Samsung Seek Phone Announced
Sprint and Samsung Mobile today announced immediate availability of Samsung Seek™, an affordable and compact messaging device featuring a full-QWERTY slide-out keyboard, intuitive touchscreen and the speed of Sprint’s 3G network. Customers can express their individual style with three color options and an easy-to-use, customizable menu system that provides instant access to their favorite features and applications.
Samsung Seek
Samsung Seek is now available in Cool Blue and Scarlet Red in all Sprint retail channels for $29.99 with a new two-year service agreement, after a $50 mail-in rebate (taxes and surcharges excluded). It will be available in Fantasy Pink beginning June 6.
With the launch of Samsung Seek, Sprint and Samsung are the first in the United States to trial a new recycling solution that enables customers to easily reuse the packaging to ship old wireless phones, batteries, accessories and data cards with a postage-paid paper mailing label.
Feature-Rich Device
Samsung Seek provides convenient messaging features, including threaded text messaging, picture messaging, instant messaging and quick shortcuts to popular social networking applications such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. It also makes multitasking simple. Customers can listen to their favorite songs while surfing the Web, playing games or checking e-mail. Features include a 1.3 megapixel camera, expandable memory with microSD card (supports up to 32GB) and Sprint Family Locator. Customers don’t have to wait for technology to catch up with their lives; Sprint provides advanced technology so they can get what they want, now! The Now NetworkTM is about matching human needs with technology to give people the wireless experience they want.
“Samsung Seek offers Sprint customers the best messaging features and multimedia favorites in a compact and stylish design,” said Omar Khan, chief strategy officer for Samsung Mobile. “Seek provides easy customization and quick access to favorite applications and functions, and features prepaid recyclable packaging that makes mailing your old mobile phone to be recycled simple and convenient.”
Samsung Seek Specifications
Entertainment/Personalization
- Instant access to social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
- 1.3 megapixel camera
- Built-in music player with microSD card slot (supports up to 32GB)
- Customizable menu system
- Three exciting color options – cool blue, scarlet red and fantasy pink
- Access to corporate and POP3 e-mail, including AOL, Gmail, Yahoo! and MSN/Windows Live Hotmail
- Downloadable games and applications
Productivity
- Slide-out, full QWERTY keyboard
- Text messaging (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging (MMS) support
- Web browser capabilities
- Automatic speech recognition
- Sprint Picture Mail
- Dedicated keys for quick access to popular applications
- Contact and calendar sync
- Wireless Backup to restore contacts if the device is lost, stolen or damaged
Other
- Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches; 3.9 ounces
- Display: 2.6” QVGA 262K TFT inches TFT (240 x 320 pixels and 65k)
- Standard 1000 mAh battery: up to 5.8 hours continuous talk time (depends on phone usage patterns and conditions).
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