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Samsung Galaxy S review shootout: Samsung Captivate for Major Carrier – AT&T
Sep 4th
Samsung Galaxy S review shootout: Samsung Captivate for Major Carrier – AT&T
Out of the four major U.S. carriers, AT&T was the most in need of a solid Android smartphone, and it’s finally got one in the Samsung Captivate. Part of the Galaxy S series, the Captivate is by far AT&T’s most powerful and feature-rich Android device, boasting a gorgeous Super AMOLED touch screen, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, and some great multimedia features. It won’t win any beauty contests, and we wish AT&T would stop restricting app access, but overall, the Captivate delivers and is a great alternative to the iPhone 4. The Samsung Captivate for AT&T will be available starting July 18 for 9.99 with a -year contract (voice plan and minimum data plan required).
The Captivate’s touch screen was responsive and fast. We were able to quickly swipe through the various home screens and menu pages, and the scrolling experience was smooth, as was the pinch-to-zoom gesture. The display also has a six-axis accelerometer, which comes in handy for gaming, and it was fast to change the screen orientation whenever we rotated the phone.
The Captivate provides a premium viewing experience on its large, brilliant 4-inch display powered by Samsung’s Super AMOLED touch screen technology. Super AMOLED technology yields thinner displays, delivering one of the thinnest, most responsive full-featured smartphones in the industry. Samsung’s innovative display technology makes watching movies, viewing videos and playing games come to life like never before, even in bright light and outdoor environments.
In addition, the Samsung Captivate is designed with a six-axis sensor that combines the smartphone’s accelerometer and gyroscope to provide a smooth, fluid gaming experience when the user is tilting the device up or down or panning the phone to the left or right. The Captivate’s user interface also supports a series of advanced touch screen gestures capabilities including multi-touch pinch, long tap and zoom and vertical and horizontal swiping. This series of versatile gestures provide easier and quicker access to many applications including location-based services, Web browsing and digital photos.
Powering the Captivate is a 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird Application Processor, which produces amazing 3-D graphics, faster upload and download times and full richness of HD-like multimedia content. The Captivate is also outfitted with 3D sound capabilities, giving the user surround-sound stereo quality, when listening on hard-wired headphones.
Below the screen, are four touch-sensitive Android shortcuts: menu, home, back, and search. On the left side, there’s a volume rocker, and a power/lock button sits on the right. There’s a 3.5mm headphone jack on top, as well as a Micro-USB port, which is protected by a sliding cover. As usual, the camera is found on back, and just as a quick tip: if you want remove the battery door to swap out cells or access the SIM card or expansion slot, slide out the bottom portion of the phone first before removing the door
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AT&T packages the Samsung Captivate with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a wired stereo headset, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ring tones, and help page.
Like the rest of the Galaxy S series, the Captivate runs on Android 2.1 with Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 interface. The latter is definitely improved from previous versions, with some enhanced functionality and a more polished look.
To start, there are new widgets, including one called Feeds & Updates and another called Buddies Now. Feeds & Updates streams updates from Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, and you can choose to display content from one, , or all three of the social-networking sites, as well as set the refresh rate, ranging from 30 minutes to once a day. Buddies Now is like a favorites list and allows you to immediately call or text those contacts, as well as comment on any of their updates. There are a number of other Samsung widgets, as well as Android widgets and other shortcuts, all of which can be added to one of seven home screens.
The home screens can also be personalized with live wallpapers, but there are elements that can’t be changed: the pull-down notification tray on top, which now includes wireless manager and profile functions, and the toolbar along the bottom with quick-launch buttons to the phone app, e-mail, browser, and applications. Pressing the latter takes you to a nice grid view of all your apps; they’re spread out over several pages, which you can swipe from side to side to get to. We much prefer this layout over the standard Android one, where you have to scroll up and down. It feels more natural and easier to navigate.
