How Skype and GoogleTalk Makes Communication Easier for OFWs and Bloggers

Google Talk and Skype for Samsung Galaxy Note is a great means of keeping in touch with user’s family and loved ones.  It is really of big help to Overseas Filipino Workers and for bloggers like me.  It makes communicating with my family, clients and co-bloggers easier than ever.  It both has an easy interface and can be understood with no trouble by former and new users.   The voice and video calling services of both application offer ease of communication for me.  I love both applications because it supports multi-tasking.  Credits to its features that offer text messaging, message exchange, voice chat, video chat and email reply through chat.  Google Talk really makes my work and family communications by all means easier.  It really helps me because I can contact not only Samsung Galaxy Note users but also personal computers, making it even more possible for a great communication with my family.  What’s more enjoying is that I can send pictures, videos and files to my family and vice versa.   It makes me feel like I am still with them enjoying every moment.  It is as if I am really with them.  Skype is really the perfect way for Overseas Filipino Workers and bloggers like me to connect with our loved ones and other various individuals, may it be through the application itself or through mobile or phone calls.

Samsung Galaxy S

Samsung Galaxy S

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Samsung Galaxy S has a great viewing screen at four inches from corner to corner, with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and with a Super AMOLED tech.  it is a great attribute tp communication and entertainment.  Samsung Galaxy S has a dimension of 122.4mm x 64.2 x 9.9 mm.  This doesn't make it unmanageable.  Also adding to this general impression is the lightness of the device.  The microUSB socket for charging and data transfer is hidden behind a sliding cover, rather than a cumbersome plastic flap or just being left exposed. All the other buttons and the 3.5mm headphone jack are also conveniently positioned.  The powerful 1GHz processor ensures a superfast internet experience, where other feature such as Google Maps with Voice Search will come in very handy.  Adding more fun to this brilliant Smartphone is the Android Marketplace, which has over 100,000 apps.  And with Samsung's new Swype technology, typing in searches and messages is relatively faster.  It is mobile entertainment and communication together in one phone.

Watch a video of the hands-on demonstration of the features of Samsung Galaxy S below:

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S Planner for Samsung Galaxy Note

The Samsung Galaxy Note S Planner

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S Planner is the best application for busy people.  Users with many plans should use the S Planner.  It will allow them to create timelines where they can indicate a plan for the weekdays and then another plan for the weekends.  Once they do that, users can access the S Planner then pinch to zoom to see specific timelines or zoom out to see the entire schedule.

This allows the user to add in an event for a specific time and date and set the application remind them.  The difference with other reminder application is that Samsung Galaxy Note allows the users to write down their reminders with the S Pen which save the time that will be used for typing.  The Galaxy Note will recognize the users’ text and create the reminder for them.  The new version of S Planner is really redesigned from previous versions so it can take full advantage of the S Pen.  It now offers seven different views compared to the four different views available on the older version.  New additions include a three day agenda as well as a handy tasks feature which previously had to be installed as a stand alone application.  Because the S Pen offers more precise navigation.  Creating a new event is very simple to do and you are given an option to set an alarm as a reminder.  One view that is particularly useful on the phone was the agenda because it displays a wide range of calendar entries from the past to current time.  This offers the users with simple overview of their life and makes organizing schedule a quick and easy task. 

Check out the preview of the S Planner below:

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Chikka Text Messenger on Samsung Galaxy Note

We all know that sending and receiving text messages can be problematic and costly when your destination is the Philippines.  Personally, I find it hard to communicate with my family, friends and colleagues through the usual way of mobile phones sometimes.  It’s either I do not have prepaid load or they find the rates of replying to me high.  Good thing, Chikka Text Messenger solves this dilemma by providing a communication hub via online servers.  That is why I installed Chikka Text Messenger on my Samsung Galaxy Phone.  It allows me send text messages to the Philippines for free and it also allows my family and friend to reply to me instantly for only PHP0.50/sms. 

