Archive for February, 2008

Samsung’s M510 improves upon its predecessor, the M500, with a more organically rounded design as well as Bluetooth stereo headphone streaming–perfect for enjoying untethered tunes purchased through Sprint’s Music Store. It operates on Sprint’s North American CDMA voice network, as well as on Sprint’s Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO), which enables you to quickly access audio, video and data applications. Other phone features include a 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder, GPS turn-by-turn directions, MicroSD memory card expansion, and voice-activated dialing.

The M510 packs a lot of multimedia power into a small package, including tunes from the Sprint Music Store and streaming video via Sprint TV (EV-DO service required).

Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, the M510 is fully compatible with Sprint’s Power Vision service. With Power Vision, you can download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Enjoy full-color video clips or live TV of the latest news, sports, and entertainment from brands you know, like CNN, Fox, The Weather Channel, NFL Mobile, and more. Power Vision also serves as a portal for enhanced games. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps.

Sprint’s music service is another EV-DO-powered service that makes the M510 all the more desirable. With the Sprint Music Store, your phone is a music player, letting you buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song–one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that’s right for you. You can even pause to take a call without missing a beat.

It also includes a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and an external display that shows caller ID and the time.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, audio/video remote control, and printing. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking (DUN)–surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server–using Sprint’s Mobile Broadband Network. And when connected to a Bluetooth headset, caller information for incoming calls will be spoken through the Bluetooth device. Decide to answer the call without ever looking at your phone.

The 1.3-megapixel camera shoots still photos in four resolutions (from 176 x 220 to 1280 x 960) as well as video clips with sound. It offers a 4x digital zoom, white balance and brightness settings, and the ability to frame photos right in the phone. It also provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC. The built-in digital audio player is compatible with MP3 and AAC/AAC+ formats, and includes the ability to create playlists on the phone.

The M510 sports a 176 x 220-pixel color display with over 262K colors, and it also includes an external supplementary LCD (96 x 96 pixels) that can display pictures, time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. The phone comes with 16 MB of memory, which is expandable via MicroSD memory cards The internal phonebook will hold up to 500 entries with each contact entry providing up to 5 phone numbers in addition to an email address, a URL, memo, nickname, caller ID photo, and selected ringtone. You can store up to 99 speed dialing numbers in contacts database as well. Up and down buttons for volume control are placed on the left side, and camera controls are included on the right side of the phone, as is the memory card slot, while most of the phone’s features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset’s control pad.

The phone ships with built-in polyphonic ringtones, but for those times when you want to be discreet, there’s a vibrating alert. A built-in speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear, and advanced voice activated dialing makes calling your friends, family, and associates easy. Simply say the name or number of the person you want to call and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad.

A messaging multitasker, the M510 supports Sprint PCS picture and video mail services, enabling you to shoot high quality pictures and video clips with sound and instantly send them to email addresses and or other Sprint PCS phones that are compatible with picture and video mail services. Or upload them to the Sprint PCS pictures Web site to create albums. You can also use the M510 to send and receive email, exchange text messages, or join a chat room. Plus, the M500 features an embedded SMS voice messaging client, a feature that allows you to easily send voice messages to other wireless users or any working email address. T9, a predictive text entry system, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit–a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

The M510 also sports an airplane mode feature, which allows the user to safely use the non-wireless functions of a phone (such as music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight. This phone is also GPS enabled, allowing you to receive audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, map your location, or conduct local searches direct from your handset. With a USB connection, the M510 can also be used as a mass storage device.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung M510 weighs 2.93 ounces and measures 3.74 x 2 x 0.64 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies for voice and CDMA2000 EV-DO for data. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
Customer Review: Good Phone except for power connector
I just got this phone and, in general, find it fits my requirements. My main issues with the phone are as follows: 1)The power connector is really awkward. For some reason Samsung has been un-improving its power connectors over the years. My first Samsung supported a cradle which was ideal. The next had no cradle available but required inserting a 3.5 mm plug on the bottom. Now it gets its power from a mini USB connector which must be inserted with a particular orientation unlike the 3.5 mm plug. The connector is covered with a very flimsy plastic cover that is hard to open. Additionally its on the side making it a two handed operation to disconnect. I am sure the plastic cover will break off one of these days. Perhaps that will be for the better. 2)The phone is really small for my hands. Some may consider this a good thing but the previous models were small but still easy to manipulate. It’s hard to flip open, especially with a single hand. Once opened however, the size doesn’t bother me. 3)Lack of a way to change themes or ring tones without using the extra wireless services. I’m not one of those willing to pay to use internet on my phone. The screen is too small and the keyboard too limited to make surfing the net a worthwhile experience for me. However, this phone requires you to use these extra services for simple things like uploading a ring tone or changing the theme. I should be able to do this over USB from my laptop. Some have also complained about the flat keypad. I see their point but found that after a while, I could click the right button with reasonable accuracy.
Customer Review: Excellent voice quality with all the extras
Bought this for my wife who will mostly just use the voice features, but I occasionally use it for everything else, so this is a perfect hybrid phone. Fits both large and small hands perfectly, great sound quality to calls, highly configurable and fun to use. Battery life is fair, good if you enable power saving option, and excellent if you disable auto-updating of web content and bluetooth.

