Samsung INNOV8 mobile phone

**JamesMK** · 09-10-2008

The latest version of the operating system with an interesting set of applications. 8 Mp camera - the best on the market, this is not a compromise. The sound quality is also possible. The same can be said about memory, and in general about the entire functional range. A technological device does not and will not appear in the near future. That is why Samsung can afford to set a high value in the absence of competitors strategy was fully justified. It is understood that the devices all-in-one may belong to different classes, and direct parallels between them irrelevant. For example, we have previously considered Nokia N85 - is also a typical representative of all-in-one, but this product to a wide audience, with fewer opportunities (the camera is easier, there is no solid flash memory), but more balanced and cheaper, and thus attractive to mass market. Nevertheless, a Samsung developed the bar just for the upper price segment, and all go in the future solutions from other manufacturers or unwillingly, will compare it with the i8510.

Design standard

Design standard apparatus for the company, this year's trend of metal is obvious, but the INNOV8 it is not so noticeable. Front bezel polished, and at first glance it might seem that more metal in the shell does not. That is not true, complete and metal battery compartment lid, but it is black, matte, like plastic coated soft-touch. Previously, the use of metal deliberately emphasized. Remember the Samsung U900, U800 Soul, L870 - the surface of metallic elements in the processing of cut and a layer of transparent varnish beautifully run in the world. However, the practical side of the case suffered a bit: even layer of varnish is not saved from scratches and attritions. In the i8510, all in order, telephone, after a fairly long period of exploitation is excellent.

Appearance of Staff tight, a bit stodgy, it is not so much against the backdrop of a much more affordable sliders company. However, if we talk about design, it is worth recalling Nokia, with its unified design concept for the latest generation of Nseries. The same N96 is not much different from last year's N81. And if we compare the materials hull and the quality of assembly, the i8510 - the clear leader. The only thing that is not pleased with the performance of INNOV8 - this size. And if the closed dimensions are virtually identical N96, in the Samsung Open appreciably higher. Guilt to one and a half times as much area the number keypad. If the N96 all key managers are available in the closed state (which is an undeniable plus), the i8510 in the upper row of your keyboard made two Assignable buttons and pressing delete C. However, the functional leader of such dimensions forgivable, another question was whether consumers move to also nemalenkoy Nokia N95 at more smartphone in the light of universal miniaturization?

In the Samsung INNOV8 combines three types of materials: the metal face of the cover and battery cover, glossy plastic ends and soft-touch elements of the rear surface. This variety is very nice but that all the material quality, good looks. Color decision at the moment, one is black. In the future, perhaps the emergence of dark-red color.

The conversation heard everywhere and always. As in some other vehicles last generation company, applied technology Voice Clarity (clarity of voice), a kind of analogue Crystal Talk of Motorola. Which of these solutions is better to say difficult, the quality of voice and there, and there was just perfect. Right from the dynamics - light sensor and front camera. On the left side - the inscription 8 Gb or 16 Gb.

On the left side of the connector are microUSB (synchronization, charging), covered plastic plug, the volume buttons and a standard 3.5 mm jack for connecting the headset. Location is not the most optimal, in the upper end of it would have been much more appropriate. Right in the slot for memory cards microSD (hot-swappable), start button and the camera angles, as well as trehpozitsionny slider switch modes. Pressing the button activates the camera is the regime which is determined by the value: the pictures, record video and image gallery. Very convenient and quite logical decision.

Cover battery compartment mounted rather unusual way, a small plot of the rear panel sezzhaet down, freeing the two latch. Such a design completely eliminates the appearance of play. The camera lens in favor of the corps to 2 mm thick at this point is about 19 mm. Sam lens equipped with an automatic protective shutter, manually open it does not need. On the left side of the camera module is LED flash. It is a strange move, given that previous photographic flagship company (G800, G810) equipped with xenon elements. On both sides of the camera - stereo speakers. The quality of their very good, but by close of sound is not as good as in the smartphone Nokia, where the dynamics are at a maximum distance from each other.

**JamesMK** · 09-10-2008

Screen

In the Samsung i8510 with a diagonal screen is 2.8 inches (physical size 42h56 mm), performed by matrix TFT-technology and the ability to display up to 262 thousand colors. Permission to standard, it 240h320 pixels. The screen will normally the size, quality, performance. Compared with the Nokia N95 8GB, N96 single leader, no, everything is comparable. By blikuyuschego protective glass screen Samsung slightly worse read in the sun, paint vytsvetayut more, but generally no problem that does not have, the information is visible. Are light sensor that automatically adjusts the backlight screen.

Keyboard

The digital standard keyboard device, made of solid plastic sheet, buttons quite comfortable at the expense of their large size. It is a pity that no iron, and the rest - a full order. Backlit keyboard white. Block Governing keys also did not cause any problems, buttons are well separated and tactile apparent. The buttons and menu navigation keys chrome bezel, but the coating quality, fear for quick spotting, as in the G810, is not worth it.

