14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung's Galaxy S, the hottest selling Android-based handset the company has brought to the market during the ongoing year, is the first smartphone to be present on the Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi Direct certification docket, it seems.
The handset was brought to the market several months ago, when its maker announced it as being packed with a nice range of appealing cutting-edge technologies, and it appears that one more such feature has been recently brought into the spotlight.
The Galaxy S smartphone (GT-I9000) can be seen on Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi Direct certification page here, along with a series of other chips and modules.
However, the Galaxy S is the first actual handset to be listed on the said page, the guys over at Engadget note in a recent article.
It appears that all Wi-Fi-enabled devices on the market today can become Direct certified through a simple firmware update, without changing the hardware inside the actual product.
However, Samsung managed to be one step ahead competition once again, and it packed the Galaxy S with the feature right from the start, and the said Wi-Fi Alliance certification, which can be seen here (PDF link), shows.
For the time being, however, there are no details available on how Samsung plans on activating the functionality on Galaxy S devices out there, but chances are that a soon to come update will get things in motion.
The Galaxy S is already one of the most popular Android-based smartphones on the market today, with over 7 million units sold during the third quarter of the ongoing year.
The phone was brought to Europe and Asia-pacific in summer, and Samsung also launched it via all major wireless carriers in the United States.
Moreover, Samsung started pushing the device to even more markets around the world lately, and it might not be too long before we learn that it passed the 10 million units sold mark.