Amongst the newest offerings in the range of cheap mobile phones is the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S, a five megapixel camera mobile phone supporting 2G and 3G networks.
Physically, the phone doesn’t provide the best first impression – looking like the bog standard black slab phone we are seeing on a regular basis. But don’t let first impressions fool you; this phone has everything a smartphone should have, with a powerful 1 GHz processor to back it all up.
The mobile measures 122 by 64 by 10 mm and weighs 118 grams and sports a 4-inch AMOLED super-responsive capacitive touch screen display that supports 16 million colours and a 480 x 800 pixel resolution. The I9000 Galaxy S also features auto rotate and a proximity sensor for automatic turn-off capability.
The camera is 5 megapixels with auto focus and an LED flash. Features include smile detection and geo-tagging. Video recording at 720 pixels and 30 frames per second is also supported and a microSD card is included for memory expansion.
The operating system for the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is Android 2 and the 1 GHz processor minimises lag. The phone supports Gmail, Google Search, Google Maps, Google Talk, YouTube, etc. The phone pleasantly also includes a document viewer for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files.
The media player supports several formats, including DivX, VC-1, MP3, and FLAC. Messaging options include push mail, IM, SMS, MMS, and email. The browser is HTML and the phone has A-GPS and Java support.
