A better file manager

I've been playing around on my S2 quite a lot, but today I wanted to see if I could access my PC's shared folder over my wireless network. It turns out the default android file browser cannot do it, so I turned to my old friend, Google.

A very quick search led me to an app called ES File Explorer, which turned out to be an amazing file manager replacement for the Android platform.

In less than almost no time, I was listening to some mp3 files that were shared on my PC. I even tried watching a movie file, and the built in movie player handled it with no problems at all.

Anyway, ES File Manager has got to be very high on the list of apps that you absolutely MUST get on your android phone.

Till next time!

Blogger Android app

Yup, I just installed the free blogger app on my phone. In fact, I'm making this very post with it! Also took a quick photo of Einstein, our one dog.

Will mention all the worthwhile apps I install as I go along...

I must admit, I'm having lots of fun with my phone so far, which is probably the main reason the battery isn't lasting ;-)

Till next time!

EDIT: Mmm, as you can see the auto re-sizing the Blogger app for Android doesn't do a great job, it introduces some weird square shapes in the image, almost like old scanners used to do when you scan magazines.

Anyway, will keep a look out for updates and let you guys know if they fix this small issue...

My Samsung Galaxy S2 specs

Yesterday I got my first Android based cellphone, the Samsung Galaxy S2 - Samsung's flagship smartphone. Here is a list of all the specs for this phone: (thanks GSM Arena for helping out)

• Released April 2011 (we only got it in July in South Africa - whoop!)
• 2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
• Size - 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5mm (8.5mm is really thin)
• Weight - 116g (really light as well!)
• Display - Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, with 16 million colours (same as pc's), resolution is 480x800 pixels, and the screen size is 4.3 inches.
• 3.5mm jack, so you can plug any headphones in the device
• On board memory, either 16 or 32GB (I got the South African version, which will always be the smaller one, the 16GB)
• It has a micro-SD card slot, and according to GSM-Arena it comes with an 8GIG micro-SD card, but not in sunny South Africa, I got a measly 1GB card. I think I must give Vodacom a call about this...
• 8MP camera with an LED flash, and a 2MP front facing camera
• A very VERY fast dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, and a Mali-400MP GPU
• Mine was loaded with Android Gingerbread, version 2.3.3
• 3G speeds - on HSDPA, up to 21Mbps, and HSUPA up to 5.76Mbps
• Bluetooth V3.0
• WLAN
• GPS
• Also, I believe this phone is capable of phoning and sms'ing as well, will test and let everyone know! :)

That's just the bare specs (which as you can see, are VERY impressive!), as I go on with this blog, I will mention the rest of the stuff too...

Till next time!