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Samsung Rugby II Review
Sep 1st
AT & T and Samsung released the Samsung Rugby 2, a push-to-talk device with a rugged, military-grade design that stood up to the harshest of elements. To communicate in a gray area there, rugged clamshell design, the Samsung Rugby 2 offers improved noise reduction and to facilitate an external speaker, regardless of the environment. The Rugby is also home to two military standard MIL-STD-810g certified to withstand dust, shock, vibration, rain, humidity, solar radiation, altitude and extreme temperatures.
Thanks to its ability aGPS, which offers two Samsung Rugby AT & T Navigator offers voice directions and visual turn-by-turn driving directions APS with automatic re-routing, full-color maps and traffic information in real-time alerts. The Navigator app and AT & T Family Card, the families put in a position of having a child site from a PC or mobile phone and request updates at any time pursue situation.
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The Rugby-2 also contains access to location-based services and applications such as Loopt, Trimble Outdoors, AllSport GPS (workout coach) and where. Finally, the productivity of the Samsung Rugby has two AT & T Mobile Resource Management applications, TeleNav Track GPS Time Track and Hora AT&T.
In addition to its robust design, the Samsung Rugby also two large external speaker that allows for ease of use with AT & T Push to Talk service ($ 5 per month). PTT gives users the option of an entire group into a wireless call from a PTT session to draw and interfere with the ability to own status to Available, not available, and much more.
The Samsung Rugby 2 is equipped with a voice processor to improve the public voice and to suppress noise for clear communication everywhere. How the human ear, isolates the chip of your voice and filters out unwanted background noise for better mobile voice clarity in noisy environments.
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The Samsung Rugby also includes two AT & T Video Share, Mobile Video, AT & T Mobile Music and Mobile Web browser to keep users entertained and off the job. Additional features include a 2 rugby 2-megapixel camera with video recording, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity and a microSD slot for memory cards up to 32GB cards.
Samsung Reality Review
Aug 13th
The Samsung Reality is a good multimedia phone with Verizon Wireless for $ 79.99 with a contract. The Reality Samsung has the size of 4.23 cm long 2.09 inches wide by 0.65 inches thick. The reality is similar to the Samsung Mobile Rogue much.
The reality is a bit boxy and has rounded corners. The reality Samsung is available in black or red. The weight of the device is 4.59 ounces, the Samsung’s Reality touchscreen measures 3 inches. The color screen is supporting 262,000 colors and resolution is 240 x 400 pixels. Below the display there are some physical controls: the Send button, Back/Clear key, and End/Power key. If you are Samsung Reality foil on the right side, you will get a full QWERTY keyboard. It is spacious and the slightly raised keys are very handy for SMS.
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After sliding gets the phone, the display mode from portrait to landscape must be replaced. An accelerometer is also the reality can screen modes without having to open the device. The messaging services of the reality are SMS, MMS, IM (AIM, Windows Live and Yahoo) and voice messaging. There is also an e-mail option with the HTML browser.
The music player has support for the following formats: MP3, AAC, AAC + and WMA. Among the features the music player there is an equalizer function, and music mode. The video playback is available. There is a support for EV-DO Rev. Reality has a 3.2 megapixel camera with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels to 320 x 240 pixels. The features of the camera includes an LED flash, night mode, self timer, multi shot, adjustable ISO, different frames, five color effects, white balance and various options for contrast, brightness and sharpness. The photo quality of the Reality-camera is good enough.
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It is a camcorder in the Reality telephone. It records in the resolution of 176 x 144 pixels and a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and 640 x 480 pixels. The functions of the camcorder are similar to those of the camera. The internal memory of the phone is 128 MB. The memory can be increased with microSD/microSDHC slot. The battery life of the Samsung Reality compiled five hours of talk time and 12.5 days of standby time.
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Samsung Impression a877 Review
Aug 12th
While home theater buffs still wring their hands and had their bank accounts in anticipation of OLED technology is large enough to hang in the living room, at the age of OLED already on the mobile world. Samsung is not the first manufacturer to drop a full-color OLED panels in a mobile phone, but given the widespread availability and price ($ 199 to AT & T with contract) the Impression that it is the first one you actually have could be a shot at his own hide here in the U.S. But organic light on phones in the same way they screen TVs?
