Friday, September 9, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Ace aka GT-S5830

Samsung Galaxy Ace
It was difficult to stem the increasingly aggressive steps with Samsung that its Google's Android. South Korean vendors are really ready for combat. The new weapon is fired for this year, Galaxy Samsung GT-S5830 Ace.

Design
Samsung Galaxy Ace is packaged in a glossy black candybar with the body and rounded corners, but implies a firm impression. At first glance, the Samsung is like trying to show something new through the Galaxy Ace.
This phone looks like a want to escape from the typical impression of the Galaxy family, more simple and tend to adopt a style that developed the iPhone 4. Striking differences exist in the rear casing is coated with a rough texture and finishing abrasive.
On the left side of the body is only pinned to the volume buttons. On the right side of the body implanted power button / lock key and a micro SD slot that is hotswap. While the 3.5 mm audio port and USB port appear side by side on the top side of the body Galaxy Ace.
The phone also has proximity sensors buried in the upper right corner of the front body. Position sensors are completely camouflaged and almost invisible. It functions like a radar sensor, detects the distance between the screen and the object in front of him. When you call these sensors will unactive screen if it is near the ear.
Galaxy Ace Samsung LCD TFT screen is measuring 3.5 inches with a resolution of 320x480 pixels (HVGA). It is relatively large in its class with sufficient pixel density and injections of 16 million color display enriches the menu on this phone.
Thanks to a capasitive touch screen, Galaxy Ace can be operated comfortably through the soft touch of a finger. It has good sensitivity and no special problems when responding to the touch of a finger. In some features, this phone is already present multi-touch features or pinch to zoom.

Operating System
The combination of the Android OS 2.2.1 (Froyo) and support 800 MHz processor makes Galaxy Ace satisfactory acceleration. Navigation menus and application execution is likely to 'smooth'. Transitions between menus or operation of the application process are fairly smoothly, only the occasional annoying lag that happens.

Performance of several supporting features such as accelerometers and kinetic scrolling in sight patents. Both are able to act well and quickly respond to commands. Unfortunately, accelerometer still not fully integrated and run only on specific applications only.

As always you'll find customizable homescreen with seven panels that can be fitted with various widgets and shortcuts. Homescreen can be reduced according to taste and it is actually quite helpful in speeding up the navigation process.

TouchWiz has become the hallmark of the main menu has a menu page that looks the grid is shifted to the side (the page may increase in number). Unlike some other manufacturers Android phones output offers the main menu page in the vertical display is shifted downward alias.

One additional, it already provides Swype Galaxy Ace-enabled QWERTY keyboard. Swype feature quite helpful in typing messages on mobile phones with small screens. You do not have to be accurate when typing, simply by drawing a line from one letter to another letter so that it becomes wet nurse said.


Multimedia
Galaxy Ace camera capability provides a distinct impression, strength of 5 megapixel, autofocus feature and flashlight into its own power in its class. Competitors must worry. As is known, Android phones in general have a weakness in this sector.

Camera interface standard with features appear such as shooting mode, scene modes, white balance, ISO setting, focus mode, the effect of up to photo quality. In this sector there are hardly any significant differences with other mobile class. Unfortunately in the video recording, the resolution offered is only 320x240 pixels (QVGA). The record was so bad, but if too much movement of the image is broken.
The music player is still the standard Galaxy Ace TouchWiz UI. Interface consists of multiple tabs that can sort options: artists, albums, songs and playlists. Interestingly, the Galaxy already has Ace DNSe equalizer and audio technology to strengthen the sector. Unlike when listening via the headset, the music that came out was more dynamic between bass and treble.
The phone also includes an FM radio as an alternative audio entertainment. Practical and easy to use interface but to listen to the radio broadcasts needed a headset instead of an antenna. Regarding the video player capabilities, Samsung's new Galaxy Ace can play the files with standard formats.

Internet and Connectivity
Galaxy Ace has support 3G/HSDPA network at speeds up to 7.2 Mbps. To surf more freely of course can even be used also as a modem for a PC or if you want another alternative to using Wi-fi.
Like Android-based phone Froyo in general, WiFi technology features supported in the Galaxy Ace Tethering and portable hotspot. You can share Internet connection from the mobile phone to other devices via Wi-fi. Setting is very easy.
Default browser that carried this phone is quite satisfactory. Starting from the existence of the function of the refresh, back and forward, add bookmarks, open a new tab (four pages) and access the settings. You can do zoming by double tap or pinch to zoom. Unfortunately, the phone does not support Flash Player 10.1.

Other Features
Some interesting features in this phone include Voice Search, enabling search by voice. ThinkFree, to view, edit and create Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint. Social networking features were already integrated include Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
Other than that, you will still be treated to a variety of distinctive features of Android, starting from Google Maps, Navigation, Latitude and Places that supported the GPS. There is also GoogleTalk, Android Market, Gmail and YouTube plus standard applications commonly found in mobile phones such as calendars and calculators to Samsung Apps.

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