Samsung Galaxy 2 TouchWiz 4.0 Tour (Homescreen, Settings, etc)

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The Samsung Galaxy S 2 comes loaded with TouchWiz 4.0, Samsung's competitor to HTC Sense and Motorola Blur for Android. TouchWiz impacts every aspect of the operating system, from the email app and browser, to the homescreens, app tray, notification shade, and settings.

In this video we take a look at what Samsung has done with their latest Android replacement. To start, they've changed the way you move items from homescreen to homescreen by introducing a gesture that allows you to use the gyroscope to move through the homescreens without having to tap and drag items to the edges of the screen. Also, the widget menu is now a horizontally scrolling list, not a vertical one found in most other Android interfaces. Speaking of widgets, Samsung has added a wide variety of widgets, many of which can be resized. Widgets include weather, analog and digital clocks, celenader, note pad, task manager, and much more. You can have up to seven homescreens, which is managed by entering the zoomed-out homescreen view, accessible by a pinch gesture from the homescreen.

Beyond the homescreens, the app tray has been spruced up. The paginated app tray can be customized with new additional pages, folders, and icons in different places.

In terms of settings, Samsung has given the user the ability to change the system font, which is a nice touch. In terms of input, you can use the default Samsung keyboard (which is usable in a T9-like pad or full QWERTY), plus there is Skype, should you prefer that.

A bit annoying is the email client, which takes far too long to delete a message, plus it's difficult (or, impossible) to multi-select messages. Fortunately, there are a couple of really good third-party email clients that fix many of these problems, like Enhanced Email.

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[mstar76]

I'm a Mac user but I use an Android phone. My wife has an iPhone 4ever and can't do a fraction of what the sgs2 does. IPhone fans are in the dark

[doktormert]

@stefan2240 and much better than iphone4S

[ppmanguin]

TouchWiz on the Note really, really sucks compared to Time-Scape on SE/Sony.

The damn Neon colors in the TouchWiz U are making me blind and the icons look childish.

Time-scape has much smoother more elegant tone throughout on par with iOS.

[SK7927]

can i have the link for the homescreen wallpaper you are using?

[jkarlo76]

how come the AT&T version of the Note don't have the Video Editor application?? Whats the App name? I have the Galaxy Note for AT&T and i can't find it on the android or samsung market.

[Jimbahiya]

@mstar76 Well said.

[ipodpcpro2011]

Wow!

[FinGameplays]

suomi hehee

[whyouh8in]

@mstar76 yes they are...im stuck with my iphone 3g until may i wish i would have done my research before going and buying a shiny phone because everyone else was lol

[Adrianexii]

@mstar76 if you knew how to jailbreak it then you would know how much in depth you can go with an iphone, just like this phone, possibly even more. Its just a matter of time and getting used to cydia and other custom apps

[hockeyshotz14]

I switched from an iPhone to an Samsung skyrocket this Christmas and I like the skyrocket better than iphone

[NXTurbo007]

@MrIhatethoring yeah you are right my friend says PC is better than mac and my best friend says android is better than iphone