Samsung and Bang and Olufsen on Tuesday have launched their latest joint music-mobile phone, Serenata, which holds 4GB of songs and has a number of other music features similar to the iPhone. It is also known as the Samsung SGH-F310.
The top half of the mobile has a navigation wheel, there are no buttons. The 2.26-inch LCD touch screen is a 240 x 240 resolution, 256K is below the navigation wheel, in the place where the buttons are found on conventional mobile phones.
The phone will work with GSM 900,1800 and 1900 MHz bands, and with HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) services on 3G networks and dedicated stereo EarSet 3 earphones and supports Bluetooth and USB 2.0. It is compatible for playback in compressed formats including MP3, WMA, and AAC.
The phone will work with GSM 900,1800 and 1900 MHz bands, and with HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) services on 3G networks and dedicated stereo EarSet 3 earphones and supports Bluetooth and USB 2.0. It is compatible for playback in compressed formats including MP3, WMA, and AAC.
The navigation wheel is intended to be used one-handed. All primary functions on the phone are controlled by the navigation wheel, including searching menus, dialing, writing and accessing music lists. The touch screen is secondary. A button on the handset switches it quickly from music to phone mode, and the screen changes from red to blue to make sure the user knows exactly what mode the handset is in.
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The handset has a built-in speaker and bass system, and can play amplified music for up to five hours through the speaker or for around 13 hours through a headset before requiring a battery charge.
Specifications:
Network: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 UMTS 2100
Data: GPRS + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
Screen: 240x240 pixels, 256k colours
Camera: No
Size: 110 x 63 x 20mm / 136 grams
Bluetooth: Yes
Memory card: No
Infra-red: No
Polyphonic: Yes
Battery life: 3 hours talk / 10 days standby
The handsets will initially go on sale in Europe by the end of the month. Pricing has not yet been determined.
Specifications:
Network: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 UMTS 2100
Data: GPRS + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
Screen: 240x240 pixels, 256k colours
Camera: No
Size: 110 x 63 x 20mm / 136 grams
Bluetooth: Yes
Memory card: No
Infra-red: No
Polyphonic: Yes
Battery life: 3 hours talk / 10 days standby
The handsets will initially go on sale in Europe by the end of the month. Pricing has not yet been determined.
