In case you didn't have the chance to venture over to our in-depth review of the global Samsung Galaxy Note II, it's definitely worth a look -- but we'll be happy to go over some of the smartphone's hardware here regardless.

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Also worth note, Instacube sports a built-in rechargeable battery, allowing it to operate completely untethered when the mood strikes.

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When they agree, as with USP's regional pre-eminence, it is worth taking note.

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For anyone who has to do extensive note-taking, the Pulse's audio synchronization is worth the extra money.

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We'd be interested to see how this might scale down onto something with a little less display going on, but the Note II's ample square-inchage certainly makes this a feature worth using.

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Smith of Fort Worth, Texas, wrote on a Post-it Note in 2000, without enclosing a card.

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Note, Mr. King also highlights a variety of co-working environments worth checking out in the post linked above.

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Every hour, they note, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. collects 50 million filing cabinets' worth of information from its dealings with customers.

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Critics have not been slow to note that the acquisition makes a 13-person company, which is barely two years old, worth more than the New York Times, among many other famous brands.

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Interesting to note that the movie revises and pretty much demolishes the tiger-taming tips Martel came up with -- worth bearing in mind should you ever find yourself in close proximity to a man-eater for a prolonged period of time.

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