Samsung's answer to the iPhone
Akihabara News was one of the first to notice this morning that Samsung has announced a rival to the still-yet-to-be-released iPhone from Apple.
Samsung said in a statement that it will reveal the Ultra Smart F700 at the 3GSM World Congress next week, but did offer a few specs and photos to tide us over until then.
Similar in look and function to Cingular 8525 smart phone, the Samsung Ultra Smart F700 also has a slide out QWERTY keyboard and touch screen. The screen is about 2.78 inches and responds to drag and drop. The smart phone also has a 5-megapixel digital camera, Bluetooth capability and SD card slot.
Most important to someone like myself, it has WAP 2.0 for connecting directly to the Internet from your phone without the need for a Wi-Fi connection. It also has High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) that runs at 7.2 Mbps, which Samsung says will enable you to download an MP3, which the device also plays, in 4.4 seconds.
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One more thing I personally like about the F700 is the pinstripes on the front. I think it adds a little more flair compared with the Cingular 8525's rather boring gray body. Of course, I am a Yankee fan living in Boston, so anytime I see pinstripes it's a thrill.
No word on when this baby is coming to the U.S. or how much it will cost to own and use it, given the need for full data plans with this type of smart phone.
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I mean to come up with 5 megapixel camera onto that too
If they actually copied IPhone in like a month with better features, they truly are the geniuses
although Samsung is huge, the Apple brand will bring out hype in the entire tech
world, and also outside of it... The day after iPhone's announcement, FOX, CNN,
NBC, and ABC all had someone talking about it. Even a political talkshow I
listened to mentioned it.
Plus: the iPhone is pretty great. It has yet to be released and it still is packing a
bunch of revolutionary features: and should be very fast and stable... unlike
Samsung's notably slow smartphones.
buy something else...something WILL soon come along, maybe next month?
the samsung doesnt have the ipod
the iphone will work great with macs and especially itunes
the samsung doesnt have the ipod
the iphone will work great with macs and especially itunes
The Samsung phone offers more features packed into it's interface:
a.) It sports a replaceable battery.
b.) It sports an SD slot.
c.) It will probably work with mainstream mail servers.
d.) It's camera is 5 megapixels - the Apple phone only has 2
e.) It will probably play un-DRM'ed MP3 and AAC files.
So that would make the Apple phone like so 5 minutes ago...
Requiring a phone user to focus their eyes on your interface the entire time they use it is probably not the best idea. To use a touchscreen-only phone requires a person's undivided attention, something the average phone user does not always have when making calls.
Their Ipods can only play music up to like 10~ watever hours when others can offer upto 40~50
a cell phone must be able to last a couple of days, but IPhone, I think will last like 12 hours or so. It is becuase of OS inside the phone, graphics and ppl wanting to watch videos on it (If they watch videos, I think it will last like 3 hours)
nowhere near the same catagory since iPhone is a fully functional PDA and
multimedia device as well. But for those who don't care about those features,
this Sammy might be a better (and cheaper?) choice
- Price of Phones????
- by ktov90 April 30, 2007 10:54 PM PDT
- What will the ultrasmart phone cost, and when will it be sold to the public? Same for the iPhone..
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