Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 and WiFi 5.0 Android Portable Media Players

Other than new flagship Galaxy S II smartphone and the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, Samsung also brings the Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 and WiFi 5.0 Android-based portable media players to the MWC 2011, to compete with Apple’s iPod touch. The former looks just like the original Galaxy S and has 4-inch Super Clear LCD touchscreen while the latter is like an enlarged Galaxy S II with a 5-inch large touchscreen display with 800×480 resolution.

Both Android PMPs are powered by 1GHz processor and run Android 2.2 Froyo OS. The Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 has a 3.2 Megapixel camera and the WiFi 5.0 gets a 5 Megapixel main camera, while both of them have a VGA front-facing camera for video chat. They support Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi and comes with 16GB/32GB internal memory and a microSD card slot.

Samsung Galaxy S is the first Wi-Fi Direct certified phone

The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S can add another highlight to its connectivity spec list - Wi-Fi Direct. Wi-Fi Direct is a very new technology and the Galaxy S is among the first devices to support it - and certainly the first phone in the short list.

If you've missed our post on Wi-Fi Direct, it's a technology that aims to remove the need for a router, so that you can connect two devices directly and enjoy the fast transfer speeds of Wi-Fi b/g/n (the Samsung Galaxy S supports the three) (with some WPA2 security for a good measure).

The great thing about Wi-Fi Direct is that only one of the devices needs to be Direct-enabled for the connection to work.

Enabling Direct on already available devices is possible too - via a software update. So, Samsung I9000 Galaxy S owners will be able to use Wi-Fi Direct with their current hardware.

At this point it's not clear how (and when) the Galaxy S will receive the update - firmware update or an app. Either way, we're modders will sure be quick to port it to other phones.