More Than Meets the Eye: The Samsung Jet S8000 by Simon Drew

The newly released Samsung Jet S8000 is yet another powerful mobile device that further strengthens the Korean company’s hold on the mobile phone market. This device is equipped with the latest technological advancements in the mobile phone industry such as an 800MHz processor and Samsung’s very own AMOLED touch screen technology. Some would actually go as far as saying that the S8000 has the potential to be one of Samsung’s best mobiles for 2009. Read on below to see why.

Looks Familiar

It doesn’t look like there are going to be any revolutionary changes in the design of touch screen mobile phones any time soon; and the S8000’s design is testament to this fact. At first sight the Samsung S8000 actually looks like any other touch screen device that follows in the footsteps of the Apple iPhone – an oversized screen accompanied by a few basic buttons just below it. The measurements of the S8000 are 108.8 x 53.5 x 11.9 mm which means that it fits perfectly into the user’s hands. However, don’t be too quick to count this one off as the S8000 surely has more than meets the eye.

Cube Power

One of the best and most unique features of the Samsung Jet S8000 is its 3D cube interface. Although it does look and feel a lot like the one found in the LG Arena, this one is actually more user-friendly. Not only is it easy to navigate but the cube is in fact really fun to play around with. Each of the cube’s six sides serves as a shortcut icon to a particular multimedia function. By just swiping and tapping on a particular side of the cube, the user can easily access the photos, videos, music, radio, games, or the internet.

Dolphin Dive

Another upside of the Samsung Jet S8000 is the all-new ‘Dolphin’ web browser. This browser is supposedly one of the biggest benefactors of the device’s super powerful processor as it provides a multitude of functions and minimal loading time. For one, the Dolphin allows for up to 5 tabs open at a single time – a feature that is nowhere to be found in the alleged best-mobile-browser Opera Mini.

However, one criticism with the S8000’s browsing capabilities is Samsung’s decision to make use of WAP 2.0 instead of full HTML. Although the device does have an impressive browser, the lack of full HTML support means that most pages render at an incredibly slow rate or are stripped of a majority of their functions