Multimedia options 'key to the Samsung Jet'

Posted: 9 July 2009

The Samsung Jet is a device that will be more suited to multimedia users than business professionals, one expert has asserted.

In an article for IT Pro this week, Benny Har-Even noted the South Korean manufacturer's recently-announced device bucks the trend of using one of the more typical smartphone platforms.

He explained that instead of equipping the Jet with Windows Mobile, Google Android or Symbian, Samsung has used its own proprietary operating system and combined it with the Touch Wiz 2.0 user interface.

This means that overall, the handset struggles when put up against some of the more powerful options available like the HTC Magic or the Apple iPhone 3G S.

However, Mr Har-Even said that film and video lovers may find something they want in the Jet's media player.

"Samsung has licensed the Divx video codec, so many files you download off the internet […] will play straight away without the need for conversion," he concluded.

The firm announced the Jet on June 12th.

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