The application loads quite quickly and the account setup is simple as well.  If you possess a Globe, Smart, or Sun mobile phone you may simply enter your phone number and password.  Eventhough there is a nominal fee for the phone responding to the messages, it is still very helpful because the fee is way much lower compared to the fee when replying using telecom sims.  Chikka Text Messenger has a look and feel similar to the messenger utility built into the OS with a few extra features and settings.  It has a clean layout and simple contrasting colors, making it easy to read.  I am really thankful to Chikka Text Messenger because I am able to have better communication with my friends, family and colleagues eversince I installed in on my Samsung Galaxy Note.

Samsung Repp

Samsung Repp

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Samsung Repp is a very inexpensive smartphone.  It also has awing features. Its performance is great due to its Android Gingerbread operating system on 800 MHz processor.  With 3.2-inch touchscreen display featured HVGA (360 x 480 pixel) resolution, Samsung Repp provides great size of viewing.  110.5mm x 58.4mm x 13.2mm dimension and weighs 105.5 grams, Samsung Repp is pretty compact.  Samsung Repp has a 3 MP camera which can be used for capturing pictures and recording videos.  With 2 GB internal memory and up to 32GB external SD card, it is quite convenient for storing your data.  It has a very impressive battery life for the entry-level smartphone.

Samsung Repp has proved us that an affordable smartphone can provide users with impressive features.  By launching Samsung Repp, Samsung is showing its great capability in producing great phone with affordable price.  Even though the features is not a premium one, it’s worth with the price.  Samsung Repp is definitely a great addition to Samsung's sensational smartphones released on 2011.

Watch a short review about Samsung Repp below:

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How ZigZag Board Helps Bloggers Like Me

As a blogger, I am required to meet with some people. They can be clients or co-bloggers whom I work with in a certain project.  I really can’t thank Samsung Galaxy Note enough for helping me carry out my responsibilities with less hassle.  There is this certain feature of Samsung Galaxy Note that is really beneficial to us whenever me and my co-bloggers or clients can’t meet personally.  This application is ZigZag Board.  ZigZag Board is a shared whiteboard application for Samsung Galaxy Note.  The application is optimized for the Samsung Galaxy Note.  So, it is also a good thing that the bloggers I work with here have also availed the same phone.  It has allowed us to do brainstorming, block diagrams, timelines, and process maps even if we are away from each other.  I can definitely see how my team is working in real time on the same screen.  With the application, we can work together visually and share ideas in corresponding time with only the Samsung Galaxy Note on hand.  I can even modify or edit my co-blogger’s work right away.  ZigZag Board optimized for Samsung Galaxy Note is really a very helpful application for bloggers like me.

S Memo Features of Samsung Galaxy Note

The advanced S Memo for Samsung galaxy Note

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The S Memo allows the users to record all forms of ideas instantly and freely.   Quick memo can be written at any screen to capture the users’ ideas before they are forgotten.  Those ideas along with pictures, voice recordings, typed text, handwritten notes or drawings can be put into S Memo for editing, annotating and sharing whenever the users wanted to.  S Memo works well with the Samsung Galaxy Note’s wide screen and the S Pen to take down important notes and reminders.

The Samsung Galaxy Note will convert the writing into text and allows you to check for errors.  S Memo also allows the users to draw around the memo.  There are four different drawing modes namely the pen, pencil, paintbrush and highlighter.  You can set any of the four depending of what will suit the needs of the users.  It also allows the user to include pictures, sound clips and a map from Google maps relevant to the memo.  S Memo is designed especially for and preinstalled on the Samsung Galaxy Note.  It allows the users to use the device’s S Pen stylus to scribble note.  The application can translate handwritten notes into text which it does with rational accuracy.

Watch the tutorial about the S Memo below:

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Samsung Illusion

Samsung Illusion

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Samsung Illusion, available from Verizon Wireless, is a smartphone powered by Android 2.3.  It provides a quality experience at an inexpensive price.  Illusion features a 3.5-inch touchscreen that is, indeed, very responsive despite its lower 320 x 480 HVGA resolution.  It also has a 3mp camera, although it doesn't support video recording.  It may have a low on-board memory but it does offer a microSD port supporting up to 32GB external memory.  The processor is clocked at 1GHZ.  Verizon's suite of VCAST music and video apps is pre-installed.  Its web browser works sensibly fast.  Samsung Illusion is significantly cheaper than the higher-end Android phones released by other brands on 2011.

