Samsung used their press event for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in NYC to announce that their 'phablet' 5.3-inch smartphone, the Galaxy Note, has sold more than 10 million units worldwide. This is a pretty big deal for Samsung.

The company had a goal of wanting to sell more than 10 million units across the world by the end of 2012, so they've reached this goal just over half way through the year. It was only in June that the South Korean company announced that sales had passed the 7 million mark.

Samsung's Galaxy Note sports a dual-core 1.4GHz Exynos processor, an 8-megapixel rear camera and large 5.3-inch screen. We've just received a Galaxy Note two days ago for review, and I slapped my SIM card in it last night and I'm going to lug it around for a couple of weeks before pumping out my review. I'm loving it so far though, the screen is just so amazing, it's definitely not too big.