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Sporting an ultra-thin clamshell design–so thin, in fact, that they had to subtract a vowel from the name–the Samsung SLM (aka, A747) can take advantage of AT&T’s wealth of rich multimedia services, including music downloads, streaming Cellular Video, and Video Share between phones. The SLM is also the first AT&T device to support Napster music purchases over the air (OTA) so you can easily purchase and download music directly to your phone rather than waiting to transfer from your PC. Exuding sophisticated style, the SLM is also packed with loads of must-have phone features, including Bluetooth connectivity for headsets and stereo music streaming, a 2.0-megapixel camera/camcorder, mobile email and instant messaging, and MicroSD memory expansion.

In addition to downloading from AT&T Mobile Music, you can make over-the-air purchases from Napster on the Samsung SLM.

A portable personal assistant as well as cell phone, the SLM includes a full range of personal organization applications and access to AT&T Mobile Banking.

AT&T Service Options
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900 MHz network (also known as WCDMA), making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services with speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. It also gives AT&T the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services.

In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it’s fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You’ll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming.

With 3G connectivity, you’ll be able to access AT&T’s Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company’s 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.)

It’s packed with multimedia streaming and download capabilities. AT&T’s Cellular Video (CV) service features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster subscription music service, stream music video, discover what’s playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what’s hot with The Buzz music news portal. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T’s Internet, video, and music services.)

The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T’s MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.

Mobile Banking from AT&T
The SLM is one of the first phones pre-loaded with AT&T’s Mobile Banking application, which is compatible with accounts from banks including Wachovia, SunTrust, Synovus, and BancorpSouth. Mobile Banking from AT&T affords you the flexibility to stay on top of your banking needs while you’re on the move, enabling you to check your account balance, securely transfer funds between your eligible accounts, view and pay bills, and review your transaction history. AT&T customers pay no additional fee to access mobile banking and, because the application resides on the handset, the service is optimized to reduce the number of new page views necessary to complete a transaction. Minimal data usage charges apply and vary based on individual use.

Phone Features
Weighing just 3.17 ounces and measuring about one-half of an inch thick, the SLM features a 96 x 96-pixel, 65K color external screen and a 176 x 220-pixel, 262K TFT internal color screen. The 50 MB internal memory (shared with the MP3 player and camera) can store up to 1000 contact entries, with each entry supporting 40 digits and 16 characters. It also features eight one-touch dialing numbers for quick access to your most frequently dialed pals, and a view of the last 30 incoming/outgoing/missed calls. The phone is compatible with 64-note polyphonic and MP3 ringtones, and it also provides a vibration alert for when you need to keep things quiet.

You can load up your MP3 files on optional MicroSD cards (up to 4 GB in size) via a USB connection from your PC, or download music from AT&T Mobile Music. If you have a Napster membership, you can easily search its music catalog of 5 million songs, preview samples of each song, and purchase and download songs directly to the SLM in less than a minute. The SLM also supports the full AT&T Mobile Music suite of services, including XM Radio Mobile, Pandora, MusicID song-recognition service, and VIP access–a mobile fan club and music-discovery service.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, object push, file transfer, audio/video remote control, and basic printing. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking–surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. Send contacts, calendar events, and pictures/videos/voice memos wirelessly.

The 2.0-megapixel camera can capture still images in four resolution settings (1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 pixels), and it features a multi-shot mode (up to 9 images), a self-timer, and brightness controls. It can also capture audio and video clips up to 1 hour in length (saved to a MicroSD card).

In addition to voice calls, text messaging, and MMS capability, the phone is also compatible with mobile email as well as instant messaging (IM) from AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo!. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for entering text on handsets, is built into the unit–a plus for mobile email and text messaging users. Other features include:

• Speakerphone
• Backlit keypad
• Call timer
• Alarm and world time
• Multi-lingual text display (English, French, Spanish)
• Pre-loaded games, with more downloadable via AT&T
• Headset jack
• Personal organizer: calendar, calculator, currency converter, tasks, notepad

Vital Statistics
The Samsung SLM weighs 3.17 ounces and measures 3.96 x 1.99 x 0.51 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as 850/1900 WCDMA (3G) frequencies.

