tech. I was so busy answering texts, Facebook messages, and tweets about what the best deals were that I wasn’t able to share them all here. Now that the dust has settled, I thought we could take a minute and see […]

Samsung Impresses With Launch Of Galaxy Note II In The U.S.

Nathan Weinberg — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:30:07 +0000

Last night, Samsung held an event in New York to announce the launch of it’s phablet/hugephone, the Galaxy Note II, across all major U.S. carriers. I attended the event and took home a Note II to review, so expect comprehensive coverage of this major device here in the coming weeks. Some first impressions and notes: […]

King-sized LG Vu Coming To U.S., Seeks To Dethrone Galaxy Note

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:08:52 +0000

We’re big fans of the super-sized Galaxy Note here at Techcitement. While not the first device to blur the line between tablet and phone, Samsung was the first company to not stink at it. (We’re looking at you, Dell.) LG recently introduced its own 5″ tablet, the Optimus Vu. However, this 5″-fronting, LTE-Living, stylus-sporting handset […]

Samsung’s Galaxy S II Skyrocket Makes Me Eat My Words

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:54:54 +0000

Back in October, I reviewed the AT&T edition of the Samsung Galaxy S II. Overall, I loved the hardware, but was not happy with the data connectivity. While HSPA+ speeds were reached in my New Jersey home, a place where Sprint barely gets a connection at times, I see the exact opposite impact when I […]