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"...The TFT LCD screen displays all images perfectly, also allowing video playback and recording on the device. The 262k colour screen also means that all 2 megapixel images will be displayed in fantastic quality, and can be transferred between devices through the now standard Bluetooth. The E900 is a Tri band GMS 900 / 1800 / 1900 phone so it should be good for holiday travel plus it has data support with Edge capability..."

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"...The SGH-i320 is a triumph in some respects. The wide screen does Windows Mobile Smarpthone a real favour, much of the additional software is useful, and the second battery system is handy. But the keyboard is something of a let-down....

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"The good: The Samsung SGH-T619 has a generous selection of features, including Bluetooth capability, a speakerphone, world-phone support and a 1.3 megapixel camera.

The bad: The phone's looks are dull, and its keypad is flat and slippery. Voice quality is variable, and photo quality could improve.

The bottom line: Despite a so-so design and similar performance, the Samsung SGH-T619 is still a decent mid-range cell phone, if you can find it at a good price.

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"... Samsung SGH-D900 uses a typical Samsung radio module, so it has no specific problems with network connection. Battery life, audio quality, polyphony and vibra are similar to other ultraslim models from this company, that is they are on a good level.

Samsung SGH-D900 is a high-quality interesting model from the technical point of view, but it has some serious drawbacks. Here are advantages of all ultraslim Samsung models: excellent display, convenient controls, a full set of consumer (that is "noticeable" to common people) functions, support for Bluetooth A2DP. There is also a useful innovation - the offline mode to use the player and camera in a plane. The case is made of high-quality plastic with good finishing...."

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"Editor's Rating: 7.7 Very good
The good:

The Samsung SGH-T629 has a slim profile and a large screen. Features of the quadband phone include a Micro SD card slot, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a music player, and Bluetooth support.
The bad:

The Samsung SGH-T629 has very slippery keys, and the keypad is difficult to dial by feel. We also experienced spotty call quality...

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There is a new review of the Samsung SPH-A900 on Mobility Today. They draw the obvious comparison to the RAZR which this phone is a clone of. The review is favorable and iterates the advantages this phone has over the popular RAZR.

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"...The SGH-X820 balances slim elegance with a functional keypad and tops off its supreme design with a beveled cut surface for a natural grip. Fiberglass-infused plastic is also used to increase extraordinary durability to protect the wealth of features that are compressed into the 6.9mm frame using the Smart Surface Mounting Technology. The Samsung X820 complements the active lifestyle of today's consumers as its sleek and fashionable design will fit into your pocket invisibly for stylish mobility. You can also express yourself as it comes in a variety of colors....

Review Courtesy of Photokina(click for full Review)

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"The Samsung SGH-X820 is one of the strongest devices in Samsung's line up this year, and it will probably make it into the company's history. The phone is a break through, not only because of the physical dimensions, but the whole user experience. Samsung has proved to us that to make a phone thin, the camera does not have to be poor, the keypad does not have to be unusable, and the price tag does not have to be bankrupting.

The new user interface is a genuine upgrade and not just a mere face lift, and the long list of built in applications is all you can ask for on a non-smartphone. The down sides would be the soft-ish ringtones, and the tad small internal memory compounded by the lack of memory slot. Other than that, this candy bar is almost flawless. In short, the X820 does pretty much everything the SLVR does, only better and in a sleeker package. It's thin, it looks good, it's powerful, and it's not too expensive....

Review courtesy of Mobileburn (click for full review)

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"Long before its release, the Samsung SCH-A870 had rumors circulating about various advanced features like EV-DO and a 2.0-megapixel camera. Unfortunately, the actual A870 is not quite so advanced.

Instead, it offers the standard array of mid-range features packaged together with a mid-range price. Keeping its lower price in mind, the A870 is hardly a disappointment; it offers a nice design, a VGA camera with flash, Bluetooth, voice command and other handy features.

Review courtesy of Mobiledia (click for full review)

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"...On paper, the D900 looks great. But it's once you take it from the box that you lose the excitement. Whether it's the large screen which makes it look bigger than it is, or the green or red buttons that make it look old fashioned, designwise they seem to have let the fact that it's thin excuse any effort on the rest of it.

