Review of Samsung Galaxy S II

Continue the long journey its top series, Galaxy S II comes not only with reliable performance but also the look tempting.

After the success of Galaxy S, Samsung again kicked off with the Galaxy S II is far more advanced than the previous series.

At the first sale, a total of 1,200 units sold phones brushed gadget enthusiasts. They want to be the first in Indonesia who have a smartphone nicknamed "Super Smartphone" is.


This is not surprising because from the beginning, the Galaxy S II is intended as an Android-based smartphones are quite powerful (with a number of best-in-class support facilities).

As the brain drive the entire system, used Samsung Exynos 4210. This is a dual-core processor which is independently developed by Samsung.

Basically, Exynos similar to others such as Apple A5 processor, Nvidia Tegra 2, and IT-based OMAP4 two core ARM Cortex A9. But the difference is the speed of the Cortex A9 at Exynos running at 1.2 GHz level, whereas its competitors only speed 1 GHz. This is the reason why Exynos 4210 is currently the fastest mobile SoC, especially in terms of raw performance of the processor unit.

Something different is also emerging from the unit if the graphics. If you have been quite familiar with names such as Qualcomm's Adreno or PowerVR SGX in the Galaxy's first, at the Samsung Galaxy S II, the graphics entrusted to Mali-400 MP-made ARM.

Known as multi-core graphics processors, the concept of "core" in the Mali-400 was more referring to the pixel shader processing units (fragment processor) and not on the core unit graphic unity itself. That is why the available variants of two cores and four cores from the Mali-400. At Samsung Galaxy S II, 4-core variants used so that the 3D graphics performance particularly to a maximum.

From the exterior, the most rapidly attracted the attention of course, the face occupied 4.3-inch screen size. SGS II using the Super AMOLED + which in addition to improving the quality of the display, also suppress power consumption compared to the Super AMOLED in previous generations. Still with the same resolution, 800x480, the density of pixels on the screen SGS II has decreased due to the enlarged screen size (4.3 inches vs. 4 inches).

SGS II kinijuga more streamlined with only 8.5 mm thick with the back (especially the battery cover) is designed textured carbon. Its function, in addition to prevent slippage, also to give the impression of cool. However, there are important notes about this battery cover, that is, you must be careful when opening the lid. Because the battery cover is very thin so easily broken.

As usual, Samsung smartphone Galaxy ranks equip them with the unique TouchWiz interface. At SGS II, TouchWiz 4.0 adorn system that runs Android 2.3.3 is very smooth with a number of customization functionality. Also included are several shortcut functions like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS on the Notification screen. TouchWiz 4.0 allows access to notifications such as SMS or email direct from the lockscreen without having to open the lock (unlock).

In addition to a large screen, armed with high-performance components, none of our test games have problems. A unique, SGS II music player supports FLAC lossless format. This makes the collector of audio file formats are no longer bother to do the conversion. Its equalizer can also be set according to taste its users.

Samsung Galaxy S II equipped with 8 MP camera that can be relied upon when you want to capture a particular moment. In addition, the device is also capable of recording Full-HD video with high bitrate 17 Mbps. The quality of the videotape is one of the best for the size of a smartphone. Unfortunately, however, you seem to be satisfied with a mono sound

Duet Exynos 4210 and Mali-400 became the primary key advantage SGS II, in addition to other factors such as screen SAMOLED + and 8 MP camera. All this to meet its own tagline, the "Super Smartphone"




camera
The photos and videos from camera 8 megapixel camera is one of the best in its class.



carbon
Battery cover is textured carbon, helping to solidify grip when using the SGS II.


thin
We see for yourself the thickness of this smartphone, and the results, it is very thin!


Plus: High-performance, good quality camera, multimedia reliably

Minuses: fragile battery cover, rear body rather hot when the component is working hard

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Xperia Ion, the First Smartphone made ​​by Sony

Who is not familiar with Sony? Large firms that originated in Japan is certainly no stranger to anyone his name, the products made ​​by Sony was also located around the world, from the first until now, and some of which is a phenomenon, call it the Sony Walkman and others.

In trading mobile phones, Sony is known by its flagship mobile phones, where Sony is still working with Ericsson, the telecommunications companies from the U.S., and issued a phone called the Sony-Ericsson series. But now Sony Ericsson is already fully owns, as Sony Ericsson has acquired in October last year, with a value of 1.45 billion U.S. dollars.



So what are the implications? Of course, there will be no cell phones / smartphones with the name of Sony-Ericsson, but Sony only. And this time, Sony releases the newest smartphones are still in the Xperia line, for the first time after Ericsson acquired, namely the Sony Xperia Ion.