Yes. From the moment you open the impression that flip, it’s pretty obvious that something else is fire under the bright 3.2-inch screen on the phone. The colors – reds and yellows seem above all – vibrant and lively than the ones you’ve seen on conventional LCD displays, Samsung has included a variety of saturated backgrounds, show really can do it. Increase the brightness to its max ups the wow factor even more, without shaking off even a hint of sunlight and helps wash out, too. Despite its rich color reproduction is the 240 x 400 resolution on the display only appropriate, it is less a feeling than clear dense LCDs in phones like the HTC Touch Diamond.
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Sony has this glittering diamonds from a display in a relatively Swank setting bed: a chrome-trimmed, curved edge slider with full QWERTY keyboard hidden inside. The sliding mechanism for easy kicks, and we particularly liked the large, rubbery feeling keyboard with a satisfying click with each keystroke and returns took almost no time to acclimatise. This is the type of keyboard you use to memorize inactive tap a page long e-mail without it.
is used with a capacitive touch screen (the guy on the iPhone) makes the impression of feeling more sensitive and more agile than clumsy resistive screens, but inevitable without enthusiasm, scrolling still feels like a chore that you need endless paw on the screen. Haptic feedback, which buzz the phone when you press an icon does, makes a nice touch (literally), as well.
The call, back and end buttons to call on the face of the phone all make navigation a breeze, but we were not the slim access key likes and release button on the sides, the jab zero feedback, and sometimes requires a fingernail to be delivered . On the other hand, is a very important trigger that brings up a “ready-to-shoot camera in less than two seconds is a clear winner – as are the relatively high-quality recordings from the 3.0-megapixel shooter.
If there lurked a big catch in all this, it is the relatively sluggish Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system with its own Samsung TouchWiz interface built over the top. While it is relatively fast clip together, the interface does not make much sense, for the first time user and will probably not after it for a while, either. exhausted, you have to pull out a sliding carousel widgets from them for a kind of mobile desktop that a proper adjustment is experimental, but ends in a chaotic mess after the relatively narrow space is at your disposal.
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Connectivity comes via the impression AT & T Media Net, which offers a full HTML browser, e-mail, video from CNN to South Park, and all the other props you would expect to 3G speed. (Oddly, there is no option for Wi-Fi.) Loaded, the browser page rather quickly, even if a little awkward to navigate, and videos were felt quickly in the queue as well, even if it has plenty of blocky compression for them to . show
Each phone is running at the $ 199 price point to AT & T to a direct competitor to the iPhone, which gives the impression of a hard sell, even when otherwise well-rounded device. Why even consider it, that in addition to Goliath? If you do not need the flexibility provided by well-groomed app Apple’s Store, is the impression of small, has a much nicer screen, a killer keyboard and Media Net plans cost $ 15 per month instead of $ 30 for a real data-rate . That is, we have our fingers crossed still for Samsung rolling out a mobile phone just as the impression, but I think with Android on board, instead of Windows Mobile – I7500, with a keyboard.
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Samsung Solstice A887 review
Aug 10th
There is no lack of touch screen phones on the market. But here and latest phones are often in different categories announced. Samsung, a leading manufacturer of mobile phones in the market is not be left behind. You have given the arrival of the latest mobile phone Samsung A887 Solstice in the month of July 2009 is known and it is expected that the market will take in August. This is a full touch-screen phone with some brilliant look and exceptional features on to estimate. The focus of the Samsung A887 Solstice is on social networks and media. The unit is well equipped to ensure compatibility with MySpace and Facebook. Today is the big market share of mobile phone buyers will be occupied by the young buyers. These young people are looking for several new functions, especially based on media, entertainment and networking. With Samsung A887 Solstice they get an opportunity to the best of what they enjoy, like social networking. AT & T bring this phone to users and is available under two years of contract obligations. The price for this device called Samsung A887 Solstice is set relatively low.
Samsung A887 Solstice is about a cool sleek device. Look at it from every angle, and you will only fall into it. This is a full touch-screen device with three large buttons at the bottom of the handset. The far left button to accept calls and calls, while the extreme right button is for the termination of the calls. The middle button that is slightly larger in size for the navigation and control other functions of the phone. You can arrange the main interface to your liking on the touchscreen. This will take you right in to easy and fast access to take the necessary applications and menus to help. You can select Contact, menu, list, Web browser, messaging, push to talk, social networking sites, etc. on the main screen of the phone. You will find the logo of Samsung at the bottom of the screen and the logo of AT & T at the top of the screen. The back of the phone looks very solid because of the nature of the material used in the body. On the upper left corner of the back of the Samsung A887 Solstice, you will find the lens of the 2 megapixel camera. Laterally the phone looks very slim and attractive. Also, there are certain keys in this area also placed.
