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Samsung Gallaxy 3 With Siri Oops I mean S Voice

#1 User is offline   Ken Gracey 

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:07 AM

Yes Samsung has a new phone out, and its called the Gallaxy 111s, and it has voice help called S Voice and not its not a Siri Rip off, ( if you say that 50 times fast) you may actually believe it.

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 12:35 PM

Well, what would it be Samsung S111 or III or the new Iphone?

Will I do like you Ken, buy a Samsung then regret it (yet again) or get the Iphone? I shall wait for the specs on the new Iphone. But I must say that this new beast looks interesting. Especially when you are in the market for a decent phone.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 03:44 PM

I'm the same. Much as I love Apple and it's very well managed "walled garden" I do miss the fun of being able to do what I want how I want with a device.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 04:12 PM

There's no way I'd get an Android phone. I find a Windows phone a promising proposition however.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:11 PM

Been there done that, and there is no way, I will ever buy another Samsung phone, or any phone with android on it
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:17 PM

View PostDylstra, on 04 May 2012 - 05:12 PM, said:

There's no way I'd get an Android phone. I find a Windows phone a promising proposition however.


Yes, same here. Am very interested in The Xbox integration.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:33 PM

I am with you J here, but honestly after being a fan of Nokia for years, then got I phone...sold it and got a Nokia again, in spite of the the "walled garden of Apple" ( and I agree there) , I think in the end they do beat the rest. Looks, marketing, the inside of it all, the simplicity is what I like in the end. I know I whinged about my Iphone 4 but really after all, I must admit that I do miss it. Nokia updated their software last night and tho it looks better and feel different, I still will get another Iphone. I am saving for it.




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I'm the same. Much as I love Apple and it's very well managed "walled garden" I do miss the fun of being able to do what I want how I want with a device.

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 06:25 PM

View PostKen Gracey, on 04 May 2012 - 06:11 PM, said:

Been there done that, and there is no way, I will ever buy another Samsung phone, or any phone with android on it


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Posted 04 May 2012 - 07:34 PM

What are these amazing things you can do with these other phones that you can't apparently do inside apples "walled garden"?
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:05 PM

Jamie, its more open than Apple.....

What a load of you know what!

It's funny, mobile phones started off as bricks, then went small and now they are heading back to being a brick.

4.8 inch screen.... Pathetic... Too big... It's a phone, not a tablet!

I would be happy with the next iPhone staying at 3.5 inches.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:18 PM

Yeah a load of ....
I just don't see how an iPhone restrict the user from doing anything.
Sounds can be customised. Wallpapers can be changed to any picture you desire. You can play your music, movies and tv shows. There are a gazzilian apps that can do pratically anything
You can read your emails. Send emails. Send and receive messages. Take pictures. Send pictures. Check your social network. Play games. Air play music and videos. Check your calendar. Set reminders. Get directions. Calculate. Check the time. Get sports results. Track your fitness. Get recipes. Control an apple tv. Make and send cards. Edit music, photos, and videos, read a book. Check the train time table. Create spreadsheets, dcouments, data bases, keynote presentations, make phone calls, receive phone calls, record your voice, find the name of the song your listening to, shop, buy magazines, buy songs,mbuy video, buy books Read magazines. ...
Yeah totally restricted in apples walled garden
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:23 PM

What's that all it will do, damn that's it I am buying another android.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:26 PM

THats nits even a percentage of what iPhone can do.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:31 PM

But!!! Ever other smart phone on the market can do that JZ, so really the iPhone has become rather dated, based on your list.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:32 PM

So why is restricted in the walled garden. What can the other phones do that iPhone can't?
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:32 PM

Good post Jamie.

But Android is more open....I hate it when people say that......it gives me the $&!^#
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:35 PM

Then all phones are dated Ken.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:37 PM

Yeah but years ago the iPhone was cutting edge, now you look at how far android has come, and apple are asleep at he wheel, if they were still on the ball Samsung wouldn't have sold 44 million phones last quarter to apples 32 million.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:39 PM

But it's not about being dated. Everyone was posting that the iPhone was restricted in the walled garden. Why is it restricted and what can these other phones do?
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:42 PM

It is restricted, unless you jail break it, you can't do many of the cool things you can do on an android phone.
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