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If you need the thinnest clamshell available, here it is. Not only is the SGH-D830 delightfully svelte, it also boasts an impressive list of features, including a large 2.3-inch display, a two-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, support for EDGE high speed data, and 80 MB of internal memory. You also get a microSD/TransFlash expansion slot, TV output, and Bluetooth. All of this fits into a handset that’s just .3 inches thick.

The super chic D830 is almost invisible when turned sideways.

A big color screen offers plenty of real estate for multimedia, games, and mobile Web browsing.

Design
The D830 sports a classic clamshell design that features a small 96 x 16 grayscale display on the outside of the cover for displaying call information, battery life, signal strength, and more. Inside the flip you’ll find a massive, 240 x 320 display supports up to 262,000 colors — plenty of resolution and color depth for your videos and photos. A five-way center control button is positioned below the display, as are shortcut and selection keys. The phone’s two-megapixel camera and flash unit is housed just above the external display, while USB data and charging ports are located on the phone’s bottom edge. As mentioned, there’s also a microSD card slot provided on the exterior of the phone for memory expansion.

Calling Features
With 80 MB of internal memory, the D830 is designed to hold all the contacts, phone numbers and addresses you can throw at it (up to a 1000 of them, to be precise). A call list remembers your most recent missed, received and dialed calls, and in addition to a vibrating alert, the D830 supports polyphonic ringtones and MP3-based music ringtones. A speakerphone lets you talk hands-free while you’re doing other things, and picture caller ID lets you assign a photo to specific callers. Similarly, a ringer ID lets you assign ringtones to callers. And because the D830 supports Bluetooth, you can use your favorite wireless headset with it.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The D830 has all the bases covered when it comes to messaging. Support is built in for sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages. When used in combination with the phone’s built-in camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun.

Getting on the Internet is easy with the D830, too. It supports the GPRS protocol, as well as the new, high speed EDGE data protocol. When used with your carrier’s data service and the phone’s USB or Bluetooth data capability, the phone can be used as a wireless modem for laptops and PDAs. There’s also a built-in browser for downloads and mobile Web browsing. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit– a plus for mobile text messaging users.

A number of handy productivity tools are bundled with the D830 including a voice memo recorder, an alarm clock, a calculator with currency converter, a calendar, and a to-do list. And because the D830 supports the SyncML synchronization standard, you can easily sync your PC-based contacts. There’s even a document viewer for opening attachments, as well as a Bluetooth printing system for printing documents from the handset.

Imaging and Entertainment
The D830’s built-in two-megapixel camera captures stills and video to the phone’s internal memory, or to a microSD memory card. You can use the phone’s TV output to display your photos and videos on a TV screen. Into music? You’re in luck with the D830. Store your favorite MP3-, AAC-, or AAC+-based music on the D830 and listen whenever the feeling strikes you. When you want to jam out in private you can hook up a Bluetooth wireless stereo headset. Lastly, if you want to dress up the D830, picture effects, custom screensavers, backgrounds, and themes can be set to fit your personality.

Java support is built into the D830, making it a powerful gaming companion. You can also use the handset’s USB data connection to load more games and files onto the phone.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung SGH-D830 weighs 2.9 ounces and measures 4.0 x 2.1 x 0.3 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 2.5 hours of digital talk time, and up to 210 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
Customer Review: Cool Phone, great features but a few minor setbacks
if you are really into thin phones.. this is the one for you (thinner than razor) but you’ll have to sacrifice functions such as short batt life (approx 36hrs on standby w/ a few calls)and soft speakerphone volume…and for some you have to get used to the keypad.
Customer Review: Could use more features…
The phone arrived right on schedule from the supplier. I’ve always liked Samsung phones because of their simplicity so I decided to buy the D830. This phone comes with a software CD, data cable, charger cable and headset, which I might add is perfectly equalised and gives off a near “surround-sound system” quality for your music. I received 3 versions of the manaul with the phone in 3 different languages EXCEPT English. Even though the phone is advertised as the ’slimmest’ it’s still a little on the large side in terms of height and width. The volume of the phone itself (without the earpiece) is low outdoors even when you turn up the volume to the maximum, so if you have trouble hearing, you’ll definitely have trouble hearing clearly. When you miss a call, the caller ID on the front of the phone does not alert you. So you can’t see right away that you’ve missed a call unless you open the phone to check. Other than those disadvantages, the phone itself is a good showpiece and overall a trendy design.