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The display of the Samsung A887 Solstice is occupied mainly by the large touch screen interface of the phone. The black look Drop Dead Gorgeous and its combination with the lively touch screen provides stunning. The overall size of the screen is 3 inches and has a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. This is a complete touch-screen phone that comes with 256,000 colors. The display of the phone has an accelerometer and the total weight of the phone is 94 grams measuring the Samsung A887 Solstice is 109 mm by 53 mm by 12.7 mm. Its design is ideal for easily adapted to the pocket of a pair of jeans. Therefore, Samsung A887 Solstice is to wear simple and comfortable.
With Samsung A887 Solstice, you can still well connected. The phone has quad-band GSM and EDGE and dual-band UMTS/HSDPA 3G support. The 2G network, the mobile phone GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 supported while on 3Gnetwork It supports HSDPA 850 and 1900. The speed of HSDPA in 3G is 3.6 megabytes per second. In addition, Samsung A887 Solstice comes with multiple ports such as USB v2.0 and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP. This allows the phone with various compatible devices for seamless data transfer applications are connected.
This is a very disappointed by the Samsung A887 Solstice. In view of the other functions of the phone, it was expected something exciting to offer in terms of the camera, but it is a normal 2-megapixel camera. This 2-megapixel camera to images with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. There is no second camera and video recording is only done with this camera. The Samsung A887 Solstice, but has a video player that can play some exciting video files. The video player supports several file formats such as MPEG4, H.263 and H.264.
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Samsung A887 Solstice comes with an integrated music player. This music player is easy to manage and track different types of music files is also quite easy. You can enjoy your music for the name of the song, artist, genre, album, etc. You can enjoy the music of the phone in normal mode or listen to an arrangement with the headphones. Bluetooth headset has the volume and offers amazing listening experience.
Samsung A887 is equipped with 189 megabytes Solstice internal memory and it has the ability to support up to 16 gigabytes of external memory with microSDHC (INFO) memory cards. This allows you a very good number of music files, video files and images, without much to charge the storage capacity.
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Samsung Gravity T Review
Aug 3rd
Samsung phones tend to have their users with a bundle of characteristics and attributes of content. Due to this factor, there is always enthusiasm among the enthusiasts, whenever an announcement of a new phone on the market. The latest offering from Samsung T669 Gravity T is the , which also claims to be rich with different facets and features. The handset was officially announced in June 2010, and it is already available on the market. The handset connects TFT touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard slider format and it seems that SE XPERIA X10 Pro Mini has a competition on the market. The form factor of the handset with the rounded edges combined with vibrant colors definitely makes the device look very appealing.
Apart from the resistive touch screen TFT display, QWERTY keyboard, Samsung Gravity T detriment of other functions such as turning to creation, acceleration sensor, a microSD card support, Bluetooth, HSDPA, Google applications, a GPS and more muted. The funky look of the handset gives an impression that it is directed against the young customers. In addition, the integrated mobile social networking applications, so users can with their friends and family and post updates at any time remain attached. Therefore, Samsung T669 Gravity T has a relevance for both fun loving customers and business customers. It is to bring out a smart move by Samsung is a versatile phones in the form of Gravity T T669 and Samsung t479-axis 3 (another new handset). We call the details of the phone specification below.
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Networking and Connectivity
The Samsung Gravity T has everything you need for a smartphone in the lower price range. It is quite well-supported network features so that users can communicate effectively and other facilities to enjoy. The 2G network of the Quad-Band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 by the handset with dual-band HSDPA 3G network supports 1700/2100. As of now, it seems that T-Mobile network operator, the device is such that check the user deals with the various operators on this phone has. Data accessibility of the handset gets support of GPRS and EDGE Class 10, the speed of 32-48 kbit s to 236.8 kbit s or maintains. Presence of HSDPA shows that users can get high-speed surfing experience, the most important for business users to send instant messages, e-mail, RSS, Push, etc. In fact, the general users can share quick updates on social networks with high-speed Internet access. Lack of Wi-Fi is something about the negative rating in the form of connectivity options in Gravity T T669.
Memory
Gravity T Samsung is loaded with many features and applications. To access the optimum performance of handset storage capacity must be adequate and Gravity T has a fairly good job in this aspect. The memory of the handset can be expanded by inserting an external memory card into the microSD card slot. The maximum capacity is 16 GB of expandable memory, which is pretty good for the storage of various applications and maintain the smooth running of the performance. However, users are required to have a memory card as it is not to purchase from the Company in the package. In addition to the expandable memory option, the internal memory of 50MB mobile phone. The internal memory is capable of storing call lists of 90 missed calls, received calls and dialed calls, and phone book entries.
