Samsung announced that the Samsung Galaxy S II has achieved 10 million global channel sales, doubling from 5 million in just eight weeks. The company also rolled out a pair of LTE-capable Galaxy S II phones in Korea.

“In just five months the Galaxy S II has seen tremendous growth, reflecting its tremendous popularity with customers around the world, who in selecting the Galaxy S II as their device of choice have driven the device’s strong market position globally,” said JK Shin, president and head of Samsung mobile, in a press release.

The Galaxy S II, a successor to the company’s original Android-based Galaxy S smartphone, is Samsung’s flagship smartphone device. It comes running Android Gingerbread and features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen and a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor.

What is perhaps most interesting about this milestone is that it did it with little help from the United States. The only Galaxy S II model available in the U.S. right now is the Epic 4G Touch from Sprint, which launched on Sept. 16.

Samsung is currently embroiled in an ugly legal battle with Apple, which claims Samsung’s Galaxy devices infringe on its UI and design patents. Just last week, Samsung was ordered by a judge in Germany to stop selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in that country.

Samsung upped the ante in its battle against the iPad yesterday, unveiling two new tablet devices at the IFA electronics conference in Berlin. Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and the Galaxy Note, a new stylus-based tablet.

The Samsung Note, which features a 1.4 GHz dual core processor, both HSPA+ and LTE connectivity and a 5.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, represents a new category of product from Samsung. The company is billing it as a cross between a smartphone and a tablet, in much the way Dell pitched its Dell Streak 5-inch slate.

The Note’s digital “S Pen” can be used for accurate sketching and artwork and, of course, taking notes. The Note features an application called S Memo, which is designed to record all forms of user-created content. Pictures, voice recordings, typed text, handwritten notes or drawings can all be captured and converted to a “memo,” to be edited, annotated and shared as desired.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 seems to aim towards providing yet another size option for those finicky tablet users out there. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 comes running Android Honeycomb 3.2 and features a 7.7-inch WXGA Super AMOLED touchscreen, 1.4GHz dual core processor, HSPA+ 21 Mbps connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Samsung has thrown its latest TouchWiz UX over Honeycomb on the Tab 7.7. The latest iteration of Samsung’s UI includes a Live Panel menu for customizing the home screen of the device with digital pictures, favorite Web sites and social network feeds. TouchWiz UX also includes a “Mini Apps” tray of commonly used features such as task manager, calendar and music player which can be launched while other major applications are already in use.

It was Samsung Mobile’s time to shine in America last night when the handset maker debuted the U.S. version of its Galaxy S II, a platform that’s already selling admirably overseas.

Unveiled at an event in New York City – one day later than planned thanks to Hurricane Irene – versions of the Galaxy S II smartphone will hit AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA this fall.

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