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The Samsung a517 is a sleek and stylish clamshell phone that offers advanced music capabilities including AT&T mobile music and external music keys for easy music navigation. It also includes MicroSD memory card expansion for holding dozens of hours of music and Bluetooth connectivity with stereo music streaming capability to optional headphones. Send instant messages or use MEdia Net to access the internet while, or chat with your buddies using AOL, Yahoo!, and Windows Live services. Other features include a 1.3-megapixel camera with video capture, USB wired connectivity with mass storage capability, full-duplex speakerphone, monochrome external display, and quad-band global roaming.

Browse the Web using AT&T’s MEdia Net, download tunes using AT&T Mobile Music, and watch streaming video with MobiTV.

AT&T Service
The a517 operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”), with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T’s MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. It also features AT&T Mobile Music, which provides access to the Napster subscription music service in addition to Music ID song-recognition software, music videos and The Buzz music news portal.

It’s also MobiTV capable, which enables you to stream or download video content from providers ranging from MSNBC, ABC News Now, and CNN. MobiRadio lets you listen to more than 50 channels of digital radio. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T’s Internet, video, and music services.)

Includes music capabilities with external music keys and Bluetooth stereo streaming.

Phone Features
The phone sports an interior color LCD that has a 176 x 220-pixel resolution and 262 colors, while the small external monochrome display has a 96 x 96-pixel resolution and displays caller ID, current time, battery level, and signal strength. The internal phone book can hold up to 1000 entries with up to five numerical entries plus one email address and picture ID per contact. Other dialing features include 8 one-touch numbers for easy access to your most frequent contacts and 30 missed number redial.

In addition to voice calls, text messaging, and MMS capability, the phone also ships with a built-in email client with support for POP3 and IMAP4 protocols. You can also connect via instant messaging (IM) services such as Windows Live, Yahoo!, and AOL. The A517 also comes stock with a built-in web browser for downloads and mobile web browsing via MEdia Net. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for entering text on handsets, is built into the unit–a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking–surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.

The 1.3-megapixel camera features a 4x zoom, multi-shot capability, self timer, and brightness/white balance/metering controls. For video capture, the A517 records clips in MPEG4 format up to 176 x 144 pixels (QCIF). Other features include:

• Copy all numbers function copies SIM phonebook entries to handset
• Download ringtones, wallpaper, images, and more
• Java 2.0 support for app and game downloads
• Keypad and LCD backlight
• Full-duplex speakerphone
• Voice memo recording
• PIM tools: Calendar, calculator, scheduler, memo, task, currency converter, world time, metric conversion
• Stopwatch (4 laps), countdown timer (up to 100 hours)
• Multi-lingual display (English, French, Spanish)
• My Business Card (contact cards that can be attached to MMS messages)
• Headset jack

Vital Statistics
The Samsung A517 weighs 2.9 ounces and measures 3.74 x 1.89 x 0.63 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 10 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

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Featuring a slim, slider design that’s reminiscent of Samsung’s D900 and T629 models, the tri-band Samsung T429 phone for T-Mobile is a nicely affordable, highly functional phone that will keep you closely connected as you wind through the day and night. In addition to text messaging capabilities, you can chat with buddies using Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, or ICQ instant messaging services. The phone also includes Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets, a VGA camera, polyphonic ringtones, and a speakerphone.

With T-Mobile’s MyFaves service, you’ll enjoy unlimited nationwide calling to your 5 favorite people.

T-Mobile Service
This phone is compatible with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.

It also includes the T-Mobile Address Book service, which lets you add or edit contact info online, store it on T-Mobile’s server, and then synchronize the changes with your phone. You can import from Microsoft Outlook, .vcf files, or use .csv files to import from Yahoo!, Gmail, etc., as well as back up your phone’s address book with enhanced safety features.

Phone Features
Measuring just 0.56 inches thin, the Samsung T429 sports a large 2-inch LCD screen with support for 65K colors and a 128 x 160-pixel resolution. The top of the phone includes a standard four-way toggle, two soft keys, and answer/end buttons, and the numeric keypad is found underneath the sliding face. The phone’s camera lens requires that the face is slid open. The camera can snap pictures in four resolutions–from 128 x 96 to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA)–and it offers a 4x digital zoom, night mode, brightness and white balance settings, self-timer, and multiple color effects. Images are stored on the phone’s shared 2.7 MB of memory, and it does not record video clips. You can send photos to friends with image-compatible phones via MMS messaging, or you can upload them to T-Mobile’s My Album–a personal online photo album that allows you to store pictures and share with family and friends.

Because the T429 is Bluetooth enabled, wireless communication headsets can be configured with the phone for total hands-free operation. It also comes with a speakerphone option for when you don’t have a Bluetooth headset handy, as well as voice recording capabilities for short notes to yourself.

