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A review on Samsung Galaxy Y

Tahir Akram — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:13:27 +0000

Samsung Galaxy Y is a new budget Android phone. I bought this phone today from Hafeez Center Lahore with Teletek warranty.

Display & Look

It has 3 inch display with 320 x 240 pixel screen. I will say, if you are paying for this phone, you are not paying for display. To be very honest, display can not be liked by those people who are avid smartphone users.The fonts looks bit fuzzy, they does not carry a smooth cool to eyes feeling. Phone is best fit in hand. Due to it’s chromed back you feel a grip on it. Very lightweight and looks stylish.

Responsiveness

The operational speed of this phone is good. But it lags a bit, if a lot of applications are opened in the backend and you are playing any game or watching a video on it.

Memory

180 MB internal phone memory is pretty low. I have experienced low phone memory message while installing apps on Samsung Galaxy Ace. The more apps you install on phone memory, the more your phone will respond slow. I bought this phone in Teletek warranty and they are giving 2GB memory card for free with it. So it depends upon your usage, you can extend it till 32GB.

Urdu language

It’s my biggest concern. Before unboxing the phone I was wondering whether Teletek has shipped this language or not. Because a friend bought Samsung Galaxy Ace under Mobo warranty and he does not have Urdu language. But Teletek did the good. It does has Urdu language. So you can send/read Urdu on it. I am not sure about Mobo, whether they are also giving Urdu language or not.

Software

Phone is running on latest build of Android (a mobile operating system by Google), Gingerbread 2.3.5. So with this phone you are using the latest.

Social Networking Synch

You can add your Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, MySpace account in it. And your existing contacts will be synched with social media websites.

Final words

Samsung Galaxy Y is leading in the good price category in Pakistan smartphone market, that has no other phone parallel. The phone is suitable for people who are coming to smartphone experience for first time. Best for young people, housewives, and average phone users.

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My review on Samsung Galaxy Ace

Tahir Akram — Sat, 28 May 2011 21:40:18 +0000

Well it’s been a week I am using my first Android phone, I was thinking to write a blog post on it. About my experience of using it. As previously I was an avid user of Symbian S60 family cell phones. What features Android gave me to forget Symbian easily, and what thing I am lacking it that some time reminds me about the blessings of Symbian.

Let’s have a look.

Display and Look

Outstanding. Well Samsung guys copied the look of iPhone 4. Structure wise, it feels sensitive. Not having a tough make. It’s chromed back gives you a solid grip on phone. The display is good. No doubt screen resolution is not too big. And it’s also not amoled. But in the price range that it belongs, it is ruling.

Installing Apps

Android market is my friend. Most of apps are compatible to my phone. And I am happy with it. Currently the apps that are mostly required by me are: Foursquare, Twitter official app, TweetDeck and Facebook official app. For connectivity with PC, I am using it’s data cable. But I am finding a way to connect it with bluetooth. I guess for this, I have to use the Teethering feature.

Contacts Synch

I love this feature. My all contacts has been synched with Gmail, Facebook and Twitter. I don’t need to take care the display pics of my contacts. They are coming form their Facebook profiles. For every contact, now I have their email addresses too in my phonebook. So it’s handy if I have to send an email from my cellphone. I don’t need to go directly in Gmail. I will select the contact, choose the email and send the mail.

Battery Usage

Well given that it’s a smart phone. It’s battery usage is one and half day. But it can depend on your usage too. I call and text a lot. And I also keep it on radio and music player. So it’s ok with the battery. But I keep an eye on it performance by killing the apps and clearing the RAM periodically.

Sending/Receiving SMS from PC

If you are comming from Nokia, and if you are addicted of sending text messages from your PC. You will demand this feature. Yes and PC Suite like solution in Android. Folks, desparately saying with Samsung Galaxy Ace, they have not provided such software. So you need to see third party solutions. Now a days I am in the hot hunt to find a good and appropirate software that I can use for texting from PC.

For this currently I am using MyPhoneExplorer. It’s good, you can send and recieve text messages. Make a call. Get media from your phone on your PC. But it lacks a feature of a chat like console. Like Nokia Ovi has. But it’s OK to be used. If you are using a good software for this, please drop the name in the comments. I will owe you for this.

No Support of Connectivity with Adhoc Networks

No support. Your Samsung Galaxy Ace can not scan the adhoc networks around you. Whereas Symbian and iPhone can connect with adhoc networks that you made in your Windows and expose your laptop as WIFI. The sad thing this is. I tried connectify. But I guess my wireless card is not supported by connectify and it does not make the hotspot. It just made the adhoc network that we can also make in Windows 7. So no adhoc network support.

So this is it. In the price range of PKR 25,500 this Android phone is worth using. As compared to other handsets like HTC Desire and Sony Ericson X10.

I would love to listen your feedback and any thing that you want to share about your Android phone.

Quick Review: Lenovo 3000 N200 (0769-A63)

Tahir Akram — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:26:04 +0000

Its quite a long time I decided to purchase a notebook. Because I relocated myself for work from home to flat in Lahore, so I don’t want to bring my big PC at flat and now that is for kidz. So whats the good option was to buy a laptop. Like every one who was on this edge, I was curious to know the suitable one for me. Because of my limited budget.

What I plan to do on my laptop is internet surfing, research and development, naive graphic designing in Photoshop, java programming in Eclipse/Netbeans, db servers and web and application servers. A typical freelancing stuff. So requirements were huge but budget was low. So how to manage between these two constraints.

I discussed with my colleagues and every one admire its favorite brand, and in all this I directed to Lenovo. I got clicked. Most attractive thing to select this machine was its feature riched simplicity and really good price. So at last Lenovo 3000 N200 was decided to buy. I bought this machine from Hafiz Center Lahore

The machine I purchased is of following specs:

Product Specifications

Name: Lenovo 3000 N200 (Model 0769-A63)
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330
Chipset: Intel 965 Express Chipset
VGA: Intel x3100 128MB VGA
RAM: 1 GB Memory (2 RAM Slots)
Audio: Realtake High Definition Audio
Storage: 120 GB SATA 5400 RPM HDD
Networking: Intel Wireless & Ethernet
Display: 15.4 VibrantView TFT (1280×800)
Camera: 1.3 MP Integrated Web Cam
Optical Drive: DVD RW Multi Drive
OS: DOS Operation System
Others:BlueTooth 2.0, Stereo Speakers, 56.6 KBPS Internal Modem
Product Price: PKR 45,500/- (August 1st 08, eq USD 600)

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42% of PC users never defragment their PCs

Tahir Akram — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:08:16 +0000

More than 42% of PC users neglect to defragment their computers. Nearly 16% of those who answered the poll said they had no idea what disk defragmentation is, while more than 26% said they never defrag their machines. The remaining respondents said they frequently defrag their systems using either a built-in manual defragmenter (44.9%) or a standalone utility that automates the defrag process (13.1%).

Research by ZDNet

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