What is Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi Device?

Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi device presents a powerful multimedia experience as well internet connectivity enclosed in stylish and stunning packing. This amazing device offers the entertainment and Wi-Fi properties of android Smartphones. Galaxy Wi-Fi device provides access to camera, music and many free apps as well as social hub etc.

Managing Director, Mobile, Samsung UK and Ireland Simon Stanford said, “With the Galaxy Wi-Fi we have created a device that allows consumers all the fun and freedom of our other Android Galaxy devices. Consumers can choose from thousands of exciting apps and communicate with friends using the Social Hub or even services such as Skype. The different size options mean there is something for everyone.”

Specifications of Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi Device 5 inches are as follows;

Specifications

• Announced         13th October 2011
• Available             From October 2011

Display

• Type                      WVGA TFT LCD
• Size                       5 inches 800×480

Memory

• Memory         8G / 16G + microSD (up to 32GB)

Battery

• Capacity                              2500mAH

Processor

• Processor              1GHz Processor

Camera

• Main                      Rear 3.2MP with AF and LED Flash

• Secondary             Front VGA

Connectivity

• Bluetooth           Yes
• Wi-Fi                 Yes
• USB                Yes

Specifications of Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi 3.6 Inches are as follows;

Specifications

• Announced         13th October 2011
• Available             From November 2011

Size

• Dimensions           115.9 x 62.4 x 9.5mm
• Weight                   107.4 grams

Display

• Type                      HVGA TFT LCD
• Size                       3.65 inches

Memory

• Memory         8G / 16G + microSD (up to 32GB)

Battery

• Capacity                              1500mAH

Processor

• Processor              1GHz Processor

Camera

• Main                      Rear 2MP with LED Flash
• Secondary             Front VGA

Connectivity

• Bluetooth           Yes
• Wi-Fi                 Yes
• USB                  Yes

Availability of 5 inches Samsung Wi-Fi Device

A Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi Device 5 inch is available in retail and online stores.

Availability of 3.6 inches Samsung Wi-Fi Device

Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi Device 3.6 inches will be available in UK in coming November.

Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative

Deputy Senior General Manager, Home Entertainment Development Div., Sony Corporation Jun Yonemitsu said, “Through this alliance, we all look forward to addressing critical industry issues to enable a better consumer experience across products. We believe active 3D technology is the most suitable method to deliver full 1080p picture quality to each eye, giving consumers the 3D experience they most desire.”

After binding in this agreement, all of them will work in collaboration for the development and licensing of RF (Radio Frequency) system 3D active glasses technology which includes Radio Frequency System Protocol among consumer 3D active glasses and 3D displays for instance TV, PC, Projectors, 3D theaters with XPAND active shutter glasses.

General Manager of Media & Content Alliance Office, Corporate R&D Division, Panasonic Corporation Masayuki Kozuka said, “Panasonic has been working to standardize 3D glasses technologies, and in March, we announced a joint licensing of IR system protocols with XPAND, backed by several participant companies. We are very pleased that today’s latest collaboration will incorporate our previous concept into these new standardization efforts. We hope the expanded collaboration on this 3D standardization initiative will make a significant contribution toward accelerating the growth of 3D-related products.”

This license is expected to be released in September 2011 and then the development of standardized active 3D glasses will be initiated. Universal glasses with novel IR/RF protocols will be on hand in 2012 and will be compatible with the 3D active TVs of 2011.

XPAND 3D’s CEO Maria Costeira said, “We are delighted to contribute our efforts and technologies to the Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative for both RF and IR technology that we announced today with Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. This initiative reinforces the consumer electronics industry’s commitment to highest 3D quality and provides technology consumers and theater-goers with a simple but powerful solution to the challenge of interoperability.”

Galaxy S 2 Vs iPhone 4

Apple and Samsung are two eminent names in the field of mobile and both keep vigilant eye on the changes in technology and adopt the latest features in their gadgets. iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S 2 are latest technological ventures of Apple and Samsung respectively. For more clear understanding lets look into details of iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S 2.

Build and Design of Samsung Galaxy S 2 and iPhone 4

Samsung Galaxy S 2 is quite light weight with just 116g and it is slim too with thickness of 8.49mm, on the other side iPhone 4 is 9.3mm in thickness and it can be easily kept even in fit jeans. Volume button of Samsung Galaxy S 2 is situated on one side and power button on the other, in addition it also features MHL port which can be used to charge it through USB and also serve as HDMI output. Jack of 3.5mm is situated on the top; Galaxy S 2 also offers options of streaming which includes DLNA.

iPhone 4 has one dilemma when you pick it and your hand will cover the underside left angle loss of signal may occur. Anyhow this factor does not contribute to dropping of call or lost of data connections. As a whole, iPhone 4 is outstanding and Apple has beautifully shaped it; a band composed of stainless steel separates the scratch resistant glass and covers the frontage and rear side.

