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Samsung Facinate Official Specifications

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:29:18 +0000

The smartphone just became brilliant. The Samsung Fascinate™, a Galaxy S™ phone, offers a robust set of entertainment features and represents a high level of mobile intelligence. Featuring a 4.0” Super AMOLED display that is stunningly bright while also conserving battery life, the Samsung Fascinate™ offers a powerful 1GHz processor. Add in the unlimited possibilities of the Android™ platform, and the Fascinate™ is truly brilliant.
Super AMOLED™: A brilliant 4.0” Super AMOLED™ screen that provides a brighter image both indoors and outdoors (in direct sunlight). The Super AMOLED screen uses less power and has a thinner profile than other screens.
Android Ecosystem: The Fascinate has the Android 2.1 platform + TouchWiz UI with an 1GHz application processor for faster downloads and streaming.
Integrated Social Hub: Unified Contacts contain all the contact information for Twitter, MySpace and Facebook, IM and email accounts. Unified Calendar provides a single point of scheduling for Outlook and Gmail calendars, as well as Facebook birthdays.
Swype: Optimized “typing” on a touchscreen phone for greater efficiency.
Multimedia Entertainment: The Fascinate comes with a native music player, a DivX video player (for better video playback quality), a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, games, access to YouTube and Android Market to make the most of all the latest and greatest in what entertains you.
Integrated Productivity & Multitasking: With Wi–Fi capability, 3G Mobile Hotspot, a pinch zoom–enabled Android browser, Skype mobile, VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail, Quick Panel (enables quick access to major features), and Notification & Quick Reply (to quickly respond to messages without task interruption) everything you need is at your fingertips. ThinkFree Office is included for viewing/editing Microsoft Office docs.

DESIGN

4.0″ 480×800 16M Super AMOLED touchscreen display
Virtual QWERTY Keyboard with Swype

BLUETOOTH v3.0

Bluetooth Profiles supported: Headset, Handsfree, Stereo, Phonebook Access, Object Push for VCard & VCalendar only, Generic Audio/Video Distribution, Audio/Visual Distribution, Audio/Visual Remote Control

CAMERA/VIDEO

5.0 MP camera w/auto–focus, and LED flash
720p HD video recording with easy upload to YouTube and playback
Video: DivX video playback

MUSIC

Create and Manage playlists
Audio Formats Supported: WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR–NB, AMR–WB, WMA, EVRC, QCELP, MIDI, SP–MIDI

FEATURES

Android 2.1 (Eclair) OS
User Interface –Android 2.1 + Samsung TouchWiz
1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Processor
2GB Internal memory
16 GB microSD card pre–installed on–device — up to 32GB microSD supported
Samsung social networking widgets (Feeds & Updates, Write & Go, Buddies now)
ThinkFree Office
Task Manager
Tools: Calculator, Alarm Clock, World Clock, Stop Watch, Timer, Calendar, Memo & Voice Commands
Bilingual User Interface: English/Espanol
Advanced Speech Recognition
Embedded Ringtones, Vibrating Alerts and Silent
Headset: 3.5mm Audio Jack
GPS /E911
TTY compatible
Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4

Services

3G Mobile Hotspot with support for up to 5 Devices
VZ Navigator capable
V Cast Video capable
V Cast Music with Rhapsody capable (Subscription, Wireless & PC Downloads)
V Cast Tones capable
V CAST Media Manager capable
My Verizon capable
VZW Backup Assistant capable
Skype Mobile™ capable
Blockbuster Mobile Application for downloading full–length movies the same day they are available on DVD.
Amazon Kindle
NFL Mobile available via the Android Market
HTML Browser
Wi–Fi capable (802.11 b/g/n)
Visual Voice Mail capable
Text, Picture & Video Messaging with threaded messaging feature
Speech to Text Feature
Bing Search
Bing Maps

Specifications

All–Digital, 1X/EV–DO Rev A (800/1900 MHz)
Memory: Flash: 512MB, RAM: 384MB
Qualcomm® QSC6085 AMSS 4.3 Patch 2 + AP Samsung S5PC111, 1GHz
Dimensions: 4.92″ (H) x 2.53″ (W) x 0.39″ (D)
Weight: 4.16 ounces
Usage Time: Up 420 minutes OR
Standby Time: Up to 312 hours
SAR: Head: 0.57 W/kg; Body: 0.52 W/Kg

Video Preview of Samsung Galaxy Tab

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:45:02 +0000

After many months of not-so-secret rumors, Samsung has officially launched their iPad Killer, Samsung Galaxy Tab. With 7inch touchscreen running on Android, the size is somewhere in between the smartphone and the Apple iPad.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3trFKYIOALo

Samsung Sold 1M Galaxy S in US in 45 Days

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:31:53 +0000

Galaxy S brand from Samsung has been popular in Korea for a while. It’s only been 45 days since Samsung first launched the same brand in US and already sold 1M units in just 45 days. This is even more impressive considering the Verizon version, Samsung Facinate, hasn’t even launched yet. Many believe Samsung Galaxy S line of smartphones running Android OS on 4 inch touchscreen are true iPhone Killers.

LG Trying Desperately to Fight Smartphone Battle with Optimus Line

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:29:16 +0000

You all know LG is one of the major player in the handset market. (#3 in the world) And yet, their smartphone market share is tiny 1.2% last quarter. You can almost write many business books on why they weren’t able to keep up with Apple, RIM, Motorola, Samsung, and Nokia.

LG is not ready to give up yet. They have increased their R&D and Marketing budget to fight the smartphone fight with their new line of smartphones named “Optimus”. The phone pictured above is “Optimus One”, running Google Android OS just other everybody else. The only difference that’s more of inside is that they are going to be using Nvidia’s Tegra chipset versus the popular Qualcomm Snapdragon or Samsung Hummingbird.