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Display
If you’re a stylish phone, the Samsung T669 Gravity T a lot of material then has to buy is definitely a good choice. The funky shape of the handset combined with vibrant colors makes it look awesome. The handset can slide open, adding to the right. When the slider is open, you can find the QWERTY keyboard where the keys are spaced specifically with an excellent color combination. Input from the keyboard seems comfortable as a sufficient spacing between the keys. On top of the screen you will find the logo of Samsung and placed under the umbrella of the major keys as a call key, end key and menu key are. The nature of the display of the phone is TFT resistive touch screen that 256,000 colors and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels offers. Also emphasizes the large display in turn to facility and acceleration sensor dumb. Gravity T T669 weighs 120 grams and its dimensions are 110 x 56.6 x 15 mm. Therefore, it is very pleasant to do compared to other popular phones with QWERTY keyboard. In addition, the user can get multiple colors to choose from.
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Camera
The characteristics of this new Samsung mobile phone seems to be stylish and trendy. Therefore, there are a lot of expectation, multimedia features of the handset. The big draw of the multimedia features include the ability of the camera. In this aspect, the Samsung Gravity T disappointed. It has a mere 2-megapixel camera with 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution. At least a bit higher megapixel was expected from the manufacturer, but it has some reasons for this step and keep the price of the handset within a reasonable budget seems to be one of the reasons. There is no second camera on the Samsung T669 Gravity T.
Other multimedia features of the phone includes music player and video playback. The music player can play, WAV eAAC + MP3 will be played during the video supports H.264 and MP4.
Samsung Saga Verizon Phone Review
Jul 29th
Verizon continues to globe-trotting executives and Smart Device enthusiasts alike with the Samsung Saga, a smartphone that subscribers retain their phone number will also allow to travel abroad. That’s because the saga works on both CDMA and GSM networks, an ability shared only by Verizon on the Blackberry 8830 World Phone. The saga is also a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone offers optimized software design, the powerful Web browser Opera Mobile and convenient hardware control. Unfortunately, inertia to keep poor reception and short battery life traveling back from a true superstar.
The saga measures 2.4 by 4.9 In 0.5-inch (HWD) and weighs 4.6 ounces, which makes it a bit bigger, thinner and lighter than its cousin Epix on AT & T’s Samsung, the saga ended in an electric blue rubberized housing with a black leatherette ring around the sides. The left side is a volume rocker switch and a hardware lock key. The right side contains Samsung’s proprietary multi-standard jack, camera button and a clip-style recessed hardware reset button. The tip of the saga houses a recessed power button and a covered nonstandard 2.5mm headphone jack. The only accessories included are the power adapter and a USB sync cable.
The 2.6-inch, 320-by-320 pixel LCD displays 65k colors. It is a basic resistive touch screen, like other recent Windows Mobile smartphones, it responds to fixed finger presses and steals, but does not affect too delicate or Apple’s two-finger zoom trick. There is also a built-in stylus, which is engaged with the operating system interface and helps tiny buttons. Samsung calls the input device on the saga, an optical mouse, but it really is a miniature, circular touchpad. It is an improvement over the Epix, though, and makes controlling the cursor on the screen easily. You can also disable the mouse and use the touchpad for four-way navigation, but I found it slow to respond to this mode.
Around the optical mouse are six buttons: Send, End, a Windows key, an OK button and two programmable buttons. The saga of the QWERTY keyboard is a gem: it provides balanced resistance, clearly distributed (increased if small) plastic buttons and a comfortable typing. Numbers was not easy, but because the handset, the processor could not keep up. The tone sounds each cut off, and ignore the OS numbers quite often, so I had to slow down, abandoned, and enter the number.
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Voice calls for clear and powerful in both the listeners and callers sounded different. The saga of the reception was bad, but. The unit struggled to keep on Verizon EV-DO network (admittedly in a rural part of Massachusetts) and have spent most of the reporting period in 1x mode, with only one or two bars. One remained near Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8330 firmly in EV-DO mode (with three fifty-seven bars) in all of the same test sites. During a call, I heard the occasional dropout and static for a few words, but the handset has a good job with the tiny signal, they could try in. The saga of the first with an original Aliph Jawbone paired draw, and its speakerphone was loud enough to use in noisy environments. Unfortunately it only lasted 3 hours 41 minutes talk time on a battery test, the at least one hour less than we see on a comparable Verizon phones.
