The Samsung Galaxy Note is a smartphone and tablet in one! With its 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED screen the Galaxy Note isn’t invisible. The Galaxy Note is equipped with a a 1.4 GHz dual core processor and a 8.0 megapixel camera capable of recording Full HD 1080p video. All this power fits in your pocket!

Samsung Galaxy Note in action

Samsung Galaxy Note highlights

Large & immersive screen with smartphone portability
The Galaxy Note has a 5.3 inch screen, this is the largest screen with smartphone portability. A Super AMOLED display gives a premium viewing experience.

Full screen utilization for fast and effective tasking
The display size optimizes usability by minimizing scrolling and and effective screen transitions. S Planner is a powerful tool tom manage schedules in a intuitive way.

Samsung Galaxy Note Specifications

Network

• HSPA+ up to 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100
• 4G LTE
• EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900

Processor

• 1.4GHz Dual Core Processor

Display

• 5.3” WXGA (1280 x 800) screen
• HD Super AMOLED

Platform

• Android™ 2.3(Gingerbread)

Camera

• Main(Rear) : 8 MP with LED Flash / Front : 2 MP
• Action Shot, Beauty, Panorama Shot, Smile Shot

Video

• 1080p Full HD video recording & playback
• Recording: 1080p@24~30fps/Playback: 1080p@30fps
• Codec: MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ DivX, Xvid, WMV, VC-1

Audio

• Codec : MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, WAV, FLAC, OGG
• Music Player with SoundAlive
• 3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS

Multi Input

• Full touch + S Pen (Advanced smart pen)

Connectivity

• Bluetooth^® technology v 3.0 + HS
• USB 2.0 HOST
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct

Sensor

• Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity,
  Barometer,Light

Memory

• 16GB Internal memory
• microSD (up to 32GB)

Size

• 146.85 x 82.95 x 9.65 mm, 178g

Battery

• Standard battery, Li-on 2,500 mAh

Value-added Features

• Samsung Touchwiz/ Samsung Live Panel UX
• S Memo/ S Planner/ S Choice (Apps for GALAXY Note)
• Samsung Apps
• Samsung kies 2.0/ Samsung kies air
• Social Hub, Readers Hub, Music Hub
• Google™ Mobile Services : Gmail™, Google Talk™,
  Google Search™, YouTube™, Android™ Market,
  Google Maps™ with Google Places™ and Google- Latitude™
• A-GPS, Glonass

After wasting two evenings of trying to connect my Samsung Galaxy to my computer I finally got the USB connection with Samsung Kies working. The connection problem occurred out of the blue and only when trying to connect to Kies. Using the phone as mass storage device was no problem at all. When the cable is connected the phone says “connected” and Kies says “connecting…”. Waiting didn’t work…

After searching the internet and finding several solutions that worked for other people I succeeded in restoring the connection.

The solution that worked for me:

1. Take the SD card out of the Samsung Galaxy
2. Connect the phone using the USB cable
3. It will say something like can’t connect to Kies without SD card
4. Plug the SD card back into to Samsung Galaxy
5. Kies finds the phone…hooray!

After doing the above once my phone connects to my computer without a problem. If this procedure doesn’t work for you try something of the following:

Dial *#7284#. PhoneUtil will open. Set the USB mode to “MODEM” and back to “PDA”. Try to connect the phone…

Do a factory reset of the phone (you’ll find how to do this on http://www.google.com). Try to connect the phone…

Remove the phone using the “device manager” in windows. Disable the function to install drivers from windows update. Reinstall the Samsung drivers. Try to connect the phone…

Finally I can start developing applications for my phone again! The USB debugging didn’t work either…