Comments on: First Look: Samsung i7500 Android (HD Video)

By: Samsung Wave / Bada Exclusive First Look

Samsung Wave / Bada Exclusive First Look — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:07:33 +0000

[...] some hands on time with the Samsung Wave (S8500), Samsung’s first Bada device! Learning from the last time we had such an opportunity, we spent more time with the device, digging out every bit of detail we could think of from the [...]

By: Reveller

Reveller — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:21:39 +0000

Join the “Samsung Omnia HD + Android” Facebook group to show support for the move to Android:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=147245237834

By: windsor

windsor — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:46:07 +0000

There is GPS. There is a leak official video of this phone in itay samsung somewhere in youtube.

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:23:40 +0000

Firstly, navigation: I use AndNav2 on my HTC Dream. It is a free Android GPS navigation app, complete with maps and voice navigation.

Secondly: Digital compass: That is a really important point. I would not get an Android phone without a digital com[ass, loads of apps make use of it!

Third: This phone is amazing in almost every way, but the 128 mb of RAM are shocking!

Thanks for the great video, btw…

By: Academic

Academic — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:37:03 +0000

Nice work man, big thanks!

By: George

George — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:16:55 +0000

Thanks Daniel!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:50:23 +0000

Hi there, because Android is still relatively new, there aren’t any navigation solutions just yet. At least not that I know of. You can’t use Google Maps for navigation, only for reference, as Google does not allow anyone to use their maps for turn by turn navigation.

You can try to check this website http://www.androidapps.com/ to find out if there are any other existing navigation software or offline versions of wikipedia available for Android.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:06:45 +0000

That’s a very good question. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to tell without a specs sheet or software, so I couldn’t tell at that point of time.

By: George

George — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:49:06 +0000

Hi!
2 questions from someone new to Android:
What navigation solution is there for this (these) phone(s)? Google maps is good but is there a voice that guides you too? Does that cost extra?
And is there an offline version of wikipedia for Android? This is the killer application for my S60 (at least in German you can install wikipedia on your SD-card).
Thanks!

By: Samsung I7500 Android OS Phone Video Walkthrough | TimTechs News

Samsung I7500 Android OS Phone Video Walkthrough | TimTechs News — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:03:17 +0000

[...] Samsung’s first Android OS phone the I7500, which was announced recently, gets a pretty thorough video walkthrough by Tech 65. [...]

By: Dani

Dani — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:41:34 +0000

Hi!!

One question… this mobile has digital compass???

Thanks

By: Erstes Hands on Video zum Android Samsung i7500

Erstes Hands on Video zum Android Samsung i7500 — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:41:18 +0000

[...] Das Android Handy wird wohl gegen Ende des Sommers mit O2 auf den Markt kommen. Den Jungs von tech65.org ist es irgendwie gelungen auf einem Blogger-Event einen Prototyp des Samsung i7500 in die Finger zu [...]

By: Samsung I7500 opnieuw in hands-on video > Nieuws > Androidplanet.nl

Samsung I7500 opnieuw in hands-on video > Nieuws > Androidplanet.nl — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:15:04 +0000

[...] Tech65.org Vorige [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:05:38 +0000

I have a feeling that might have been a MMS friendly mode, and there might be a high quality mode too. Samsung, the experts in mobile phone cameras, would be too ashamed to release a phone that can only record at that quality.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:59:05 +0000

Yep. I annotated that on the video already as well. The videos? I have a feeling it’s because it’s just a vanilla installation of Android at that point, and wasn’t made to take advantage of the hardware yet.

It recorded video at an awesome: *drum roll*

320 by 240 at 8 (yes EIGHT) frames per second!! In 3GP format, no less!!

I know… disappointing. Especially given a 5MP camera. I hope they don’t leave that in the production model though, it’s certainly capable of more.

Oh, but I do have to mention that I didn’t check to see the options available for video, another thing I forgot again (I only had 1 hour…)