Best Samsung Galaxy S 3 (III) Tips 4 Beginners & How-to

The Samsung Galaxy S III was named the top smartphone of 2012 and is very popular.  It offers many special features and functions that may take a little time to learn.  We discovered some excellent tips that appear on the Samsung Product Support Network on YouTube.  These tips are shown for the Samsung Galaxy S III on Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS  or Verizon Wireless but many will work with the Samsung Galaxy S III on other carriers.

The tips range from very simple beginner tips to advanced user functions.  Today, we will look at beginning Samsung Galaxy S III and publish more advanced features later.

How to Install and Buy Apps from the Google Play Store.

• First, tap apps from any homescreen.
• Then tap Google Play Store.
• You must have a Google account to continue.
• Accept terms.
• Enter credit card information if you want to purchase.
• You can browse for apps or search them.

To Setup Personal Email Account.

• Begin, tap applications from any homescreen.
• Tap email.
• Enter your e-mail address and password.
• Touch next.
• Set your sync frequency and notifications settings.
• Touch next.
• You can name the account, you also have to set up a name for outgoing messages.
• Touch done to show your inbox.
• From the Inbox, you can sync emails, compose a message or view folders.
• Touch menu to add an account or delete an account or view or change settings.

To Browse the Web with Your Samsung Galaxy S III:

• Begin, tap applications from any homescreen.
• Tap Internet.
• You will see your browser homepage.
• To change your homepage press the menu button, then settings, general and enter the homepage you want.
• To navigate between open pages, scroll to the top of the webpage and that's the tab icon in the upper right-hand corner.
• You can now scroll between your open pages.
• To close a page touch the "-" icon.
• To open another new tab tap the "+" icon.
• To return to your browser settings, touch the menu key where you clear your cache and change other settings.
• Touch the icon that looks like flag with a star to see and set bookmarks.

The Samsung Galaxy S III is a very powerful smartphone and you will want to make sure you don't drain the battery too much by using the power saving mode.

How to Use Power Saving Mode on the Samsung Galaxy S III

• To begin, press menu button, touch settings.
• Touch power saving, to activates light power saving switch to the right.
• You can turn on or off five different features, including CPU, screen, background color and haptic feedback.

How to Use Camera on the Samsung Galaxy S III

• To begin, touch apps.
• Touch camera app, touch OK if prompted
• Touch settings icon to set options of shortcuts, self-portrait, flash, shooting mode, scene mode and focus.
• Scroll down to see more advanced modes such as white balance and effects.
• Touch resolution to change the size of your photos.
• At at storage you can choose to save the photos on the memory card or internal storage.
• Frame your shot on the screen and and touch the camera button to take a photo.
• To record a video slide the cursor towards the camcorder icon.
• To access video camera settings the year icon in the upper right-hand corner.
• You can change the fax shortcuts, recording mode and timer.
• Press back button when you are done with the settings.
• Touch the record button to begin recording.
• To stop recording touched the record button again.
• Touch the thumbnail to view videos and photos.
• To share your media, touch the photo and select share, you can share it to Google +, Picassa, S Memo, Facebook and others.

As you can see, the Samsung Galaxy S III has many functions which may cause a learning curve.  For those who learned through visual and by watching, these videos can be very helpful.  Let us know which ones you like the best be of the comments on the bottom.