Originally published June 2 2005
Sprint and Samsung to release two megapixel digital camera phone
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Sprint and Samsung recently introduced the first two megapixel digital camera phone in the U.S. The MM-A800 slider phone also comes with a wide range of multimedia, including a digital camera and camcorder, an external removable memory card slot, speech-to-text dictation technology and a built-in multimedia player to play TV and movies offered through Sprint. The MM-A800 is expected to sell for $499.
Sprint (NYSE: FON) and Samsung today announced the first two-megapixel camera phone in the United States, the Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Multimedia Phone MM-A800 by Samsung(R).
This unique slider phone is a multimedia powerhouse, allowing customers to capture twomegapixel still images and VGA-quality videos, listen to digital music files, and text message at lightening speed with voice commands and dictation, all in one intelligently designed device.
"The MM-A800 by Samsung exemplifies the continuing consumer trend to converge the functionality of consumer electronic devices with wireless handsets," said John Garcia, senior vice president - Sales and Distribution, Sprint.
"The delivery of the first two-megapixel phone to the U.S. market reinforces Sprint's position to deliver expert technology from Samsung and offer leading data services with Picture Mail, Sprint TV, music and games."
The phone's camcorder capabilities allow customers to shoot 30-second videos, sharing them with family and friends via email or saving them as screensavers and wallpapers.
With the MM-A800 by Samsung's built-in TransFLASH expandable memory card slot, users have ample memory to store their favorite video clips and digital music files.
The MM-A800 by Samsung perfects the "all-in-one" device, enabling customers to listen to and view streaming music and video clips live and ondemand in real time from Sprint TV and other channel providers directly through the phone's built-in media player at up to 15 frames per second.
The content, played on the embedded media player, is directly delivered to the MM-A800 by Samsung from the high-speed (CDMA1X) Sprint Nationwide PCS Network.
The phone also offers the added benefit of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) quality, providing CD-like sound quality when listening to streaming music or playback of audio files.
Adding to its user-friendly consumer benefits, the MM-A800 by Samsung revolutionizes text messaging with VoiceMode speech-to-text dictation technology.
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