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Samsung Fascinate - An Android Phone Available on Verizon Wireless

Date Added : November 19, 2010 | Views : 370

Samsung is flooding the US market with Android phones these days. One of them is the Samsung Fascinate for Verizon Wireless. The phone is powered by a ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor and runs on Google's Android operating system version 2.1 (Eclair). Verizon is also offering an update to Android version 2.2.



Samsung Fascinate is a CDMA phone and supports dual band CDMA 800 / 1900 2G networks and CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO band 3G network. The handset measures 125 mm in height, 64 mm in width and its thickness is 10.5 mm. It weighs 116 grams which makes the phone quite compact and easy to carry. At the front of the phone, you'll find a 4.0 inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display which has a resolution of 480 X 800 pixels and supports 16 million colors. It is made up of scratch and damage resistant Gorilla glass which is environmentally friendly. Like other smartphones from Samsung, the Fascinate also features Samsung's TouchWiz user interface which looks beautiful and is very easy to use. Some of the other features include accelerometer sensor for user interface auto-rotate, proximity sensor for UI auto-rotate, multi-touch support and touch-sensitive controls.



The cell phone offers 2 GB internal user available storage. A memory card slot which supports microSD card up to 32 GB is also provided. Users can store practically unlimited entries and call records with this kind of storage. Different ringtones can also be set for each entry in the phonebook. Data connectivity options include Rev. A with speeds up to 3.1 Mbps, Wi-fi, Bluetooth version 3.0 with A2DP and microUSB version 2.0. A high resolution 5 megapixel camera allows you to take excellent quality images of up to 2592 X 1944 pixels. Video recording of 720 pixels at 30 frames per second is also supported. other features of the camera include autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, etc.



Samsung Fascinate offers some of the best features one would like to have in a smartphone. It has a music player which supports MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC files and video player which supports MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 to keep you entertained no matter where you are. A TV-out slot allows you to watch videos from your phone on your television. Users can stay connected with their friends through the social networking applications for websites like Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. Other applications include Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, document editor, image/video editor, organizer and much more.

HTC 7 Surround is one of the many phones which will run on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. The phone supports quad-band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 2G networks and HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 3G networks. It measures 119.7 X 61.5 X 13 mm and weighs 165 grams.



HTC 7 Surround sports a 3.8 inches capacitive touchscreen display which supports a resolution of 480 X 800 pixels and 16 million colors. An accelerometer sensor automatically switches the display mode to landscape or portrait depending on how you hold the phone. A proxiimlty sensor automatically turns off the display when you bring the phone close to your body during calls. This feature restrict unnecessary drainage of the battery.



HTC 7 Surround is a very powerful phone in terms of processing speed and features. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor and as mentioned earlier, runs on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Users won't have to complain about lack of storage space as the handset has an internal memory of 16 GB. In addition, a 448 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM are also provided. However, there is no memory card slot provided for using external microSD cards.



The cell phone comes with a 5 megapixel camera which allows you to take sharp and crisp images of upto a resolution of 2592 X 1944 pixels. USers can also record videos of their favorite moments using the camera. Other features include geo-tagging, LED flash, autofocus, image quality, etc. Connectivity options include Class 32 GPRS, Class 32 EDGE, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps and Wi-fi. For data transfer between other devices, features like Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and microUSB v2.0 are also offered.



HTC 7 Surround offers a complete package of entertainment. It has a music player which supports MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ file formats and a video player which supports MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 file formats. Users can watch their favorite movies and videos in high definition. For accessing the internet, a full HTML browser is provided which also supports WAP 2.0/xHTML websites. You don't have to worry about carrying a laptop when you have this cell phone in your pocket. Microsoft Office is pre-installed on the phone which allows you to do all your office work on the go without having to carry extra luggage.



In today's world, the first thing users want to know is whether they can access their favorite social networking sites on their phones. The Surround offers features which makes it easy to access your favorite social networking websites. Facebook and Twitter are directly integrated onto the phone as separate applications. A youtube client allows you to access videos as well as upload videos directly from the phone itself. Other applications include Bing Maps, calculator, digital compass, alarm clock, etc. Users can also install third-party java applications as it supports Java MIDP 2.0.



HTC 7 Surround is one of first phones using Windows Phone 7 and is exclusively available on AT&T.

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