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hi this is Jodi from hardware canucks and today we're gonna take a look at the galaxy note from samsung is it a phone is it a tablet it doesn't even matter now the Galaxy Note is a larger device but as you can see here it fits in the palm of my hand I do have smaller hands so it is pushing the limits but despite its size it's still a rather sleek device now first and foremost it is a phone so at the top we have an earpiece right next to the earpiece is a 2 megapixel front-facing camera as well as sensors to adjust the screens brightness along the bottom edge are four capacitive buttons the first button on the left is a menu button now this button is used by any program or the OS to bring up a ancillary menu then the button next to it takes us back to the home screen followed by a back button and then a search button that takes us directly to a Google search along the left edge of the phone is the volume buttons which blend in beautifully with the side of the device on the right hand side is a similar button that puts the phone to sleep or powers it off along the top edge is the stereo jack for headphones or a headphone microphone combination which makes it easy to carry the note around in your pocket and have a headset on along the bottom of the device is our mini USB port to connect it to the computer and the stylus or as Samson calls it the S Pen now the S Pen slides out freely from its housing and slides back in just as easily but it is it does click in place and at no time did we ever have the stylus come loose or feel like it was going to fall out Samsung really nailed it continuing on with the back of the device we have our speaker in the bottom left hand corner and an 8 megapixel camera at the top with the LED flash right next to it now the back of the Galaxy Note is nice it's plastic but it is textured and we believe Samsung got it just right it's comfortable in the hand it's resistant to scratches but when it does scratch it still looks pretty good and it's easy to replace the front of the device is covered in Gorilla Glass and although it is smudge resistant it's not magic so there you have it the Samsung Galaxy Note