In addition to SMS text messaging capabilities, the T429 offers built-in instant messaging with Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and ICQ services. The T9 predictive text entry technology is built into the unit, which makes it easier for you to enter words and text on handsets. Other features include:

• Up to 500 contact entries with five numbers and one email address per entry
• MMS multimedia messaging
• Vibrate mode
• PIM tools: calendar, alarm, to-do list, calculator, world clock, stopwatch, unit converter, tip calculator

Vital Statistics
The Samsung T429 weighs 2.9 ounces and measures 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.6 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 14 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies.
Customer Review: can’t customize
i bought this phone w/out looking at the features and i regret ever buying it. i use to have the t809 and that’s 10x better than this. the screen color and resolution are lower than t809. bluetooth doesn’t see any device other than bluetooth headset. (i’ve tested with several phones and a computer with bluetooth) There’s no data setting to transfer file from the computer via data cable. there’s no flash drive. t429 is good is an ok phone but if you want something that you can customize then go with something else.

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Nicely slim and featuring a unique new living wallpaper user interface, the Samsung U700 Gleam is your mobile telecommunication and entertainment partner. It’s compatible with Verizon’s V Cast Music service, which enables you to purchase songs through your phone and download them via Verizon’s fast EV-DO data network, as well as V Cast Video for streamed video clips from a variety of channels. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera with video capture, Bluetooth connectivity with stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory card expansion, and a 2.1-inch screen.

The Samsung Gleam features V Cast Video and Music capability, a large 2.1 inch TFT main screen, and a rich, high gloss finish.

The slim clamshell phone offers a unique living wallpaper user interface that changes with the time of day.

Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you’ll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon’s multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you’ll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time.

With the V Cast Video service, you can stream or download video clips to your phone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1.

Getting on the Internet is easy using Verizon’s Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. Verizon’s Get It Now wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Get It Now service.

With this GPS-enabled phone, you’ll be able to access Verizon’s VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps. And Verizon’s Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your Verizon Wireless phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area designating a school or summer camp, you’ll be sent an alert via text message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone.

Phone Features
The Samsung Gleam has a glossy metallic silver and black exterior and a unique living wallpaper capability that enables you to easily see the phone

Designed for those who looking for a great value in a wireless phone without sacrificing today’s most sought-after features, the Samsung M300 for Sprint helps you stay connected via voice, e-mail and text messaging, and Web access. Styled with smooth, rounded lines and a mirrored finish, this rose red clamshell-style model includes an external OLED screen that displays current time as well as caller ID. (It also comes in silver.) It includes a VGA digital camera with PictBridge support (for easy connection to a printer), Bluetooth wireless connectivity for communication headsets, voice activated dialing, and up to 3.2 hours of talk time. It operates on Sprint’s North American CDMA network.

Ultra-slim, the easily pocketable Samsung M300 weighs just 2.7 ounces and is about the size of a deck of cards.

Weighing just 2.7 ounces, the M300 is one of the smallest and lightest phones on the market today. The front has a black face that includes the 96 x 96-pixel color display and integrated camera, and it’s framed by a red surround; the back of the phone is basic black. The internal color LCD has a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and 65,000 display colors (16-bit), and the external display provides a quick visual check of the time, new messages, battery life, and signal strength. The phone has a 4 MB memory, but it lacks memory card expandability.

The VGA resolution digital camera can capture still at 640 x 480 pixels (sized for sending via email or uploading to the Internet), and it includes self timer, night mode, brightness, and white balance control features. Print pictures directly to PictBridge-supported printers, without a computer, using the available USB cable. Thanks to the built-in Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), you can enjoy hands-free communication via headsets, car-kits and other Bluetooth-compatible devices. Enjoy easy, hands free communication with a speakerphone that lets you hear callers loud and clear.

The front of the M300 includes a color screen that displays current time and caller ID as well as a VGA digital camera–perfect for sending images via email or Sprint PCS Picture Mail.

Choose from a wide selection of ringers playing in rich, 32-chord harmony, and download new ringers anytime to update your sound. The phonebook offers a maximum of 299 entries, with each providing storage for up to 5 numbers as well as an email address. Other features include:

• Sprint Vision provides innovative wireless services like web access, and email and text messaging capability. Plus, with the Sprint National Network, you get the nationwide coverage and excellent voice clarity.
• Sprint Picture MailSM: Shoot, share and print high-resolution digital photos instantly.
• SMS Voice and Text Messaging: Instantly send and receive SMS Text Messages across the room or across the country, anywhere in the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. Or, send voice messages to any mobile phone or email address. Just select a recipient, record a message and send.
• Speaker-independent voice dialing: Say the name of any entry in your phone book and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad. This feature is speaker-independent, so there is no need to train the phone to respond to any one person’s voice. Receive an audible status report of your phone/s coverage, signal strength, and battery strength.
• Games: Download exciting, interactive games that you