Watch a video of a hands-on experience of using the Samsung Illusion below:

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Importance of Photo Editing and Photo Sharing Apps to OFWs and bloggers

As a blogger, it is important to manipulate, use and post pictures.  It attracts readers to the blog site and it also generates comments and insights about the topic.  But, speaking as an Overseas Filipino Worker, it helps me share my own moments to my family and friends.  It allows me to ensure them that I am all fine.  I use several applications concerning the topic but I commonly used the following: Photo Editor, Photo Wonder, Instant collages and Instagram.

Photo Editor permits me to adjust color, add effects, rotate, crop, resize, frame, and draw on my photos.  Moreover, Photo Editor offers a large variety of effects for the photos including gamma correction, auto contrast, auto tone, blur, sharpen, oil paint, sketch, polaroid, black & white high contrast, sepia, and lots more.  After editing, I can eventually share the photos using e-mail, Picasa, Facebook, Twitter or any sharing method.  Photo Wonder functions just like how Photo Editor does.

Instant collage is a simple application wherein I combine and clip photos to create awesome photo collages to share with family, friends or colleague.  This also helps me organize the photos I have and grouped it by date or location.  Meanwhile, I use Instagram as a snap-and-share application.

It is really fun to manipulate photos. But, unknown to other people, it can be used to generate positive response in jobs like mine.  But, this is all in owe to Samsung Galaxy Note.  There’s no other device that can give such satisfaction.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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The Galaxy Nexus is an impressing phone measuring 5.33 inches tall by 2.67 inches wide.  The internal frame of the phone is metaland the front of the device is called Contour Display because of a slight curve.  There's also a LED notification light located on the front of the device.  The light is RGBwhich can create different hues depending on the type of notification.  Inside the device you'll find a dual-core TI OMAP 4460 CPU clocked to 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, 32GB or 16GB of storage , and the usual assortment of radios (Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, GPS).  The device is also equipped with an NFC chip, as well as a compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, and barometer.

The camera on the rear of the device is a 5-megapixel shooter with a companion single LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front camera.  For external audio, there's a small speaker on the rear of the phone.  Earpiece sound quality is excellent.  The display on the Galaxy Nexus is one of the first devices to sport a full 720p screen.  The 1280 x 720, 4.65-inch display is a great attribute, utilizing Super AMOLED technology, which produces rich colors while keeping battery consumption to a minimum.  The Galaxy Nexus is truly a fully equipped and capable modern smartphone released on 2011 by Samsung.

Watch a thorough review about Samsung Galaxy Nexus below:

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Record Important Calls and Send Voice Messages through Samsung Galaxy Note

As an Overseas Filipino Worker and as a blogger too, there are important calls I have to make and receive and instructions and messages I have to send.  There are conversations that are so important and I should not forget.  Also, there are instructions and messages I have to say and yet I can’t because I am too busy to do so.  Good thing there are applications for my Samsung Galaxy Note that I can use to make the former tasks possible.  I use two applications of the said function.  First is Call Recorder and the second is Voice Recorder.

Call recorder obviously enables me to record phone calls. This helps me review the conversations I have with important people I deal with.  As a blogger, it enables me to review recent tasks and assignments that I should do, particularly those from the client.  And, as an Overseas Filipino Worker, it enables me to hear sweet nothings from my family and friends again.

Voice recorder allows me to send instructions and messages to whomever I want.  I use this application to particularly send instructions to other bloggers I work with in a certain project.  It lessens the time I consume because I no longer need to type the instructions and I can record the messages or instructions while doing something like my work at the same time.  Voice recorder is a really great recording application for Samsung Galaxy Note because it permits sending a data as attached file via Gmail.  It also has timer recording to keep track of the used time.  It’s easy to locate recorder audio because you can just search by title and date.  You can also set the recordings as ring tones.

These applications are really a great help to OFWs and bloggers too.

