Accessories for the Samsung I8000 and where to find them
Submitted by virtue on Wed, 2010-09-01 18:59
I've been asked about additional accessories for the Samsung I8000 that I use and where I got them from. I have and use a leather belt clip pouch and a Samsung I8000 Omnia II Leather Wallet Case Pouch LB3 which I paid $ 0.99 on Ebay for (appox R 10.00).
The use of QR codes/tags isn't common in South Africa yet but my personal belief is that there will be increased adoption on a large scale in the next year or so as more people get used to smartphone features and marketers (or whomever) attempt to keep things interesting and convenient.
The Samsung Wave recently got its first native QR code reader by BeeTagg. This is a free application from Samsung Apps that not only read the standard QR format but Datamatrix and their proprietary BeeTagg format as well. What I found to be most impressive with the BeeTagg reader on the Wave is the speed it which detects codes; the camera's auto-focus is snappy and efficient.
The people that had and used the Omnia I900, would know that there was a nice app that was called "Smart Reader". For the ones that do not know what this app is all about and or what this app does, in a nut shell, it is a business card scanner. Instead of you punching in info into your phone as most would do, the phone scan the info into your phone whereby one just needs to click Save and voila - info is in your phone book.
If a business card is scanned, all the info on the card will be included into the phone book. If there is part which you do not what to include you can simply delete the part before saving. The app put all the respected info into the relevant part, for example, Name with name, and e-mail with e-mail address, etc.
I have sorted the Mystery about the paste issue in the SMS text box.
At first Glances is seems the only option is insert, then I discovered that moving right into middle upper right Position tap and hold then the paste menu pops up.
The best position seems to be top middle of the text box
If you people require a screen shot, post on the blog and I post one.
Glad there are more and more I8000 phones in users' hands
Submitted by virtue on Mon, 2010-08-30 10:58I have noticed here on the Blog that there are more and more people that have an I8000.
I myself have picked this phone over even the I9000 Galaxy S. Why? Because it is a business phone. This does not mean because it falls in this category that it is difficult to use. It is as easy as the most basic phone on the market just with very powerful features.
For some of you that need to know a bit more on customizing the I8000 or understand the phone a bit more, please post your query here and I'll be glad to assist.
Some would say 'yeah but it has a manual'. There is loads of stuff that the manual does not cover. Others would have difficulty in getting their head around the manual.
I have my I8000 so sorted that it can almost make Coffee... LOL!