Offering a slim, lightweight clamshell design, the Samsung A437 is a great choice for users looking for an easy-to-use and affordable cell phone that’s outfitted with some very helpful extras. Weighing just 2.9 ounces, the svelte A437 measures 0.63 inches thick and is easily pocketable. It includes a number of handy features that will enhance your mobile lifestyle, including Bluetooth wireless connectivity for hands-free headsets, an integrated VGA-quality still camera, and an external display that shows who’s calling as well as the current time. This quad-band phone communicates over GSM/GPRS networks and offers global voice and data roaming in over 125 countries. This model comes in gold, and it’s also available in slate gray and gold.

This lightweight clamshell phone includes an external display, VGA still camera, and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.

The phone sports an interior 2-inch color LCD that has a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and 65,000 colors. The external monochrome display measures 1 inch, has a 96 x 96-pixel resolution, and offers 4 levels of gray. The internal phone book can hold up to 1000 entries (in addition to 250 numbers saved to the SIM card)–with up to 5 numerical entries plus email address per contact–and it supports up to 40 digits and 16 characters. Other dialing features include 8 one-touch numbers for easy access to your most frequent contacts and the last 30 incoming/outgoing/missed calls. In addition to voice calls, text messaging, and MMS capability, you can also connect via Instant Messaging (IM) services such as Windows Live, Yahoo!, and AOL.

Because the A437 is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total hands-free operation; it also includes a headset jack for wired earpieces. Browse the internet with MEdia Net browser (WAP) quickly with one button access. The VGA camera captures still images up to 640 x 480 pixels, and it includes a 2x digital zoom and a three-option self-timer. Other features include:

• Built-in Java support enables you to download mobile applications, wallpapers and ringtones
• Personal Organizer (Calendar, Calculator, Scheduler, Memo, Task, Currency Converter, Tip Calculator)
• Video clip playback (MMS messages)
• My Business Card (contact cards that can be attached to MMS messages)
• Speakerphone, voice recorder
• Multi-lingual text display (English, French, Spanish)
• Wireless modem capability
• Stopwatch (4-lap stopwatch)
• Countdown timer (99 Hours, 59 Minutes)
• Unique ringers (match a finger to a caller in the phonebook)
• Predictive text entry using T9 technology
• Three-way calling; conference call (1 + 5)
• Illuminated backlit keypad

The A437 operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution”), with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. This third-generation, high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

Vital Statistics
The A437 weighs 2.9 ounces and measures 3.74 x 1.89 x 0.63 inches. Its 900 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time (over 10 days). It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
Customer Review: User friendly
Easy to use inteface.. Easy navigation. Nice organiser tools - Stop watch, calender as wall paper. Cool Light weight and sports look I wish I had video recorder. It has all best features. Signal is great. I like for the easy of use…
Customer Review: Broke after 2 months
The power connector on this phone is so fragile that it broke after 2 months. Samsung and ATT offered no replacement, so now I have a useless phone. Samsung support was rude and unfriendly.