“For one thing, AT&T blocked the phone from installing applications from anywhere other than the Android Market,” said Segan. Because of AT&T’s dedication to the iPhone, Segan’s biggest concern is that “Unlike Verizon and Sprint, AT&T has no strong narrative around why you would want an Android phone”.
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Samsung G600 a Mobile for the Future
Sep 2nd
Samsung G600 a Mobile for the Future
Introduction
Nowadays mobile phones have become very important in a man’s life. Earlier it was a luxury and now it is a necessity. As the necessity grew the facilities also grew and even the technology has grown. Due to the growth of technology the features in the mobiles have also grown. Samsung G600 is also one among the mobiles with the latest technology and also with the technology which is a mobile for the future.
Special Features
There are many special features in the Samsung G 600 mobile phones. The following are some of the special features available in this mobile; they are mega pixel camera, Multimedia, Color screen, Imaging, Messaging, Sound, Entertainment and Organizer. Each of the above said features are detailed below.
Mega pixel Camera
The Samsung G 600 mobile has a 5 mega pixel camera, with flash and auto focus lens. This has also different camera modes and photo settings. This mobile phone also has special features like video player, Video record, wall papers, and screen savers. An additional facility given in this mobile is the photo caller ID
Messaging
SMS Short message facility or text messaging, MMS Multi media messaging and internet facility is also available in this mobile. With the help of the internet one can check mails, browse and send Email to dear and near ones. This has also predictive text.
Sound & Entertainment
There are different types of ring tones available in this mobile phone. It has polyphonic and MP3 ring tones. It has also the facilities of downloading the ring tones. There is also a Music player and FM radio stereo system. There is also the vibration mode of ring tone alert. The greatest advantage of this Samsung G 600 Mobile phone is that, there are entertainment facilities like Java embedded games. There is a facility to download the games too.
Additional Facility
There are certain additional facilities available in this Samsung G 600 mobile phone. Such as blue tooth, Sync ML, USB 2.0 and the WAP 2.0. There are certain accessories provided along with the new mobile, they are Stereo Headset for the music system available in the mobile. A PC Data link kit is also provided along with the mobile. A standard battery for charging the mobile and a travel adaptor are also attached along with the mobile.
Samsung U600 White, Samsung U600 Red and Samsung U600 Purple are the popular Mobile Phone deals and these deals are available on Online Mobile Phone Shop UK.
Dharmendra Chaudhary is a Content optimiser for Chums IT Systems PVT LTD.
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Samsung F700 Review – More Than Just an Iphone Clone
Sep 1st
Samsung F700 Review – More Than Just an Iphone Clone
Ever since the much-trumpeted announcement and subsequent release of the Apple iPhone, the race has been on to find the best alternative to this highly coveted (and lucrative) handset. With the arrival of Samsungs entry, the F700, we possibly have the first serious rival. With availability currently limited to Vodafone, it makes for a tantalising conundrum; iPhone or F700, O2 or Vodafone?
Design wise, the F700 is almost as streamlined as the iPhone as it contains very little on the front of the handset aside from the touchscreen. Though it’s not what you’d call ‘compact’, it’s still a decent size and a little extra thickness on the handset allows the inclusion of one feature sure to make it stand out from the iPhone – the QWERTY keyboard. The fact that the F700 isn’t much bigger and still manages to include a spacious keypad such as this is quite an achievement.
Though it isn’t quite as stunning to behold as the iPhone, the F700 will certainly draw attention with the main focus being on the massive 3.2” touchscreen display.
One particular spec that the iPhone was criticised for overlooking is 3G functionality. The chipset on the F700 will apparently be capable of data transfer speeds of 7.2Mbps, which is double the current maximum rate. Though no networks currently support this speed, surely it’s only going to be a matter of time, giving the F700 a clear head start over its current rivals who aren’t able to boast this.
