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At the start of the week, I first poignantly craved my bigger slate during my nightly bedside use. Before drifting off to sleep, I love to escape into the virtual pages of an e-book either from Amazon Kindle or Google Books. Don't get me wrong, thanks to its Android Gingerbread OS, the Note offers access to the same apps. Still, the larger 8.9-inch screen of the Tab intuitively feels more like a book to me. It also felt odd to place my phone on my nightstand. In fact, I almost ran out the door without it a few times.

Butterfingers and handlingPeople may say the Galaxy Note is a phone just because it has a cellular connection provided by AT&T, I'll counter with how the device is not a one-handed..errr..handset, Because the gadget is so wide, my thumb has great difficulty reaching the opposite side of the "phone" when held in my palm--and just for the record, I've never been described as a small person, Worse, I've dropped the folio case for apple iphone xr - black/gold logo plate/block rose quartz Galaxy Note more times than I'd like to admit while striving to tap the screen on its far side, Trust me, Gorilla Glass treatment or no, I'd rather not spill this sleek product on hard city concrete..

To the Galaxy Note's credit, I really appreciate its smaller size during my morning commute. Life in New York can be seriously trying, and the last sort of morning drama I need is upsetting fellow subway riders. I admit there's less chance of that since using the Note means taking up less precious elbow room. All those funny looksSomething I wasn't exactly prepared for were the comments and odd looks I got from people when I removed the Galaxy Note from my pocket. At a local watering hole, one random guy next to me at the bar even asked me if that was "a TV I'm watching." A young couple standing over me even started whispering in hushed tones plainly, to me anyways, amazed at the Note's mega footprint. OK, it's possible that they weren't talking about me or my massive device. In any case, the Galaxy Note's size makes you feel a bit self conscious, that's just how big it is especially when sitting among throngs of the iPhone faithful.

The stylus connectionI won't lie, I was terribly afraid to remove the Galaxy Note's stylus, ahem, S Pen in public, I've seen other mobile devices on the train and recently too, These though were legit technology museum pieces, we're talking folio case for apple iphone xr - black/gold logo plate/block rose quartz ancient Palm IIIs and even toy-like Handspring numbers, I might as well produce a Radioshack TRS-80 out of my bag and call it a day, Anyone need an extra Atari Joystick? I'm sure I have one kicking around in there too, Once I got the nerve to whip the S Pen out, I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly it registered my pen strokes, As Dolcourt pointed out, I received best results after I selected the smallest paintbrush setting, Still, handwriting recognition isn't great, and I often need to repeat words or letters, Thankfully swiping the pen right to left horizontally serves as a quick backspace gesture, Like Dolcourt, I also hit the capacitive buttons running along the edge of the Note often, It left me using an unnatural grip just to avoid mistypes..

AT&T's smokin' 4G LTE. Another big jaw-dropper is the Note's connection to AT&T's new--and might I say blazing fast--4G data network built on LTE technology. In Manhattan and Queens, I clocked a ridiculously fast average download speed of 24.8 Mbps, with peaks of a blistering 38.4 Mbps. Uploads were fast too, with speeds hovering around 8 Mbps. That beats all the throughput I've personally seen from Verizon's LTE network which in my experience in New York tends to come in at 12 to 14 Mbps (download) and 2 to 3 Mbps (upload).