Review courtesy of Techdigest (click for full review)

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"The Apple iPod popularized the minimalist look. You don't need to look big and flashy to get people's attention these days. Instead, it seems the public prefers the understated elegance of fingerprint-attracting glossy white. Samsung has taken the popular iPod-look and adapted it to their latest music phone: the Z610. Rocking a smooth white exterior, chrome accents, and prominent music controls, the Z610 looks pretty darn sweet....

Review courtesy of MobileMag (click for full review)

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"The Samsung SCH-a930, a midrange music phone for Verizon, has clear voice quality and a certain Darth Vader design appeal. But although it's a good voice phone with a decent camera, I prefer other choices in Verizon's line-up.

Looking like it was carved from a block of obsidian, the a930 is unabashedly chunky, at 3.6 by 1.9 by 1 inches. Weighing 4 ounces, the solid flip-phone has little rectangular music buttons on its outside and a two-line, blue, text-only external display. Opening up the phone reveals a pretty standard keypad with large but closely set keys and a nicely saturated 176-by-220 color screen.....

Review Courtesy of ABCNews (click for full Review)

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"The Samsung E900 would have been a groundbreaking phone had it been released in February. Unfortunately, it's arrived up against the LG Chocolate, surely *the* phone of 2006, at a similar price. Neither are groundbreaking on specs, but that was never the intention of the manufacturers. Personally, I'd be more than happy to carry one around in my bag, but I would always have a nagging feeling that there was something a little better out there....

Review courtesy of TechDigest (click for full review)

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"As the world's thinnest phone, the Samsung SGH-X820 is an amazing device: It is as good at making calls and surfing the Web as it is at turning heads. It makes the Motorola SLVR L7 look like a brick, and puts other thin phones to shame with its 2-megapixel camera and elegant, fun interface. The super-slim profile means you must forgo a memory card slot, and the battery life is on the low side for a GSM phone. The coup de grace: It's available only through independent retailers.

At 0.3 inches thick (by 1.9 inches wide and 4.4 inches tall) and only 2.2 ounces, the X820 is nearly two-dimensional. Turn it on its side, and it disappears. Yes, it's wide and flat, but so are almost all thin phones. The keys are comfortable and well spaced, and the 176-by-220 screen is unusually sharp and bright, readable in even blazing sunlight. Watch out for the unpleasant visual effects of sweat and face grease on the matte-black surface, though....

Review courtesy of ABC News/PC Mag (click for full review)

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"Stylish design, good build quality, a gorgeous screen, text input through a hardware keypad, multimedia and connectivity options galore, Samsungs SGH-i750 Pocket PC Phone has a lot to offer in a strikingly small package. But it's the built-in 2 MP autofocus camera that lets it clearly stand out of the crowd. Read on, why the triband GSM/EDGE device is a good choice for business men and gadget lovers alike, even though it runs on the already outdated Pocket PC 2003SE operating system....

Review courtesy of PDA News (click for full review)

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"The Samsung E870 is big on looks. Which it needs to be, because it's fairly small on everything else. Strictly speaking, it probably falls into the catergory of 'lady phone', the type of which Samsung churn out at an alarming rate.

Looks-wise, it sports white paint on the inside, and a kind of brushed-silver on the outside. Whilst the silver looks classy, and stays scratch-free despite the paint job, the inner white is supremely plasticky and looking at it makes you think of white the way you would have done pre-iPod times. Picking it up, you'll notice that it's pretty damn light - about 80 grams they reckon. It's been a big point of debate here, split into those that like the Japanese-esque disposability feel, and those that are afraid their Sasquach-sized hands might accidentally break it.

Review courtesy of techdigest (click for full review)

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"...This amazing phone is so thin (3.59” x 1.81” x 0.88”) and so light (3.3 ounces) I can’t even feel it in my pocket. This sleek looking phone is only available through T-Mobile. Perfect for the average phone user who does not need too many crazy features, the user interface is simple and easy to understand.

Reading the screen is easy in any light thanks to a beautiful, high-resolution (176 x 220 pixel, 65K TFT Color) screen. Call clarity has been excellent both through the handset, the speakerphone and also through my personal Bluetooth headset. Bluetooth is easy to set up on this phone. I was able to transfer my contacts to the phone in a snap. Pairing up my headset to the phone was also a cinch...