In production, a vast amount of rumours were circulating that the camera would be 5MP to keep it in-line with Samsung’s other offerings, the G600 & G800, but this has now been downgraded (if you can call it that) to a 3.2MP offering. As this is not likely to be used mainly for pictures, this is more than adequate, especially since it easily trumps the iPhone’s 2MP camera.
Overall, the Samsung F700 is shaping up to be a very-interesting addition to the market, especially considering the amount of features that are packed into the device. It’s probably fair to say that the F700 is going to be the nearest competitor to the iPhone, but with all that it is capable of, it deserves to be seen as more than this.
The Samsung F700 is currently exclusive to
Vodafone, but we expect it to appear on O2 sometime in the near future.
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How to Download DVD Movie to Andorid Phone (Droid, nexus one, htc desire/hero, samsung captivate…)
Aug 29th
How to Download DVD Movie to Andorid Phone (Droid, nexus one, htc desire/hero, samsung captivate…)
Quoted from: dvd to android
Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as cellular phones, tablet computers and netbooks. In July 2005, Google acquired Android, Inc., a small startup company based in Palo Alto, California, USA. Android’s co-founders who went to work at Google included Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger),Rich Miner (co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.). This began rumors that Google was planning to enter the mobile phone market.
Now, facts proved that Google is full of farsightedness ! With the Motorola Droid X continuing to enjoy success in the mobile market, and alternatives like the Droid 2 and the HTC Droid Incredible also enjoying strong sales, there is a huge influx of new Android owners coming to the market. In fact, Google said recently that 200,000 Android devices are being activated each day.
In addition, with the rapid development of Android OS, more and more manufacturer regard it as the best choice for their flagship phone, and these android phone usually have big screen display and high resolution, 8gb – 64 gb store card etc., like Motorola Droid(2,x), Google Nexus one, HTC desire … these features attract some android users to put DVD Movies to android phone, so they can enjoy movies on their android phone any place and any time. This text will show you how to rip DVD and Convert DVD to Android phone step by step…
Android supports the following audio/video formats:
Video: H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4 container), MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB (in 3GP container).
Audio: AAC, HE-AAC (in MP4 or 3GP container), MP3, MIDI, OGG Vorbis, WAV
How to Rip DVD and Convert DVD movie on Android phone?
Sharp tools make good work. After getting a clear understanding of Android phone’s playable formats, we are in urgent need of a excellent DVD ripping tool to rip and convert movie DVDs to Android-friendly format. By careful selection, the tool we are going to use is Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum.
Below are three key-features I have my eyes on:
- This DVD to Android converter is already optimized for output setting for android phone Motorola Droid, Nexus one, HTC desire/hero/magic/, samsung phone etc.;
- Before converting DVD to Android , it let you edit DVD files like cropping/trimming/merging DVD movies;
- It could rip commercial DVDs encrypted.
Step by step to rip DVD movies to Android phone
First, please Free Download Wondershare DVD Ripper platinum, install and run it.
Step 1:
Click “File” in menu list or “Add” button, you can load DVDs from DVD Rom/Folder(data DVD)/IFO/ISO files respectively.
Step 2:
You can select MP4 format from the categorized output formats list in “Profile” drop-down list and specify the output directory to save your converted files in “Output” drop-down list. This DVD to Android Phone Converter support a lot of Android phones, such as HTC handset (including HTC desire, HTC Hero, HTC incredible, HTC Droid Eris, etc), Motorola phone (including the latest Motorola Droid/ CLIQ), and Samsung phone etc. So you can select the corresponding format according to your Android phone.
Step 3:
The last step will be conversion. Click “Start” button, and all the tasks will be done quickly.
That’s it. Now, Just copy the converted DVD files to your Android phone’s micro SD card for watching.
Dante Martin, Product Manager at AT&T for Android devices, provides a sneak peek at the testing process at AT&T labs. Check out the latest Android device, in the testing phase, as the AT&T Technical Acceptance team runs the device, applications and advanced technology through multiple scenarios before it’s released to the public. This testing allows the team to troubleshoot issues and integrate the new device with the AT&T network. All of these efforts contribute to the launch date and lead to a positive consumer experience.
