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Samsung Galaxy S 3D Racing Game – Asphalt 5

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 2:07 pm

I was totally addicted to this 3D racing game, Asphalt 5, and was playing it everyday on my Samsung Galaxy S since last week.

Asphalt 5 Splash Screen

The full version of Asphalt 5 is available for download in Samsung Apps at no charge. I thank Samsung for giving it free to all the users of Samsung Galaxy S. Anyway, this 3D racing game is priced at US$4.99 and is available at the developer’s site, GameLoft.com.

The game basically offers you 4 racing modes :-

Quick race – Pick a racing venue and practice. No monetary reward in this mode.
Career – Complete a race to advance to a higher level. You’ll win some money in each level to buy cars and accessories. New cars and girls will be unlocked in different levels as well.
Multiplayer – Race with other player(s) of Asphalt 5 via WiFi connection.
WCG2010 – Race with other players of Asphalt 5 online over the Internet. Live result is available at asphalt-5.com

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Samsung Galaxy S 3D Racing Game – Asphalt 5

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Maxis10 – Samsung Galaxy S Reviews Wrapping Up

Saturday 17 July 2010 @ 9:11 pm

The 2-week Maxis10 review programme of Samsung Galaxy S is coming to an end tomorrow, so I’m wrapping up all the reviews that I’ve done so far. You may find all interesting reviews from the reviewers using the hashtag #Maxis10 in Twitter.

Each of us in this review programme have covered different aspects of Samsung Galaxy S in our reviews, below are mine :-

Samsung Galaxy S Unboxing
The unboxing process of Samsung Galaxy S phone package
10 Things You Want To Know About Samsung Galaxy S
Some important aspects of Samsung Galaxy S that you might want to know.
Samsung Galaxy S Super AMOLED Screen Close Up
Super AMOLED screen is one of the main selling points of Samsung Galaxy S, so this post is meant to show you how the screen looks like. Seriously, you need to see the phone in front of your own eyes because even the HD video in this post does not do the Super AMOLED screen enough justice. :)
Samsung Galaxy S TV-Out Feature
This post showing you how to use the TV Out feature of Samsung Galaxy S. You’ll find it very useful.
Samsung Galaxy S 5mp Camera – Features & Pictures
My review of the 5-megapixel camera of Samsung Galaxy S. Plenty of pictures and a video showing you how to snap panorama picture using the phone.
Samsung Galaxy S Camera : HD Video
A sample of High Definition (HD) video I took using the phone.
Samsung Galaxy S Battery Life Tests
A series of extensive tests on the battery life of Samsung Galaxy S. You’ll find the answers to battery performance of the phone under extreme usage.
Samsung Galaxy S Reception Test
A simple reception test on Samsung Galaxy S to check whether the phone will suffer the same significant signal lost like the iPhone 4 under normal holding, tight grip or using the finger tips.

One thing I want to stress is that no phone is perfect, but there will be a phone that is perfect for you.

Samsung Galaxy S does have its strengths and weaknesses but it successfully amazed me in many ways. To wrap up my Samsung Galaxy S review series, the impressed me decided to do a quick and simple survey to gather opinions and first impression on Samsung Galaxy S from random individuals in a shopping mall after I show them the phone and let them play with it for a while. Below is the video :-

If you are interested in getting the phone, go to the nearest Maxis Center and check out the phone. They are having a promotion right now offering you the phone at only RM1,699 under 1 year contract. The normal price without contract is RM2,599.

Now good luck to all fellow Maxis10 reviewers.

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Maxis10 – Samsung Galaxy S Reception Test

Saturday 17 July 2010 @ 3:56 pm

Phone signal lost is a very hot topic these days after iPhone 4 was tested to have such problem due to its antenna design.

As we known that the antenna of Samsung Galaxy S is located at the bottom of the phone, below the battery. So, we might have a concern that the phone may suffer the same significant signal lost as the iPhone 4.

Therefore, I did a simple reception test on Samsung Galaxy S and below is the video :-

Samsung Galaxy S Review Series

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Maxis10: Samsung Galaxy S Battery Life Tests

Friday 16 July 2010 @ 1:54 am

A few friends, blog readers and twitter followers asked me about the battery life of Samsung Galaxy S in the past few days. Me too was interested to know what is the battery performance under extreme usage. Besides, I’m sure potential customers would like to see some statistics so that they can stop wondering about the battery performance of Samsung Galaxy S.

Therefore, I performed ~~4 battery tests~~ 5 battery tests in the past ~~30+ hours~~ 40+ hours and finally we have some answers to the battery related questions. Below are the objectives of all 4 battery tests I did :-

Test 1: Find out how long will the battery last (from 100% battery level to 0%) when connecting to an active Wifi Connection
Test 2: Find out how long will the battery last (from 100% battery level to 0%) when connecting to an active 3G Data Connection
Test 3: Find out how long will the battery last under continuous movie playing
Test 4: Find out how long we need to fully charge the battery after it’s completely flat (0% battery level)

* Just added 1 more Music Playing (Test 5).

Final Battery Test Results (now with Music Playing result)

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Maxis10: Samsung Galaxy S Battery Life Tests

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Maxis10 – Samsung Galaxy S Camera : HD Video

Tuesday 13 July 2010 @ 9:23 am

The 5-megapixel camera of Samsung Galaxy S is able to capture High Definition (HD) videos at the resolution of 1280×720 (720p) @ 30 frames-per-second (fps). The video quality is undeniably good. Check out the 2 minutes long outdoor video below that I took in HD to see for yourself.

The default playing quality is 360p (or 480p), so just select 720p (or even 1080p) if you wish to watch the video in HD.

You may also view the video in a larger size at Youtube.

What do you think of the video quality?

Samsung Galaxy S Review Series

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Maxis10: Samsung Galaxy S 5mp Camera – Features & Pictures

Saturday 10 July 2010 @ 2:42 am

This post is going to be a little long because I’ll be showing you some of the indoor and outdoor pictures that I’ve taken using Samsung Galaxy S. Samsung Galaxy S has a 5-megapixel camera but it is the camera features that amazed me, especially the Tap To Focus and Panorama feature.

While shooting pictures, there are a total of 13 Scene Modes to choose, namely :-