| They set the joint on fire when it debuted their | | | | It sports a 5 MP 2592 x 1944 pixel camera featuring |
| eagerly anticipated smart phone into the red hot | | | | auto focus, touch focus, Geo-tagging and face & |
| Android market at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas last | | | | smile detection with a secondary VGA camera. |
| month. It's skinned with Android OS 2.1 and | | | | Storage memory weighs in at 16GB / 8GB with an |
| introduces a 4" Super AMOLED capacitive Touch Wiz | | | | external memory slot up that can handle up to 32GB. |
| 3.0 UI touch screen display that they claim is 20% | | | | Much to the dismay of hard core techies, the |
| brighter and 80% less reflective with a 20% boost in | | | | Samsung Galaxy S doesn't support 4G at this time |
| battery life. An Android OS 2.2 upgrade is reportedly | | | | but there is always hope! |
| pending. | | | | Here are all the down and dirty details. |
| The look and feel of Samsung's latest offering, the | | | | Android 2.1 / 2.2 |
| Samsung Galaxy S screams iPhone. However this is | | | | 4″ Super AMOLED - 20% brighter 80% glare |
| where the differences end. | | | | reduction |
| Omar Khan, SVP for Strategy and Product | | | | 3x faster processor |
| Development, Samsung Telecommunications America, | | | | Touch sensitive input |
| Inc. delivered a heads up on "Smart Life", a new | | | | Proximity sensor |
| feature designed to enhance the user experience. | | | | Social Hub |
| Quoting Khan, "The Samsung Galaxy S Model | | | | 16 GB internal, MicroSD capability |
| GT-I9000 and 'Smart Life' are giving users an | | | | Advanced location based services |
| experience that is integrated, immersive and | | | | Document editor |
| intelligent." | | | | Integrated calendar combines your Microsoft |
| Take your portable office on the road. "ThinkFree" | | | | Exchange and Google calendar |
| and get your work done with handy note taking. | | | | Remote Controller for Samsung TVs |
| Receive all your email, Bluetooth, WiFi and messages | | | | Google Maps Navigation featuring voice search |
| on the fly and open PDF and MS Office documents | | | | Real-time traffic updates |
| without conversion. Included are the basic mobile | | | | Daily Briefing allows access to news, weather, sports, |
| features like GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. | | | | stocks, and scheduler |
| The social media hub incorporates all of your Twitter, | | | | Wireless tethering |
| personal and business emails and places it on a single | | | | Accelerometer sensor |
| screen. | | | | Play and record HD Movies |
| JK Shin, president and head of Samsung Electronics' | | | | Layar Augmented Reality Browser |
| Mobile Communications Business stated "Americans | | | | Swype allows easy data entry while on the go |
| want to watch high quality video content on their | | | | Home Cradle - use it as a table clock, photo frame, |
| phones just as they can on their TV or computer at | | | | calendar or music player |
| home." He further stated "They want easy | | | | Expect delivery of the Galaxy S in Europe, North |
| multitasking on their handset. They are demanding of | | | | America, Latin America, Australia, and Asia in the near |
| services such as real-time traffic reports, 3D Maps | | | | future. |
| and directions." | | | | |