A couple of weeks ago, i got a new Samsung Galaxy S. It was a toss up between that and the apple ipod 4 but since the apple was more expensive and the galaxy S has an external memory expansion slot for a micro SD card, the samsung won.
Off the bat, it was nice to look at compared to my old Nokia e90 communicator. It was shorter but wider and just as long. The screen is amazingly crisp. It had built in applications but hooking up to the app market opened it up entirely.
My first task was to migrate my e90 info into the Galaxy S. I googled it and it said that the best way was to sync my nokia to Outlook and then sync the Galaxy S to outlook. It sounds easy enough. I downloaded the Samsung Kies software and got it to work the first time around. I synced and all my contacts were in. However, Kies only synced the contacts. No calendar, no notes. Also, the crazy Kies only worked once! When i tried hooking up the device again, it could not recognize the unit. Eventually, i had to just delete kies and connect my phone as a storage device. I synchronized my contacts and calendar through google. Then i got an app for the notes which i can synchronize online as well. The wifi feature of the phone is very useful for this.
Zwype is nice. It made putting in text much easier than just typing it character after character even if it had word predict on.
Multitasking is smooth. You can have 6 apps running at the same time. You can switch by using the center button.
The maps feature saved my skin from being late for an appointment the other day. Even if i could not download the other part of the map, having the gps show me where my car is pointed allowed me to figure out an alternate, less congested route. This is very useful in navigating San Juan's convoluted roads.
I got the APNdroid app to turn my 3g on and off which will significantly control the data costs.
I'd say that i made the right choice between the two phones i was choosing from.
Off the bat, it was nice to look at compared to my old Nokia e90 communicator. It was shorter but wider and just as long. The screen is amazingly crisp. It had built in applications but hooking up to the app market opened it up entirely.
My first task was to migrate my e90 info into the Galaxy S. I googled it and it said that the best way was to sync my nokia to Outlook and then sync the Galaxy S to outlook. It sounds easy enough. I downloaded the Samsung Kies software and got it to work the first time around. I synced and all my contacts were in. However, Kies only synced the contacts. No calendar, no notes. Also, the crazy Kies only worked once! When i tried hooking up the device again, it could not recognize the unit. Eventually, i had to just delete kies and connect my phone as a storage device. I synchronized my contacts and calendar through google. Then i got an app for the notes which i can synchronize online as well. The wifi feature of the phone is very useful for this.
Zwype is nice. It made putting in text much easier than just typing it character after character even if it had word predict on.
Multitasking is smooth. You can have 6 apps running at the same time. You can switch by using the center button.
The maps feature saved my skin from being late for an appointment the other day. Even if i could not download the other part of the map, having the gps show me where my car is pointed allowed me to figure out an alternate, less congested route. This is very useful in navigating San Juan's convoluted roads.
I got the APNdroid app to turn my 3g on and off which will significantly control the data costs.
I'd say that i made the right choice between the two phones i was choosing from.
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