The saga of the big sell is its global roaming capability. It is a dual-band EV-DO Rev A (800/1900-MHz) phone and a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900-MHz) GSM phone. Unlike most Verizon phones, the saga comes with a SIM card roams on overseas networks for voice calls and EDGE (not 3G) data. Verizon locks down the slot, so you can not in an AT & T or T-Mobile card here in the U.S. or a prepaid card abroad, pop. How many competing smartphones, which includes a full complement Saga wireless radios, including 3G (EV-DO Rev A), Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), GPS and Bluetooth 2.0. You can also use it as a modem for your laptop when you enable Verizon’s $ 15 per month BroadbandAccess Connect plan.
The saga sports a 400 MHz Qualcomm MSM7500 processor, 112MB of internal memory, 84MB RAM in total, and only 47MB free for user programs. On the home page you will find a large digital clock and four-Connection tabs, favorites, contacts and settings with Windows Mobile standard drop-down menu “Start”. Like other Windows Mobile handsets, not end the saga programs when you click the close button, with the result that the handset bogs down every 10 minutes or so programs will collect in the background. Fortunately, the saga to customize the home page tabs, I added a link to the Task Manager favorite, the ending tasks made easy.
Verizon’s software bundle is sparse, but includes an outstanding: The Opera Mobile browser. It offers solid desktop-page rendering, robust favorites management, Finger Swipe support, and a zoom-box, although it still does not display Adobe Flash content. The saga also packs in a few small utilities, including a useful tip calculator, Smart Converter Unit Conversion Utility, a world clock, and the useless VZAppZone information aggregator allows a combination depot and crapware that Verizon sell more software and services. The saga is also working with Networks-in-Motion-powered VZ Navigator from Verizon service that offers Voice-Enabled Turn-by-turn directions for $ 9.99 per month or $ 2.99 per day. Disappointing, lacking the saga for a moment messaging client and not with Verizon’s V Cast Music and video work.
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There is a microSD slot under the battery cover (but is under the battery). According to Samsung, the slot-read cards, to large in size to 16 GB, has my 8GB SanDisk microSDHC card works well. The saga of the 2-megapixel camera lacks flash and autofocus. In my tests, it was very loud inside shots with blown highlights. The VCR out at 320 x 240 pixels videos exhausted, but they were easy to read (at least in well-lit room) and played smoothly. Bassy music fits sounded dull, but on one of coupled Cardo S-2 stereo Bluetooth headphones, but the saga may not display album art. Unfortunately, video file playback from the same volatility suffered shared with other Windows Mobile phones with slow CPUs. Two other derailments: conceal the handset on big mouse cursor pauses in full-screen mode, and the handset on the video and fell back to Windows Media Player when I set the volume with the toggle switch.
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 on Verizon, our current Editors’ Choice, is faster than the saga, is easier to use, costs less, and on our tests, two hours lasted longer on a single charge, although the saga’s Touch-Screen and global roaming lacks capacity. The Samsung Omnia has meanwhile reduced recently to $ 199 (with a two-year contract), its 5MP camera blows away in the saga, and it is a good voice phone with better reception. In short, there is not much of a story, the saga, especially given the competition.
Samsung Intercept Review
Jul 27th
Samsung is back, and they expand their horizons Android by focusing on more than one demographic. Hot off the Galaxy S announcements a few weeks ago, the Mid-Range Intercept at Sprint has landed. Complete with Android 2.1, a full QWERTY keyboard and 3G connectivity, the replacement of the moment Samsung offers a nice feature set at a reasonable price. That being said, the focus seems to some high-profile devices such as the EVO 4G, DROID X, incredibly, iPhone and 4th What is more, have driven the innovations in smart phones in the air downwards. At $ 99.99, the intercept will take off in the sub $ 100 smartphone?
Design & Features
The device comes in a mid-top box which contains the mobile phone, battery, AC adapter, USB cable, 2 GB microSD card (installed on the phone), microSD card adapter, and operating instructions. It feels slim and light in hand, a departure from the bulky design of the Samsung is now. Coming in at 4.43 cm and 2.19 cm wide, 0.60 inches thick, weighs 4.9 ounces, the device, making it easily transportable in a narrow pocket, purse or briefcase.
The intercept has a few external buttons. On the left side, the volume rocker and microSD slot are found, while the 3.5 mm headphone connector and camera button on the right side. The Micro-USB charging port is on the top, and is the 3.2-megapixel camera on the back. Intercept a 3.0-inch WQVGA display offers 240 x 400 pixels and 16 million colors. Given the Intercept’s mid-range condition, it is perfectly acceptable, and also worked in any task I threw at it. Apart from that, I’m spoiled by high-resolution displays, and noticed immediately the difference. If you are of a high-end device of the migration are the intercept, you are likely to notice.
