Ironic then that their shopping app is available for iPhone, Nokia and Windows Phone, their Clubcard Points app is available on iPhone, Nokia and Blackberry, but neither is available for Android...
I live in Sunderland and have been unable to use any data services on my mobile since last night.
I phoned Orange earlier and was told that it was affecting 90% of users and that their engineers were working on it as a priority. I was given an ETA of 13:00 - well, it's currently 12:58 and I still have no net connection...
...should have pointed out that Samsung have released at least 8 official firmware upgrades since June - they are obviously hard at work and looking to fully support this flagship handset.
There are already a number of custom ROMs available, all very easy to apply as Samsung haven't locked this handset down as well as some other manufacturers have with their phones. If you just want root access, this is as simple as applying an update.zip file from the recovery screen.
The Galaxy S hardware is mroe than capable of running 2.2 (and beyond) - I expect an official FroYo upgrade within the next 2-3 months...
I've had the Galaxy S for just over a week now, upgrading from the HTC Hero. I can honestly say it's by far the best handset I've ever owned.
The screen is this phone's USP and, despite it not quite reaching the same res as the iPhone 4, the actual image quality is much better thanks to the 4" Super AMOLED display. Compare it side by side with an iPhone to see what I mean.
Low light snaps are surprisingly good considering the lack of any sort of flash or photo light, and video recording and playback are superb.
I am a big fan of HTC's Sense UI, so I was a little unsure about switching to TouchWiz. However, I find that Samsung's interface works really well. You obviously don't have the excellent HTC widgets available to you, but there are some very nice ones provided by Samsung with hopefully more to come. Also remember that you have the option of installing a different launcher if you don't like TouchWiz - LauncherPro (available in the Market) is very good.
One thing that never gets mentioned is that Samsung provide the excellent Vlingo speech recognition and reader software free of charge (via their own app store). This is usually $10 in the Android Market. You can send texts and emails, make calls, search the web, find places on a map, etc. all by voice control - and it works surprisingly well. You can also have it read texts and emails to you as they arrive.
Overall, I'd recommend this handset to anyone looking for a new Android phone.
With iGoogle displayed in your browser, enter the following into the address bar:
javascript:_dlsetp('v2=0')
That should take you back to the old layout. Switch a '1' for the '0' if you haven't been specially selected and you'd like to see what all the fuss is about :)
Internet access works fine for me, straight out of the box. Just had to enter my wireless security settings and bingo, Bob's your Auntie's live in lover :)
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Re: There must be a finite amount of horn in the world
The amount of horn in the known universe can only be explained by the existence of anti-horn.
Been down...
...for a few hours in North East England, back up as of a short time ago.
Where's the app?
Ironic then that their shopping app is available for iPhone, Nokia and Windows Phone, their Clubcard Points app is available on iPhone, Nokia and Blackberry, but neither is available for Android...
Spoke too soon...
it's gone again :(
Back up?
My net connection started working at about 14:15 - it's up at the moment, hope it's a permanent fix!
Problem affecting 90% of users
I live in Sunderland and have been unable to use any data services on my mobile since last night.
I phoned Orange earlier and was told that it was affecting 90% of users and that their engineers were working on it as a priority. I was given an ETA of 13:00 - well, it's currently 12:58 and I still have no net connection...
Not wrong, right!
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_android_22_froyo_update_leaks-news-1842.php
If they are working on it and creating dev ROMs, why will you be surprised when the ROMs go from "dev" to "final" status?
Also...
...should have pointed out that Samsung have released at least 8 official firmware upgrades since June - they are obviously hard at work and looking to fully support this flagship handset.
ROM goodness
There are already a number of custom ROMs available, all very easy to apply as Samsung haven't locked this handset down as well as some other manufacturers have with their phones. If you just want root access, this is as simple as applying an update.zip file from the recovery screen.
The Galaxy S hardware is mroe than capable of running 2.2 (and beyond) - I expect an official FroYo upgrade within the next 2-3 months...
Great phone
I've had the Galaxy S for just over a week now, upgrading from the HTC Hero. I can honestly say it's by far the best handset I've ever owned.
The screen is this phone's USP and, despite it not quite reaching the same res as the iPhone 4, the actual image quality is much better thanks to the 4" Super AMOLED display. Compare it side by side with an iPhone to see what I mean.
Low light snaps are surprisingly good considering the lack of any sort of flash or photo light, and video recording and playback are superb.
I am a big fan of HTC's Sense UI, so I was a little unsure about switching to TouchWiz. However, I find that Samsung's interface works really well. You obviously don't have the excellent HTC widgets available to you, but there are some very nice ones provided by Samsung with hopefully more to come. Also remember that you have the option of installing a different launcher if you don't like TouchWiz - LauncherPro (available in the Market) is very good.
One thing that never gets mentioned is that Samsung provide the excellent Vlingo speech recognition and reader software free of charge (via their own app store). This is usually $10 in the Android Market. You can send texts and emails, make calls, search the web, find places on a map, etc. all by voice control - and it works surprisingly well. You can also have it read texts and emails to you as they arrive.
Overall, I'd recommend this handset to anyone looking for a new Android phone.
DON'T PANIC!
I know where my towel is.
Don't contact us
I guess they've had enough of people contacting them about this...
http://www.ivell.com/contact.html
Working
Webmail interface seems to be working again.
Nice advert...
...apart from the problem the fella has resizing the image! Think I'll be keeping my mouse :)
Don't panic!
With iGoogle displayed in your browser, enter the following into the address bar:
javascript:_dlsetp('v2=0')
That should take you back to the old layout. Switch a '1' for the '0' if you haven't been specially selected and you'd like to see what all the fuss is about :)
Works for me
Internet access works fine for me, straight out of the box. Just had to enter my wireless security settings and bingo, Bob's your Auntie's live in lover :)