Screen of Samsung Galaxy S 2 and iPhone 4

Samsung Galaxy S 2 features screen of 4.3 inches with resolution of 800×480; Super Amoled technology has been integrated in screen which makes it bright and brilliant looking. The best thing about this Smartphone is that its off-angle view is superb and its wide screen offers users to see movie and video in user-friendly interface.

iPhone 4 features Retina display of 3.5 inches with resolution of 960x640p and offers a contrast ratio of 800:1. Retina Display in iPhone 4 makes it best looking for both indoor and outdoor.

Processors of Samsung Galaxy S 2 and iPhone 4

Samsung Galaxy S 2 is powered by 1.2GHz dual core processor Qualcomm processor, its powerful processor makes it to work fast for multiple operations. In fact, when you will browse web and turn among different applications its speed will not slow down and all the tasks can be efficiently performed simultaneously.

Apple has powered the iPhone 4 with A4 processor which is also powerful enough to facilitate the user to swap through different applications.

Cameras of Samsung Galaxy S 2 and iPhone 4

Samsung Galaxy S 2 features camera of 8 Megapixels with auto focus ability, its integrated LED flash facilitates the user to capture high quality images even in low light. One can also record finest quality videos at 720p and 1080p.

Apple has incorporated flash in camera on iPhone 4 after taking feedback from thousands of customers. If we compare the still pictures of iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S 2, Samsung takes the lead but video recorded from iPhone 4 is of equally good quality as offered by Samsung Galaxy S 2. Apple iPhone 4 also features rear facing camera which is basically meant for video calling.

Conclusion: Samsung Galaxy S 2 Vs iPhone 4

It is tough to decide which one is superior iPhone 4 or Samsung Galaxy S 2; both have specific features which makes them look elegant. Samsung Galaxy S 2 is best as multi media phone, its large display and powerful dual core processor provides it an edge over iPhone 4. On the other side, iPhone 4 apart from antenna issue is quite stunning looking and offers user friendly interface for video calling. One of the distinctive features of Apple gadgets that always scores high is its app store which provides wonderful apps to be downloaded on all the Apple gadgets. One can access latest and variety of apps for iPhone 4 from Apple app store at a reasonable price.

Apple iPhone 4 was a great success that’s why Apple has chalked out plans to launch iPhone 5 in September 2011 to offer more tough time to its competitors. Hopefully Apple will overcome weak points in iPhone 4 which were pointed by iPhone 4 customers.

Samsung Galaxy S II

Performance of Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung Galaxy S II operates on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it is powered by dual-core processor which facilitates the users to experience the fast browsing speed and enjoy multitasking conveniently, hence one can instantaneously switch among the different applications.

Camera of Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung Galaxy S II features 8MegaPixel camera and a camcorder which provides the 1080p full HD recording.

Display of Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung Galaxy S II features 4.3 inches Super Amoled Plus screen which offer finest quality view due to the enhanced quality contrast ratio and it presents more clear and bright display as compare to the ordinary one. The good thing about the Super Amoled Plus screen is that it do not affect the performance of battery.

Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Hub

Samsung Galaxy S II has been launched with Samsung Hubs that means it can easily fulfill your different requirements. Due to the Samsung Hub, it provides access to wide range of books and magazines, music, superb mobile games and much more. Hence Samsung Galaxy S II serves as Social Hub, Readers Hub, Game Hub and Music Hub to the users.

Samsung Galaxy S II as Live Panel

Samsung has pioneered the Live Panel for the Samsung Galaxy S II which is the service that combines live web and application content to a particular modified home screen. Andy Rubin, Vice President of Engineering at Google said, “Galaxy SII is a natural and powerful evolution of Galaxy S, building on the phenomenal success of the original Samsung Galaxy S, we are proud to unveil the ultimate Smartphone. Consumers no longer have to contain themselves-the Samsung Galaxy S II allows them to design their own smart lives. We are pleased to see Samsung bring another android powered device to market to help grow the Android Ecosystem.”

Google ChromeBook

Google ChromeBook is a mobile gadget which has been created specially for the people who frequently use the web. One can easily access to the web anytime and anywhere even on the go with its full size keyboard, big display, convenient trackpad, long battery life and the incorporated potential to connect to the Wi-Fi and Cellular broadband network. ChromeBook offers fastest connectivity to the web without wasting much of your time.

