Q. I want to know why it is worth getting, and I also want to know what are the specifications along with its highlights. I understand that it has Google Now and if you can, please explain to me what it is. Please do not recommend the microsoft surface tablet as I am against the windows 8 operating system for tablets plus i am looking for extra portability.
A. Yes it worth it.
The tabelt has a 7 inch screen which might be to small for some people. However, it is the FIRST tablet ever to have a quad core processor with such a small size. The processor is 1.5 Ghz. Meaning its really responds to your every touch and will function with little to no lag.
It's running the latest version of andriod, Jelly Bean 4.1. Jelly bean offers many new features from its previous OS 4.0. One of the features is called project butter which allows the tablet to be even faster and more responsive then what it is. It also comes with Google Now simlar to the well know program called SIRI on the iPhone. You ask Google now a question and it responds. You tell Google now to set an alarm and it will do so. Another good thing to know is any Google device will get the new Android updates first.
The tablet also comes with a front facing camera that allows you to face time with other people. Note that the tablet does not have a back camera. The tablet also comes with an NFC chip. An NFC chip is more commonly know as Android beam. Android beam allows the user to pass information, pics, vids, links to another device just by simply touches the two devices together. For example say you wanted to give your friend a photo. If your friend has Android beam just simply load the picture and hold the two phones side to side. You could also use it as a wallet. The app is called Google wallet and its allows you to use the tablet as a wallet using the NFC chip.
The tablet is great and well worth the money. If this has helped you please rate this answer.
The tabelt has a 7 inch screen which might be to small for some people. However, it is the FIRST tablet ever to have a quad core processor with such a small size. The processor is 1.5 Ghz. Meaning its really responds to your every touch and will function with little to no lag.
It's running the latest version of andriod, Jelly Bean 4.1. Jelly bean offers many new features from its previous OS 4.0. One of the features is called project butter which allows the tablet to be even faster and more responsive then what it is. It also comes with Google Now simlar to the well know program called SIRI on the iPhone. You ask Google now a question and it responds. You tell Google now to set an alarm and it will do so. Another good thing to know is any Google device will get the new Android updates first.
The tablet also comes with a front facing camera that allows you to face time with other people. Note that the tablet does not have a back camera. The tablet also comes with an NFC chip. An NFC chip is more commonly know as Android beam. Android beam allows the user to pass information, pics, vids, links to another device just by simply touches the two devices together. For example say you wanted to give your friend a photo. If your friend has Android beam just simply load the picture and hold the two phones side to side. You could also use it as a wallet. The app is called Google wallet and its allows you to use the tablet as a wallet using the NFC chip.
The tablet is great and well worth the money. If this has helped you please rate this answer.
Why does WIFI lose quality and speed the longer you stay on?
Q. Seriously, I'm computer retarded and just wondering why it does that. It goes from 54mb/sec to 10 or less sometimes.
A. If you speed is dropping then it is nothing to do with how long you have been connected it must be down to another problem.
Generic advice for improving wif reception [you give no info on the router or what device you are connecting with]
To start with the basic rule is to position the wifi router as high and as centrally as possible in your house.
1] Try changing the broadcast channel from the wireless setup interface for your router/modem.You can normally access this by typing "http://192.168.0.1/" into your browsers search bar and then look for the wireless settings menu.
You don't say if your router can use the 5GHz frequency or just the 2.4GHz. The best channels in the 2.5GHz spectrum are 1,6, 11, or 13 as they have less overlap with the other channels.
There is a useful article here about how to get the best performance by selecting the best channel.: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21132/chaâ¦
If you have an android smarthphone, or a friend does, then install the Wifi Analyzer app free from android market and use it to scan for the best channel and change your routers broadcast channel accordingly. This app will aslo show you all the wifi signals in range that your neighbours are using, so you can select a different channel to them, making a stronger signal for you. https://market.android.com/details?id=coâ¦
2] You can use a tool like Nirsofts totally free WirelessNet View to look at all the local wireless signals that are within range and may be competing with your own router and interfering with reception. from here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_neâ¦
3] You can buy a Wi-Fi booster like D-Link 645 Smartbeam, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DIR-645-Wâ¦
Devices such as these can actually boost the wifi signal by using multiple beams that bounce of the walls and are intelligently directed toward whatever device [smarhphone, laptop, tablet] you are using on wifi.
