Samsung Announces Galaxy S3 Premium Suite Upgrade
Multiple window support, view most frequently used apps in a single pane, among other features integrated.
Samsung has announced that its flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone will receive the company's Premium Suite upgrade pack.
The upgrade, previously announced for the firm's Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, introduces Page Buddy, a feature that predicts what the users wish to do based on their actions. For example, if one were to plug in headphones, the software will load the music player.
A contextual menu feature will be joining Page Buddy through the Premium Suite upgrade. It enables users to view their most frequently used apps within a single pane, as opposed to an entire list. Users will also be exposed to multiple window support.
The Reader Mode, meanwhile, is now capable of changing text size, as well as giving users the ability to share web pages, accompanied by a Facebook Lock Ticker that depicts a user's social news feed situated the on Galaxy S3's lock screen. The full list of features is as follows:
- Page Buddy
- Contexual Menu
- Contexual Tag
- Multi Window
- Auto Share Shot Paring using NFC
- Reader Mode
- Facebook Lock Ticker
A release date has yet to be confirmed by Samsung, but it did say "availability and timing" of the update will "vary depending on country and mobile carrier."

Don't forget that during that breakfast meeting they "wrote the idea down on a napkin" first.... thereby justifying they invented it first.
I'll never buy another Samsung.
LOL!
Though I thought HTC was the first to do this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rPDnPUW9wC4
They have other phones?
Please don't answer that...it was facetious.
Tell that too my Note II...
Unless you buy their highest end flagship phones (Galaxy S and Note) lines, buying Samsung will guarantee poor update support. They already have pretty crappy support for their S and S2. I wonder in 1-2 years if you will still be able to even update your S3 and Note II, maybe you will when the new OS is like 6 months old, like what they're doing with the S2 and JB
So what is the concensus on how long manufacturers and carriers should engineer support for and then roll out the latest OS for their phones. 3 years? Would that be the most fiscally wise thing for them to do?
You mean they won't update all their phone forever?? lol
Um, the S2 was their "flagship phone" when it came out, no? lol
So you think there should be no differentiation in the support between more and less expensive models? Samsung you're corporate slime, logical people expect you to do everything the same at every price point.... Drrrrr.
FYI-You can always root the older, or lesser models to upgrade.
Apple generally has 3 years. Microsoft seems to be about 5 years.
Android on average is well below that.
Yes, so what's your point? They are going to provide a JB update for it, just taking forever but at least you'll get it compared to other Samsung and Android device that are similar age or less and won't.
Microsoft seems to support updates on their mobile devices even if they aren't the highest end phones (as long as the hardware can support the upgrade).
Rooting is not an option if you do not want to void your warranty.
To buy a phone for $200-$500 and have roughly less than 1 year update support is a shame. This is what Samsung manages to do.
I'm not positive about this, so don't quote me, but I think Apple has a lot less devices to think about. Its good though, that getting updates on iOS devices can be taken for granted. I doubt Android will ever see that.
Page Buddy
Contexual Menu
Contexual Tag
Multi Window
Auto Share Shot Paring using NFC
Reader Mode
Facebook Lock Ticker