Review Courtesy of Power Page (click for full Review)

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"Pros: Big high-resolution screen, stylish slim slider form factor, TV-output, decent price

Cons: Camera is just 1.3 megapixels and relatively low quality, big screen space has not been utilitised properly, can’t connect own earphones/headphones to the phone directly.

Rating: 3.5/5

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"The P858 is the premium phone for Samsung's 2006 Q1 lineup. Priced at the same level as the Sharp 903, I really don't see much reason to go for the Samsung. To say the least, I am disappointed.

Multimedia on this phone is a bittersweet experience. On one hand, the video and low light performance for photos is good, but on the other hand, the shutter lag is deal breaking. Color reproduction is only average, and auto white balance is not too accurate. Low light performance is much better than most CMOS modules, though. As this article was written, we heard that the UMTS compatible Samsung Z710 answers a lot of the problems mentioned here.

Review Courtesy of MobileBurn (click for full Review)

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"Specs: Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio; 262,000-color display featuring 176 x 220 pixel resolution; Bluetooth radio; micro-SD expansion card slot; 1.3-megapixel camera; speakerphone.

Pros: High-speed EDGE capability; advanced voice-recognition software; full spectrum of Bluetooth connectivity options.

Cons: Onboard user-accessible memory is miniscule at 25 MB; no Wi-Fi capability.

Verdict: A good upgrade choice for T-Mobile customers in need of a phone that is intuitively easy to operate.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5...

Article Courtesy of CIO Today (click for full Article)

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"...The Samsung A920 has great technical strengths and the service is working very nicely on it. It has a few weaknesses but comes at a somewhat affordable price. Higher-end phones are also available: take a look at the Samsung A900 or if you don’t mind the additional bulk and money, the PPC-670. "

Review Courtesy of UberGizmo (click for full Review)

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"The Samsung SCH-a970 smartphone integrates a still-image camera that doubles as a video camcorder, and it can download and play music tracks and short video clips. This new handset takes advantage of the high-speed Evolution Data-Optimized (EVDO) network to deliver blazing download speeds in U.S. metropolitan areas where Verizon now offers its EVDO-enabled broadband service.

Review Courtesy of Sci-Tech-Today (click for full Review)

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"The Samsung SCH-i730 ranked as one of our favorite smart phones of 2005. It was pretty revolutionary at the time, with its five forms of wireless, its sleek slider design, and its full QWERTY keyboard. Since then, however, the smart-phone landscape has changed, with powerhouses such as the Cingular 8125 and the Sprint PPC-6700 dominating the field, and the SCH-i730's successor, the Samsung SCH-i830, falls short of the competition for several reasons. First, the SCH-i830 suffers from poor call quality, and it's still running the old Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition OS. Yet, there are bright notes. It's a dual-mode CDMA/GSM phone, so you can use it globally, and it's equipped with Bluetooth and a full QWERTY keyboard. Like its older sibling, the SCH-i830 has the tools to keep the road warrior on track, but there are just better, more up-to-date models out there. The Samsung SCH-i830 is available through Verizon Wireless for a hefty $599, but you should be able to get it for less with a service agreement.

The Samsung SCH-i830's design is largely unchanged in comparison with the SCH-i730's, as it retains the same dimensions (5.2 by 2.8 by 0.6 inches; 6.4 ounces) and smooth slider design. Overall, it's a solidly constructed phone that's comfortable to hold in the hand, although the external antenna adds unwanted bulk. Comparatively speaking, the SCH-i830 is roughly the same size as the Cingular 8125 and the Palm Treo 700w. In its closed state, the 2.8-inch touch screen dominates the face of the SCH-i830. It displays 65,536 colors at a 240x320-pixel resolution, but the screen was hard to read in direct sunlight. There are four customizable shortcut keys and a five-way navigation toggle below the display, and just beneath those are the Back button and the Talk and End keys. On the right side, you have an SDIO/MMC expansion slot, while a 2.5mm headset jack, a voice-memo key, a volume rocker, and a hold/backlight switch are on the left.