Review of the S Note as a Great Help to Bloggers

As I was browsing my Samsung Galaxy Note, I have come through S Note.  S Note is a recommended note-taking application for Samsung Galaxy Note.  It makes it easier for me as a blogger to create interesting articles.  It supports the free flow of my thoughts that usually happens through writing.  This is possible because of the handwriting recognition attributes of S Note that turns everything I scribble into regular text.  It works really well with me and it can adapt my own style of taking down notes and writing.

As a blogger, I used to add photos and videos to my articles to emphasize more of what I wanted to impart.  When I am away from the laptop and I am just using my Samsung Galaxy Note, it is still possible to do so.  It is all in owe to S Note.  It supports photo and video inserts.  I used to complain how it use to meddle with my work because Samsung Galaxy Note’s screen is very sensitive to touches.  That’s until I discovered that it is possible to change the setting wherein S Note can only be sensitive to S Pen and just disregard contacts with my fingers.  S Note has truly made my blogging experience easier and worthwhile.

Social Network Applications for Samsung Galaxy Note

Being away from my family and friends in the Philippines and as blogger too, I have to make sure that I keep in touch with the important people I have to deal with.  And when we say keeping in touch, social networking sites always ring a bell.  Since my job requires me to be out sometimes, I have to make sure that I can still communicate.  It is really great that there’s a version for Samsung Galaxy Note of the three social networking sites I commonly use: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.  It really functions well and is on-the-go.

Through Facebook, I can easily see what my family and friends are up to; share updates, photos and videos; get notified when friends like and comment on your posts; and text, chat and have group conversations.  This feature of Facebook allows me to communicate with whom I want anytime.  Meanwhile, through Twitter, I can see an organized stream of tweets that delivers the best content to me.  It also makes all the media, news, events, and information I need available.  And personally, I can express myself through tweets and photos.  It also gives me idea for the topics I’m going to write through watching rising trends and following significant people.  Pinterest, on the other hand, serves as a tool I use to find an inspiration and share it with others.  I also use it to collect things I love, organize and plan important projects, and more.

Social network applications for Samsung Galaxy Note is, indeed, of great help to people like me.  It helps me communicate with my family and other bloggers like me.  People think that it’s just for fun. But, honestly, it gives different kind of help more than anyone can imagine.

Samsung Omnia i900

Samsung Omnia i900

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Samsung Omnia is based on Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 designed with an interface that aims to provide an iPhone-style touch screen experience.  It is complete with slim, candybar form factor, a large screen dominating the front panel and minimalist controls.  Samsung Omnia has a dimension of 12.5 x 112 x 56.9mm.  Just like any other modern Windows smartphones, there's a pile of features available for Omnia.  It has a five-megapixel camera on the back with a LED flash and a VGA video call camera on the front.  It also has HSDPA of up to 7.2Mb/sec, a 624MHz processor, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a GPS receiver and an FM radio.  And you can use either 8GB or 16GB with microSD expansion.

The camera is the primary highlight of Samsung Omnia.  Its resolution is the main headline: five megapixels is the highest resolution I've seen in a Windows Mobile device and it also has image stabilization.  This made it possible not to rely on the LED flash in difficult lighting.  The results are amazing.  You can use the Omnia for proper snaps - not just contact profile pictures.  Samsung Omnia is truly a remarkable Samsung mobile phone release on 2011.

Watch more of the features and software of Samsung Omnia below: 

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Samsung Galaxy Note Benefits to OFW

Samsung Galaxy Note is, indeed, a true catalyst for new developments in communications between us, Overseas Filipino Workers, and the families and loved ones we have left behind in the Philippines.  Note made it even more possible for communication become more regular for both parties.  Being able to call our family or our loved ones through Samsung Galaxy Note helped us to fulfill parenting or supervising responsibilities towards our family.  It does not limit our way of communicating with our loved ones in the Philippines on contacting them through the usual mobile function but through allowing us to download different applications that aids us to communicate with them effectively.  It allows us not just to hear our loved ones but also to see them.  Thanks to online chat applications available for Samsung Galaxy Note.  This device is, indeed, a really big help for us, Overseas Filipino Workers, not to miss but instead share any special moments with out families and relatives.  I would not know how I can make it up to my family with my absence without the presence of Samsung Galaxy Note.  It really helps to bridge us, Overseas Filipino workers, to the people who are so important to us.