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Samsung I8520 Beam ? Superb Android Mobile Phone
Aug 29th
Samsung I8520 Beam ? Superb Android Mobile Phone
Samsung, the global leader in offering world class smartphones, proudly announced their latest invention in the field of mobile communication known as Samsung i8520 Beam. The phone is developed with several remarkable specifications and delivers cutting edge performance to the end users. Let’s go into the details of this new Samsung phone to know more about it.
Samsung Beam comes with Super AMOLED touch-screen display which gives stunning quality of pictures & videos and offers brilliant experience while watching movies on it. The company already developed their reputation in delivering best featured handset to the customers, therefore, they bring such a brilliant mobile phone for us. The best feature of i8520 Beam is the in-built projector, which is quiet capable of displaying images, videos, presentation and slide shows on any flat white screen or wall.
Most of the upcoming phones of other brands come with several features, but only those handsets are survived which delivers something extraordinary to the user. Samsung i8520 Beam is one of those that arrived with several mind blowing specifications like 8 MP camera with auto-focus & LED flash, integrated Social networking tools & applications and DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) for HD sound output.
Samsung Beam (Halo) is the best example of popular 3G mobile phone that gives strong connectivity with network and lighting fast internet speed over handset. The mobile is fully loaded with all the connectivity options including latest version of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB port, GPRS and EDGE. Now, with the help of these technologies you can download as much as stuff you can at very fast speed. Surf the internet and download music files, video clips and even full length movies in matter of minutes.
The multimedia part of this Samsung upcoming mobile is just amazing. Samsung Halo (Beam) supports almost all the available digital multimedia file formats which help you to store many files on your phone. A new type of music player in installed on i8520 Beam that produce stunning sound output at much better bit rate. Since, the display screen of this handset is quiet large therefore it gives comfortable experience while watching videos or movies. An internal Stereo FM radio is also included on this mobile, so that user can listen to latest tracks over air.
For the users, who wants to store larger files or plenty of stuffs on their mobile phone then this Samsung Beam (i8520) phone is best suitable for them, since it has 16GB of internal space which can be extend up to 32GB. But, in most of the handsets large memory space means lower navigation speed. This phone is totally different from them because it is build-up with 512MB ROM & 384MB RAM, which provides faster speed to its 800MHz processor.
The battery life of Samsung i8520 is just brilliant, since it gives 630 hours of stand-by time backup while operating in 2G mode and 530 hours in 3G mode. But, if we are talking about the talk-time then it offers 14 hours back-up in 2G mode and 7 hours in 3G mode. Ultimately, this is one of the best buy handset of this year.
The mobile is expected to arrive in the coming months of this year on wide range of best deals.
David Martin, the author of this Samsung i8520 mobile review focused on its important features and applications. Compare Samsung pay monthly deals on any of the online shop to know more about this upcoming handset.
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Smartphone War II – Nokia N96 Vs. Samsung I8510 Vs. Sony Ericsson X1
Aug 25th
Smartphone War II – Nokia N96 Vs. Samsung I8510 Vs. Sony Ericsson X1
As we head into the latter half of 2008, the world of mobile phones is set for an epic showdown, between 3 of the big names in the arena of smartphones: Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. But who will win?
Nokia N96 – the Nseries contender
Staring the list is an upcoming mobile phone from Nokia, the brand new N96, their newest flagship phone. And what a phone it is, powered by Symbian Series 60, and packing a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, awesome multimedia player, and with support for Mobile TV. The Nokia N96 even has a kickstand on the back, to hold up the phone up while you watch videos. How many mobile phones can you say that about? Oh, and it also comes with support for the new NGage gaming platform, from Nokia, something that makes games on mobile phones as good as games on their console counterparts (more or less). The Nokia N96 looks to have it all!
