<p>One of Samsung's most popular lines of Android smartphones is the Galaxy Note series, which is so large that some call it a "phablet." The original Galaxy Note had a 5.3-inch AMOLED screen, when it launched in late 2011, and was recently beaten by the Galaxy Note 2's 5.5-inch display.</p><p>Now, Samsung has apparently decided to just jump all the way to making a phablet the size of a full tablet. Just before Mobile World Congress last week, it debuted the Galaxy Note 8.0, which (sure enough) has a screen that's 8 inches across. The Galaxy Note 8.0 has all of the signature Galaxy Note features, including its Wacom stylus digitizer and specialized software package, and some models will even be able to make phone calls. This feature won't be found on the "international" model sold in the United States, but that still won't keep Samsung from setting a record for the world's largest new smartphone.</p><p>Bigger is better?</p><p>Exhibitors at Mobile World Congress (and January's Consumer Electronics Show) demonstrated a trend towards bigger and bigger smartphones. The Huawei Ascend Mate, which was introduced at CES this year and doesn't have an international release date announced yet, has a 6.1-inch screen. Its website still claims for it the title of "The World's Largest Screen Smartphone."</p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-release-8-inch-smartphone-q2-2013-220000277.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/samsungs-new-smartphone-will-track-eyes-to-scroll-pages/">Samsung&#039;s New Smartphone Will Track Eyes to Scroll Pages</a> (New York Times (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/9909328/Samsung-Galaxy-S-IV-smartphone-tracks-your-eyes-and-scrolls-down-as-you-read.html">Samsung Galaxy S IV: smartphone tracks your eyes and scrolls down as you read</a> (Telegraph.co.uk)</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/03/04/samsung-galaxy-s4-eye-scroll/">Samsung&#039;s Galaxy S IV Smartphone Could Have Eye Scrolling</a> (Mashable)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dVhzPwwUzH7yD0Mv02BrMdd1R0sIM&ned=us">869 additional articles.</a></p>