Samsung rolls out an update to the Galaxy Note, and no, it's not Android Ice Cream Sandwich

0. phoneArena posted on 19 Jan 2012, 07:54

Samsung issued an update for the Galaxy Note 5.3" monster of a phone, and some usability tweaks are in store, taking advantage of that massive screen real estate. The most clever change is a new five-row virtual keyboard, which has the numbers constantly on top, instead of having to enter punctuation mode every time you need to key in the bid in your eBay shopping spree...

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1. redmd posted on 19 Jan 2012, 08:01 3 0

I want my ICS on the Note.

2. redmd posted on 19 Jan 2012, 08:02 6 0

I wish to have stock ICS than the Touchwized version though.

3. InspectorGadget80 posted on 19 Jan 2012, 08:10 0 0

Dont we think we KNOW THAT?

4. henrickrw posted on 19 Jan 2012, 08:24 3 0

good update. keep em coming samsung

5. TheLibertine posted on 19 Jan 2012, 08:34 1 0

Yeah, i did like it. Now we have some first problems fixed they better just concentrate on 4.0 and a new Touchwiz.

6. OHaZZaR posted on 19 Jan 2012, 10:20 0 0

I didn't get it, anyone know when the rest of the world'll get this update? I heard it's only distributed across europe.

7. skymitch89 posted on 19 Jan 2012, 10:23 0 0

I wonder if this device will have the "phone" look of ICS (like what's on the Galaxy Nexus) or the "tablet" look of ICS (that looks like an updated version of Honeycomb).

8. TheLibertine posted on 19 Jan 2012, 11:18 1 0

Phone-look, i guess. Resolution and performance are good enough for tablet-graphics, but for consumers poor eyes it would be a bit to small.

9. dorfoz posted on 19 Jan 2012, 19:33 1 0

bah! Come on Samsung.. by the time ICS comes out to Galaxy Note, a better phone would be trumping the elegant device. Great OS, WEAK support. :(

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