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Ice Cream Sandwich is coming to your Galaxy Note

May 10, 2012 in Galaxy Note Guides, Galaxy Note News

ICS update for Galaxy Note

The long-waited Ice Cream Sandwich (aka Android 4.0) is quitely rolled out to unlocked Galaxy Notes. This is firstly reported by Devin Balentina.
It seems only some users in Europe can update now, and none of users in Asia can get it up to now. The size of this update is reported at 318MB. The hyped Premium Suite is included.

Of course, this update is for international version, not the US (AT&T) version.

I will post my hands-on report once my Note get updated.

Did you get the update?

Update 1: The update is only available for Galaxy Note users in Europe up to now (8:50am GMT, May 11).

Update 2: Samsung Mobile Singapore confirmed the ICS update for Singapore Galaxy Note users is still under local testing. So, Singapore Note users have to wait at least a few weeks.

Update 3: Samsung Mobile Hong Kong confirmed the ICS update will be available for Hong Konmg users in May.

Update 4: Update for US (AT&T version) Galaxy Note users has not scheduled, although the leaked ROM seems close to release. But AT&T will decide when to roll it out.

Update 5: ICS update for Galaxy Note has been rolled out in India and Korea today (May 23).

Update 6:  ICS update for Galaxy Note has been rolled out in Singapore today (May 25).

Update 7:  ICS update for Galaxy Note has been rolled out in MalaysiaHong Kong, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and  Vietnam today (May 25)

Update 8: ICS update for Galaxy Note has been rolled out in UK today. (June 1)

Update 9:  ICS update for Galaxy Note has been rolled out in Baltic states,  Czech, Ireland, Russia, Spain and Trinidad and Tobago today. (June 8)

Update 10:  ICS update for Galaxy Note has been rolled out in Kuwait, Morocco, Portugal Slovenia,  United Arab Emirates today. (June 13)

Update 11:  ICS update for Galaxy Note has been rolled out in Iran. (June 14)

Update 12. AT&T Galaxy Note received ICS update (4.04) (July 10)

Update 13: Selected German Galaxy Notes received ICS 4.0.4 update today  (July 11)

Ice Cream Sandwich will goes to Galaxy Note in Q2 of 2012

March 26, 2012 in Galaxy Note News, Galaxy Note Stories

Samsung-GALAXY-Note-ics-update-android-4In February, we reported that Galaxy Note probably would get the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS, aka, Android 4.0) update in March (together with Galaxy SII).

Obviously, Samsung missed the target. Galaxy SII users in Europe and some other regions started to receive ICS update about two weeks ago. Nothing for Galaxy Note users.

Last week, Samsung officially pushed the date to Q2. So, your waiting time should vary from one week to one week plus 3 months. Usually, when a phone manufacturer tells in Q2, it usually means June; it seldom means April.

The good news is that Samsung will bundle the S-Pen “Premium Suite” Apps together with your delicious ICS. You may watch the preview video of this  “Premium Suite” on Youtube. It is not so bad, anyway.

 

 

 

Galaxy Note (and SII) will receive Ice Cream Sandwich in early March

February 13, 2012 in Galaxy Note News

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Is it delicious for yoru Galaxy Note?

Tipster Eldar Murtazin (Editor-in-Chief of Mobile-Review.com) said Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS) will hit S II in March in a recent tweet.

In November 2011, Samsung confirmed  Ice Cream Sandwich would be coming to its Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note smartphones some time in 2012. In last December, the release date was further narrowed to the first quarter of 2012.

According to the information we received, Samsung is still testing the firmware update on selected handsets in Korea. The roll-out date has been tentatively scheduled in the first week of March through Kies first in Asia, immediately followed by Europe market.

Interested? wait another  two or three weeks.

 

Galaxy Note will land US on Feb. 19

February 12, 2012 in Galaxy Note News

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Note the 4 capacitive buttons in the bottom.

Finally, US pundits will be able to put their hands on this tablet smartphone on Feb. 19. AT&T is now accepting pre-orders for Galaxy Note, with a price of $299.99 (for 2 year contract) through its online shop.

The major appealing points for US consumers include:

  • 4G LTE network support
  • Dual core 1.5GHz CPU
  • 5.3″ (not 3.5″) Super AMOLED with a resolution of 800*1200 HD

Please note, the US version of Galaxy Note gets 4 capacitive buttons on the device. This is different from the models offered in Europe and Asia, which come with 1 physical home button and two capacitive buttons.