Samsung's Galaxy Gadgets

Samsung Galaxy is already making a huge noise in the electronics, particularly in the smartphones and tablets category, these days. The Samsung Galaxy is a series of mobile computing devices that are created by South Korean company Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The main operating system of the Samsung Galaxy devices is Android, which is based on Linux operating system and is designed for touchscreen mobile gadgets. Google Inc., who owns the search engine Google (obviously) and one of the fastest growing online business companies of today, is managing thousands of Android apps at its Google Play store (much like the iTunes store for iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad). For those who don't know, Google purchased Android Inc. later in 2005, which means that the android OS is definitily having a brighter future that will compete with the growing needs of touchscreen devices.

Currently, there are five main types of the Samsung Galaxy gadgets. These are the smartphones, phablets, tablets, multimedia player and the camera.

Samsung Galaxy Smartphones

How to Know a Samsung Galaxy Smartphone?

You will know if a particular Samsung smartphone is part of the aforementioned series if the term "Galaxy" or the short code GT (some don't have this code) is coined to it. For example, Samsung Galaxy Ace, which is also named as the Samsung GT S5830.

Most of the smartphones of the Samsung Galaxy series have similar appearance and interface, that is to say, they have the three main buttons aligned at the front portion of the device. These buttons include the Home, Back, and Menu. At the sides of the Samsung Galaxy devices, you usually see the power and the volume control buttons.

Below, is a timeline on the release of various Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The first smartphone for this series was the Samsung Galaxy (i7500), which was released in June 2009. The latest one is the Samsung Galaxy Pro (SGH-I547), which was released last October 2012.

Date	Model	Alternative name and variations
June 2009	i7500	Samsung Galaxy
November 2009	i5700	Samsung Galaxy Spica Samsung Galaxy Portal
June 2010	Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000)	Samsung Captivate Samsung Vibrant Samsung Fascinate Samsung Epic 4G Samsung Mesmerize
July 2010	Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5800)	Samsung Galaxy Apollo
August 2010	Samsung Galaxy 5 (i5500)	Samsung Galaxy Europa Samsung Galaxy 550
August 2010	Samsung Galaxy U
October 2010	Samsung Galaxy 551
October 2010	Samsung Galaxy K
February 2011	Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830i)	Samsung Galaxy Cooper (GT-S5830)(in Thailand)
February 2011	Samsung Galaxy Fit (S5670)
February 2011	Samsung Galaxy SL (GT-I9003)
March 2011	Samsung Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660)
March 2011	Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570)	Samsung Galaxy Next (in Italy) Samsung Galaxy Pop (in India)
April 2011	Samsung Galaxy Prevail (SPH-M820)
April 2011	Samsung Galaxy Pro
April 2011	Samsung Galaxy Neo
May 2011	Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100)	Samsung Galaxy SII SkyRocket Samsung Captivate Glide
June 2011	Samsung Exhibit 4G
June 2011	Samsung Galaxy Z
August 2011	Samsung Galaxy S Plus (GT-i9001)
August 2011	Samsung Galaxy R (I9103)
August 2011	Samsung Galaxy W (I8150)	Samsung Exhibit II 4G
August 2011	Samsung Galaxy M
August 2011	Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360)
August 2011	Samsung Galaxy Precedent
August 2011	Samsung Galaxy XCover (S5690)	The world's first Android device with IP67 (one step below of max IP68) certification
October 2011	Samsung Stratosphere
November 2011	Samsung Galaxy Nexus (i9250)
January 2012	Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos
January 2012	Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
February 2012	Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
February 2012	Samsung Galaxy Mini 2
February 2012	Samsung Galaxy Beam (i8520)
March 2012	Samsung Galaxy Pocket
April 2012	Samsung Galaxy S Advance
May 2012	Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-i9300)
May 2012	Samsung Galaxy Appeal (SGH-I827)
July 2012	Samsung Galaxy Stellar (SCH-I200)
August 2012	Samsung Galaxy S Duos
September 2012	Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE (SPH-L300)
September 2012	Samsung Galaxy Reverb (SPH-M950)
September 2012	Samsung Galaxy Rush (SPH-M830)
October 2012	Samsung Galaxy Express (SGH-I437)
October 2012	Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro (SGH-I547)

Samsung Galaxy Phablets

Phablet is any touchscreen mobile devices which screen is equal or greater than 5 inches but not more than 7 inches. It is basically a combination of the term phone and tablet = phablet. The term was coined by LG Electronics.

There are also phablets for the Samsung Galaxy series. These devices include the Samsung Galaxy Note I and Samsung Galaxy Note II.

The Samsung Galaxy Note I and II have the same capability of the smartphones and the tablet. There's a stylus included for user input purposes. You can also take photos from it and send messages like smartphones. You may also watch and take videos and listen to music. However, it might not be advantageous for some since it can be a bit bulky because of its size.

Samsung Galaxy Tablets

Samsung currently has eight units for its Samsung Galaxy Tablet series. These include the:

Samsung Galaxy Tab
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is not part of the phablet series.

Samsung Galaxy Multimedia Player

The Samsung Galaxy multimedia player is pretty much like Apple's iPod Touch. It looks similar with the Samsung Galaxy series smartphones but it doesn't have the capability to send text or calls. It is built solely for playing multimedia files like music and videos. Currently, the Samsung Galaxy player supports the following codecs:

For audio files:

MP3
M4A (AAC, AAC+, eAAC+)
AMR (AMR-NB, AMR-WB)
WMA
Ogg
FLAC

For video files:

MP4
3GP
AVI (DivX, Xvid)
WMV
ASF H.263/H.264

Samsung Galaxy Camera

The Samsung Galaxy camera was announced by the company last August 29, 2012. Unlike any digital cameras, the Samsung Galaxy camera has 4G connectivity. The camera is also capable to taking pictures at 16MP. It is built with 4.6-86.1 mm (21x) lens with superzoom capability.

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