Samsung i760 Black Phone (Verizon Wireless)

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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.