Review courtesy of c|net (click for full review)

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"From the start, the Samsung SPH-A580 looks like your basic cell phone, and in many ways, it is. You'll find a speakerphone, but there's no camera, multimedia messaging, or any of the fancy offerings that carriers are fond of touting. But sometimes looks can be deceiving. Though the SPH-A580 is primarily a phone for making calls, you'll also find a new and interesting Sprint feature: wireless backup, which offers SPH-A580 owners an opportunity to, well, wirelessly back up their contacts to Sprint's Web site. Though the SPH-A580 is a tad expensive if you pay full price ($179), service rebates should knock it down to less than $100. And better yet, by purchasing it online, you could eliminate the price tag altogether.

Given Samsung's long history of pumping out silver flip phones, the SPH-A580's design is ho-hum. There's no external antenna, it's relatively compact (3.6 by 1.8 by 0.9 inches; 3.4 ounces), and it feels solid in hand. We like the blue border that continues to the phone's rear face and the prominent speaker above the external display. Speaking of which, however, the external screen is not impressive. Tiny (96x32 pixels) and rectangular--no bigger than the display on the Sanyo VI-2300--it supports only 4-color, grayscale resolution. It shows the time, battery life, signal strength, and caller ID (where available) but not the date. Immediately above the screen is a tiny service light that blinks during calls, but you can turn it off.

Review courtesy of c|net (click for full review)

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"Although it looks a lot like a calculator you'd get for free by opening a bank account, the Samsung SGH-P300 can do a lot more than just help you balance your checkbook. Sure, it has a calculator, but inside the small if somewhat plain package, you'll also find a feature-rich GSM cell phone that delivers admirable performance. Granted, the SGH-P300's credit card-size form factor does have its drawbacks--the button layout is odd, there's no external memory slot, and audio quality fluctuates--but with Bluetooth, a megapixel camera, and an MP3 player, Samsung made a serious effort to cram as much as it could into this insanely tiny handset. The SGH-P300 won't be for everyone, and the lack of a supporting U.S. carrier will mean a high price (around $550), but for the cell phone fanatic, it could dethrone the Motorola Razr as an it phone....

Review Courtesy of c|net (click for full Review)

Posted by Peter at 08:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"This svelte, clamshell phone looks just like the Razr--and it includes some of the same impressive features. PC World Canada rating: 71 Good.

A spitting image of Motorola's black Razr phone, Samsung's MM-A900 bears the same sleek clamshell design and an equally vibrant and roomy internal LCD. (One major difference between these models: Samsung's model is only available in the U.S., so customs and unlocking fees are a definite factor when comparing it to other models). And, for the most part, the two standard cell phones carry the same impressive features. But, the MM-A900 suffers from short talk-time battery life, sub-par audio and dull photos generated from its 1.3-megapixel camera.

Review Courtesy of PC World Canada (click for full Review)

Posted by Peter at 08:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"Samsung's latest 3G handset - the SGH-Z540V - landed in the shops recently. Of course, it is alongside some fine 3G handsets like the BenQ-Siemens EF81 and the Motorola RAZR V3x. Does it stand up to be counted ? We try out the Vodaphone model on the catwalk....

Review courtesy of 3G (click for full review)

Posted by Peter at 07:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"Phones like the Samsung SGH-P300 get their appeal from their compact sizes and low weights. While we have seen similar looking "credit card" type phones in the past, none of them have really offered a complete spec sheet that could compete with other normal handsets of their time like the P300 can.

Calculator jokes aside, the P300 shows that Samsung can make handsets that are seriously small and thin - and a bit novel. That's a nice change for a company known best for a sea of silver clamshells, and more recently for a number of Motorola RAZR/SLVR wanna be devices. The P300's minimalist design isn't for everybody, but it will certainly have its appeal to many. The question is, does the device manage to offer more than just the design? Read on to find out....

Review courtesy of Mobileburn(click for full review)

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"The D307 is a good concept, but that's about all it is. The lackluster instant-messaging experience automatically makes the D307's defining feature, the integrated keyboard, effectively useless. And the keyboard doesn't work with e-mailing, Web surfing, or adding contacts to the address book.

While I liked the slim form factor and the large color display, the feature set is basic, at best, and doesn't justify the $200 price tag. For a better on-the-go messaging experience, T-Mobile's Sidekick II remains the best option....

Review courtesy of Sci-Tech-Today (click for full review)

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"Well, it does as long as you want to use the impressive - but fairly limited - selection of content providers available on i-mode, and are willing to view all the videos and content you access on the relatively small 1.9in screen.