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Usability & Performance
The intercept vessels with a custom Android 2.1 and Samsung “skin”. In contrast Sense UI and MOTOBLUR, Samsung’s adjustments are small. You will notice immediately, Sprint includes Sprint TV, Sprint NASCAR Cup Mobile, Sprint and Sprint Football Live zone. Sprint Navigation is not installed on the intercept, and my first thought is that the redundancy of the Sprint navigation and Sprint with Google Maps on the same device realized.
Total was decent thanks to the 800 MHz processor, although it experienced a few times where I was. Now and then, would the whole device freezes for 5-10 seconds, and would not respond to any of my gestures. I also learned a lesser version with the four tactile buttons (Menu, Home, Back, Search) under the touch screen. During my tests, there were many times where the four keys failed to register my gestures. I would inevitably tap the button five or six times, and there would suddenly come to life the registration every six gestures at once and opening random applications. It was frustrating, and I found myself pulling the battery several times.
With a full QWERTY keyboard, is the intercept one great device for those who text and e-mail on a regular basis. The buttons are large and tactile, making it easy to type a message on the go. The general layout of the keyboard is a bit funky and centered on the left by the arrow-key navigation, and Samsung put the “ZM” line between the spacebar, which makes it a little different than a normal QWERTY. Despite the differences, I was accustomed to the layout after a few days.
Sporting a 3.2 megapixel camera, it is not complying with 5.0 and 8.0-megapixel alternatives on the market, but the picture quality was decent with the right amount of natural light. The images I have after dawn and were grainy in low light, thanks to the lack of a flash. Editing options include Scene mode, white balance, color effects, metering, image, image quality and focus mode. Besides the camera offers the interception of a video camera, and it works good for the occasional recording. You have the option of setting for 30 seconds (for sending via MMS), 10 minutes or 30 minutes.
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I have worked with the intercept in the metro Charlotte region, and the quality was good. Call quality has been consistently strong on my end, and my caller told me that they hear me well and that I was easy to understand. I tested the speakers in a crowded department store, and although the background noise was present during my test calls, most callers were able to understand the conversation. I paired my Plantronics Voyager Pro one headset to the intercept and callers were satisfied with the audio quality.
Intercept uses the Sprint EVDO (3G) network data, and while it faster instead of the Rev. 0 Rev. A, device speeds generally used for a decent mid-range device. CNN’s mobile site in about 14 seconds to load, and the full load Phonedog Homepage in about 40 seconds. Data-heavy applications like Sprint TV, Google Maps, and various downloaded Apps worked without problems.
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The unit comes with a 1500 mAh battery, and although he was an Android device battery life surprisingly decent. With moderate use, including the call, SMS, instant messaging, browsing the Internet, using Google Maps (I’m a junkie Navigation), I could just about a day before the unit is turned off. Given the challenges plaguing high-end battery-giants like the EVO 4G, DROID X (which I have both set during the business day in account), it is a welcome change.
Conclusion
The Android platform is expanding at an exponential rate. Of the occasional unit here and there to a new phone every week, it’s hard to keep track of growth. published in a sea of summer, the Samsung Intercept one of the nicer mid-range devices with which I worked. The full QWERTY keyboard is spacious and ideal for typing, and it is yet another form factor for prospective buyers to consider. Hardware aside, Sprint pre-installed a number of benefits for free on their devices and price plans are generally cheaper than the competition. My only concern is the occasional lag and the problems I had with the tactile buttons below the display. Make sure to test the device (and the buttons) in memory before buying. The intercept is available at Sprint retail and online for $ 99.99 after a $ 100 mail-in rebate and new customer agreement.
Samsung Vibrant Android Phone Review
Jul 21st
Back in the fall, was able to build up some steam surrounding Samsung See II, since it is one of the few phones on the market, was to be different with an AMOLED display. Everything made on paper is definitely the phone quite interesting, and was at one point as part of the upper class of the Android smartphones at the time. Unfortunately for Samsung that it had a compelling device to consumers, yet another custom Android experience would do the courts. But T-Mobile certainly an ace up its sleeve in the form of the Samsung T959 Vibrant – their version of the Galaxy S. Already found himself in the comfortable position among others, Premier Android smartphone, the Vibrant grabs some things not found on the other variants is distinguished . However, there is no dispute at this point that the Vibrant is one of the largest mobile phone to grace T-Mobile this summer has become.