Ah, but there’s a problem, because this Nokia has some competition from Samsung…
Samsung i8510 – the Nokia-Beater?
Based on the same Symbian interface as the Nokia N96, the Samsung i8510 actually manages to pack even more into its slim frame. Surprisingly, of these two mobile phones, the Samsung one is actually the more powerful! It has just all the features of the Nokia N96 (minus the NGage stuff, although it still has games), but it trumps it easily in the camera department, as the Samsung i8510 is one of the first mobile phones to have a huge 8 megapixel camera. Let’s see the measly 5 megapixels (never thought I’d hear myself say that) on the Nokia try to compete! Other than that, the two mobile phones are pretty evenly matched, so it’s going to come down to whether you’re a Nokia fan, or a Samsung fan, or whether you want better gaming, or a better camera. That’s what are going to be the deciding factors between these two mobile phones.
Since they’re so powerful, what else can even match them?
Sony Ericsson X1 – the serious one
On paper, the Sony Ericsson X1 can’t come close to the other two mobile phones. It’s camera’s not as good, for a start (only 3 megapixels), but… it has something in its favour. The Sony Ericsson is the only mobile phone on this list to feature 2 crucial things: a MASSIVE, full touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard. So, in other words, unlike the Nokia and Samsung mobile phones, this is more of a PC in your hand. And that’s certainly accurate, as it’s powered by Windows Mobile. And it has GPS, like the others, and HSDPA, in this case, up to 7.2Mbps, and in the Sony Ericsson, you also get WiFi. But it’s the software that is the real draw, because of these 3 mobile phones, the Sony Ericsson is the closest to being a teeny tiny version of a full-on computer. Full internet using Internet Explorer, Outlook, full office support, easy sync to the PC, and tons upon tons of third-party software set the Sony Ericsson X1 apart from the other mobile phones, in terms of useful functionality. And that leaves us at an interesting conclusion. These 3 mobile phones might not actually come into conflict, since they all excel at different things. The Samsung has the best camera. The Sony Ericsson lets you do the most productive work on it. And the Nokia is the most fun. So, in a shocking conclusion, they might all actually complement each other!
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Samsung D500 Mobile Phone Orange Flatters Communication
Aug 18th
Samsung D500 Mobile Phone Orange Flatters Communication
Choosing the best is not an easy task. It is a matter of patience and concentration that one must possess to choose the best. Similarly, while choosing a mobile phone; you have to keep certain points in mind, – its prices, features, services, battery longevity, accessories and many more. This becomes a Herculean task for you to readily purchase a mobile phone. Suppose, once you have purchased a mobile phone; at once you would prepare to pay the hefty monthly phone bills which is obvious. You have left no stone unturned to get rid of such situation; but it remains same. Consequently, Orange, the leading service provider in the UK has offered its services to the users of the Samsung D500 Mobile Phone. The collaboration of Orange and Samsung has fulfilled the long-waited desires of the users to access the best mobile phone which can produce services at fewer prices.
Samsung has introduced Samsung D500 mobile phone with a view to pacify the business users. The astounding sleek and solid mobile phone comes in a black coloured casing and exhibits a flip up opening mechanism. You can view glaring photos and messages in its bright 262k colour TFT screen. In addition, the Samsung D500 is packed with features like 1.3 mega pixel camera, multimedia messaging, Bluetooth, USB, SyncML, GPRS, WAP and Tri-band technology which can fulfill the desires of the business users. But the central point lies in the cost of services released by the features of the Samsung D500 Mobile Phone. Meanwhile, Orange plays a pivotal role in reducing the phone bills with the support of various deals like Pay As You Go, Pay Monthly Mobile Phone, Contract Mobile Phone and so on.
