SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE Review
Read my review of the Samsung Captivate Phone
The Samsung
captivate (Galaxy S) is available from AT&T.
I have had mine since August 2010 and I love it. I purchased
mine through wirefly, and was mostly pleased with the experience.
At the time the phone cost me $99, but now can be had much cheaper--wirefly
currently has the phone for free with contract renewals and new
accounts. (adding a line to a family plan the phone will cost
you about $20).
The
phone is lightweight and slick. I purchased a cover for it from
a company called Amzer
on Amazon.comfor about $7 (pictured left). The cover snaps
on and has already been instrumental
is "saving my phone's life" when I've dropped it on
the street. This is a great cover for the price.
The phone has a fantastic camera. In fact, it has two--one forward
facing and one rear facing. The photos that come from the rear
facing camera are 5 megapixel, and very good quality. The camera
is also an HD video recorder, again quality is excellent, especially
if you're outdoors or in good lighting.
There are some interesting features included in the software for the camera,
including a smile trigger, picture review, automatic photo stitching for panoramic
photos. blink detection, face detection, cartooning, shutter timer, continous
shoot, and more.
The user experience on the Captivate is very good. If you're
new to Android, you have to get used to a few things first, but
once you're aware of them, you'll love it. First, there are
the buttons at the bottom of the screen...for instance the one
for options, which is easy to forget, but whenever you're stuck
wondering what to do, that's the one to go for. You also have
to get used to long pushes and short pushes.
Apps
There are several apps you'll want to have for your Captivate
or other Android phone:
- Navigator - Comes free with your phone--a fully featured TALKING
(With Street Names) navigator. Very nice..you'll want some kind
of stand for your car.
- Vonage - Great way to make free calls on your android phone.
- Google Skymaps
- Vlingo voice recognition- Vlingo is awesome,
and free. It allows your phone some excellent Voice Recognition
that goes way beyond what the Android operating system can do...it
really does a great job of understanding what I say to it...things
like "text mary
I want to go to the movies tonight" go right through. But
so do much longer commands. You can even say things like "Call
Staples in Laurel, Maryland" and it will look up the number
on the internet and make the call for you.
- Barcode scanner
There are many other fun apps like a lie detector and metal detector,
shopping apps, Google Goggles and more.
The Android Operating System
At present, the phone has Android 2.1 on it, but can be hacked
easily enough to have the latest version of Android--android
2.2 aka "froyo".
Here is a great video review of the Captivate:
Also worth a look is the Samsung
Captivate's big brother, the
Samsung Tab. This tablet is excellent and beats the iPad on
every front, hands down.
I definitely recommend this phone. I feel it is a better phone
than the iphone and the Android operating system is a better
operating system than Apple's. If you're in the market for
a smartphone, you should strongly consider getting the Samsung
Captivate.
Samsung Capitvate Phone Executive
Summary
- Excellent handsent
- AMOLED Screen is wonderful
- Built in memory
- Light/durable
The
phone is lightweight and slick. I purchased a cover for it from
a company called