Android Dictionary-S

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• Samsung: A Korean electronics company. Manufacturer of the Galaxy S series of Android phones, among others.
• SD card (or microSD card): A small plastic "card" that expands the available storage memory on your phone. Used by applications to store data, and you can store ringtones, pictures, etc., on it.
• Sense: A custom user interface (or skin) on top of Android. Exclusive to HTC smartphones.
• Services: Portions of code that run in the background to provide content and services to applications.
• Sideload: The act of installing an app outside of the Android Market.
• Sideload Wonder Machine: A simple open-source program that lets you sideload apps via computer, bypassing any restrictions a carrier might have put in place.
• SIM card: The little card used in GSM phones (AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers, etc.) that connects the phone to the network.
• Soft reset: The act of rebooting your phone, whether intentionally or otherwise. Same effect as when you remove and replace the battery. (Also see hard reset.)
• Sony Ericsson: A joint wireless venture from Sony and Ericsson. Dissolved in 2012, and the mobile arm will be marketed under the Sony name.
• Spectrum: LG's follow-up to the Revolution on Verizon. Has a 4.5-inch 720p display. Launching with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. 
• Spice: A 3-inch vertical slider from Motorola with Android 2.1.
• Spice: An Indian Mobile maufacturer
• Sprint: One of the four major U.S. carriers.
• Streak: Dell's 5-inch tablet/MID device. Also known as the Dell Mini 5. Launched with Android 1.6, later updated to Android 2.2.
• Super AMOLED: A generation ahead of AMOLED displays. Lighter, more power-efficient and less reflective than AMOLED. (See AMOLED)
• Super AMOLED Plus: Take an AMOLED screen. Instead of eight subpixels per pixel, there are 12. Pretty awesome, actually.