Design
The Vibrant Samsung employs exactly the same design and manufacturing quality with the Galaxy I9000 S, not to say that’s found a bad thing, but refreshing for the U.S. market if you take into account the stark difference to See II. Constructed primarily of this feeling slick durable plastic, it can not embody the premium feel of AT & T version, the Samsung Captivate holding, but practical and comfortable. It is a chrome frame that the enhanced representation in the resort, also adds an element of the charm of the handset while the patterned design on the back to find the same applies in the feat. One of the comforting things about the handset is that they are extremely thin (0.39 “), especially more so when you consider his packed internals’s – plus it is a lightweight (4.16 oz) handset that will not be charged in the bags. as construction, the Vibrant feels solid enough everywhere, but think we would, that his shiny plastic would be vulnerable to some external scratches.
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If you are looking for, from lush colors and exquisite looking, you will be a lot to find with the Vibrant beautiful 4 “Super AMOLED display – hence the name perfectly sums all mixed up. He was watching for the first time someone will easily last through the generation AMOLED display on the See II find forgotten. Sizing up with a WVGA (480×800) resolution and support for 16.7 million colors, there is no dispute about the sheer shades and gradients to present it in a position – plus it is in able to pure black replicate it so much that you do not even know where the limits offered by the end of the touch screen. In addition, some large viewing angle and brightness to sheer you keep your eyes from every angle you glazed looks at it. Although it believe, to an improved experience to create outdoor in direct sunlight, there are some cases where it would be shadowing for a better look at what possible on the screen.
Gone are the front-facing camera and the physical key from the original, but apart from that, everything else is intact on the handset. The same four touch-sensitive buttons on the Samsung Captivate found to dominate the space below the screen, but fortunately this time they are more visible in low light, as it offers a brighter backlight. Physical buttons are minimal with the handset as the volume rocker and dedicated power button sticking to the sides – which unfortunately do not provide the most results are assured when you press. The 3.5 mm headset jack is on the top edge with the Micro-USB port found hidden beneath a locking. With the same patterned design that also shown on the original, the branding “Galaxy S” to “Samsung it.” Towards the top left of the back of the phone you will find the 5 megapixel autofocus camera search changed with the two notches for the speakers in the immediate vicinity. can remove the rear cover by simply tore it to be carried out – gives you access to the battery, SIM card slot and microSD card slot.
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Performance
Caller said that our voice muffled somewhat and that the microphone sounded somewhat more sensitive than others because they are able to capture votes from a good distance it seemed. On our side there was some static sound in the background, but it is not arrogant, we still able to understand, words that were spoken. When using the speaker phone for our calls, it produces some great sounds that can be easily heard, but there were some that echoing was present. Despite some problems we found with the quality of the connection, it is still to be decent enough for most people to pass.
Although we do not have any connectivity issues with the network in the Greater Philadelphia region, we tended bar vary on the phone – even if we were stationary in the same place to see.
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It is almost unheard of, a cell phone that a massive and bright screen still be able to provide you with a large battery – all the more when one Android-powered smartphone has seen. During our tests, we have the phone on automatic brightness and some heavy use, as we see, what can the longevity of trying to extract it. We were more than surprised at the handset battery to 50 percent find after a day of heavy usage. It is a safe bet to say that they managed set the bar for Android phones with its stellar battery life. For the average person, which under normal conditions, we would imagine that there may be a good two days before, the one charge. Probably the Super AMOLED technology, which is touted for its low power consumption, has something to do with it.
Samsung Captivate Review
Jul 20th
AT & T’s version of the Galaxy S offering the Samsung Captivate far AT & T is the best Android. But Samsung TouchWiz interface was not for everyone, and in my tests the phone a bit slow times. In addition, AT & T is at it again with his blocking of third-party Android apps.
Lightweight design, Gorgeous display
The Captivate is amazingly thin and light. The European S Galaxy looks very similar to the iPhone 3G, also on AT & T, to prevent confusion, I suppose that Captivate has a patterned, rubberized battery cover. Measuring 0.39 inches thick, the Captivate is thinner than the 4G EVO X and the Droid, but easily than the Hitachi in Ultraslim, 0.37-inch iPhone 4th It is the lightest of the group, with a weight of 4.2 ounces scarce.
The Captivate’s feather-light weight is in part because of its super AMOLED technology, the Samsung at Mobile World Congress Samsung presented on the Wave. Super AMOLED technology provides touch sensors on the display itself, as opposed to creating a separate layer (the old Samsung AMOLED displays had), so that it is the thinnest display technology on the market. Super AMOLED is fantastic – you really have to see it in person. Broke the color display and animations appear vivid and smooth.