But that's partly the point of the Z320i, because considering all the connection options this handset has to offer - to which you can add quad-band functionality and Bluetooth....

Review courtesy of The Register (click for full review)

Posted by Peter at 08:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"It's basically a micro PC, complete with two kinds of high-speed Internet access and a slide-out keyboard with a regular layout. The stripped-down version of Windows is robust enough to support applications such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. And it runs Windows Media Player, which means you can play music and video on the device.

The i730 actually looks like a cell phone, as opposed to a handheld or PDA, which are somewhat larger....

Review courtesy of TopTechNews (click for full review)

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"The Samsung A950 is a flip-phone with some unique features. It uses Verizon’s CDMA network for calls and data at the 800/1900 MHz band. The phone features Bluetooth technology, so you can make calls on your headset, and it also has advanced voice-dialing options.

When you take the phone out of the box, you’ll immediately notice the music player controls on the front. You can use four buttons to play/pause, stop, and skip tracks, and a jog-dial to scroll back and forth through a song....

Review courtesy of Design Technica (click for full review)

Posted by Peter at 07:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"Big screen, thin, and smooth - these have made the D808 one of the best-looking phones around. Samsung is heading in a good direction, refining what they are the best at doing, and I think this is how a slider should be. Of course, there is no perfect phone in this world: the keypad, camera quality, lack of memory card slot, and price tag are all sacrificed for style.

Additional functions such as document viewer, TV out, and Korean language support might not be appealing to most people. The lack of a vibrate and ring profile might defer many business users to other brands. For me personally, the biggest disadvantage comes from its keypad....

Review courtesy of Mobileburn (click for full review)

Posted by Peter at 07:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The amount of RAZR look-alikes that are being pumped out is a bit of a disgrace, almost as if there is no room for originality left in slim folder handset design at all. With that said, I bring to you the Samsung SGH-Z510, dubiously titled the worlds thinnest 3G clamshell handset, though surely not for long.

The Samsung SGH-Z510 comes standard with a QVGA TFT LCD internal display, capable of displaying 262k colors, and a 65k color external display. This 97g (3.42oz) UMTS handset includes a 1.3 megapixel camera and a MP3/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+/WMA compatible music player, making it quite the alphabet soup. Though there is no memory expansion slot included in the Samsung SGH-Z510, it does come with 138MB of internal memory, which should be enough for a few pictures and a handful of your favorite tunes. Setting it slightly apart from the RAZR family is the music control keys on the front, though this would probably be more useful in a handset with more storage space.

Article Courtesy of MobileBurn (click for full Article)

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...Bottom line: Sprint is really making bold moves into the TV arena and I have to say that paired with the video phone, music service, games, stereo speakers, and all the other many bells and whistles, the phone is amazing and the service options seem endless. Only con for me is not having the service be quad band because I travel a lot internationally, but if that’s not an issue for you - this is one sleek looking phone with a lot going on under the hood.

Review Courtesy of the RealTechNews (click for full Review)

Posted by Peter at 06:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Business and pleasure are already global, and more and more cellphones are catching up to those that lead such jet-setting lifestyles. The last of the famous international playboys, then, might be apt to check out Samsung's new quad-band world phone, the i830.

The i830 manages to "sleek up" its workmanlike design with a slide out keyboard and a handsome black casing. The touch-sensitive LCD screen is a vertically oriented 2.8", capable of displaying up to seventeen lines are readable text. While we hardly had time to put the phone through its paces, we did find the screen to be sharp and bright, and touch sensitivity very reactive. (Of course, how it'll fare Sunday afternoon will be another story. We've seen too many showgoers attack touch screens like prize fighters....

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Harnessing the speed of Sprint's new Power Vision EV-DO network, the Samsung MM-A920 music phone supports Sprint Music Store. Able to access an online catalogue of over 250,000 songs from all four major music labels, customers can immediately browse, buy, and download complete songs to their phone.

With the MM-A920, consumers can also subscribe to and watch 30 channels of live and on-demand video and audio. Through Sprint TV Live, customers can catch up-to-the-minute coverage of breaking news on FOX News Channel Live, see the latest music videos from California Music Channel (CMC), or check in on their favorite NFL team with exclusive video highlights from NFL Network....

