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The Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is a popular, middle of the range smart phone. The screen may be smaller than handsets more than twice the price but, unless you have one phone in your left hand and the other in your right, you might not even notice it. It also does not have High Density (HD). If screen these are critical factors influencing your decision, you may be better off purchasing a cheaper handset and investing in a tablet for playing games, reading e-books and watching videos.

Using the built-in Global Positioning System (GPS), you can navigate your way to anywhere in the world. You switch it on by tapping the icon on the drop-down menu. The mapping function is already installed. All you need to do is use the search function at the top of the screen and type in the address or postal code of your destination.

With your destination clearly marked, ‘you’ are represented on the map by a flashing blue triangle. The system is so sensitive that if you take only a few short steps in the wrong direction, you soon know about it. Keep an eye on the screen and correct your position as necessary until you reach your destination.

The mapping function has other useful features. For instance, many places of interest and public transportation stations are already programmed in. If you don’t know the full address or post code of your target destination, type in a location that you know is nearby and zoom in by pinching the screen. The name of your museum, theatre, restaurant or pub may well be marked.

Using your handset to ‘check in’ with social networking sites so your friends and family can find you in the pub is intuitive and easily accomplished. With your GPS active, type your position into the search box. Many places have already been keyed in by other users. If this is the case, tap it. Otherwise, the search engine will find it for you.

There are many other useful applications (‘apps’) that may be download from the apps market, many of them free of charge. One of these is a compass. This can be helpful if you a such a long way from where you want to go that the blue triangle is many screen width away from your target destination. Rotate the handset until the needle points ‘North’ and take it from there.

Another extremely useful tool that may be used for navigation is the flashlight, a downloadable app from the market. If you find yourself walking walking down a deserted, darkened street, simply hold the handset with the light facing downward and slightly ahead of you. This feature is also useful for finding lost items in the dark or making your way to a seat in the cinema without tripping over your own feet and spilling your popcorn.

Your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is your Best Friend Forever (BFF). It is packed with useful features and the fact that it doesn’t have the largest screen possible for a handset to possess and not be called a tablet does not detract from its appeal.

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Even as Red Hat, IBM, and Novell dominate Linux kernel development efforts, the increasing popularity of Linux on smartphones and mobile devices have encouraged wireless companies like Nokia and Samsung to get involved. – While corporate giants like IBM, Novell, and Red Hat,
continue to play a significant role in Linux kernel development, wireless
companies and their suppliers are rapidly stepping up, according to a report
from the Linux Foundation.
The Linux Kernel Development report, released Dec. 1,
examines …

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A beta of the Opera Mobile 10.1 browser debuted on the Android smartphone platform, challenging established players including Microsoft for control of the small screen. Opera Mobile 10.1 beta was released on Nov. 9 and is available in the Android market at no cost. Opera Mobile is similar to the Opera Mini browser, and users of Mini will see similarities between the two. According to Opera, the primary difference between the two offerings is that the Opera Presto browser engine is hosted on an Opera server for the Mini browser, while the engine is onboard in Opera Mobile. Mini is smaller and sometimes faster, but also sometimes less accurate, while Opera Mobile provided a very smooth user interface experience and snappy action during my tests. I used Opera Mobile 10.1 beta on a Samsung Vibrant Android handset running on the T-Mobile network. Opera Mobile uses chiclet-like tiles showing open Web pages to help smartphone users jump to sites. The Web tiles are also used to organize the end-user browsing experience, including a feature Opera calls "Speed Dial." If you have experience with Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Android, share your thoughts at http://labs.eweek.com. – …

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My friend told me you can put linux on almost any cell phone today. Can anyone tell me how to put it on the samsung behold?

Hewlett-Packard will purchase assets owned by Phoenix Technologies, including HyperSpace, a Linux-based operating system that allows PCs to boot rapidly. Phoenix previously signed an agreement with Samsung to deliver instant on-off capabilities to netbooks. HP has been focused on acquisitions of late, particularly the April purchase of Palm for $1.2 billion. Palm’s WebOS will likely go into future HP products such as tablet PCs. – Hewlett-Packard agreed June 10 to purchase assets owned by Phoenix
Technologies, including a Linux-based operating system and client
virtualization software, in a deal worth $12 million in cash. The products in question
are Phoenix’s HyperSpace, HyperCore
and Phoenix Flip.
HyperSpace is a Linu…

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Hewlett-Packard will purchase assets owned by Phoenix Technologies, the latter announced June 10, including HyperSpace, a Linux-based operating system that allows PCs to rapidly boot. Phoenix had previously signed an agreement with Samsung to deliver instant on-off capabilities to netbooks. HP has been focused on acquisitions of late, particularly the April purchase of Palm for $1.2 billion. Palm’s webOS will likely go into future HP products such as tablet PCs. – Hewlett-Packard agreed June 10 to purchase assets owned by
Phoenix Technologies, including a Linux-based operating system and client
virtualization software, in a deal worth $12 million in cash. The products in
question are Phoenixs HyperSpace, HyperCore and Phoenix Flip.
HyperSpace is a Linux-…

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ARM, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments have together created Linaro, a not-for-profit company focused on supporting the development of open-source products for devices powered by ARM’s chip designs. Along with Android, other open-source ventures such as LiMo, MeeGo, Ubuntu and WebOS stand to profit from the project, which could help unify a fragmented Linux mobile operating system market. – IBM and chip designer ARM, with
partners Freescale, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, have created
Linaro, quot;a not-for-profit open-source software engineering company quot;
focused on speeding the development of Linux-based mobile devices powered by ARM-designed
processors.

I…

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