Post Tagged with: "Galaxy S"

Samsung ships 1 million Galaxy S devices in US

Yesterday, Samsung announced that they have shipped one million Galaxy S phones in in the US market, in just 45 days. Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Mobile, said: “Bringing Galaxy S devices to multiple carriers has given Samsung Mobile the opportunity to reach millions of consumers. I am proud of the instant success of the [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S Series Feature A Rocking SRS 5.1 Virtual Surround Sound

If there weren’t already enough reasons to get yourself a Galaxy S here is one more.

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Video: Samsung Galaxy S gets Good ol’ Stock Android 2.1

One of the things we’ve loved/hated about the Samsung Galaxy S, is the TouchWiz v3.0 UI. Well good news comes along today, as apparently there’s a option to switch to the standard good ol’ Stock Android 2.1 on the Samsung Galaxy S. There are some issues though, since this is still an early stage (the [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S ‘Snow White’ Edition Released in South Korea

Apparently Samsung Mobile has released a special new “Snow White” Edition of its flagship Android device, Samsung Galaxy S in South Korea. The Snow White edition has a high-gloss polished surface with a chrome bezel and black front. Samsung also took the opportunity to state that Galaxy S sales in South Korea have surpassed 800,000 [...]

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Samsung working on GPS software fix for Galaxy S

Something we noticed when we reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S, was that it’s GPS produced inaccurate readings. Not only is it slow to get a satellite lock, sometimes the location information is often much farther away from your physical location. And apparently this problem has plagued all variants of the Galaxy S. Luckily, Samsung is [...]

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Samsung Mobile announce new Accessories for Galaxy S

Samsung Mobile is totally pushing that Galaxy S we liked so much. Compatible with most of the fleet of variants, Samsung announced various ‘premium‘ accessories for the Galaxy S today. They include such items as a desktop dock, car holder, backup battery charging station, and protective cases in a variety of colors. Apparently, the docks [...]

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt: 200,000 Android phones sold every day

Just last May at Google I/O, Vic Gundotra announced that it was up to 100,000 a day. Now in a 40 min Q/A Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt told Reuters that about 200,000 smartphones and other devices based on Android were activated everyday. The CEO also said it was because of devices like the Droid X, which [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S receiving Android 2.2 (Froyo) in September

After the recent leak of a Android 2.2 (Froyo) test firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S, people have been wondering when the official firmware release would be out. But thanks to SamsungUKMobile’s Twitter account, we can now expect it in September. Remember though, this is for the international Galaxy S, and not for any of [...]

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Video: Samsung Galaxy S – Family Overview

Samsung Mobile USA explains the different Galaxy S models in this brief video overview. Bringing the Galaxy S family together with the AT&T Captivate, T-Mobile Vibrant, Sprint Epic 4G, Verizon Fascinate and more. Galaxy S, making the smartphone, brilliant! Find out more: http://samsung.com/GalaxyS

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Android v2.2 Froyo for the Samsung Galaxy S leaked?

A website called samsung-firmware.webs.com, says they’ve managed to get a hold of a test version of the Samsung Galaxy S firmware with Android 2.2 (Froyo). On the Samsung server we find 2 firmwares. I9000XXJP1 and I9000XXJP2 We download I9000XXJP1 but this is a currupt file on the server. Second time we download I9000XXJP2 this is [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S Review: The Android Market

The Samsung Galaxy S, running on Android 2.1 and all, has access to the Android Market for all your application and mobile content needs. And here’s a little bit about it. Right on the first menu screen of applications, is the icon for the Android Market place. Launching it, brings up the following screen (provided [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S Review: Web Browsing

Android 2.1 handles Web browsing pretty well on the Samsung Galaxy S. And here’s a little bit about it. The browser that’s bundled with Android 2.1 is a Google Chrome-like Web-kit based browser. And while it’s not as good as the Browser on the N900 (that still holds the throne in this department), it is [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S Review: Swype and Text Input

Admittedly, one of the first things that worried me when I first got the Samsung Galaxy S, was the fact that it didnt have an actual physical hardware Qwerty Keyboard. Thankfully though, that wasnt a worry very long, thanks to the sweet capacitive touchscreen on the Galaxy S, and the quick UI of Android 2.1. [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S Review: Camera Samples & UI

The Camera on the Samsung Galaxy S does a good enough job. And when I say ‘good’, i mean decent. In daylight. When there’s good enough lighting. Read on for a bit more about it. The Galaxy S has the usual Camera UI that you’d expect in a touchscreen device nowadays. The whole screen acts [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S Review: Image Gallery, Video & Media

Being an Android phone and all, the Samsung Galaxy S handles Media pretty well. Ofcourse there’s more to add to that. Here’s a little more about Music, Images and Video on the Galaxy S. Music: The music player on the Samsung Galaxy S handles all sorts of Music formats. Ranging from Lossless audio formats FLAC [...]

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