4] If your using the 2.4GHz frequency and not the 5GHz then other devices that use this frequency band can alsso interfere with your reception [eg baby monitors and microwave ovens use 2.4GHz]. Try and make sure that none of these devices are situated between your router and your wifi receiver eg laptop, tablet, smarthphone etc
Generic advice for improving wif reception [you give no info on the router or what device you are connecting with]
To start with the basic rule is to position the wifi router as high and as centrally as possible in your house.
1] Try changing the broadcast channel from the wireless setup interface for your router/modem.You can normally access this by typing "http://192.168.0.1/" into your browsers search bar and then look for the wireless settings menu.
You don't say if your router can use the 5GHz frequency or just the 2.4GHz. The best channels in the 2.5GHz spectrum are 1,6, 11, or 13 as they have less overlap with the other channels.
There is a useful article here about how to get the best performance by selecting the best channel.: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21132/chaâ¦
If you have an android smarthphone, or a friend does, then install the Wifi Analyzer app free from android market and use it to scan for the best channel and change your routers broadcast channel accordingly. This app will aslo show you all the wifi signals in range that your neighbours are using, so you can select a different channel to them, making a stronger signal for you. https://market.android.com/details?id=coâ¦
2] You can use a tool like Nirsofts totally free WirelessNet View to look at all the local wireless signals that are within range and may be competing with your own router and interfering with reception. from here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_neâ¦
3] You can buy a Wi-Fi booster like D-Link 645 Smartbeam, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DIR-645-Wâ¦
Devices such as these can actually boost the wifi signal by using multiple beams that bounce of the walls and are intelligently directed toward whatever device [smarhphone, laptop, tablet] you are using on wifi.
4] If your using the 2.4GHz frequency and not the 5GHz then other devices that use this frequency band can alsso interfere with your reception [eg baby monitors and microwave ovens use 2.4GHz]. Try and make sure that none of these devices are situated between your router and your wifi receiver eg laptop, tablet, smarthphone etc
How is the battery for the Samsung galaxy S3?
Q. I know you get 11 hours talktime but is that good? will it last all day with moderate use? If you have one, how long does it last for you?
A. We ran a 90 minute video at full brightness and applied all accounts (Dropbox, Facebook, Twitter, Exchange etc) and set them all to the most regular updates over Wi-Fi.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 managed to get to only 82% battery power by the end of the test â compare that to the 60% of the HTC One X and 74% of the iPhone 4S and you can see why we're impressed.
Under heavy load, the phone will last about 8 hours. And we mean heavy: the battery test we mentioned plus an hour of photography and video. After than half an hour of playing Riptide GP and then some web browsing for a further hour. Then around twenty minutes of music listening before an hour's session on video.
We also had the voice-control activated from the lock screen the whole time, which Samsung tells you is a real battery killer as it listens to what you say.
This pushed the battery to about 20%, after which we killed it trying to synchronise over Wi-Fi direct in about 45 minutes (although this can be a real battery drainer).
In real use, as in not checking it every seven seconds to play with it (the curse of the new phone) you'll get a much more reasonable battery life. We regularly saw power drops of only 30% by 2PM, and a healthy 25% by bedtime.
This will change during use, obviously, but it's much harder to hammer the battery through actually doing things the phone is supposed to compared to the HTC One X.
This has also been improved by the software update AGAIN. While some days saw the battery meter swing a little bit lower than usual on the odd day of hardcore usage - this was improved and since updating we haven't gone lower than 25% at bedtime. Excellent work, Samsung.
Connectivity
If you're one of those people that want to have the phone all their friends have got, then the Galaxy S3 is the one you better hope that they have.
When it comes to connectivity, it's unsurprising that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is fully stocked â in fact we can't think of a single thing that we'd want to see that's missing.
From NFC to advanced location sensors, everything has been packed into the 8.6mm frame.
Samsung has built on the Android Beam system - based on NFC - that Google created to allow users to share things like map directions, web links and YouTube videos. However, it's souped it up by using Wi-Fi Direct, which can transfer items at dizzying speeds.
Think pictures from one phone to another in seconds, and HD videos in around a couple of minutes - although sadly the trick will only work from S3 to S3 at the moment - we're hoping Samsung changes this in the future as Wi-Fi Direct connection should be easy to do between brands.
Dual channel bonding is also on offer for the Wi-Fi brigade out there - we noticed very little in the way of slowdown when it came to connecting over Wi-Fi, and the signal strength held well even with our crappy Sky router (which loves to spit out a single bar of reception even when right next to the box).