Battery

The model used Li-Ion battery capacity of 1200 mAh. Enhanced battery is not provided for this unit, although the seats appear to be many. Whatever the case, the battery is exactly the same as the Samsung i550, compared with time in most regimes. Powered Smartphone is not more than two days at an average load (one hour talk, and two hours listening to MP3 and radio, time of the camera, one hour - with other features and menus). Three more days of the elusive, perhaps forgetting about the functionality of machinery and use it as phone calls for the commission. I8510 model based on the same basis appapatnoy platform that the previous decision of Samsung (i560, G810), but, unlike them, a hardware 3D accelerator is active. How this affects the difference in time between work, it is difficult to say at least measurements show comparable results. In part, this is a credit to use Feature Pack 2 (energy program), but devices based on the new platform like Samsung L870, Nokia N96, this machine a little working less. Including, and in playing MP3, video playback.

Communications

In addition to the four bands GSM (850/900/1800/1900), there is support for EDGE (Class 10), the opportunity to work in networks of third generation WCDMA 2100, as well as HSDPA at speeds of up to 3,6 mbps. Wireless communication phone before module Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR. Criticized for his work there, of the options Bluetooth is activated (enabled or disabled), a list of paired devices, the appearance of the phone to detect other vehicles (plus the period of visibility), the name of the phone and other standard options. Services also did not differ nothing unusual, all standard for S60 devices.

Supported profiles:

Dial Up Networking Profile
File Transfer Profile
Generic Access Profile
Service Discovery Application Profile
Headset Profile
Handsfree (Car Kit) Profile
Generic Object Exchange Profile (OBEX)
Object Push Profile
File Transfer Profile
Basic Printing Profile
Audio Vdieo Remote Control Profile
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
Enhanced Data Rate
Dual Profile Bluetooth (Voice & Data)
vNote

Wired connection - USB 2.0, the data transfer rate, we will consider with paragraph Memory. Mode Mass Storage, synchronization with Media Player, PC studio. Le mode can be selected in the menu as a default, or every time you select when you connect. Present synchronization with PC certain applications (Contacts, Calendar, Notes and Communications), synchronization can happen in one or both sides between the Smartphone and PC.

Present module Wi-Fi, its sensitivity is excellent, setup is standard: search by name, automatically connects to a predetermined network, manual settings and so on. Connecting to a channel Wi-Fi can be used not only for Internet browsing, but also to upload photos to a network that is present and certification of DLNA. The first device with DLNA certification became smartphone Nokia N95 8GB, so that the i8510 - not a pioneer in this field.

All previous S60 smartphones Company (i550, i560, G810) are based solutions TI OMAP 2430, but 3D accelerator is not used. The previous model family of the second generation of OMAP processors, 2420, on which construction company Nokia smartphones high-price segment (N93, N95, E90, N82), also has a graphic accelerator, but in its ability to Samsung devices are not used at all. I8510 - the first smartphone companies exploit the potential of graphics hardware acceleration. 3D accelerator used to work with the 8 megapixel images, VGA video decoding in real time with a frequency of 30 frames per second, while audio is responsible for a separate DSP, a camera and music player to work could not.

Multimedia Applications

In the apparatus of an interesting application for editing photos, creating videos of the available photo-materials and so on, the possibility of a fairly extensive. Overall there are three sections, this is actually editing videos, as well as the establishment of a set of videos and photographs slide show (Storyboard). In the latter case, selected a set of photos and / or video, the method changes, the effect (the choice of the eight available), music, being a slide show. Compared with the normal slide show in other devices, such as N78, annex Video Editor has a great set of opportunities.

Opportunities for editing videos, unlike the slide show are minimal, you can only cut extract, edit sound and change the resolution.

The truly beautiful and interesting applications worth noting Digital Frame, or Digital Picture. It actually consists of two applications. First - this Photo Slide. On the screen in horizontal mode, replace each other different pictures, while you can ask effect (extinction and replacement), background music, time-shift staff (from 5 seconds to 5 minutes) and duration of play, as well as to withdraw the images on top of the calendar, analog hours, or one of the three styles of digital clock. The practical value of this application is in fact not responsible, but looks really good.

With something like this to realize we have seen in the Nokia Nseries, but is to recognize that visually and in terms of the number of settings i8510 is much more interesting. In conjunction with the best quality camera and TV-out slide show on the TV screen turned into a pleasure.

GPS

As a pre-program the navigation has Route66, it is much better solution as compared to previous devices used in Samsung, equipped with GPS (i550/i560, G810). When you run a cold start (ie retrieve satellite information such as location, current time, etc.) takes approximately five minutes, the standard time. As in all contemporary models that support satellite navigation, the i8510 is a function A-GPS, it helps reduce the time bind to satellites, positioning, and the coordinates are obtained from operators (admissibility of certain errors), but, more importantly, it helps to ground bad reception.