Originally Posted by Mark in Essex:
“Smartstay (keeps the screen on when you are looking at it) - I love this as hate having to constantly tap screen to keep it awake and it works well for me (even in darkness as it seems to work as I have the screen brightness at full).”
Replicable with an app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ft.eyespy.free
Quote:
“Directcall (just put the phone to your ear when you are reading a text and it phones the contact) - not 100% sure if this is just Samsung or Android though?”
Possibly replicable - it's never I feature I've wanted (from reading text message to making a phone call is just two taps, and to be honest if I'm looking at a text then I'm far more likely to be wanting to reply via text than call!)
Quote:
“The alert thing that makes the phone vibrate when you pick it up if you have a missed call or text etc”
Replicable via app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ny.pickupviber..
Granted, these aren't chicken-and-egg - the Samsung version quite definitely comes along first, then a buggy, alpha/beta quality clone, but it really isn't long before there's a functional app that replicates (and in some cases, betters) any built-in feature on Samsung, HTC, etc. phones.