Samsung Introduces the Mega, an Even Bigger Phablet

The Galaxy Mega, which ships starting next month in Europe, comes in both 5.8-inch and 6.3-inch sizes.
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Asus PadFone Infinity Brings Better Screen, Faster Processor and High Price Tag

It’s a smartphone. It’s a tablet. It’s both! It’s also crazy expensive.
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Asus Tries Another Phone-Tablet Hybrid, This One With Intel Inside

The Taiwanese hardware maker, known for mixing devices, has a 7-inch tablet capable of making phone calls.
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The Droid DNA: It’s Not a Phablet, It’s a Smartphone

The “ultimate Droid.”
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Dear Samsung Galaxy Note II: It’s Not You, It’s Me

The Samsung Galaxy Note II is a gorgeous phone — if you like ’em big.
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Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II Arriving Oct. 25 for $300

Mark your calendars, Sprint customers. If you’ve been waiting for the gargantuan Samsung Galaxy Note II, the smartphone-tablet hybrid will be available on Oct. 25 for $300 with a two-year contract. The Galaxy Note successor features a larger 5.5-inch touchscreen, a more advanced stylus and 4G LTE support. It will also be Sprint’s first smartphone to run the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and have a quad-core processor.

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Samsung Ships Five Million Galaxy Notes, a.k.a “Phablets”

Samsung says it has shipped five million units of its Galaxy Note, a $300 smartphone-tablet hybrid with a 5.3-inch screen that hit the market last October. It’s unclear exactly how many units of the device have been sold; in February, Samsung said it had sold more than two million units worldwide. In his review of the Galaxy Note, AllThingsD’s Walt Mossberg said that some users might find it appealing as a stylus-driven small tablet, but he couldn’t recommend it as the main mobile phone for most people.

LG Shows Its Hand in Barcelona (After Already Tipping It)

The Korean phone maker had already announced four of its Mobile World Congress devices over the past week, but nonetheless gathered in Barcelona to show off the devices, along with a few others.
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Another Ginormous Android Phone, This Time From LG

Samsung is apparently not alone in seeing a market for phones with a 5-inch screen. LG’s Optimus Vu is slated to start shipping in Korea next month,
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iPhone Meets Mr. Big Note (Comic)