Review Courtesy of Mobiledia (click for full Review)

Posted by Peter at 07:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Sindre Lia goes about looking cool with Samsung's most recent slim slider, the SGH-T809 from T-Mobile, finding that good things - well, mostly - really do come in small packages.

Handsets sporting brilliant displays and cameras have propelled Samsung to a top shelf placement among esteemed handset manufacturers such as Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Sindre Lia plays with T-Mobile's most wanted handset at the time of writing; the Samsung SGH-T809 slim slider.

Being slightly wider than most handsets nowadays, the SGH-T809 measures 3.8 x 2.0 x 0.6 inches and weighs in at 3 ounces. However, as the slider handset is also very slim and light, the width is duly compensated for by an all-encompassing cool and sleek design. The most apparent design trade-off is the mediocre 5-way navigational pad, yet the numerical keypad's flat buttons fortunately interact very well indeed with the handset's user interface. It should also be mentioned that the memory and charger slots' plastic inserts on each side of the handset kept popping out in a most annoying manner.

Review courtesy of InfoSyncWorld (click for full review)

Posted by Peter at 08:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The Samsung x495 arrived with just the basics: wired earbud headset, an A/C charger, a user-replaceable battery, and user guides. The x495 has about 3 MB of onboard storage for voice recordings, images, ringtones, calendar entries, etc. Basic specs include a 128x160-resolution 65K color display, outside 96x64 pixel OLED monochrome display, and lithium-ion battery (with up to 5 hours talk time and 8 days standby time). The phone weighs only three ounces and measures 3.5 x 1.9 x 1 inches. The phone is a flip form factor device and has a very nice, well spaced, backlit keypad with very usable 5-way directional pad....

Review courtesy of Geek.com (click for full review)

Posted by Peter at 08:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Envious of LG's success, Samsung has become much more ambitious in the UMTS handset market. Their Z140 was dismissed as uninteresting and too LG-like, and sales were unimpressive. In summer 2005, Samsung tried again, this time incorporating their popular E series design to the mix. The first model that came to the market was the Z300, re-branded as Z308 by SmarTone-Vodafone in Hong Kong, and announced just one day after SmarTone's flagship Sharp SX833.

Physical Aspects
Upon first sight of the Z308, it appears to be a bulky version of their bestseller E720. The design follows pretty much the same formula, from the cover design to the hinge.

The Z308’s dimensions of 89.4mm x 47.4mm x 25.4mm (3.51" x 1.86" x 1") will give an impression of a fairly small phone, but the weight of 107g (3.77oz) and the boxy shape actually make the phone feel much larger. However, given its specifications, I cannot complain about its size.

The body of the phone is made of the usual metallic painted plastic. The build is excellent and very solid. Scratch resistance is above average and fingerprinting is not an issue.

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A great heaping layer cake of features, Sprint's Power Vision MM-A940 does everything we thought a phone should do, and then some. Although it has a few flaws, its sheer ambition and ability to surpass our expectations make it our Editors' Choice for a high-end Sprint phone.

The MM-A940 is a big (3.7 by 1.8 by 1.0 inches), heavy (4.9 ounces) phone, but you get a lot here: A 2-megapixel camera with optical zoom, full-motion streaming TV, satellite radio, over-the-air music downloads, excellent voice command, speech-to-text dictation, great game performance, Bluetooth, a business-card scanner, and a shake sensor. (Never heard of a shake sensor before? Read on.) This thing has more bells and whistles than our features chart has check boxes.

As a phone, the quality and reception of the A940 may not be quite as good as with the Sanyo 9000, but they're still good. The earpiece is loud, and the speakerphone is even louder. The sound is sharp and full of treble, as is typical with Samsung phones. We heard a touch of compression modulation on the other end of a call from the A940 and the microphone wasn't very good at filtering out background noise, but transmission quality was acceptable. The phone paired easily with a Plantronics Bluetooth headset and launched VoiceSignal's excellent speaker-independent voice dictation and command software.

Unlike Verizon's semi-crippled A970, the A940 has a full set of Bluetooth features, although they are somewhat basic and little confusing. You can transfer files between the phone and a PC or Mac, and you can even use the phone as a Bluetooth modem to connect a laptop to Sprint's EV-DO network for $25 to $70 a month depending on your data usage (for more details, see our review of the Sprint Power Vision service...

Review courtesy of ABC News/PC Magazine(click for full review)

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