Samsung Galaxy Beam

It's out!! It's out!! It's out!!

It was launched in July but weeks later when we tried to find a test set to 'play' with, we were told they were out of stock islandwide. It was disappointing...I was deciding between the Xperia (SE X10), Galaxy S (Samsung, which unfortunately is xclusive at Singtel only, till a Starhub personnel informed us that by end of this month, it will also be available at Starhub!), and Galaxy Beam (which happened to be out of stock longer than it had been available).

The Samsung phones have nicer screens, X10 pales in comparison. Specs looked better on the other 2 phones as well.

The only thing I wanted on X10 was its 8mps camera (camera and video functions have always been of concern cos I want to take pictures conveniently of BM, AN & now ER). It's still working on an earlier android version (why buy a phone that's new but nt updated, and cost as much as those that are up to date right?) Galaxy S has a camera of only 5mp if I didn't recall wrongly, and no flash light. Hw to take pics in the dark? Nite mode? I need a tripod then?). Galaxy Beam has them all and more: 8mps camera, HD video recording, flash, other what-nots that are supposed to be cool, a newer Android version than X10, supposed good battery life for a smartphone and *drum roll* a projector.

Hehe. Not as if we will use it much but it is going to be interesting how we can use this function. We can watch a show together on a bigger screen, the wall, if we want?

We'll be checking it out later today. Hehe. Haven't touched and explored its functions yet. Hope it's really as impressive as we imagine it to be. Am just happy it's been re-stocked in time before I pop!