Samsung’s Galaxy Note II U.S. launch event is scheduled to take place in NYC tomorrow night, and so we’re starting to see more carriers out its availability. We’ve seen leaks suggesting T-Mobile will launch the Note II that same day, and Sprint has announced availability for the 25th, however, AT&T won’t be launching it until Nov. 9th. Official word from Ma Bell prices the device at $299.99 with a 2-year contract and a launch date of Novemeber 9th. All you eager beavers will have the opportunity to pre-order starting October 25.

Apple has just lost one of its magic patent bullets thanks to a non-final Office action by the USPTO. Patent No, 7,469,381 (used against Samsung in California) has been declared invalid after evidence supporting prior art (as well as being obvious) was brought about during a reexamination request.

This news is not only great for Samsung, but many other manufacturers who are currently caught up in Apple’s legal charades.

Rumors, Rumors, And More Rumors

Over the weekend, the rumor mill was operating at full throttle, predicting everything we can expect to see at Google’s October 29th Android event in NYC. So what do they have planned for us? Well, here’s what seems to be the rumor consensus:

Well what do we have here? It appears T-Mobile is holding a showcase in NYC on October 29 — yep, the same day as Google’s Android event as well as Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event. Coincidence? Maybe… maybe not. Before we get ahead of ourselves, there’s no mention of T-Mobile having anything to do with the Google event, so the chances of them having first dibs on whatever Google announces is unlikely.

We already heard from Sony today, why not Motorola next? Motorola has made a few changes to their list of devices that are scheduled to receive Android 4.1 and you might find a few surprises.