1. Web Based Applications

Google ChromeBook does not operate on the traditional software of PC; instead it operates web based apps which release in the browser. One can conveniently access web applications by simply writing the URL in the address bar and can also access directly and right away from the chrome web store. For instance, Google docs help you to work on spreadsheets and presentations online. There are several advantages of web applications;

• One can instantly install web applications.
• Allow updating repeatedly.
• Helps to access file, no matter from where.
• One can access so many web applications from the Chrome Webstore.

2. Display of Google ChromeBook

Google ChromeBook features display of 12.1 inches that offers resolution of 1280×800 pixels that yield bright and brilliant images.

3. Processor of Google ChromeBook

Google ChromeBook is powered by dual-core Intel Atom processor.

4. Browser of Google ChromeBook

Google ChromeBook is equipped with Google Chrome Browser

5. Immediate Access to web

ChromeBook can boot in 8 seconds and restart right away, one can easily and quickly load different websites due to full fledge support for the up to date web standards and adobe flash.

6. Forever Connectivity

With the help of integrated Wi-Fi and 3G you can access the internet regardless of your location and can carry on your work and stay in touch with your friends. When you boot up your ChromeBook, it rapidly links to the particular wireless network.

7. Cloud Computing

Google ChromeBook save the documents, apps and different settings securely in the clouds, incase you misplace your computer you can easily access the data by using any other ChromeBook.

8. Automatic Updates

When one start the Google ChromeBook, all the apps begin to update automatically. Hence one does not need to install the up to date apps like the ordinary PCs. That means one can access the most updated version of operating system without going into the fatigue to install oneself.

9. Fool Proof Security

Google ChromeBook is fully protected so do not need to worry about the malware and viruses attacks. Various layers of protection are ensured through the “defense in depth” i.e. sand boxing, encryption of data and confirmed boot.

Google ChromeBook Vs iPad 2

Let’s compare the salient features of Google ChromeBook and iPad 2.

• The processor of Google ChromeBook is faster than that of iPad 2 i.e. 1.66 GHz as compare to 1GHz of iPad 2.
• The display of ChromeBook (12.1 inches) is larger than the iPad 2 (9.7 inches).
• Similar to other netbooks, ChromeBook features webcam whereas iPad 2 features dual cameras.
• Weight of ChromeBook is 3.3 Pounds; on the other hand weight of iPad 2 is 1.35 Pounds.
• ChromeBook features Physical keyboard whereas iPad 2 features virtual keyboard.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, as obvious from its name features display of 8.9 inches which employs structural design to diminish width at the same time as taking the full advantage of screen brightness. A media outlet from native Korea of Samsung, Etnews said, “Samsung is having difficulty actually putting it on the market owing to the low process yield ratios of its key components.”

Samsung targeted annual sales of Tablet more than 10 million units; the stoppage to the Galaxy Tab 8.9 may means that Samsung is thinking to replace the streamlined G1F displays with GFF which operate 30-40 % thicker.

Hopefully Samsung will sort out this issue soon and will be successful in positioning Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 as a smart tablet in near future and will cater the needs of people in a smart way.

Samsung Galaxy S II Hardware Features

• Design

The Samsung GALAXY SII with an ultra-slim 8.49mm form factor, a luxurious design and an easy grip has dimensions of 4.93 x 2.60 x 0.33 inches. It weighs in at 117g.

• Display

It has 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touch screen display.
Live Panel gives you a magazine style layout and lets you select contents that you use the most, your gallery, music, video, SNS, email, notes, games and weather, then displays them on your main screen.

• Memory

Samsung Galaxy SII has a memory of 16 GB + 32 GB MicroSD.

• Camera

Samsung Galaxy SII features an 8 megapixels and 2 megapixel front facing LED flash camera. The 8MP auto focus camera doesn’t miss any details whether you’re shooting idleness or action. Take beautiful, detailed photos even in low light with the built-in LED flash and a quick switch to the 2MP front-facing camera makes self-portraits a snap.

• Processor

Galaxy SII has 1.2 GHz Dual core Qualcomm 8260 SnapDragon processor. Dual Core Application Processor is the ultra responsive answer to mobile performance, providing high-speed multitasking, quick web page loading, browsing, quicker multi-tasking, a smoother UI, snappier streaming, highly efficient gaming and lightning fast image editing.

Samsung Galaxy SII Software Features

• OS

Android OS 2.3 with TouchWiz 4.0 gives brilliant web browsing function.