Which Motorola DROID to choose?

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:17:34 +0000

If you can’t decide between Motorola DROID 2 and Motorola DROID X, here is a deltailed video review to help you.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=akr0nRyXVe8

Samsung Epic 4G Video Review

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:15:46 +0000

Here is the video review of Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint. This is another variation of popular Samsung Galaxy tailored for Sprint, which is the only model that includes the WiMax support.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkhDZiVPJMs

Motorola DROID 2 for only $99

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:22:13 +0000

This is a just released phone and Verizon Wireless charges you $199.99, after signing 2 year contract and $100 rebate.

However, you can pick one up for only $99.99 through Let’sTalk.com.

It helps to know.

Motorola DROID 2 Video Review

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:27:00 +0000

Here is the video review of the latest iPhone Killer from Motorola with 3.7 inch screen and QWERTY keyboard.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3AWzuXG2Os

Motorola DROID 2 Official Specifications

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:14:50 +0000

Fulfill Your Need for Speed
Blaze through applications, emails, and across the web at speeds that make your average smartphone look like it’s standing still.
3G Mobile Hotspot
Share your 3G connection wirelessly with up to 5 other WiFi enabled devices..
All The Memory You Want
Store virtually limitless amount of apps, pictures, videos, music, and more with 8GB of internal memory plus a pre–installed 8GB MicroSD card. Need more? No problem, expand to up to 40GB of total memory by upgrading to a 32GB MicroSDcard..
Smart Accessories
Car and desk docks smart enough to know where you are, powerful enough to do everything you need..

DESIGN

3.7″ Touch Screen 480×854 WVGA Display — supports up to 16M colors
Slide–Out QWERTY Keyboard

BLUETOOTH

BLUETOOTH v2.1+ EDR
Bluetooth Profiles supported: Headset, Hands–free, Stereo, Audio/Visual Remote Control, Dial up Networking, Human Interface Device, Object Push for VCard, Message Access, Phone Book Access

CAMERA/VIDEO

5.0MP camera with auto focus, touch–to–focus, and face detection, panoramic modes, and more.
DVD–D1 Video capture with easy upload to YouTube, slow–motion capture, fast motion capture and more.
DLNA Wireless sharing of photos, video, and music with other DLNA compatible devices (Server, Controller, Player, Upload and Download)
Blockbuster Mobile Application for downloading full–length movies the same day they are available on DVD.
Dedicated Camera Key

MUSIC

Android Music Player
Create and manage playlists
Amazon MP3
3.5mm Headset Jack

FEATURES

TI OMAP 1GHz processor with Dedicated GPU
8GB Internal memory for emails, texts, and apps
8GB pre–installed microSDcard for music, videos, and pictures (expandable to 32GB)
Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS with Motorola Application Platform
Integrated Google , Exchange, Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter Contacts
Push Email Support: Gmail & Exchange &Yahoo
IMAP and POP, MSN Hotmail, and AOL Mail also supported.
Unified Google Calendar & Corporate Calendar (supports Exchange 2003 and 2007protocol)
WiFi Capable
Bilingual Interface
aGPS capable for E911 emergency location/sGPS
Speakerphone
Advanced Speech Recognition
Virtually limitless contacts (only constraint, on–board memory (8GB).
TTY compatible
Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3/T3

Services

3G Mobile Hotspot with support for up to 5 Devices
Visual Voice Mail capable
VZ Navigator via the Android Market
Skype Mobile™
My Verizon capable
V CAST Media Manager capable
VZW Backup Assistant
Full Suite of Google Apps including Google Maps with Street View, transit and Wikipedia information; GTalk with Presence; Gmail; YouTube™, Latitude, Google Calendar
Webkit5 HTML Browser
Photo Sharing: Facebook, Picasa , Photobucket® and Print to Retail

Specifications

All–Digital, 800/1900, CDMA EVDO rev A
Dimensions: 4.58″ (H) x 2.38″ (W) x 0.54″ (D)
Weight: 5.96 ounces
Usage Time: Up to TBD minutes OR
Standby Time: Up to TBD hours
SAR: Head: 1.49 W/kg; Body: 1.50 W/Kg
Battery: 1400 mAH Li–Ion

HTML Web Browser
3.7″ Touch Screen
5.0 Megapixel Camera
8 GB microSD™ Card Pre–installed
Slide–out QWERTY Keyboard
V CAST Media Manager
Bluetooth®* Stereo Support
Skype Mobile™
TTY Compatible
Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3/T3
For details on Hearing Aid Compatibility, see About Us — Accessibility.
Meets FCC SAR limit. Manufacturer’s highest FCC reported SAR 1.49 W/kg at ear, 1.50 W/kg on body. Actual SAR may vary.

Included Accessories

Standard Lithium Ion Battery
Wall/USB Charger (USB Cable)
8GB MicroSD Card Pre–installed
Getting Started Guide
Product Safety and Warranty Guide

Google Maps™ with Navigation^BETA
Blockbuster Mobile Application for downloading full–length movies the same day they are available on DVD.
Upload Videos Directly to YouTube™
GPS
Visual Voice Mail
Full Suite of Google Apps
Download MP3s from Amazon Music Store

Samsung Captivate only $49.99 at Amazon

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:33:17 +0000

Samsung Captivate is the Galaxy S variant version for AT&T. While most iPhones and iPhone killers are priced at $199.99 with 2 year agreement, sometimes you can find a better deal through Amazon and here is a perfect opportunity to get yourself one of the top Android phone for AT&T.