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7 New Features of the Samsung Galaxy S III

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Samsung introduced new Galaxy S III showing off not only hardware upgrade but also comes with new features. This time, we focusing on new software features. These new features are enhancement Google’s Android OS and give user a reason to buy Galaxy S III over HTC’s and Apple’s. Here are 10 features Samsung announced yesterday which could make a difference. Take a peek at what Samsung’s software improvements here.

1. Smart Stay
Smart stay is a feature where it uses a sensor to check if you head is in front of the phone and keeps the lights on if you’re still looking at the device.

2. S Voice
S Voice is rival to Apple’s Siri. What this features can do web searching and run the phone’s own functions. So, you can ask your phone to do such set alarm by telling Galaxy S III.

3. S Beam
It is one of the technology that currently popular to transfer files. The connection is made via short-range near-field communication (NFC) and the files are delivered over Wi-Fi Direct. We can transfer files up to 1GB to another person’s phone just by tapping them together.

4. Social Tag
Social tag lets us to tag the photo faces and link their faces with their social media streams. Once it’s set, just look at their pictures and see their current status appear.

5. Best Photo
It looks like the Galaxy S II takes all photos in burst mode. To make sure the pictures never miss a smile or catch ssomeone when they’re blinking, it automatically takes of 8 continuous scene and we one choose the best one of the bunch and save.

6. AllShare Cast
The link between phones and TVs is getting stronger with features like AllShare Cast. With just a few screen swipes, the phone easily lets you mirror what’s on your device (photos, videos and the web) to the bigger screen. It’s a great idea — and where the world is going — but like S Beam, it has a similar limitation of needing Samsung equipment to work — either a TV or a special dongle.

7. Direct Call
When we are messaging someone and decide to call them instead, just lift the phone to our ear and direct call will dial their number for us.

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Photo: 10 images Samsung Galaxy S III

May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With tagline ‘Designed for Humans, Inspired by nature’, Samsung launched  Samsung Galaxy S III yesterday with new features. Samsung Galaxy S III comes with two colors, marble white and pebble blue. It use 4.8 HD Super AMOLED,  use plastic casing and still use home button. The design of S III is completely avoid iPhone design and some said it is ugly. However, the new features in Galaxy S III quite pretty cool.

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Samsung Galaxy S III vs Galaxy S II vs Galaxy S

May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With the launch of Samsung’s new Galaxy III, the long wait comes to an end. The new Galaxy S III has new and interesting features. Weighing 133g, the phone is only 8.6 mm thick. The Samsung Galaxy S III runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, operating system. The new Galaxy will be powered by Samsung’s quad-core microprocessor.

The phone features a 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. It has an 8 megapixel rear camera with flash and zero shutter lag and a 1.9 megapixel front camera.

But let’s see how the new Galaxy differs from its predecessors – the Galaxy S and S II

Galaxy S Galaxy S II  Galaxy S III
Announcement Date March 23, 2010 February 13, 2011 May 3, 2012
Display 4-inch Super AMOLED 4.27-inch Super AMOLED Plus 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED
Operating system Android 2.1 (Eclair) Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Resolution 800 x 480 pixels 800 x 480 pixels 1280 x 720 pixels
Processor 1 GHz processor 1.2 GHz dual core processor Quad-core microprocessor
Rear camera 5 megapixels 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Front camera VGA 2 megapixels 1.9 megapixels
Battery 1500 mAh 1,650 mAh 2,100 mAh
Weight 119 g 116 g 133 g
Thickness 9.9 mm 8.49 mm 8.6 mm
Bluetooth 3.0 + HS 3.0 + HS Bluetooth 4.0(LE)
Internal memory 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB/ 32 GB/ 64 GB (64GB available soon)
Expandable memory Up to 32 GB (microSD card) Up to 32 GB (microSD card) Expandable up to 64 GB

source:iblive

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Finally Samsung unveiled Samsung Galaxy S III

May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Finally, After all of the rumors and speculation, Samsung Galaxy S III showed off its real body and design at a London event today. The Galaxy line has emerged as the biggest competitor to the iPhone. Samsung said the Galaxy S III will go on sale in Europe on May 29 and in the U.S. this summer.

So what’s new? The Galaxy S III is like a sequel to the Galaxy Nexus that was made in collaboration with Google, but has a bigger screen, a beefier processor, and a better camera. While the form factor of the smartphone hasn’t changed much, a bunch of new Galaxy S III features set it apart from the previous-generation Galaxy S II. Here I got summary of Samsung Galaxy S III.

  • 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor
  • Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 with TouchWiz
  • LTE and HSPA+ networks.
  • 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display with a 1280-pixel by 720-pixel resolution
  • 2100mAh battery
    8 megapixel camera
  • camera -have a feature called “Best Photo,” which will automatically select your best photos out of a series of eight photos taken in succession
  • Smart Stay- which keeps the device awake as long as you’re looking at it
  • Samsung’s S-Voice -Siri rivalSiri rival
  • Size 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6mm and 133g

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Another round Galaxy S III leaked images

May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Samsung Galaxy S III expected to be launched on tomorrow, 3rd May 2012. A lot of rumors and leaked images related to the Samsung Galaxy S3. However, this photo, published at SamMobile website is very much close with last couple of images.

You probably getting tired of all these leaked information. But we can’t wait until the Samsung Unpacked Event begin. Samsung Galaxy S III will come with Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0  together with Quad core processor. Here some details specs.

  • 1.5GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor
  • 4.8-inch “full HD” 1080p resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio display
  • A 2-megapixel front-facing camera and an 8-megapixel rear camera
  • 4G LTE
  • Android 4.0

Galaxy S III may have bigger screen 4.8″ than the S II’s 4.3″. This size is almost same as HTC Titan. As expected, the S III will use Samsung Exynos Processor quad-core processor.

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