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Samsung Galaxy S is a phone from the Korean Giant Samsung launched in the year in March 2010. It was launched as a competition for the iPhone 4. This AT&T tattooed Smartphone was launched with a 2.1 Android OS which is also known as Éclair . Since November 2010 an official upgrade to Android 2.2 has been rolled out.

The Exteriors

The key features of this phone are the 4-inch 480x800 pixel Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a WVGA resolution. The phone also features a 1 GHz “Hummingbird” processor and a flash memory of 8 – 16 GB. Most models have a 5- megapixel camera. The SUPER AMOLED touchscreen is covered with Gorilla Glass. Gorilla Glass is a special crack and scratch resistant material.

The Hardware

The phone is seated on a system-on-a-chip 45 CMOS processor and has two microprocessors the Hummingbird and PowerVR SGX 540 GPU. The Hummingbird is the code for a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 based CPU that has been jointly developed by Samsung and Intrinsity. The Hummingbird is responsible for running the OS and other applications. The other processor is made by Imagination Technologies and is used to support the OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0. The phone is fitted with 512 MB RAM.

The Software

The Samsung Galaxy is an Android Smartphone with Android 2.1 and 2.2 OS. The user interface or UI in use is the Samsung TouchWiz 3.0. The newest feature of this UI is the fact that it allows seven homescreens. Some of the prominent widgets that you will see in this piece are the daily briefing which gives you information like finance, weather, AP mobile news, and schedule all in one page. Other prominent widgets include the weather clock and the buddy widget which lets you text and call your contacts quickly.

We haven’t seen Samsung magic in the market for quite a few years in the past. However, since it has started launching the new phones that are creating magic in the market, Samsung is no more holding a backseat in the top ranked companies in technological advancement and innovation.

               Samsung galaxy S is one of the best examples of Samsung success magic. With Android Operating system advanced from the previous version of Samsung galaxy to v2.1 (éclair), this phone excels in its very basic feature, OS. To sum up, it has ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor that maxims every experience of this phone for you to its best.

             The messaging is facilitated in a threading view to help you catch up messages the same sender at the same time, saving you the time of opening different messages and confusion. It comes with previously installed games. You can also download or purchase more games through its high speed internet with 2G or 3G. The 2G Network has GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and 3G has HSDPA 900/1900/2100. The internal 8GB/16GB storage which can be extended up to 32 GB for users who wish to store media or other files in your phone.

              This phone was announced in March 2010. Since it was announced with its specifications, it was much awaited by the mobile phone users to experience a better version of Samsung galaxy (I7500), which was a success itself. Samsung galaxy S has in built GPS to help you locate directions, installed Google maps and calendar to help you keep your records in your phone. With 512 MB RAM and 2GB ROM, your phone is no less than a mini notebook. A micro SC card slot is added to add external memory option. The inbuilt WLAN and other connectivity options keep you intact with high speed internet.

The Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone comes with both front and rear cameras. It is an auto focus 5-megapixel camera. The Samsung galaxy offers a very wide stock of settings for its camera. Options like picture contrast, color saturation, brightness, and exposure can all be adjusted to get the perfection for every photograph. Each of these options has an excellent range with each minute adjustment making a noticeable difference in the photograph. Various colors can be very well captured using the camera of Samsung Galaxy S. The camera also gives a variety of scene modes like Self shot, Action shot, Panorama Shot, Stop motion, Smile shot etc. to suit the different requirements like shooting in bright light. Other focusing options are also available on a Samsung Galaxy camera. Different Photo modes like sports modes will enable the best shot and effects like sepia or black and white mode will help with the editing of photographs shot on the camera of a Galaxy tablet. Options like macro and face detection makes editing of photos very easy but these options are difficult to access.

Even though this 5-megapixel camera option gives excellent features, some critics feel that the camera of other Samsung mobile sets like Samsung Tocco Ultra edition and i8910HD had better quality cameras. The unavailability of a flash on the camera of Galaxy Tablet gives only poor quality pictures when shot at night even though it has a night mode option. It would also be difficult to get good shots in the absence of proper lighting.

The video quality of the camera of a recording using a Samsung Galaxy S is excellent as it records in High Definition. A video recording shot using a galaxy tablet Smartphone will come out with excellent clarity as it uses 30frames per second at a resolution of 1280×720 pixels or the 720p footage.

