AT&T launches Samsung Eternity
The Eternity has a large touch screen.
(Credit: Samsung)As we told you when we reviewed the recent Samsung Behold, touch-screen phones are in. Indeed, with models such as the Behold, the Instinct, and the Delve, Samsung has been at the forefront of this trend. And now its brings touch-screen loveliness to AT&T with the Samsung Eternity.
Also called the SGH-A867, the black-and-chrome Eternity has a 3.2-inch display with haptics vibrating feedback, Samsung's TouchWiz interface, and an accelerometer. Inside you'll find support for AT&T Mobile TV, GPS, a 3-megapixel camera, messaging and e-mail, Bluetooth, a microSD card slot, AT&T's Video Share, a full HTML browser, 3G connectivity, a speakerphone, and organizer options. The Eternity is $149.99 with a two-year contract.
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Kent German is a senior editor for cell phone reviews at CNET. When he's not testing the newest handsets on the market, he's blogging about cell phone news for Crave. In his On Call column, he answers reader questions and gives his take on the rapidly changing mobile industry. E-mail Kent.
Then I glanced at that 60x128 jpeg of the phone, saw the features and price tag, and changed my mind. While I don't think it's a phone that I'd want over an iPhone, it's definitely a cool phone. Samsung's been pretty good with their own hardware/software but usually miss out a little on the small details in the software. Like the YP-P2 and it's "DivX/XviD" support. But hey, this phone definitely is in the higher tier for now. Where's the review?
Thanks!
What more can you ask. There's already a fans forum called http://www.Samsung-Eternity.com LOL
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scrolling contact list that scrolls instead of accidentally opening whatever address your finger is near when you scroll.... grrr. God forbid one should ever be in a hurry, or stressed, or in danger, or in anger, or sleepy, or 1.5 sheets in the wind, and you need to reach one of your contacts. (note: there could be a trick to this that I just haven't figured out yet... advice??)
Other than that... this is a dreamboat of a phone. It's just like a tiny, beautiful flat screen tv. And somehow the front doesn't get all dirty and smeary like other phones. Great speakers, good volume control on the speakerphone, really, what more can you ask... besides voice dial and a scroll function that works better.
i wish that cnet would hurry up and put a video review and phone description and everything because they give the best one
Where on earth can I find the SAR Rating?!
I hang out at http://www.Samsung-Eternity.com very often.
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by zeropoint1
January 2, 2009 4:54 PM PST
- if you really want this phone, or any others, try going to walmart.com and searching on cell phones. GREAT DEALS!!!
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