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Samsung Messager, aka SCH-r450, is a new cool cell phone released by Samsung with features designed to make Internet browsing and wireless communication on the go easier. It is available via MetroPCS, a telecommunications company from the United States that provides attractive plans starting at $30 per month for unlimited local calls, long distance calls, text messaging, voice mail, global text messaging, email, web access, picture messaging, premium directory assistance, MapQuest Mobile, and Instant Messaging, all with no contract. MapQuest is a useful service delivering step-by-step driving and walking directions, multi-point directions when you have to stop in several places during your trip, 16 million points of interest, full-color maps of US and Canada with zooming, Send to Cell feature with which you can plan a route on your computer and then send it to your cell phone, and advanced routing options.

Samsung Telecommunications America’s Messager handset is a bar cell phone with a sliding QWERTY keyboard coming out from a side, offering an ergonomic way of staying in touch with friends.

"The stylish horizontal slider of the Samsung Messager is easy to use," said Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer of Samsung Telecommunications America. "The Samsung Messager's attractive layout and QWERTY keyboard is a great fit for people who love text messaging."

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Samsung Messager comes in black and has a built-in 1.3MP camera, email, Instant Messaging, voice recognition technology, stereo Bluetooth, speakerphone, MP3 music player, microSD slot to expand the internal 20MB memory and add more media up to 2GB, messaging services, and a 2.1-inch TFT display of 262K colors and a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels, which is large enough for writing messages, read emails and browse the web.
The user can open files or close tasks using voice commands recognized by the speech recognition technology enabled in the handset.



Samsung Messager mobile instant messenger measures 4.4 x 2 x 0.7 inches at 4.58 ounces and features also an external black&white display, up to 4 hours of talk time, 250 hours of standby, and camera functions like self-timer, multi-shot, photo effects, economy mode for medium quality pictures. The Night Shot mode is meant to create pictures of the same quality in low light conditions, like inside the house or out during night, as in a sunny day.

It is available at a price of $199 and you can add optional accessories such as a cool case, holster, Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth car kit, travel charger, and charms.

The Samsung E840 is the world’s slimmest slider mobile phone measuring just 10.6 mm thick, and it was released last year with support for GSM 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies, MP3 player, 1000 phone book entries, 70 MB internal memory shared with the applications and expandable via a microSD card slot, EDGE connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0, email, Internet browser, games, and a Li-Ion 690 mAh battery providing up to 4 hours and 30 minutes of talk time or 360 hours of standby.

The handset measures 101.5 x 52.5 x 10.6 mm at 99 grams and sports a 2.2-inch large TFT LCD display of 256K colors and with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, integrating a 2MP digital camera for pictures and video recording on the go. It captures still images at a resolution of up to 1600 x 1200 pixels.

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Other features of the Samsung E840 include Java, FM radio, TV-out, document viewer for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF, as well as Organizer, to do list, stopwatch, and voice memo.
Users can organize their files for increased productivity on the go and even print their work wirelessly via the Bluetooth Printing capability with a compatible printer model. Wired printing can be done with the PictBridge suing the USB connectivity.



The Premium Black graphic user interface is intuitively designed with cool colors and the uMenu, which helps in keeping track of the user’s favorite functions.
The handset model also features multi-tasking via PIM and it can be connected to different electronic gadgets either using the Bluetooth wireless capability or the TV-out for enjoying cool videos recorded on the phone, directly on a large TV display.



CHIP Chick found it available in other colors too, in Topaz Gold, Noble Blue and Candy Pink, the latter version designed probably for women.
The store offers it at prices ranging between $199 and $212, depending on the color you choose, and you can opt for special engraving if you plan to make a gift, with the Monotype Corsiva font style, but this will cost you additional $39.99.

Samsung J600E is a slider cell phone announced in spring 2007 and available in stores at a low price of around $140, providing basic functionalities such as MP3 player, photo call, USB connectivity, GPRS, FM radio, voice command and card slot for additional external memory.

It is also a quality camera phone integrating a 1.3 mega pixel sensor, video recording and being capable of capturing images at a high-resolution of up to 1280 x 1024 pixels.
As all the other built-in mid-level digital cameras with no image stabilizer or high sensitivity, this cell phone model from Samsung captures clear images in almost any light condition, but not with a high sharpness level. This is an example of picture taken with the J600.

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You still can rely on it when you need to take fast shots on the go, and besides this, it looks very stylish coming in this always modern glossy blue finish. Of course, there are other colors available, like classic black, red or silver.
It sports a chrome metallic trim, touch sensitive keys, and a design line that gives the impression it tends to narrow at the top and bottom. The handset measures 97 x 44 x 15 mm at a weight of 85 grams.



