[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jgivesit:
I just made the switch yesterday from the Skyrocket (which I had for two months) to the ATT G Note. Here are my initial impressions:

1. I originally moved from the iPhone 4 to the Skyrocket - and the change in size took some getting used to. For the first two weeks, I went between loving the size and hating it. One handed operation was difficult while I learned how to properly grip the phone. After a couple of weeks, I no longer found the one handed operation a problem. I found ways of holding it that made it usable. I then began to love the screen size and covetted a even larger size. Thats what drew me to the note. The switch from the Skyrocket to the Note feels like it will be a similar transition. I'll tell you, at points yesterday and today, I've wondered if I made the wrong decision. I can just barely type with one hand. It requires me to keep my fingers flat behind the phone, I can't really grip it while I reach with my thumb. For hand size comparison, I'm 6'1 with average size hands. I can just barely palm a basketball with significant effort. I think that, over time, I'll get more comfortable with it. Hoping for the keyboard from the international that lets you position a smaller keyboard to one side for easier reach.

Pocketability - so far, no problem. I've tried standard abercrombie boot fit jeans, abercrombie straight skinny jeans, express producer dress pants, adidas workout pants, and adidas workout shorts. All front pocket, all fine. Size 32 x 34. I will say that it is more noticeable than the Skyrocket - more because of the added weight than the size. In my workout shorts/pants, it bangs around against my leg more when I walk. I can sit down fine with the phone in my pocket - just a bit bigger feeling than the skyrocket. I'll say that the phone feels like it wants to slip out of my dress pants pockets today and did so in the car when I sat down.

2. Exactly the same speed as the skyrocket. I do find that the stock browser is even faster/smoother - not sure why. It almost seems to have better hardware acceleration. With that said, Dolphin is way laggier than on the Skyrocket. Very strange.

3. Not sure of the issues you're referring to. I didn't have issues with my Skyrocket's bluetooth and haven't with the Note yet.

4. Don't use a headset. Though my car's bluetooth, no hiss.

5. Call quality is the same as the skyrocket.

6. Battery - Only a day and a half of having the phone...can't judge yet. Based on the initial draining, I've found it to be better than the skyrocket.

Screen - big, bright, beautiful. With that said, the pentile matrix is noticeable to me. It is almost as if someone put a very fine mesh made of tiny tiny sub-pixel circles, laid it on top of the super high res screen, sprayed a gray color over the mesh, then removed the mesh leaving microscopic dark specs within each pixel. Not sure if that makes sense. Result - tiny text and pictures look better on the Note where pixelation is more noticeable on the skyrocket. Medium to large text and pictures seem to look better on the skyrocket because of the samoled plus.

Reception - same as skyrocket.

Finish - I tried out an ATT reps carbon blue note and noticed that the back was completely scratched up. It seems that the textured finish on that version scratches very easily so beware. The white is the same gloss plastic as the skyrocket which, based on my use, seems to hold up pretty well.

Sound/Speaker - same as skyrocket.

Roms - none yet. Miss Sky Ice Cream Sandwich from the Skyrocket already.

S Pen - novelty to me. Will get as much use as something like Siri would for me on the iPhone. Pens have been replaced by keyboards for a reason - they are faster. Just as speaking has been replaced by typing - it is more private and more efficient. I did try it out...requires a pretty hard press on the screen to write...harder than expected. Pretty accurate though. Reminds me of my first windows pocket pc honestly.

Hope this helps.