Pink Samsung Galaxy Note on the way, will miss Valentine's day

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We have always thought of the Samsung Galaxy Note as a male-oriented device, but it turns out we have underestimated it. The phoneblet obviously generates enough interest with the ladies to warrant its own feminine version, colored in Berry Pink.

We got a tip from an industry insider, containing a photo of the upcoming pink version of the Samsung Galaxy Note. Both the front and the back of the device will obviously be repainted, but we aren't sure if the S Pen (which is white in the white version) will get a similar treatment.

Unfortunately, the pink Samsung Galaxy Note won't make it in time for Valentine's day. The first samples of the device will arrive in the 8th week of the year, while public availability is scheduled for Week 9. That's exactly three weeks away now, so the wait won't be long.

World's first mid-call transfer between Voice over LTE and 3G completed by Qualcomm and Ericsson

Engineers at Qualcomm and Ericsson have managed to achieve the world's first mid-call switch between Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and a WCDMA 3G network. The ability to switch between networks seamlessly during a call is a requirement of standards regulator 3GPP, making this an important milestone on the way to making VoLTE available to consumers. The use of VoLTE could significantly lighten the load on 3G networks, and enable carriers to begin using the system even where their LTE coverage isn't widespread — something we heard that Verizon may already be trialing.

The in-call switching relies on two advances, single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) and circuit-switched fallback technology (CSFB). CSFB is currently already in use in handsets, and is responsible for switching to the 3G modem when a user needs to make a call. The combination of SRVCC and CSFB mean that one radio is capable of handling both 3G and LTE connections, which could also be a major step in overcoming the battery life issues that currently plague many LTE handsets.

Qualcomm will demo the technology — based on its Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chipset — at Mobile World Congress later this month.