After tying-up with Orange, the users of the Samsung D500 Mobile Phone must enter in a contract with Orange for a period of 12-18 months in order to access its deals. The deals can offer numerous benefits to the users which are vital for them to get better network and connectivity from Orange at fewer prices. The benefits include free mobile phone insurance; free upgrade of mobile phone; free mobile phone accessories; free text and multimedia messages; free roaming facility; subsidized in downloading charges; subsidized in peak hour call charges; free midnight call charges; and increase in daytime call minutes. Infact, the users of the Samsung D500 Mobile Phone will definitely become an undisputed leader in mobile telephony with the support of Orange network at least pricing.
The retailing sites are the storehouse and supplier of mobile phones and accessories; service providers; and deals which can offer all the services of mobile media at fewer prices. So, purchase the Samsung D500 Mobile Phone on Orange and enjoy the pleasure of multimedia at least pricing.
Richard Meyers is associated with Orange Mobile Phone Shop. He holds a master’s degree in electronics and communication from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. To know more about Pay As You Go, Orange mobile phone, Orange, Orange mobiles phone deal, Samsung D500 Mobile Phone, Latest orange mobile phone uk please visit http://www.orangemobilephoneshop.com
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Samsung Galaxy S Deals ? The Great Android Device with Wonderful Features
Aug 18th
Samsung Galaxy S Deals ? The Great Android Device with Wonderful Features
Samsung is known for the innovations. Whenever this great brand comes up with a new mobile phone, the world pays its total attention towards that device as the users know that the Samsung is again offering the high end features of the latest technology with its new gadget. Same happened with the Samsung Galaxy S Deals contract phones. These newly launched handsets are take n by the users like the hot cakes.
This wonderful handset is available on various networks in the UK. These networks include Vodafone, Orange, T Mobile, Virgin, O2 and 3. These all networks are offering the users several attractive offers and free gifts with the contracts of this great device. The gifts include the LCD TVs, digital cameras, laptops, play stations and instant cash back offers. Hence the attraction of the users is also increasing as they are getting these lucrative offers and the amazing features together.
These wonderful features of this tremendous gadget include a great display with a 4.0 inches AMOLED capacitive touchscreen that is capable of providing high quality display of 480 x 800 pixels with several new age display features. The storage options with this Samsung Galaxy S contract phone is coming with 16GB internal memory options that can again be expanded up to additional 32GB.
This handset is an Android OS v2.1 operated device which makes the operating experience of the users quite fast with the high speed 1GHz ARM processor. The connectivity of this amazing device is just too good under all the GSM and HSDPA bands. The powerful battery, splendid third party applications and great music features are making the Samsung Galaxy S Deals the most demanding deals by the users. Besides it the users have also got great options with the inclusion of various free gifts with these deals.
Barry is an expert author of telecommunication industry.for more information about Samsung Galaxy S Deals with mobile phone contracts with free gifts visit our mobile shop.
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The Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica Has Android Technology
Aug 14th
The Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica Has Android Technology
Released in November 2009, the Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica was actually the first Android operated mobile phone to offer DivX playback. This is in addition to the impressive range of playback formats of this model’s media player.
The i5700 measures 115×57x13.2mm and weighs in at 124g. The 3.2” TFT capacitive touchscreen is capable of displaying up to 16million colours at 328×480 pixels. An accelerometer is built into the handset which senses when it had been tilted and automatically rotates the image on screen so it can be viewed in both portrait and landscape forms.
Users are alerted to incoming calls and messages by vibration and ringing with the option to utilize MP3 and WAV music files as ringtones. A speakerphone is built in allowing hands free communication. A 3.5mm audio jack is provided which can accommodate hands free kits as well as headphones for listening to music.
180MB of internal storage is available, however a microSD slot is included on the handset which can accommodate up to 32GB of storage for media files, contact info and other files. A range of connectivity options allows users to stay connected. GPRS and EDGE connection are both available in Class 12 versions of each. Internet access is provided thanks to an HSDPA connection at speeds of up to 3.6Mbps. WiFi access allows users to take advantage of various hotspots located around the country. Bluetooth v2.1 is installed as standard enabling direct transfer of data and files between Bluetooth compatible handsets.
