So, I’ve pre-ordered a Galaxy Note 10, partially because Samsung is offering a particularly good promotional trade-in rate on my Pixel 3XL. But it’s not just that: With this release, Samsung is dramatically expanding its Galaxy ecosystem, and it’s doing so in partnership with Microsoft. And I’m really curious to see where that goes.

As you may know, I spent yesterday traveling home from Amsterdam after a three-week home swap in nearby Hilversum. The flight itself was 8 hours, but the real-world door-to-door travel time was closer to 16 hours: We woke up at 5 am local time, left for the airport at 6 am, and got home in Pennsylvania, after yet another arduous drive from JFK, at about 4 pm ET. It was a long day.