Samsung Galaxy S3 review.

After taking back the Nokia Lumia Windows phone I got myself a new Galaxy S3.  I have to say that after a week of using this phone I really like it alot.  My only grip right now is being unable to find a case that I want for this phone.

I was afraid that the 4.7inch screen would be way to big and awkward to handle.  But in fact the phone feels very natural in my hand and is very easy to hold.  The phone for it's size is extremely lite.  After having an iphone for so long I had forgotten how heavy that phone actually is.  This I am sure is due to the fact that the GS3 is made of plastic, compared to the iphone's glass.  I will say that even though it is plastic the phone does not feel or look cheap at all.  

As for phone functions the speaker is very loud and calls sound great on the phone and reception seems to be very good.  This phone also offers driving mode which will read your texts and you can either use google text to speech or the new S voice to send text messages.  

Speaking of S voice.  S voice pretty much works just like Siri does on the iphone except that it doesn't have that quirky little attitude that Siri has.  Voice recognition for me has been about 85%  which isn't too horrible I suppose.  I have used it to check the weather, set alarms, text, and call people using the hands free device in my car.  It is a nice addition to the phone that I am sure Samsung will improve upon, that is unless Apple finds a way to sue them for this.

Since this is my first Android phone, I had a lot of playing around to do to get familiar with this operating system.  Yes this is customized with Samsung's touchwhiz but from what I can tell it is not that much different than the stock version of Ice Cream Sandwich.  The thing I noticed right off the bat while playing with this operating system is it's customization.  I can pretty much make my home screens look like anything and organize them anyway that I see fit.  I really like being able to put widgets and app icons where ever I like without having to have my screen full.  I can leave spaces to make each home screen feel open and not cluttered.

Another nice touch from Samsung is the nice dropdown menu that sits on top of the notification window.  You have access to a lot of one touch controls to a lot of settings on the phone.  Ie, wi-fi, gps, bluetooth, and sound.  This makes accessing these settings so easy and painless.

As far as apps go I have every app I once had on my iphone except for one, the new zynga game, matching with friends.  I am sure it will be coming very soon.  App wise, they look great on this huge screen and everything is very easy to read.  Since the screen is in HD, movies and games look very great and sharp.

The phone can also see if your eyes are looking at the screen and if they are not then it will auto dim the screen, if not it will keep the screen from going to sleep.  If you are texting someone and decide you would rather call them, while in that text message simply raise the phone to your ear and it will call that person on that number.

This phone has a lot of other cool functionality like being able to watch a movie or video and still be able to text and view websites while still watching the video in a smaller screen.  It also offers S-beam and NFC capabilities, removable battery, and a slot for micro sdcards to expand the memory.  Check out some of these promo videos to get a good idea of what these features look like in action.




I can honestly say that I really enjoy the Android experience and I can understand why Samsung is the most popular of the android phones.  They do a great job with the phones and add a lot of great extras to the phone.

Review of Samsung Galaxy Beam

The guys over at Technobuffalo have a really nice review of the Samsung Galaxy Beam. The beam is a phone that has a built in projector in it as it's main feature. Check out the video below.

Samsung Galaxy S III is being released all over the world this week.

This really nice looking android phone is being released all over the place on pretty much every carrier this week.  Although reports are showing a sign that the Pebble Blue color is seeing some sort of delay in getting to market.  No official word on why, perhaps a design flaw or some simpler reason that hopefully will be released soon.

This phone promises to do a lot and has a gorgeous design, even if it is just way to big for my liking.  It will be nice to see if all of the features on this phone work as great as announced.  It will make for some much better competition in the bland android phone market.

Samsung reveals Galaxy S III

It has finally been announced, yes that is right, another Samsung phone.  It has a really nice 4.8 inch touchscreen, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.9 megapixel forward-facing camera.  and comes with Android Ice Cream sandwich installed.  The phone will also be NFC-capable and has a beautiful Super AMOLED HD screen.
It is powered by a 1.4 GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor, which promises to be energy efficient.  It also comes with a  new feature called "Smart Stay" on the phone which detects your voice and motions, and recognizes how you are using the phone.  So it can detect if it needs to stay on while you read an ebook and haven't touched it or if you have walked away and it can simply go into sleep mode.  This is a pretty neat feature but this in itself seems like it would use power to determine these things.  It also comes with a SIRI like feature called "S Voice" which enables the phone to listen and respond to your voice.

All in all this is a really nice phone but it seems like just yesterday they released the Galaxy S II, and not to even mention the NOTE.  I mean why release phones so fast especially ones that take the place of the old.  Maybe some way this helps them as they are leading in a lot of markets as top in smartphone shares. Stay tuned in three weeks when they release the Galaxy S 4, haha I kid.  It is a nice phone after all.

Samsung has started a count down to announce their next Nexus...

Samsung has started a count down timer for an announcement of their next Nexus Phone.  No more details other than the May 3rd launch date.  Is it more or did the last nexus phone like literally just came out?  I mean sometimes I am glad that I like my iPhone because seriously at the rate these companies pump out new phones you wouldn't get the new one home before they out do it and you are like well crap this phone sucks.  At least with my iPhone I can wait a whole year before I am like I must have new phone.  If I had an android phone I would be even more broke than I am now.   Anyway stay tuned on May 3rd to see what fanciness Samsung has come up with.