Thursday, July 16, 2009

T-Mobile Samsung highlight gets official, July release


It’s not a T-Mobile myTouch 3G (aka the dumbest name in marketing history), but Samsung is going to take care of that feature-phone segment with a new 3G handset — or at least try to. The Samsung Highlight will be available this month if you’re interested. It’ll retail for $150 after rebates and here are the official specs:

Large touch-screen display, thin-profile design
Available in two colors options: fire and ice
3 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom and video capture
Stereo Bluetooth
microSD slot for up to 16 GB of optional removable memory
Music player supports MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+
Support for SMS, MMS, instant messaging (IM) and e-mail
IM support: AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger
E-mail support: AOL, Yahoo!, additional POP3 accounts
Complete Web access through T-Mobile web2go
A-GPS with Location Based Services by TeleNav
Quad-band GSM world phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
UMTS/HSDPA-capable (1700/2100 – AWS Band IV)
Display: 1.61 x 2.64 inches, 240 x 400 pixels, 262k TFT display
4.27 x 2.11 x 0.54 inches; 3.7 ounces

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