Samsung ships 1 million Galaxy Notes, says U.S. release coming
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With a stylus and a 5.3-inch touch screen, the Samsung Galaxy Note has prompted the question, is it a phone or a tablet?
For about 1 million people in Asia and Europe, what it’s classified as may not matter much.
Samsung said in a statement posted to the photo-sharing site Flickr that it has shipped more than 1 million Galaxy Notes globally and that ‘worldwide sales of Galaxy Note are also on the rise in Europe and Asia including France, Germany, Hong Kong and Taiwan.’
The Korean tech giant didn’t disclose specific sales numbers, but said that the ‘rapid global sales of Galaxy Note are notable since it is creating a new market for something between smartphone and tablet pc.’
The Galaxy Note, which does make phone calls, will also arrive in the U.S. sometime next year, Samsung said. A tip-of-the-hat goes to the Verge, which first reported on Samsung’s Flickr statement.
The device has been released thus far running a modified version of Google’s Android Gingerbread operating system, but Samsung has said that the Galaxy Note will be updated to Android Ice Cream Sandwich in the first quarter of 2012. Samsung has yet to offer up a U.S. retail price.
So what do you think? Is the Galaxy Note just a big phone? Or is it really a new class of gadget? If so, what should it be called -- maybe a phoblet or a tabone? Sound off in the comments.
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executive vice president of Samsung, unveils the Galaxy Note at Berlin’s IFA mobile trade show in September. Credit: Odd Andersen / AFP/Getty Images