Just a few weeks after its release, the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 may turn out to be one of Samsung’s biggest sellers. With superior engineering and innovative technology encased within its handsomely-designed casing, the i9000 is Samsung’s most advanced smartphone to date, receiving praises from mobile fans and reviewers alike.

Seat of power

At the very heart of the system beats a powerful and efficient ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor which powers up the phone’s operating system, the popular Android v2.1 (Éclair) OS. The OS and the processor works in tandem with the phone’s beefed-up user interface, the TouchWiz 3.0.

This combination creates an overall synergistic effect which enables the Samsung Galaxy S to handle even the most challenging application or function with amazing ease.

Raft of excellent features

The i9000 comes in both 8 GB and 16 GB models which are upgradeable up to 32 GB via a MicroSD expansion card slot.

Multimedia functionality is provided by a versatile media player which can play audio files in MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3 and FLAC formats as well as video files in MP4, DivX, WMV, H.264 and H.263 formats with amazing clarity and presence. A 3.5 mm audio jack for earphones is provided as well for private listening.

The Samsung Galaxy S comes with a large 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen which displays a stunning 16 million colours at 480 x 800 pixels resolution. Other display features include an accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor and touch-sensitive controls

Multi-mode digital camera

The Samsung Galaxy S is equipped with a built-in 5 megapixel digital camera which is capable as well of recording videos at 30 frames per second. It can display vivid images at 2592 x 1944 pixels resolution and is capable of taking pictures in panoramic mode, stop motion and cartoon mode. A secondary VGA camera is provided to support video chat.

More often than not, the mobile phone serves as a very important cache of information and data. Contact lists will have names, phone numbers, address and the email of friends, family and business contacts. Images and videos taken with the devices camera will also be stored on the mobile phone. Documents and other files are also among the things that people find themselves concerned about when it comes to their smart phones.

Thankfully, the average modern mobile phone will hook up to any desktop or laptop computer and allow the use to transfer and store files from the handset into a different location. This will help ensure that no data is lost if the phone is ever damaged, misplaced or stolen. Even a simple phone problem might lead to potential data loss if the repairs would entail that the internal memory be formatted.

Backing up a mobile phone is fairly easy. First off, users should be sure that the device is fully charged. While some devices will actually charge as they are connected to a computer, this is not the case for all mobile phones. And the last thing that users need is for a handset to die out while in the middle of a data transfer –potentially corrupting the file being transferred.

Second, connect the handset to the computer. This is usually done through a USB connector and is import for devices that have large space of internal memory that users rely on. However, for users who do not store anything much on the smart phone itself, and instead, rely on microSD cards for storing important files, the most convenient thing to do would be to just connect the microSD to a reader.

To be sure that all files are properly copied, try to do a direct copy of all files. This can be organized by placing all the files into a single folder, allowing the user to have an exact backup of the phone’s data. Using the syncing features available with special phone software provided by the manufacturer is also a good idea.

The design of the MicroSD memory card was specifically geared towards catering to ever-changing and fast growing mobile market. The MicroSD memory card is smaller than the miniSD card and is approximately similar to the fingernail size. It is about a quarter of the standard SD card size.

The MicroSD memory card is very small but is capable of containing sufficient amount of data. It is able to store files, videos, and photos. The size of the MicroSD memory card makes it easy to incorporate and use with portable devices. It may be used as extended device memory.

The MicroSD memory card is one of the leading memory card standards employed by manufacturers and vendors of mobile technology. This is because the memory card is compact sized and is currently a commonly supported SD standard interface.

The presence of MicroSD memory cards is not limited to mobile handsets. More hand-held devices are using the MicroSD memory card. Examples of these devices are GPS receivers, audio players, video game devices, and expandable USB flash memory drives.

SD enabled devices are directly compatible with the MicroSD memory card. An appropriate adapter will allow for easy and quick insertion of the card as long as the device supports the standard SD. Most devices developed today recognize the SD or miniSD card standards.

The introduction of the MicroSD memory card happened in 2004. Back then, it was called the “TransFlash”. A year later, it became the “microSD” which only mainly characterizes a name change because all MicroSD memory cards are compatible with TransFlash card slots. This also goes the same, the other way around. The slight difference is that the functionality like the NFC is included in more advanced MicroSD memory cards. This functionality is important when it comes to the card’s compatibility with a microSD-enabled mobile phone.