The first time I saw the Samsung Galaxy S on display at one of the phone shops, I couldn’t believe that I was actually holding a Samsung smartphone. But the Samsung brand gave it away. Indeed I was holding a Samsung phone - displaying a home screen with app icons similar to the iPhone or an Android phone. Was I impressed? - Certainly.

The Samsung Galaxy S was recently launched globally. And I wouldn’t be surprise why it is getting the news coverage that it certainly deserves. It is a full-featured, technically advanced smartphone featuring a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen. If phones with AMOLED screen blew your mind away, wait till you see the Samsung Galaxy S’ Super AMOLED screen.

Aside from this, the Samsung Galaxy S runs on a 1GHz app processor. This simply means that app switching is a breeze and running these apps are as smooth as silk.

The Samsung Galaxy S is a super multimedia machine on the go capable of displaying HD video on its high-resolution screen.

While I was playing around with the Samsung Galaxy S, I couldn’t help but noticed it striking resemblance to the iPod Touch. Both devices have curvy edges and the silver undertones in front. Overall, the Samsung Galaxy S looks classic and the slightly smaller than the Xperia X10. However, the Xperia X10 has a more glossy appearance.

The Samsung Galaxy S runs Android 2.1, which is a good thing. Hopefully, update to Froyo 2.2 will be rolled out later this year. With Android running, you’d have 7 home screen all in all to fill with Android apps. It also runs Samsung’s TouchWiz UI interface on top of Android.

Among its major features include:

• instant access to weather, news, stocks, and scheduler

• inter-device connectivity via DNLA technology

• can be used as a digital photo frame, table clock, calendar and music station

• Swype text input

And now for the Samsung Galaxy S’ specs:

• Android 2.1 OS

• 5MP camera with autofocus

• support for various media formats such as MP4, WMV, MP3 and more

• A-GPS

• Augmented Reality with Layar Reality Browser

• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

• 2.5G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)

• 3G (HSDPA 7.2mbps, HSUPA 5.76mbps)

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