Like the previous Xperia, Sony immerse Android as the operating system on the Xperia Ion, then what are the specifics? Here are the specs of the Xperia Ion:

Has a screen measuring 4.6 inches
Has a screen resolution of HD technology with Reality Display, 1280 × 720 with acuity
Dual-core processor 1.5 GHz
Internal storage capacity of 16 GB
Camera 12 MP Exmor-R (rear) and 1.3 MP (front)
PlayStation Certified (PlayStation content can run smoothly and can be downloaded to the device is marked)
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Then when the launch? The launch of these smartphones is expected during the second quarter of this year. How? Interested in having them? Just wait for its presence in Indonesia later

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Top 10 Gadgets in 2011

Top 10 Gadgets in 2011

10.BlackBerry PlayBook



Research In Motion’s BackBerry Playbook is set to escort the company into the tablet market in or around the first quarter of 2011. The tablet supports Flash 10.1 and HTML 5, has a 7-inch screen, HDMI support, dual (front and back-facing) HD cameras, 1 GB of RAM and a 1 GHz dual-core processor.

9.Kindle 3



As great as the iPad is, it still doesn’t improve upon the book-reading experience of Kindle’s e-ink. This year’s model is improved in just about every way: faster, lighter, longer battery life, better contrast and bigger storage.

8.IPad



The iPad rumour mill is now completely full, and from what we’ve heard, the new specs sound great. Based on the rumours, the newest iteration of the iPad will sport both a front & back facing camera, a lighter & smaller body, USB ports, a newer display technology and a new 3-axis gyroscope.

7.Ultrasonic Touchless Input technology



Elliptic Labs is demo-ing their ultrasonic touchless input technology this year at CES and it looks super cool. It’s similar to the technology built-in to Microsoft Kinect that allows users to execute actions without physically touching the device or a controller.

6.Sonos S5 Zone Player and BR100 ZoneBridge



Sonos keeps raising the bar for home music-listening, and now you can control your listening, whether through iTunes, Pandora, Internet radio or Wolfgang’s Vault via an iPhone/iPad app.

5.MintPass tablet



This upcoming MintPass tablet supports dual-boot tablet and will be able to run both Microsoft Windows and Google Android operating systems. The tablet has dual touch-screens that employ the new SpaceTouch technology and can be used both in combination and separately. The picture above shows the Korean company’s previous tablet, the MintPad.


4.Logitech Harmony One universal remote



One remote to rule them all. Sleek design, both in terms of cosmetics and ergonomics; sharp LCD that offers a touch-screen interface and touch-sensitive buttons for navigation of onscreen menus; web programmable via Windows or Mac PCs; excellent button layout and design; rechargeable lithium-ion battery and docking station.

3.Apple iPhone 5



The new anticipated installment in Apple’s iconic smartphone series is rumored to have a form factor that is completely new to the said series. It is speculated that the iPhone 5 might employ NFC (Near Field Communication) short-range wireless technology to function as an electronic wallet of sorts, complete with debit/credit and identification/passkey applications.


2.PlayStation Phone by Sony



Sony, the leader of innovative technologies is ready to launch playstation phone code named “Zeus” in early 2011. Zeus would have Andriod 3.0 Gingerbread operating system. It also contains 8GB of memory with 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor. This superb phone also contains 1GB ROM and 512 MB RAM. 3.8? touch screen and its touch pad is just like gaming console of PSP.


1.ElectroHub



ElectroHub is a new charging station that will offer compatibility for a huge amount of devices including the TV remote, toys and smartphones. Similar to the Powermat chargers, ElectroHub requires additional add-on cases to make your smartphones compatible although it will charge tons of other gadgets with its use of AA and AAA batteries. It will charge up to six devices at one time (including smartphones) and works by replacing a gadget’s original AA & AAA batteries

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Top 10 Smartphones 2011

10. Motorola Droid X



Motorola Droid X shines at multimedia playback, network performance, and features; but the interface can occasionally be sluggish.The follow-up to Motorola’s wildly popular Droid on Verizon, the Droid is one of the hottest phones.Its specs outshine those on the other Droid phones available on the network, but it falters a bit when it comes to performance.

9. Google Nexus One



The Google Nexus One impresses with a stunning AMOLED display, speedy performance, and cool tweaks to the Android OS; but some network issues prevent it from being a superphone.
It lacks some valuable features–like multitouch and Outlook calendar syncing–that we’ve seen on competing models, and the Android keyboard can be difficult to use. That said, the Nexus One’s speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor definitely sets it apart from the Android pack in performance.
One asterisk attached to the phone’s performance involves its interaction with the T-Mobile network. The phone has run into some network issues, a distressing shortcoming on a phone with so many connected features. Nevertheless, it is a very good handset and marks real progress for the Android platform.