The i5700 is equipped with a camera boasting 3.15MP which operates at a pixel resolution of 2048×1536 pixels. Features of the camera include autofocus as well as the increasingly popular Geo-tagging facility. It also has the ability to record video as an alternative to taking still photographs.
As already mentioned, the i5700 has an impressive media player. Supported formats of music files are MP3, e-AAC+ and WMA. Video files in MP4, H.263, H.264, WMV and DivX formats are supported. Media files can easily be transferred to and from a computer by using the included USB (v2.0) port. A range of included applications include a digital compass, voice memo recorder, YouTube access, calendar as well as a range of Google features. These are Google search, Maps, Gmail and Google Talk integration. A range of games is included and the phone has GPS with A-GPS support.
As mentioned the i5700 utilises the Android operating system, in this case it is the Cupcake version . A 800MHz processor provides ample power for running demanding applications.
The Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica is an impressive offering from Samsung with a range of features and technology which is sure to appeal to a range of users.
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Samsung Beam I8520 ? First Android With Projector
Aug 14th
Samsung Beam I8520 ? First Android With Projector
The world’s second largest phone maker Samsung has unveiled another world’s first with the pico projector-enabled Samsung Beam i8520 demoed at the recently concluded 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
It runs on a proprietary 800 MHz processor running the latest Android 2.1 Éclair platform with the TouchWiz UI. This is a real top-of-the-line smartphone that also features a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED capacitive multitouch screen and an 8.1 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and true high definition 720p video recording at a cinema-quality 30fps. There’s just a handful of smartphones at the MWC you can count with one hand that can touch this phone.
Featuring the first ever Android smartphone with an integrated projector, the Beam ups the projector smartphone released last December by its main rival compatriot LG Electronics whose LG Expo GW820 QWERTY now looks primitive with a detachable snap-on pico projector.
This is not Samsung’ first nor is pico projection new as it had a similar pico projector smartphone released in January 2009 called the Samsung Show using the same Texas Instrument DLP chipset but now specified at WVGA resolution with a 6 lumens brightness that can project a 50-inch wide image.
Flagship Features
The Beam is your quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/19000) on the 2G network and a tri-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (900/1900/2100) on 3G. You get WiFi 802.11/b/g/n with DLNA for hotspot support and local data connectivity options for Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0. There’s also SatNav functionality with a built-in A-GPS receiver with Google Maps,
Multimedia comes with media playback for all the popular media file formats that includes DivX/Xvid video, a stereo FM receiver with RDS and DNSe for surround and stereo widening effects. You get listening options using either its 3.5mm headphone jack or going wireless with a Bluetooth A2DP stereo earphones.
Display is tops with 3.7-inch Super AMOLED multitouch capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and WideVGA resolution (800 x 480) that has scratch resistant surface. It comes with the usual accelerometer for auto-rotate viewing
With a 14.9mm body thickness, Samsung maximized its CMOS sensor focal length to deliver an outstanding 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, face/smile/blink detection and geo tagging for it’s a-GPS receiver. Another imaging standout with few peers is its high definition 720p video recording at a movie-grade 30fps with video light. It also comes with a front-facing secondary VGA camera for 3G video calls.
Its internal phone memory caps at 15 GB with 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM and 32 GB microSD expandability. Its battery life is arguably the best in the industry with 14 hours of talk times and 630 of standby time with a hefty 1800 mAh li-ion battery. Using its pico projector could eat more power but this didn’t seem to be a problem during its demo at the MWC.
Availability
The Samsung Beam i8520 is not expected to ship anytime soon and Samsung is not forthcoming with the information though we figure it could be in the middle of the year at the earliest. There’s also no price information but as a flagship smartphone, this is not meant for everyone.
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