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Customer Review: Camera=great, phone=bad build quality, bad usability quality, badly organized features, unbelievably bad ring tones
On a good day, I like the camera on this phone. 2M pixels, and it is quite convenient when you don’t have a camera handy, you can whip this phone out and take some pretty decent pictures. That is, if you have enough light. Also, hope you don’t mind the seemingly 20 seconds it takes after you click to take the picture. For a previous Nokia user, the phone’s menu system is jaw-droppingly bad, and the ring tones are just plain crap. Why does Samsung imagine I would want to use the loud ring tones they provide in the phone? Why can’t I remove the crappy background images in the Images folder? Build quality: my front display broke after about a year of use. Now, it won’t show the time in the crappy quality display, but instead show some streaks. I am known for my almost saintly care-taking of my phone. If this happens to my phone, imagine what can happen to normal folks? Lastly, this phone suffers from extremely bad user interface. First, the reception is very bad, and secondly, the keypad does not light up long enough for me to see in the dark. Overall impression: My next phone’s a Nokia. And I am going to get that next phone as soon as possible.
Customer Review: What WAS I thinking?
From the start I should say that I am conflict averse, easily embarrased, and have a hard time saying no. So being in the high-pressure situation of trying to decide on a phone in Radio Shack I am already at an incredible disadvantage. I’m not saying that the salesman should have understood that and taken it into account, but certainly when he offered to let me use HIS own phone to call my wife in another state to ask her advice, well, clearly I would buy anything he recommended. So why did he recommend this one? I tried very carefully to explain my phone needs, my phone fears and my phone desires. Being away from my family for long periods this year–itself an interesting story–I only wanted to be able to talk to them in the evenings and hear their voices in some sort of true-to-life fashion. I am not a phone-friendly man. In fact, I don’t think very highly of men who are. In the past we’ve had pay-as-you-go (or pay-as-you-go-to-he**) phones, and I found the compression of the sound to be unbearable. Everyone sounded like they had been slaughtered, eviscerated, digitized, and stored in thin aluminum tubes by cold hearted aliens. It would break my heart if I were to hear either of my two children’s voices thus distorted and mechanized, as if they were caught in a Harlan Ellison nightmare world. So I tried to explain to this salesman that all I wanted was a phone that had good sound quality. Not features. Sound. Not features. But I think this salesman–actually, more like a salesboy–just didn’t understand someone who would want a phone only for talking to other people with. If I wanted sound quality, why, that must be because I will be listening to some wretched pop music monstrosity that I want to carry around with me 24 hours a day. And so he recommended this phone to me over the LG which, a thousand times a day, I wish oh I WISH I had bought instead. LG stands for “Lucky Goldstar,” and this is one of those marvelous Korean names that we can’t have enough of. Koreans tell me that they believe that a happy or lucky name leads to a happy or lucky business. Certainly it can’t hurt! And lucky gold star is basically three EXTREMELY POSITIVE words crammed into a single title. But I suppose as they got more worldly-wise, the happy folks at Lucky Goldstar found their name a bit mawkish and so they tried to change it to seem a bit more formal, like some German plant with a name like FRGN. But other things I’ve bought from Lucky Goldstar have been wonderful–every bit as lucky as the name would have it–and much less expensive than their less luck-endowed rivals. But this salesboy–more like a salestoddler–was sure that what I wanted was a phone that had a menu with 9 items, five of which I will never use, and one of which I don’t understand. Mostly what they are are little mousetraps of some sort–if you accidently press a button you are not dialing, you are SHOPPING for things you don’t know what they are and as far as I can tell they’re not real. There’s a mall, there’s the media net, the cellular video, and the one thing that might make sense is called “my stuff” but whatever is there, it certainly isn’t my stuff (which is mostly in the garage). I did like the idea of taking pictures, although there is a long delay between when you press the shutter button and when it decides to take the picture, so I have a pretty big collection of people leaving, backs of people’s heads, sky where there just was something interesting and so on. Then of course I couldn’t get the pictures off so I purchased a cord to connect it to the computer; there were all sorts of software problems that were deeply depressing and would make an article in themselves, but I really want to focus on the phone, and the upshot is, that once the software was installed, and I plugged it in to take the photos off, it decided to slurp in the details of every person I had ever known, which it found in some microsoft/NSA type file. Now whenever I want to call my children, I have to scroll through dozens of names of ex-acquaintances: deceased relatives, people I thought were friends but who stabbed me in the back, decent hard working people who couldn’t tread water in the cruel jungle of 2000’s capitalism any more, people I love but have lost somehow. And that salestoddler–salesfetus is more like it–must have known that this was coming. Did he think it would help me detach myself from the world of desires? Or simply bring me down to his level? All I know is, he thought “if he doesn’t actually end up in debt for all the imaginary things he has accidentally purchased, at least he won’t be able to talk to his young children, to wish them good night, without having to think about how time can rip your heart out, just rip it out.”

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Increase mobile productivity and get better integrated mobile business performance with the Samsung SCH-i760, which is powered by the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system for a familiar office experience and the ability to read and edit in applications such as Word or Excel as well as review Powerpoint presentations. You can also receive Outlook email, update your contacts and calendar, and stay securely connected with your office via Wireless Sync or ActiveSync. You’ll be productive wherever you roam thanks to the integrated Wi-Fi connectivity for use at wireless hotspots and access to Verizon’s BroadbandAccess Connect service (which lets you use your phone as a modem to your laptop).

Styled for performance, the i760 features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard on the side and a stylus for quick and easy navigation on the large 2.8-inch touchscreen. Other features include a 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, Bluetooth connectivity with stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion, and speakerphone.

Loaded with communication options, the Samsung i760 offers EV-DO, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity.

The slide-out QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to compose emails, edit Word and Excel documents, and send instant messages via MSN Messenger.

Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you’ll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon’s multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) This smartphone also is compatible with the following additional Verizon services:

• Verizon’s Wireless Sync always-on email service, you can stay connected and get the job done while away from the office–without a delay and in a secure environment. Email is delivered to your device in real time across the National Enhanced Services Rate & Coverage Area, and you get the ability to forward large attachments via email as well as access both your personal and corporate emails on one device. Wireless Sync offers strong security with AES encryption (Advanced Encryption Standard) technology so that unauthorized parties cannot access or alter application data transmitted over wireless networks.
• With BroadbandAccess Connect, you can use your smartphone as a modem for your notebook when you connect the two using a USB cable–or open a Bluetooth connection–enabling you to access the Internet or your company intranet. The tethered modem capability is ideal when you’re traveling and need to use your notebook to check email, access corporate networks, or download large files like presentations and reports. And with BroadbandAccess Connect, you won’t have to buy an extra PC Card or other devices.

Phone Features
The successor to Samsung’s i730 PDA phone, the i760 continues its predecessor’s slide-out full QWERTY keyboard–but now it slides out to the side and provides a larger typing area. The phone’s numeric keypad also offers a unique design, with the navigation scroll wheel placed at the bottom left (with soft keys placed above) and the numeric keys tilted at an angle on the right side. The large 2.8-inch touchscreen has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution with support for 65K colors, and it offers portrait and landscape orientation. The screen also features up to 17 lines of dynamically-sized text and adjustable backlight settings.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for mono and stereo headset, handsfree, serial port, dial-up networking, object push, file transfer, basic print, phonebook access and human interface device. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking–surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. Additionally, this phone comes with integrated Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g) for seamless movement between your corporate and home WLANs and open wireless hotspots.

It’s loaded with a full range of Microsoft applications, incoluding Microsoft Office Mobile editions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, MSN Messenger Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile, and Windows Media Player 10 (for MP3/WMA digital audio playback and viewing of downloaded and streaming videos. (See more details about Windows Mobile 6 below.) It’s also embedded with Picsel Viewer software, which supports a variety of file types–MS Office, Text, PDF, PNG and HTML–providing access to business-critical information in a seamless and graphically rich environment.

Other features include:

• Contacts offer up to 11 phone numbers and 3 email addresses per entry as well as work, home, and personal information locations.
• 1.3-megapixel camera with LED flash and video recording capabilities (up to QCIF resolution)
• Memory: 64 MB RAM/128 MB Flash
• MicroSD expansion for optional memory cards
• Stereo speakers
• Four application launcher keys (1 programmable)
• T9 predictive text entry
• Digital audio compatibility: AAC, AAC+, MP3, WMA (no DRM), ASF
• MP3 ringtones
• PIM organization applications: MS Outlook Mobile, clock, worldtime, currency converter, calculator, stopwatch
• 2.5mm headset jack.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung i760 weighs 5.29 ounces and measures 4.48 x 2.28 x 0.77 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time, and up to 150 hours of digital standby time. It operates on Verizon’s 850/1900 CDMA frequencies and EV-DO data network.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile 6 adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars.

Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC.

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file. This device runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional, which is designed for smartphones with touchscreens

With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC’s Microsoft Office suite. You’ll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting–without affecting tables, images or text–as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

• Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
• With Excel Mobile, you’re not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
• PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
• After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.
Customer Review: dont buy!
i had gone through 2 of these phones in 2 days, worst ever!!! no service in my house, i had great service with tmobile in my home. both phones locked up on me and i had to take out the battery cause there was no other way to fix it, tech support couldnt figure it out, i bought the flip shot with a 3 megapixel camera and it works great so far
Customer Review: Nice Phone, Falls Short
Regardless of what one might find online, this phone is beautifully made and it looks good, with some odd irritations. The slanted dialing keys take some getting used to, but are intuitive. They are a welcome sight compared with many PDAs that have their dialing features incorporated into the QWERTY keyboard or in a touchscreen. The SEND/END buttons are on the sides and are easily pressed at the wrong times. The MicroSD memory card has me baffled. The phone will only recognize 2MB cards and will run much slower if you use a larger capacity card. This is a limitation of the phone and not Windows Mobile Pro 6. There are Windows smartphones out there that will handle 8MB cards. There are clumsy hacks that will make the device recognize a 4MB card, if you have the stomach and savvy to pull it off. To top out the memory debaucle, there is plenty of phone here - a standard SD card slot should have been designed into the device. The built-in device RAM/ROM is also substandard. Think of the MicroSD card as the harddrive, the RAM as the equivalent to your desktop/laptop RAM and the ROM as the BIOS. There are phones with twice as much RAM/ROM for similar money. There is no trackball or trackwheel. You are instead forced to use the directional pad on the front cover. The slide-out QWERTY keyboard has nice rubberized keys that feel great to use, but the top row is rather cramped. If Samsung had only designed the slider to come out another