Samsung has long held a reputation for making smart phones. This reputation extended way back to those long-forgotten days when mobile phones were only used for phone calls, were the size of a house brick and weighed about the same.
Nowadays though, smart phones have transmogrified into smartphones, these incredibly small pieces of technology that fit into the palm of your hand, weigh about as much as sparrow on a diet and yet can complete a bewildering array of tasks by the deft touch of a finger. From such mundane tasks as sending a text to a friend, to downloading the latest app which will give you a detailed breakdown of how much your fingernails have grown in the time it took you to type your last text, there is seemingly a limitless scope for inventive apps that utilise smartphone technology.
Therefore the news that the new Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, also known as the Samsung i9000, has shipped one million units in the US in just 15 days since its release on August 15 will not come as a surprise to many.
The Galaxy S is one of the world’s most powerful smartphones. Powered by a 1 GHz processor and with 512MB of RAM memory, it is a foremost piece of Android technology. The phone comes with a massive 16GB internal memory, giving you plenty of space to store those photographs and movie files. Perhaps the phone's most striking feature is its four-inch Super AMOLED display that offers a degree of vividness and clarity of definition that has seldom been seen on any visual display, let alone on a mobile phone.
However, it is not solely the technical specifications that are causing the US market to snap up the Galaxy S in such vast numbers. The software support for the phone is proving to be an equally dominant factor in attracting new customers to relinquish their old mobile phone and look seriously at smart phones.
Whether it is using Android market to download games, reading using Aldiko ebook, watching your videos in crystal clear high definition, editing documents using ThinkFree Office Mobile or using the turn-by-turn navigation tool to find your way around your locale, the Galaxy S is proving to be almost unbeatable as the smartphone of choice for vast numbers of customers in the US.
In addition to all the features mentioned above, the new SWYPE system for text messaging has already proven itself a world-beater. Melissa Thompson, a UK resident, managed to type a 26-word message in just 26 seconds, bettering the existing world record by almost ten seconds. She did this using the Samsung Galaxy SWYPE text messaging system, proving beyond doubt that SWYPE is the way forward for text message fans across the galaxy!
Smartphone users in Britain have as much of a choice when it comes to smartphones as their American counterparts. If the Galaxy S is a little outside of your price range, then Samsung also offers an out-of-this-world alternative in the shape of the Samsung Wave (also known as the Samsung S8500).
The Wave comes with a 3.3-inch wide Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz processor, HD video player and recorder, not to mention Social Hub integrated messaging, and with the support of a myriad of fantastic apps available you can personalise your Samsung S8500 to your own taste!
Both the Galaxy and the Wave offer exceptional functionality in accessing your social networking accounts and other online-based activities that have grown in popularity and importance in recent times. Accessing your accounts is simply a finger push away and you will be uploading your pictures and updating your status in no time!
Perhaps best of all, the Galaxy S and Wave are available on almost all the major networks in the UK. This means that the UK customer can select which tariff and deal suits their situation best and it is perhaps this flexibility, allied to the stunning technical specifications, their ease of use and their stunning looks, that have seen sales of the Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Wave skyrocket.
If you are looking for a smartphone, then pick a smart phone and look at the Samsung range. Whether you choose the fantastic value Wave or follow the lead of over one million American customers and opt for the Galaxy S, one thing you can be sure of is that the phone you choose will be out of this world!