The Amazing Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Is Brimming With Advanced Features

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The Samsung Galaxy S was released seemingly as an alternative to the popular Apple iPhone range. The 4-inch Super AMOLED display is one of the handsets crowning features, along with a number of impressive specifications ranging from super fast Wi-Fi internet browsing and superb social networking integration to name but a few.

When we take the new Hummingbird processor into consideration, the experience of the Samsung Galaxy S is one of the best phones out on the market currently. It isn’t just smooth, it’s fluid. Ridiculous ease is the best expression to describe the efforts of the processor when we pinch to zoom or scroll through menus or webpages.

The Samsung Galaxy S is also a highly competent cameraphone. A 5 megapixel camera is there to help you with that on the back, and a 1.3 MP one on the front. It captures 720p videos at a stunning rate of 30 frames per second. The UI reacts so stunningly fast it gives us the feeling it is mechanical without any need of processing.

Samsung tweaked Android’s Eclair with TouchWiz 3.0. Having Social Hub – a point where Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other social ...
... networks are aggravated into one single continuous stream –, the rest of the changes are mostly done in-app, and different skins. You will be in awe seeing the way the Samsung Galaxy S handles contacts. If you swipe on the contact’s name to the right, it dials the contact. Swiping on it to the left, it enables text-messaging to the contact; fluid, clever, enjoyable and intuitive.

Qik video and Swype are preloaded to the handset. The former uses the multimedia capabilities, the latter lets people try out another way of text input. Both appeal to a wide audience, providing useful extras. The setup of the phone is perfect, and even smartphone newbies will have no trouble getting used to the UI, and us it like a pro in no time at all.

The Samsung Galaxy S excels in terms of both software and hardware. It remains simple to use, yet despite having been available for some months now, it is still one of the most desirable smartphones out there. It happily competes with the majority of its recently released competition, and thanks to Android updates, the handset remains relatively future-proof.

With some great deals available, the Samsung Galaxy S puts superb smartphone technology within the reach of the masses.

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