Samsung has released the highly hyped Galaxy S3 phone that runs the
latest version of Google Android operating system. It comes with Android
4.0, which is also known as ice cream sandwich but the Korean giant has
also sliced in some amazing exclusive features too. Here is the list of
tips and tricks for your S3.
1) Direct call: This feature is activated
by the proximity sensor. It automatically calls the contact if you have a
particular contact, call log or message opened on the display. All you
have to do is place the galaxy phone on your ear and it will
automatically call the person.
2) Music pause: This feature would
be very appreciated by the music lovers. Just move your palm over the
screen and it will pause the music being played. It also works for
videos. If you find it irritating, you can easily turn it off by going
to the settings menu and select the item that says 'motion'.
3)
Popping out the video player: If you ever wanted to work on a document
while watching a video stored on the phone, you can do that with this
Samsung smartphone. To do this, open the video player application and
tap the icon on the bottom right of the display. After that, you will be
able to drag the video around the display.
4) Launching camera
with motion control: You can use the motion control function of the S3
to quickly launch the camera app. From the lock screen, just perform tap
and hold function on the display and rotate the phone into the
landscape mode to open the camera.
5) Screenshot gesture: In other
Android phones, where you have to press a combination of keys to take a
screenshot. However, in Galaxy s3, you just have to turn on one gesture
in the settings menu that says 'Palm swipe to capture'. After that,
swipe the screen from left to right to take a screenshot.
6) Smart
stay: This feature tracks the eye of the user to make out if you are
looking at the display or not. In case you are reading something on the
screen, then it prevents the phone from going into sleep mode. If you to
disable this feature, you can easily do so by going into the settings
and then to the display menu.
7) Tap to top function: To use this,
just double tap with your finger on the top of the display, right next
to the headphone jack. After this, you will be able to scroll to the top
of any list.
Every year, Samsung releases a galaxy phone
that raises the bar for all the phones out there. In 2010, it launched
Galaxy S followed by release of Galaxy S2 in 2011. In 2012, it rolled
out Galaxy S3, which lacked flash drive mode. Fortunately, you can now
turn the Galaxy s3 usb storage mode on rooting it and installing UMS application.