Samsung hasn't stopped there though - get yourself a MHL lead and connect up to the TV through the microUSB port and you can mirror your device onto a larger screen with no problems... and it's a much better way of using your phone as a games controller than going through AllShare Cast we've found.
USB To Go is an underrated trick that we're surprised isn't being more widely used (although it's probably because the adaptor is so jolly hard to get hold of) - being able to connect a USB stick or hard drive to the phone when out and about is a great feature to have and one we're glad to see again.
GPS is on board, and it's backed up by GLONASS - for those that don't know, this is a system that's similar to GPS (developed by the Russians) that's slightly less accurate than the US-created version - but add the two together and you've got a superbly quick fix when it comes to locating yourself on the Maps app... we're talking a couple of seconds max most of the time and world away from the rubbish reception of the Galaxy S2.
(Apparently GLONASS is necessary on mobile phones now to avoid being subject to an import duty when exporting to Russia - we don't care, as it gives us faster tracking and phones are cheaper for our Russian friends. Everyone wins).
As we've already discussed, DLNA is on board to allow easy connection to nearby devices - most of the time you'll have to trigger this manually in the menu, but once enabled the streaming is pretty quick.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 managed to get to only 82% battery power by the end of the test â compare that to the 60% of the HTC One X and 74% of the iPhone 4S and you can see why we're impressed.
Under heavy load, the phone will last about 8 hours. And we mean heavy: the battery test we mentioned plus an hour of photography and video. After than half an hour of playing Riptide GP and then some web browsing for a further hour. Then around twenty minutes of music listening before an hour's session on video.
We also had the voice-control activated from the lock screen the whole time, which Samsung tells you is a real battery killer as it listens to what you say.
This pushed the battery to about 20%, after which we killed it trying to synchronise over Wi-Fi direct in about 45 minutes (although this can be a real battery drainer).
In real use, as in not checking it every seven seconds to play with it (the curse of the new phone) you'll get a much more reasonable battery life. We regularly saw power drops of only 30% by 2PM, and a healthy 25% by bedtime.
This will change during use, obviously, but it's much harder to hammer the battery through actually doing things the phone is supposed to compared to the HTC One X.
This has also been improved by the software update AGAIN. While some days saw the battery meter swing a little bit lower than usual on the odd day of hardcore usage - this was improved and since updating we haven't gone lower than 25% at bedtime. Excellent work, Samsung.
Connectivity
If you're one of those people that want to have the phone all their friends have got, then the Galaxy S3 is the one you better hope that they have.
When it comes to connectivity, it's unsurprising that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is fully stocked â in fact we can't think of a single thing that we'd want to see that's missing.
From NFC to advanced location sensors, everything has been packed into the 8.6mm frame.
Samsung has built on the Android Beam system - based on NFC - that Google created to allow users to share things like map directions, web links and YouTube videos. However, it's souped it up by using Wi-Fi Direct, which can transfer items at dizzying speeds.
Think pictures from one phone to another in seconds, and HD videos in around a couple of minutes - although sadly the trick will only work from S3 to S3 at the moment - we're hoping Samsung changes this in the future as Wi-Fi Direct connection should be easy to do between brands.
Dual channel bonding is also on offer for the Wi-Fi brigade out there - we noticed very little in the way of slowdown when it came to connecting over Wi-Fi, and the signal strength held well even with our crappy Sky router (which loves to spit out a single bar of reception even when right next to the box).
Samsung hasn't stopped there though - get yourself a MHL lead and connect up to the TV through the microUSB port and you can mirror your device onto a larger screen with no problems... and it's a much better way of using your phone as a games controller than going through AllShare Cast we've found.
USB To Go is an underrated trick that we're surprised isn't being more widely used (although it's probably because the adaptor is so jolly hard to get hold of) - being able to connect a USB stick or hard drive to the phone when out and about is a great feature to have and one we're glad to see again.
GPS is on board, and it's backed up by GLONASS - for those that don't know, this is a system that's similar to GPS (developed by the Russians) that's slightly less accurate than the US-created version - but add the two together and you've got a superbly quick fix when it comes to locating yourself on the Maps app... we're talking a couple of seconds max most of the time and world away from the rubbish reception of the Galaxy S2.
(Apparently GLONASS is necessary on mobile phones now to avoid being subject to an import duty when exporting to Russia - we don't care, as it gives us faster tracking and phones are cheaper for our Russian friends. Everyone wins).
As we've already discussed, DLNA is on board to allow easy connection to nearby devices - most of the time you'll have to trigger this manually in the menu, but once enabled the streaming is pretty quick.
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