• Connectivity

Samsung Galaxy S2 offers connectivity with

• GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 / UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 210
• Network: HSPA+ 21Mbps/ HSUPA 5.76Mbps
• Data: EDGE
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 3.0, Stereo Bluetooth
• GPS: GPS with A-GPS

It also uses NFC (Near Field Communication- short-range high frequency wireless communication technology) for secure purchasing, ticket reservations, as a transit pass, or even for electronic door entry. You can even scan smart tags on posters or billboards to download the details to your phone. So, leave your wallet at home for contactless credit card payments.

• Video

Seamless video streaming gets a big boost with the super fast wireless standard HSPA+ 21Mbps.Let the Samsung GALAXY S II’s video shooting capabilities bring out the celebrity in you. It supports MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX, Xvid, VC-1 video formats. Featuring 1080p Full HD Recording and playback, every moment is a potential masterpiece in the making.4.3″ SUPER AMOLED Plus gives you brilliant display. It also has an ultrafast response time, which shows smoother graphics.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Additional Features

• Easy Set-up (WPS PIN/PBC, Wi-Fi Direct)

The Samsung GALAXY S II point-to-point Wi-Fi communications Transmit without wires.

• AllShare (DLNA1.5)

AllShare allows the Samsung GALAXY SII to link wirelessly with a TV, laptop or even audio system to play multimedia files directly from the phone.

• Samsung Kies 2.0, Samsung Kies air

The newly introduced Kies 2.0, an upgrade of Kies 1.5, enables the Samsung GALAXY S II to synchronize with a computer using a Wi-Fi network for PIM backup, giving you access to contents, and multimedia. And with the Samsung Kies air solution you can connect with any browser’s address bar without a Kies program.

• Four Hubs

• Readers Hub
• Social Hub
• Game Hub
• Music Hub

• Readers Hub

Readers Hub is a great place to flip through your library of classics & best sellers or browse through more than two million books to choose from. You will have access to more than 2,500 magazines in 20 languages and 2,000 of newspapers in 47 languages at your fingertips.

• Social Hub

Streamline your email, SMS, IM and SNS information into one unified box, and interact faster with more people in the way you want to through Social Hub.

• Game Hub

The Samsung GALAXY S II’s Game Hub lets you to download high quality games, providing over 20 social network games and premium games. Search for games and new release information or play away

• Music Hub

Samsung’s Music Hub is powered by 7digital, provides an intuitive playback system while you search, discover, preview, purchase and download tracks on the go. The app will also provide you access to all the artist bios, discographies and reviews you desire. So, add to the excitement with the virtual 5.1 channel sound.

• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync provides the strongest security Mobile Device Management and optimized to securely access enterprise resources on a Microsoft Exchange server to stay up to date with your business email, calendar, contacts and task synchronization.

• On Device Encryption

The Samsung GALAXY S II is the first Android Smartphone to adopt powerful encrypted hardware, and applying encryption technology to the hardware itself.

• VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Whether providing access to business email, a virtual desktop session, or other Android applications, it gives reliable and easy-to-deploy encrypted network.

• Cisco WebEx

With Cisco WebEx support, a secure, online meeting enable users to view shared desktops, browsers, applications and documents with live annotations and Samsung GALAXY S II’s exclusive feature to initiate a WebEx meeting from the dialer and contacts screens.

Samsung GALAXY S II is already released in UK, Sweden and Russia while Official Release Dates for some other countries are

• Australia: June 1, 2011
• India: June 9, 2011
• Taiwan: June 2011
• Romania: May 2011
• Switzerland: May 2011
• Japan: June 2011

So, are you ready to grab this World’s Thinnest Smartphone by Samsung??

The users can use “Explore 3D” app through a single click from Samsung’s SmartHub interface. The unique feature is the free service. The paid content streaming is planned by Samsung next year which will include 3Dmovies, shorts and documentaries. In an interview the  senior vice president of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. John Revie said, “Once consumers experience the wonder of immersive 3D that we deliver on Samsung 3D LED and 3D Plasma TVs, they generally crave all the 3D content they can get their hands on,”

Samsung 3D streaming service offers

• 3D active technology
• Double the resolution for  Full HD images
• A wider viewing angle
• No black lines interfering with the picture.

Viewers in US can enjoy Samsung 3D service with Active 3D Samsung glasses and 3D Samsung TV and if you are using a PC, then 3D service will require a sign up. Enjoy 3D Streaming service with your family  and get a special offer by Samsung on two pairs of its Active 3D glasses with qualified 2011 LED and Plasma TVs for less than $100 as it is rightly said” Life is 3D”.

