In addition, Embraer has a joint venture with China Aviation Industry Corporation II.

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If a venture capitalist could invest in a High II company, that sounded to me like it would be great.

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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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