Both the Samsung Galaxy tab and Samsung Galaxy S have been the talk of the town as they took the market by storm as posing a real competition to the iPad and the iPhone respectively.  When you look at each of these pieces separately and compare it with their iPhone counterpart you realize that both the units sold over a million units within a few weeks and actually proved to take on their iPhone counterparts.

The Samsung Galaxy S

The Samsung Galaxy S was launched with Android 2.1 but later offered upgrades to Android 2.2 Froyo. It has 480×800 pixel Super AMOLED capacitive Touchscreen with a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor. The Hummingbird is the code name for a 45nm 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU core that was made by Samsung and Intrinsity together.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab

The Tab is 7-inch and it got a lot of criticism as many felt that it was neither sleek to be a Smartphone and was far too uncomfortable to do the job of a laptop, in spite of the fact that the Tab is smaller than lighter than the iPad. The Tab has its own advantages over the iPad, the Hummingbird processor with Swype input system, the Android 2.2 Fruyo along with the UI make it compatible with Adobe Flash 10.1 as well as HTML while the iPad can only supports HTML. This is the ideal devise if you use a lot of PDFs and eBooks as the screen makes the ideal appliance for reading. The other important element is that the Tab facilitates both video and voice calls. The two cameras are just right for a video call though it could be patchy at times. There is a built-in loudspeaker in case you wish to hold a video conference and if you wish to have a private chat opt for the Bluetooth headset.

After the release of both the Samsung Galaxy S and Tab the fight for the best Smartphone and tablet just got tougher!

Planning to buy an iPad because you have not found an iPad alternative as yet? Here are a few features of the much talked about Samsung Galaxy Tab that might provide you a suitable alternative.

The seven inch slate was launched on the 2nd of September in the IFA in Berlin; this Android-based tabled computer has been considered as the first real rival of the iPad by the market gurus.

The screen, display and portability

The 1024×600 resolution of the screen and the smaller display size makes it excellent reading devise.  The 7-inch touchscreen and the enhanced 16:9 TFT display with WSVGA is spectacular especially when you want to use the Tab to read eBooks and PDFs. To add to the readability factor the Android Market offers several downloadable eBook reading apps which are ideal for Tab.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab weighs less than the iPad and is much easily portable. Be warned though to hold this you need large hands.

The hardware and software

With the Android 2.2 or Froyo if you please, with Samsung User interface, and the 1GHz Hummingbird Application Processor and offers features similar to the iPad. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is suited for video calling. The Samsung Galaxy Tab has two cameras, one a primary 3 megapixel camera with LED flash that is paired with 1.3 MP front facing camera.

The Android 2.2 Froyo and the UI lets you use Adobe Flash 10.1, providing the Tab an edge over the iPad. It also lets you customize homescreens. Another feature which is exciting is the 1080p HD video recording and playback feature.

When it comes to mail, the Tab offers integrated email with Gmail and MS Exchange Active Sync. There are several other Google integrated services that you can use in the Tab which include the Google Maps, Latitude, Places and beta version of the Google Maps Navigation.

When choosing a tablet there is a high chance that you are torn between the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the iPad. Given the fact that the 3G iPad is much more expensive than the Samsung Galaxy Tab what are the other features that might actually give Apple a run for its money? Here is a showdown of some of the features that are the reason for Samsung Galaxy Tab selling over 1 million units in the United States along.

Launched on the 2nd of November 2010 in the IFA in Berlin, the Samsung Galaxy Tab is 7-inch tablet computer. It features two cameras a primary and a front facing camera that will help video chatting. This piece is run on Android 2.2 Froyo with Samsung user interface.  Android 2.2 is the latest in the Google Mobile interface.

The 1024-by-600 resolution and the 1GHz processor support Adobe Flash 10.1 as well as HTML 5. This gives the Tab the edge over the iPad because the iPad supports only HTML 5.

The fact that the Samsung Galaxy Tab is weighs less and is just 7-inches compared to the 9.1-inch iPad also makes the Galaxy Tab easily portable. Be warned you need a large pair of hands to work on the Samsung Galaxy Tab for extended periods of time, also there is a very high chance that you cannot wrap your hand the 7-inch Tab.

Making call is another feature that gives Samsung Galaxy Tab the edge. The latest 3G model of iPad can be configured for voice call but at present there is no software to support it, while the Samsung Galaxy Tab allows you to make voice as well video calls. The Samsung Galaxy Tab has integrated loudspeaker ideal for a video call, if you are looking for a private conversation just switch on to the Bluetooth headset.