8. Motorola Milestone



Motorola has been extremely quiet in Australia over the last few years but i’m hoping it comes to market with the Milestone, which is similar to the Droid that Motorola launched in the US.It runs Android 2.0 and has iPhone-like multitouch support, with users able to pinch the 3.7-inch screen to zoom on web pages, maps and photos. The phones comes with Motorola’s turn-by-turn GPS navigation software, MOTONAV, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 5-megapixel camera.

7. T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide



he myTouch 3G Slide has a 3.4 inch display, side slide out QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera, 600 MHz processor, and Swype touch keyboard. The new Android features include the Faves Gallery, myModes, and Genius button. myModes is a cool way where your device can be setup to automatically change the customization of the HTC Sense interface based on time and/or location so you can have it switch from business to personal mode after the workday ends.

6. Nokia N8



The N8 is also the first Symbian^3 powered device. While the user interface doesn’t look much different than what we see in S60 and Maemo, it does have improvements that will probably appeal to Nokia and Symbian fans around the world and may even bring in some new fans.
Specifications include 5-band 3G data support, anodized aluminum casing in five colors, 3.5 inch 640×360 pixels resolution OLED display, 720p video recording capability, 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, internal 16GB memory with support for microSD expansion cards, HDMI port, USB , FM transmitter, 680 MHz processor, and USB On-the-Go so you can plug in USB devices to use them without a PC.

5. Apple iPhone 3GS



The iPhone 3GS provides great video recording with its 3MP camera as well as editing features and allows you to shoot video in any way you please. The camera allows you to record 640 x 480 videos at 30 frames / second, which is almost DVD quality. Trimming options allow you to remove any unwanted footage and with just a click away you can easily share these videos on YouTube. When emailing videos, the iPhone 3GS increases compression and shrinks videos’ dimensions to 480 x 360 to get the bitrate of 800 kb/sec. The quality of the resulting videos drop down but it is adequate for the casual users and comparable to most videos created with cell phones.

4. HTC Droid Incredible



Specifications of the HTC Droid Incredible include a 3.7 inch 480×800 WVGA AMOLED display, 8 megapixel camera, Android 2.1 with HTC Sense 2.5, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and 8GB internal memory and support for microSD expansion cards. The Incredible feels great in your hand with its unique back design and soft touch outer shell material.

3. HTC EVO 4G



The speedy HTC EVO 4G packs in some powerful specs and a variety of multimedia features into a stylish, minimalist design, but not everybody will get to enjoy one of its best features–4G connectivity.HTC has struck gold again with the HTC EVO 4G, which is easily the best Android Smartphone available. The EVO 4G packs powerful specs and a lot of features in a slick, stylish design. The biggest drawback is that not everyone will get to experience 4G connectivity, one of the phone’s best features at launch–yet they’ll still have to pay for it.The EVO 4G goes a step further with an 8-megapixel camera with a dual-LED flash. The EVO 4G comes with the bare minimum: a Micro-USB cable, a USB wall charger, a 1500mAh battery, and an 8GB MicroSD card.

2. Apple iPhone 4



The iPhone 4G boasts of a higher resolution with its display capabilities. Maximum display output is pegged at 960 x 540, half of the display that can be projected by a Full HD LCD/LED TV. This is a wonderful improvement. Many people watch videos with their portable devices, and the new resolution has just made Apple’s flagship product into a powerful, mini multimedia monster! Of course, the line’s audio playback is already legendary. The higher resolution only adds to the value of the product.
Previous iPhone models were capable W-iFi net phones. But the 4G now possesses 802.11, which makes it an even better portable internet device.
The line is also known for its fantastic camera, despite its low resolution. But the 4G bumps this up to 5 megapixels, and adds a front camera for one of the unit’s most prominent additions…
Yes, the iPhone 4G is now capable of video calling! The usefulness of this added feature, however, depends on the user’s preference. Though majority may like the new video calling capability of the device, some people may find it as a mere novelty

1. Windows Phone 7



There’s a lot riding on Microsoft’s next mobile operating system. For the last 18 months Windows Mobile has lag newer rivals like the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. Its market share has dropped..it’s clear Microsoft has wiped the slate clean and started fresh with a new platform and a revamped, innovative user interface.But Microsoft’s insistence on manufacturers keeping its tile-based UI may limit phone makers like HTC, which has done wonders to dolly up Windows Mobile 6.5 with its Sense interface. And the inability to upgrade existing Windows Mobile phones to Windows Phone 7 may frustrate those who recently shelled out for a 6.5 device.

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