14
Jun
2011
Samsung Galaxy S II O2 UK Prices: Contract & PayG
Being one of the top selling phones currently on the market, the Galaxy S II is being offered on many different carriers. O2 UK is currently offering the Galaxy S II to customers who are interested in purchasing it on contract or on Pay & Go plans.
The Galaxy S II is among the slimmest phones ever produced and is only 8.49mm thick. Even with that thinness, Samsung has managed to up the megapixel count on the camera from 5MP on the previous version to 8MB. There is a LED flash as well as a 1.3MP front facing camera. The phone runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3 and has a gorgeous 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen.
O2 is offering the phone on several types of contracts. For those who would like to get the GSII for free, they can get it for as little as £27.00 a month. For that price you will get 300 minutes, unlimited text and unlimited text messaging. For £32.00 the minutes are doubled and unlimited texting is still on board. £37.00 brings the minutes up to 900 with unlimited texting still included. At £42.00 there are 1200 minutes and unlimited texting and for those who are interested in going even higher, there is unlimited talk and text.
If one is interested in paying a lower monthly bill, the phone can be purchased for £149.00 on contract with a £16.50 plan that includes 50 minutes and 250 texts. For a price of £104..99 for the phone, the monthly plan will cost £21.50 and a total of 100 minutes and 500 texts are included.
Those looking to go completely off contract can purchase the phone for £479.99 and hop on a Pay & Go plan.
Source: O2
1
Jul
2010
What is New with Android Froyo?
So it is the latest Android OS version, but with so much hype about the new Froyo, it is getting hard to figure exactly what is so special about the new version. We already know that the Os update has been released for the Google Nexus One. In the meanwhile, the Desire, Wildfire and Legend (which is HTC’s killer Android trio for this season) and several other handsets such as the Motorola Milestone and the Samsung Galaxy S might have to wait a little while longer for a compatible patch to be released.
With the launch of Adobe’s Flash Player for the Android 2.2 Froyo pre-empting the actual OS itself, many are wondering when the new era of Flash on smart phones will actually start. The players are all in place and all the industry needs now is a massive multi phone update to the new Android version.
Of course, the new OS is going to be bringing users more than just Flash support. In fact, the new Froyo updates have so much to offer that Flash support ends up becoming an extra feature.
The most obvious difference in the new OS is that the interface now has a cute mascot telling you what to do. And unlike Microsoft Office’s annoying paperclip, the Android Robot (a term that would make science fiction fans cringe) actually offers useful advice.
One of our favorite improvements is in the camera user interface. When taking photos, users can now easily adjust the settings, add effects and basically control every element of the shot in order to provide the best image possible (of course, users might want to brush up on the basic theories of shutter speed and aperture to figure out what exposure settings are best under certain light conditions). At the very least, the new UI lets users add in cool effects to photos too.
29
Apr
2010
Samsung’s Wave and Galaxy On Pre Order: Coming This June
eXpansys is pretty fast when it comes to getting devices announced ahead of time, and while the previous announcement about the Wave and Galaxy S smart phones coming earlier than expected turning out to be wrong, they still managed to be the first to offer the device to customers.
According to the eXpansys website, they are now offering both Samsung smart phones for pre-orders and that the first batch of shipments will be coming in by the first day of June. The announcement is great news to anyone who has been waiting to try out and see what the new super AMOLED touch screen displays are really like.
The new screen technology was first seen during the Mobile World Congress last February when the Samsung Wave phone was first brought out to the public. The smart phone had two main features –the new display screen and the new open source mobile platform by Samsung, Bada. The new OS has gotten plenty of developer support and has a slowly growing app library. According to Samsung, the Bada OS will be used mainly on their mid level range handsets. The company is expected to continue development and support of high end smart phones that use other operating systems.
Speaking of which, the i9000 Galaxy S is an Android smart phone that also comes with the new super AMOLED screen display. The device runs on a 1GHz CPU and has a 5 mega pixel snapper. It is a great device for those who liked the style of the Galaxy handsets (which only recently made it to the UK).
With both phones now available on pre-order, eXpansys is officially the first to offer the new Samsung devices in the UK.
Get to know more about the specs and full details about the Samsung Wave and Galaxy S smart phones at Mobile Choice UK.
31
Mar
2010
Super AMOLED and DivX on Samsung Smart Phones
This April and May, Samsung is going to take plenty of impressive firsts in the mobile phone industry.
To start off, the super AMOLED screen seems like it has become the new standard for high end Samsung smart phones. First shown at the Mobile World Congress, the Samsung S8500 Wave device was the very first handset to use the technology where it was praised for its very impressive 3.3 inch capacitive touch screen display.
Most of the comments regarding the super AMOLED display described its brightness and clarity as being very exceptional; others remarked that the “blacks” appeared to be real blacks as opposed to being unlit gray pixels.
This new screen technology also appears in the larger 4 inch display of the Samsung i9000 Galaxy S. the Korean manufacturer has not said why the Android smart phone will be getting a larger version of the new display. Other than these two phones, it was also reported that a yet to be identified Samsung WP7 device will have a super AMOLED display as well. This brings the total of devices using the new technology up to three.
Aside from the new screen technology, the Wave and the Galaxy S are also going to be much sought after as they are the first smart phones to have DivX HD video playback capabilities. While this technology may eventually be common among smart phones, it is an impressive feature that is not present in the HTC Desire or the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10.
For those who missed out, the Wave is Samsung’s first Bada smart phone. The new open source mobile platform from Korea has proven to be quite the system when it was shown off last December to many developers.
Find out more about the Samsung Galaxy S and the Samsung Wave smart phones at Mobile Choice UK.
26
Mar
2010
New Super AMOLED Phone from Samsung Gets DivX
The good news with the new Android smart phone from Samsung keeps on coming with the recent announcement that the Galaxy S will come with support for DivX videos. DivX has been a primary choice for video encoding for many people for its high quality and excellent compression rate. With the Galaxy S able to run at HD resolutions, it will be the first HD capable smart phone to come with DivX support.
While that is certainly great news for media buffs everywhere, the Galaxy S is already a great hit among smart phone fans as it is the first Android phone to be used in the super AMOLED display. The 4 inch capacitive touch screen display is expected to deliver images and videos in crisp stunning quality that other mobile devices cannot match. Aside from the impressive touch screen, it has also been confirmed that the phone will be running a 1GHz CPU and will have a 5 mega pixel camera as well.
On the software side, the device is reported to be using the new Android 2.1 OS and will also have the Samsung TouchWiz user interface. Additional features on the Galaxy S include the new Smart Life (a basic daily task helper) and ThinkFree (a Word document reader and editor) apps as well as the recently released Social Hub networking tool.
The first device to use the screen technology is the Samsung Wave –which is also the first mobile phone to use the Bada operating system. It was showcased at the Mobile World Congress where the open source platform was praised for its impressive app support and the screen technology was highly recognized for delivering superior quality images over standard AMOLED displays.
Find out more about the new super AMOLED Android smart phone from Samsung at Softpedia.
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