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AT&T and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) yesterday announced the availability of a brand new touchscreen phone, based on advanced technologies, called Samsung Eternity. In addition, the provider of local and long distance telephone services, DSL Internet and wireless service in the United States also announced that a 30-day free trial is now available for new AT&T Mobile TV subscribers.

I’m sure you all know about the TouchWiz series that was recently announced by the South Korean company to launch on the US market, and the Samsung Eternity is also part of this range of mobile devices. Therefore, users are given the chance to personalize the interface the way they want, as the phone is equipped with specially designed widgets. The TouchWiz interface makes it easier for you to access your favorite features. Using the “drag and drop” feature, for example, important features, such as the clock, music player, instant messaging, photos and AT&T Mobile TV are all at the click of a button, available directly from the home screen.



“The Eternity brings the big screen to the palm of your hand”, said Bill Ogle, chief marketing officer, Samsung Telecommunications America. “This touchscreen mobile TV handset is part of Samsung’s TouchWiz and keeps you entertained and connected on the go”.

Having lots of multimedia features, the Samsung Eternity is a dreaded competitor for similar handsets, as it’s equipped with one-touch access to AT&T Mobile TV and a full-touch QWERTY keyboard. This way, customers are provided with quick access to mobile broadband Web from one of the fastest national 3G networks, AT&T Navigator and AT&T Mobile Music with with Napster Mobile.



The black and chrome device is also provided with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and with haptic support. This way the connection between you and your phone is significantly enhanced, not to mention the fact that the subtle vibrations are the best confirmation that the selections you’ve made are successful. Three dedicated keys are placed on the lower half of the device that facilitates the operation straightforward and the navigation in the same time. On the other hand, the accelerometer, which is designed to automatically detect motion and the orientation of the device, allows users to enjoy more and more applications and additional feature capability, such as autorotation of the display, games that sense the motion and photo scrolling by tilting the device.

“Eternity can provide endless entertainment options for AT&T customers”, said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president, Devices for AT&T Mobility and Consumer operations. “Our customers are looking for mobile phones to a remote control for their life, bringing music, the Internet, GPS navigation and even TV with them on the go”.

A very appealing service is the AT&T Mobile TV that enables a continuous streaming television content and sporting events from top networks, including programming from leading entertainment brands such CBS Mobile, CNBC, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX News, FOX Mobile, NBC 2Go, MSNBC, MTV, Nickleodeon, CNN Mobile and PIX. As far as the new subscribers are concerned, they can go to an AT&T store for the 30-day free trial that is available through the end of the year.

Other key specifications of the Samsung Eternity include the 3.0 megapixel camera with video capture, Video Share calling, advanced messaging capabilities, including Mobile Email and instant messaging (Yahoo!, Windows Live, AOL), Bluetooth technology and a microSD memory card slot that allows you to increase the storage capacity up to 8GB. The Eternity is equipped with a browser that provides the user with the ability to surf the Internet, navigate pages and support easy zoom-in and zoom-out capabilities. The Eternity also includes dual-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM technology, which allows AT&T customers to make calls in more than 200 countries and download data in more than 150.

For those who are interested in purchasing the Samsung Eternity, the handset is available through AT&T retail locations or online at AT&T’s official website for $149.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate.

(Source: Samsung)