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The Galaxy Note is the first of its kind--A look at the new charming functions of this Smartphone! With a whole new charm that we have not seen so far: the Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note is a new concept smartphone that is capturing many people's eyes! Even before its launch, it received the heartfelt attention of the public. Today, let's take a look at Galaxy Note 's new functions! (This content is based on the model launched overseas, and is subject to change when it launched in Korea.) Effective tasking using a 5.3-inch screen! An enormous display! You might think that the small LCD of a smartphone is to too narrow, but you also do not want to carry around another tablet PC. Then is a Galaxy Note the right answer for you?! With its enormous display of 5.3 inch, you don't need to scroll down so far down, and it makes switching through screens easier. The Galaxy Note helps you to accomplish your tasks more conveniently, easily, and effectively...

We've seen various iPhone mock-ups in the past, some based on rumors floating around the web, while others - a conceptualization of what the designer wants. The mock-up below, falls in the latter category. The designer, Antonio De Rosa from ADR Studio, created the design with Steve Jobs in mind. From his description: "Totally glass capacitive screen on a polycarbonate lightweight body. New design inspired by Steve Jobs, new core with A6 dual core processor, new camera 10 Mpx. A classic reinvented. Again." Polycarbonate, in case you're wondering, is the same material used by Nokia for the Lumia 800's body. Apart from being tough and lightweight, it also lends a great feel to the device. Have a look at some of the mock-ups below: The designer names the concept iPhone as the "iPhone SJ," indicating his source of inspiration - Steve Jobs . Let us know what you think about the new iPhone concept in the comments. ...

How long has the gadget-loving world been talking about the idea of a Googlephone? For  at least three years -before there was an iPhone, let alone an Android. The longer people talked about it,  the more revolutionary it was supposed to be . Who better than Google, after all, to show what an Android phone can be and shatter people's assumptions about how phones and phone service are sold while it's at it? On Tuesday, Google finally announced the Googlephone, in the form of  the Nexus One -if you define "Googlephone" as a phone with Google software and Google branding, sold by Google on a Google site. And...there's nothing radical about it. Judging from the first few hours I've spent playing with one, it's a good phone-a  really  good phone. The best Android phone so far, and (along with Palm's Pre) one of the few phones worthy of being discussed in the same breath as Apple's iPhone. But everything that's better about it is ...

Microsoft’s new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 (WP7), introduces a fresh approach to content organization and a different UX, based on the Metro design language and principles that will be incorporated into Windows 8. It also targets a different market than its predecessor: instead of being designed mainly for business and technology workers, WP7 is targeted at active people with a busy life, both offline and online, and who use social networks every day, whatever their background. Why Should Designers Care? First, it’s a new interface, so you have space to create and develop some new ideas for it. We are still at the beginning of its growing curve, so it’s an interesting challenge. When I saw a WP7 presentation for the first time, I thought, “I want to design something for this.” Exploring is a great way to learn how to build a new exciting experience for users. Secondly, Metro design is a market reality that we can’t ignore. This is a new user experience t...

Pantech Vega LTE gets official for South Korea, dual-core 1.5GHz CPU and 4.5-inch HD display Pantech holds no punches in its home nation, where the company's latest handset, the Vega LTE, has just become very official. In addition to 4G support, the phone features a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 4.5-inch display with a whopping 1280 x 800 resolution. Take a moment to savor that last part. Gingerbread is at the core of this large-and-in-charge beauty, which also includes an 8 megapixel auto-focus camera that captures video at 1080p, an LED flash, a 1.3MP front-facing shooter and 16GB of built-in storage. An 1830mAh battery powers the slab, which measures just 9.35mm thin and weighs 135.5g (4.8oz). Rounding out the internals, users will benefit from A-GPS, 802.11n, NFC and terrestrial DMB -- that last one is specifically for the home crowd. With specs like these, we can only hope a domestic version makes its journey ...

A few Google+ posts by a Google Engineer and by a former Google intern and soon-to-be Microsoft intern correct poor "facts" and shed some light on why Android's user interface isn't as smooth as iOS's. The reason may not be what you think it is. Dianne Hackborn, an engineer at Google, hopped on Google Plus to set straight some of the misinformation that's been floating around about Android. She says that some form of hardware acceleration has always been utilized by Android, since Android 1.0. This includes window compositing, menu transitions and pop-ups, the notification bar's animation, and some others. However, prior to Android 3.0 - "Honeycomb," the tablet-targeted OS - drawing inside of a window was usually software based, and hardware acceleration wasn't needed to get 60fps frame rates. Honeycomb changed things to add more prevalent hardware acceleration options to developers. Android's newest version, 4.0 or ...