samsung galaxy s2 - Mihai Spanoche

Somehow Android vs iOS but not really that far

Okay so I went a couple of months ago for the Samsung Galaxy S2 Android phone, and let go my BlackBerry Torch 9800 since it was a real pain to deal with it sometimes – the CPU was too slow to handle basic daily tasks like emails & browsing.

After 3 months of using a Samsung Galaxy SII , I must say I am not so impressed as I was in the first day of using it. This would look normal if you think I’m an Apple fanboy but, the Galaxy has a very big issue , like all other Android phones out there …. BATTERY ! BATTERY ! I’ll say that again BATTERY ! It’s like this phone doesn’t even have one. It’s more likely it has a flat capacitor inside that stores solar power or any other kind of power it can store since I never had the chance to get a full 2h charge to last me 24 hours , and I don’t really use it !

Disappointed by the battery issue, cheap plastics used, ugly audio jack input and … sincerely it’s just to thin … you’re afraid that you’ll break it or plastics will snap. The headphones that come with it look cheap and they are not even closer to what Apple delivers.

However I was impressed by the camera pictures quality and HD 1080p recording quality, along with avery good integration w all the Google Apps (Gmail, Docs, Google Plus and so on). Another thing that made it look good, was the speed. It is a fast Smartphone, one of the fastest out there with it’s dual core 1.2GHz CPU and 1GB RAM. I also liked a lot the Kies wifi feature provided by Samsung.

Pros: a really fast smartphone, really cool Super AMOLED screen, impressive camera quality for photos & HD recording, perfect integration w Google services.

Unhappy with: battery stand-by and talk time, charge time, less impressive apps in the Android Market, cheap plastics build.

Copy BlackBerry contacts to Samsung Galaxy phone – HOW TO

December 17, 2011 By Mihai

There is an easy way to copy your BlackBerry contacts (with full info – email, phone number, name , company etc.) to your android device over the air without any PC or any cables needed.

Here is a simple tutorial that I hope you will find useful:

With an active Internet data connection on your BlackBerry device, go to http://m.google.com/sync. It should detect that you’re on a BlackBerry phone and have a link for you to download the Google Sync app for Blackberry. Download Google Sync and install it, after that it should show up in your list of apps on the Blackberry.

Open the Google Sync app on your BlackBerry, login to your google account, and there should be a Sync Now button at the bottom of the welcome screen once you login. Click Sync Now and wait for 2-3 minutes.

Once this sync is done, on your Android phone click the Menu button and go to Settings > Accounts & Sync, make sure the Contacts setting is checked, hit the menu button again and click Sync Now.