Samsung Galaxy Ace’s Features Are

Hardware Features

1. Design:

This slim and attractive designed Samsung Galaxy Ace is easy to carry in your hand palm

• Size

It is very thin with dimensions of 112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm and with a light weight of 113g it is the most portable phone you would like to have.

2. Display:

• Screen

It has 3.5″TFT capacitive touch-screen with 16M colors and Multi-touch zoom.

• Resolution

The screen resolution is 320 x 480 pixels and 3.5 inches which is not very good but you can zoom in and zoom out with your fingers

• Sensor

An Accelerometer sensor is available for UI auto-rotate .Touch-sensitive controls makes browsing easy. Swype text input method allows you to type quickly with a keyboard that opens in Ace’s screen and you can Swype it with your fingers

3. Battery:

The battery time is not too much. Its Talk time is up to 627min for 2G ad for 3G it is almost 387 minutes. However stand by time is 642Hr for 2G and
421Hr for 3G. A micro USB port is available for charging.

4. Camera:

It has Primary 5 MP LED flash camera with autofocus feature. You can edit your photos using Geo-tagging, face and smile detection. For the best photo shoot you have options of Single Shot, Continuous Shot, Panorama Shot, and Smile shot.

5. Speakerphone:

Speakerphone with 3.5 mm audio jack are available in Samsung Galaxy Ace. Sound enhancement quality gives you the best music you want to hear on Ace’s MP3, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+. Three types of Alerts i-e Vibration, MP3 and WAV ringtones keeps you up-to-date from weather and important news.

6. Processor:

The processor of Samsung Galaxy Ace is 800 MHz ARM 11 processor with an Adreno 200 GPU and Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset which makes it one of the fastest processor amongst all the Smart phones in market.

7. Memory:

• Internal

Internal storage is about 158 MB. While in your Phonebook you can have unlimited entries and fields

• External

It has a memory slot for micro SD 2GB card but you can extend its memory up to 32GB.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Software Features

1. Network Connectivity:

Samsung Galaxy Ace Supports both 2G Network with Quad-band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and dual-band 3G Network with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA 900 / 2100.

Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n allows you to connect with Wi-Fi hotspots. GPS with A-GPS connectivity gives you exact location of places. If you are lost on a highway then with Google Maps™ Navigation (Beta) and Digital compass you can locate yourself and find easier way out. The Stereo Bluetooth v2.1 allows quick data transfer.

2. Video:

It has a good video quality with QVGA@20fps / WVGA@30fps and Format of 3gp (mp4).

3. Operating System:

It operates on Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) with the customization of TouchWiz 3.0 UI.

4. Browser:

Web Browsing is made easy with Multiple Homescreens and 3.5G fast speed HTML browser. However one drawback is the absence of Flash Player.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Additional Features

Some of the Additional Features are

• ThinkFree Software which allows the documents editing, organizing, and viewing
• Games ,FM Radio, Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Google Maps and Integrated Calendar Accounts like Google/Facebook/Outlook etc are some of the best features.

And last but not the least some cool applications like

• Android Market
• Samsung Apps

makes Samsung Galaxy Ace the smartest phone everyone want to have.

Success Story of Samsung Apps

Samsung App store was launched in February 2010 and you must be astonished to know that in the end of December 2010 1 million download was recorded. Story does not end here, in the January of 2011 it reached to almost 2 million. This figure continues to increase and now it has reached up to 5 million downloads. 5 millions was all about the Apps to be downloaded for TVs, in the March Samsung revealed that mobile and TV users downloaded 100 million Apps from the Samsung Apps store, Wow! It’s so amazing.

Apps with Highest Download rate

Samsung figured out to know which App has been downloaded the most and YouTube was found to be the no 1 App that people use to download most. After the YouTube, Google Maps, Accu Weather and Vimeo were marked as the App with high download rate. Presently, there are almost 550 applications that have been designed particularly to view on a TV.

Samsung Apps for TVs-How it Works?

Kang-hyun Kwon, Senior Vice President of Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics said,

“The TV is a family-based device and people want to lean back and enjoy their time in front of the TV. These apps are the entry point for consumers to discover other experiences on their TV like gaming and social networking as well as the limitless possibilities being created by our third-party developers.”

Latest App Available from Samsung App Store

3D VOD service is the latest app that Samsung has launched most recently. This App is on hand on its D5520 TV to D8000 series of LED Smart TVs.