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The Captivate’s 4-inch display is larger than that of the iPhone 4 (that’s 3.5 inches), but smaller than the screen of the Motorola and HTC EVO X Droid 4G (both 4.3 inches). In spite of this small size of the Captivate outshone both the Droid and the EVO X 4G in my casual side-by-side comparisons. The Side-by-side with iPhone 4 was a closer call: the iPhone’s display 4 appeared slightly sharper, but I thought the colors looked natural Captivate. It’s really hard to explain a winner in this Matchup – both displays are breathtaking.
I have also tried several side-by-side tests with the bright light iPhone Captivate 4 and do, but in July in San Francisco does not mean exactly sunshine and clear skies. In the misty outside, was the Captivate brighter and more visible, but I would still like the “retinal display” against Super Pit AMOLED on a sunnier day.
Multimedia
The music player is TouchWiz touch-friendly and easy to navigate. It displays album art nice, even in an iTunes Cover Flow-style interface. Sound was on my own earphones clean and decent about the external speakers.
Video on the pre-installed application and saw MobiTV sounded great on Captivate. The playback was smooth with no pixelation, artifacts, or stutter. Video of AT & T Cingular Video service was far worse, however: The reproduction of the best goals of the World Cup was like an animated oil painting because it was much too vague. Audio also sounded hollow and tinny through the service.
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One of the most fascinating features of Captivate is the Samsung Media Hub, will come with all the Galaxy S-telephones. Media Hub is Samsung’s answer to iTunes, a deal for the purchase of music and video. Unfortunately, Media Hub is not yet available to users now, according to my contact at Samsung, will launch Media Hub this autumn. Customers can use the service via an over-the-Air Update download.
Performance
Overall I was satisfied with the Captivate is the quality of the connection. My Contacts’ voice sounded clear, with lots of volume and no background hiss or static. I had pretty good reception and coverage of San Francisco.
Data transfer speeds were quite fast. I have started testing the browser only by my office and my apartment, but web pages and selected applications use the data connectivity and load pretty fast.
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AT & T customers discouraged by the iPhone antenna four questions (among other problems) you can find the Samsung Captivate a worthy alternative. Its display is on par with the iPhone 4, and his camera “Advanced settings’ users much more freedom in their photo shoots. The interface can be a bit slow, but that’s not my biggest problem with the phone: AT & T again is blocking users from downloading applications not approved through the Android Market.
Samsung Moment M900 (Sprint) Review
Jul 12th
Currently, the Samsung M900 moment one of the most exciting Android smartphones on the market. It comes with a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen (320 x 480 resolution) and a fast 800 MHz processor. It was able, in only 39 seconds (compared to 71 seconds on the HTC Hero boot). The screen was very responsive and fun to use. This model comes with the operating system Android 1.5.
The Samsung M900 moment is quite compact, measuring 4.6 x 2.34 x 0.63 cm and a weight of 5.67 ounces. His body is mostly black in color with the exception of silver ornaments on the front. The phone slides to show on the right side, a QWERTY keyboard. Overall, this phone has to feel a very classy and professional.
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This model comes with a variety of functions, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 3.2 megapixel camera (with flash) are, and supports SD cards (up to 32GB). It is a speech button on the side of the phone, you activate the voice dialing function can be removed. In our tests, the Samsung M900 moment very well to calls.
The sound quality was loud, sharp and clear, even if it is on speaker mode. It has about 5.5 hours of talk time. The keyboard was very comfortable to use and the navigation controls were very intuitive and practical. The powerful 800 MHz and 10,000 apps on the Android Market are good enough reasons to get one of these for themselves. The Samsung M900 is now currently retails for just $ 99 per (with service).
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Features:
- 3G-enabled, Android 1.5-powered smartphone with 3.2-inch AMOLED touch screen as well as side shift QWERTY keyboard, easy access to Google services
- Sprint Mobile Broadband Network about EV-DO connectivity, GPS turn for turn-by-turn directions regulatory Google Maps, Sprint TV enabled; Amazon MP3 Downloads Store
- Wi-Fi networks (802.11b/g), 3.2-megapixel camera camcorder, Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD mental recall expansion to 32 GB; entrance to the personal as well as corporate e
- Up to 5.5 hours talk time
- What’s in a Box: phone, battery, charger, remember 2 GB microSD card psychic, 3.5 mm stereo headset connected, ambitious start guide, documentation