Samsung J600E is a good mobile communication solution using different applications like text messaging, email, Instant Messaging, HTML browsing for Internet web pages, and the uTrack, which is a tool you could set to alert you with an SMS message, in case it detects that the SIM card was changed. This way the chance to recover your lost or stolen cell phone increases. Also, it can send SOS messages in case of an emergency. The uTrack is included among uPlus phone’s capabilities.



The display measures 1.9 inches in diagonal and is a TFT with 65K colors and a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels.

Although it has vibration, it doesn’t come with the Silent mode, needed when you are in a meeting or sleeping, but other features raise its quality level, and here we have: 1000-entries phone book, 20MB internal memory, Bluetooth for wireless transfers, PC connectivity to upload your favorite media, Java, voice memo, and a 800mAh Li-Ion battery providing up to 3 hours of talk time and 250 hours of standby.



Samsung J600E is not one of the high-end camera phones but it is a great mobile device for basic tasks including taking pictures on the go.
It is available as J600E in Russia and as J600 in other countries.

Samsung strikes again with a new high-end handset with powerful capabilities, trying to beat the Nokia N96 this time.

The new Samsung i8510 mobile phone, also called INNOV8, is the world’s first model running on Symbian operating system, with DivX certification to support high-quality DivX movie playback. Another powerful feature is the built-in 8MP camera with autofocus, image stabilizer, 30 fps video recording in VGA format and 120 fps in QVGA, flash, and the capability to capture images at up to 3264 x 2448 pixels. Does this mean it's the best camera phone of the moment?
There is also a secondary camera for video calls.

"Samsung INNOV8 users value video and image quality on their devices, and Samsung is dedicated to upholding their expectations of a superior multimedia experience,” said Younghee Lee, Vice President of Samsung Mobile Marketing Group. “Expanding the offering of Samsung mobile phones with DivX technology allows us to provide consumers with advanced media features and reliable high-quality.”

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From the press release we find out that the handset will be available next month delivering high-speed data transfers of up to 7.2 Mbps via the 3G HSDPA technology, a 2.8-inch TFT display of 16 million colors with accelerometer sensor for landscape mode, optical mouse, multimedia player, unlimited phone book entries and call records, up to 8GB expanded memory via a microSD card, 128MB RAM, up to 16GB internal memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, email, push email, Instant Messaging, HTML, GPS, A-GPS, geo tagging, smart reader, auto-panorama shot, smile shot, blink shot, video editor, FM radio with RDS, and advanced mobile games like FIFA 2008.



Measuring 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm, Samsung INNOV8 powers from a 1200mAh Li-Ion battery that lasts no less than 8 hours and 30 minutes in talking mode or 310 hours in standby.
Check back later or subscribe to our newsletter, to find out the price of Samsung INNOV8.

On the Korean market, Helio, the mobile virtual network operator wireless carrier, has launched 2 new cool cell phones, the white version of Mysto and a red Heat aka Samsung-a303, according to cellaz.
We have no idea i it will break out from Korea to be available in Europe or US, but at least we have their specification.



Mysto and Heat Helio cell phones follow the classic Samsung design line for its slider cell phones, and both are very sleek and stylish.

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Mysto features GPS with turn-by-turn voice directions, multimedia messaging, email, HTML browser with zoom, RSS feeds, and access to MySpace and Facebook, while integrating a 2MP camera with flash for taking nice pictures on the go, 4GB memory support to store anything you like, multimedia plyer for music and videos, stereo Bluetooth compatible with stereo headsets, and a 2.2-inch QVGA display of 260K pixels, with 240 x 320 pixel resolution.

The slider handset measuring 4.1 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches at 3.35 oz comes in Sapphire Blue and White, with 3G support for fast connectivity, providing up to 3.5 hours of talk time. Other features include voice-activated dialing, 106MB internal memory, microSD card slot, video recorder, and haptic touchkey interface for easy browsing.



Helio Heat sports an electrostatic touchpad (capacitive sensing), touch control interface, featuring 3G, GPS tracking capability, Bluetooth wireless technology, 136MB internal memory, a built-in 1.3MP camera with flash, video recorder and photo editor, as well as multimedia player. It has space for up to 5,000 contacts in the phone book, and in addition, it allows the user to talk for up to 3 hours continuously, or keep the handset in standby mode for 8 days.



It measures 3.6 x 1.8 x 0.6 inches at 3.17 ounces, and includes voice recorder, picture caller ID and video caller ID among other functions.
Mysto in Sapphire Blue and Heat Helio cell phones, are available at around $230 and $200 respectively.