Galaxy Note world tour ( 52 mins video) - very impressed with the S pen features

Why not ? Is normal SD card

A class 10 card definitely will perform better. I have tested DNA class 10 vs sandisk class4 on my SGS II . Most obvious is file transfer/copy the class 10 is at least 2-3 times faster
Playing videos from class 10 card is noticeably faster and smoother too

I buy the cards online from forum LOWYAT garage sales , plenty choices. Bought from several different chaps , no problems

I will temporary keep it in my ex Dell Streak leather casing, which will be a perfect fit.

It is old tech if you use it just as a point and touch stylus
But the S Pen is more than that - you can do sketches/drawings, writing on screen, select , scroll, cut and paste into other apps. Based on the demo videos shown it shows much more smoothness and fluidity versus my previous htc flyer pen. The flyer pen cannot even be used as a touch/select apps launch tool

Is Gingerbread and can be upgraded to ICS by next year 2012 ( when , no idea - hopefully q1 2012 )

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Added on October 29, 2011, 11:01 amThis was in the video I posted yesterday about screen capture using pen and using palm slide over display other features too

This post has been edited by benny888: Oct 29 2011, 11:01 AM

Another easier method: install CWM and than flash the zip file with CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324225

Definitely - will do it on day one just like my SGS II

Absolutely no lag at all - superb scrolling and browsing ; the best android phone I have ever used - simply unbeatable

I change mainly for its bigger display and the s pen is a big bonus

You cannot compare the SGS with the SGS II - I have used the SGS and in all my Android phones I have used , it is right at the very bottom of the ranking . Even my ex HTC HD2 on Android outperform it
I would say the SGS Note will not lose out to the SGS II due to its more superior specs and based on all the demo videos it is definitely smoother and faster than the SGS II

To improve the SGS, you need cook rom using EXT4 file system. The default RFS file system of the SGS was Samsung biggest mistake. However the improvement is not substantial but it helps to alleviate the lagginess

That is life - you can never get the perfect 10/10 device
Just decide based on your NEEDS which meets your requirements better

He is one of the seller

If the local AP sets , sellers are already selling at RM 2399 , I'd suppose the actual SME sets should be lower by at least RM 100-200 > Well , even at RM 2399 for SME I'd still think is a good price

You can easily see this on the various demos on youtube videos

I would think it will be faster than iphone 4 as iphone4 email content download is not fast and loses out terribly to most of my androids 1 ghz n above.

Got my set from directd yesterday evening as the uncertainty of availability of SME is killing me!
just few hours on it must say a worthy upgrade from sgs II

Will post later more comments

To answer some questions post before:

- It is not as "hot" as the SGS II ; infact I must say the insulation seems better - at the same temperature ,say 40 degree - i hardly feel the heat coming through the casing
- the back casing quality is similar to the SGS II except the matt pattern is finer. Maybe the casing is still new, slight a bit more difficult to take it off and put it back on versus the SGS II
- tested my favourite launchers : 3D Mobile shell - not suitable as the screen was too big and all the display was was shrunken view. Zeam launcher - swiping across screen lag and jerk , a real turn off, I'd assume this launcher is not optimized for bigger screen. So meanwhile I stick back to TouchWiz and install the app appzorter lite so that all the apps can be displayed in alphabetical order
- speed of opening/launching apps quite similar to SGS II - don't see any lag as described by albert
- the S Pen fits very firmly and I believe is also being hold by some form of magnet and is unlikely it will drop off
- kernel build is XXKJ4
- No Chinese language option
- Battery size is 0.85 mm longer and about 0.6 mm wider than SGS II battery ; so no hope of using this battery in SGS II
- Overnite with various apps refreshing data every hour ( email, tweeter, RSS , newsfeed ) battery drop over 8 hours about 10 % ; would say is pretty good
- WOW ! I really love the bigger display. Everything especially when on browsing it looks so much better

Temporary protect my new toy in my ex Dell Streak casing : A perfect fit