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Mini handsets have done exceptionally well in the past and there is no reason why this year should be the same. Samsung recently unveiled the highly desirable Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 in this year's MWC. Although the mini's bigger brother the Samsung Galaxy S II did steal all the limelight, but the Galaxy Mini S5570 wasn't too far behind. In fact, a great number of onlookers really found the Mini to be quite trendy and incredibly easy to lug round. However, according to the latest Samsung Galaxy Mini review, the handset might look tiny, but it certainly packs enough punch to make headway into this segment.
Recent times have actually seen Samsung handsets drive into the market on its sheer prowess within the hardware department. The only problem with such a ploy is that it greatly excels the cost price. The Galaxy Mini on the other hand makes use of its limited resources to its fullest. Powered by Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), the Mini packs in a 3.14 inch TFT capacitive touch screen that tags along an Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor, Swype text input method and even the latest TouchWiz 3.0 UI. However, what distinguishes the Galaxy Mini from other Samsung handsets in this segment is the fact that it uses a special DNSe sound enhancement to boost sound quality. Samsung have also provided a nifty 3.5mm jack slot to fit in standard headphones. Sound quality is exemplary with both treble and bass offering just the ideal punch that any music junkie might expect from his/her device.
The Galaxy Mini is a sort of an all rounder thanks to the built in Android 2.2 OS. Powering the handset is rather diminutive 600 MHz processor. According to recent mobile reviews, the processor is simply not enough for most contemporary Android applications. Besides, with Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS coming into the fray, the Android market place will be packed with even more demanding games and apps that just might prove too hot to handle for the Galaxy Mini. Nevertheless, the handset certainly makes up all the lost ground via its SNS integration. All popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter come integrated. According to some mobile reviews, the UI is perfectly customized to retrieve all networking updates automatically right into the home screen.
Usually Samsung handsets don't offer the full quota of entertainment and business functionalities at the same time, but for some strange reasons the Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 does offer plethora of business features such as a organizer, document viewer/editor, integrated access of Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk and Picasa, Voice memo/dial and Predictive text input all into one device.
