The super-smart Samsung Fascinate for Verizon Wireless brings a completely integrated entertainment, messaging, and social networking experience to your mobile, thanks to its open and innovative Android 2.1 platform. you will be able to nothing through the online and multitask between a bevy of apps with the Fascinate's 1 GHz processor and ultra-fast 7.2 Mbps 3G connectivity.
In addition to high-speed connectivity on the quick and reliable Verizon Wireless 3G network, you'll conjointly share the built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot via Wi-Fi among five devices--laptop, another phone, MP3 player, and additional (additional service charge).
The Samsung Fascinate is additionally compatible with the V solid Music with Rhapsody service, which allows you to purchase songs through your phone and download them via the quick Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO knowledge network, and also the V solid Video on Demand service that allows you to watch full-length TV shows and news, sports, weather, and live entertainment video clips. you'll conjointly stay on target thanks to the VZ Navigator GPS turn-by-turn direction service. And with the optional Visual Voice Mail service, you will be able to quickly and simply scroll through your messages and choose the ones you wish to concentrate to.
With integrated Google technology, the Fascinate brings one-touch access to the favored Google mobile services millions use on a daily basis, as well as Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street read, GTalk instant messaging (with presence capabilities), YouTube, and Picasa. The Fascinate conjointly provides easy access to each personal and corporate e-mail, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. and through Android Market, you'll get access to thousands of helpful applications, widgets and fun games to download and install on your phone, with many additional apps being added on a daily basis.
The Fascinate includes a giant 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen show that gives brighter, thinner, and higher-resolution than traditional screens. Samsung's innovative show technology makes watching movies, viewing videos and enjoying games come to life like never before, even in bright light and outdoor environments. And messaging is straightforward and straightforward with the Fascinate's virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype technology, which permits you to input text faster and in a very additional intuitive means with one continuous finger motion across the screen keyboard.
At 0.39 inches (9.9mm) thin, the Fascinate is the thinnest Android smartphone on the market, and it packs in a very 2 GB internal memory and pre-installed 16 GB microSD card (with compatibility for optional cards up to thirty two GB in size). other features embrace a 5-megapixel camera/camcorder with auto-focus and HD video recording (720p resolution), quick Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 3.0 technology for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, and slightly below 6 hours of speak time.
Key Features Samsung Fascinate Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
- Fast 3G connectivity thanks to the reliable Verizon Wireless EV-DO, Rev A network
- GPS navigation capabilities via VZ Navigator service plus Bing Maps and Google Maps (available via Android Market)
- Ultra-fast Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
- 3G Mobile Hotspot capability allows you to create a Wi-Fi hotspot using your Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO connection, which can then be shared among up to five Wi-Fi-capable devices. The 3G Mobile Hotspot is the perfect family vacation companion, and at $20 for 2 GB and 5 cents per megabyte overage, it provides an allowance big enough for sharing with the entire family for downloading games, Internet access, and more.
- Powered by the Android operating system (version 2.1) with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market.
- 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor speeds up everything--from playing games to watching shows to opening files from work.
- Swype input system allows you to input text faster and easier by gliding your finger around the keyboard, moving from letter to letter in one continuous motion. The Swype technology then calculates what word you're intending to type (learn more below).
- Samsung Social Hub provides one stop for all your updates integrates all your social networking services, messages, personal and business e-mail, calendars and contacts.
- 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display (480 x 800 pixels, 16 million color depth) is one of the thinnest, most responsive full-featured smartphones in the industry.
- 2 GB internal memory
- Pre-loaded 16 GB microSD card with support for optional cards up to 32 GB.
- 5.0-megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash.
- HD video recording (720p) plus easy upload to YouTube.
- Multi-format digital audio player compatible with MP3, WMA, and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ formats
- Blockbuster movie rentals and purchases
- DivX video playback
- Next-generation Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity provides faster throughput while minimizing on power requirements. It's compatible with new Bluetooth 3.0-enabled devices as well as backward compatible with older Bluetooth-enabled peripherals such as headsets and printers. It includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile--enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
- YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.
- DLNA compatibility allows you to stream media content from the phone to any other DLNA‐certified device. The AllShare application enables you to play a file from your phone on another player, play a file from a server on your phone, or play a file from a server on another player via your phone.
- Rich HTML e-mail application seamlessly syncs your e-mail, calendar and contacts from Gmail as well as most other POP3 or IMAP e-mail services. The Gmail application provides features such as conversation view, spam filtering, search, and labels that Gmail users enjoy on their computer while offering new features such as integration with the phone's contact list. And it multitasks, so you can read a Web page while also downloading your e-mail in the background.
- Full HTML Web browser enables you to view more pages and enjoy better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
- Instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. It also supports advanced text messaging features, enabling you to easily flag, delete or move groups of messages and keep track of group conversations through threaded text messaging.
- Text (SMS) and picture/video (MMS) messaging
- Google Calendar app syncs with the Web-based version, so any event that you add to your phone will show up on the Web-based Google Calendar (and vice versa).
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- TTY compatible
- Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4
The Samsung Fascinate weighs 4.16 ounces and measures 4.92 x 2.53 x 0.39 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7 hours of talk time, and up to 312 hours (13 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as EV-DO, Rev A 3G frequencies.