Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless voice and 3G data network, and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the number one mobile phone provider in the United States*, today announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Continuum™, a Galaxy S™ smartphone. The Continuum is the world’s first smartphone designed with a dedicated ticker display, which provides users with up-to-the-minute news, sports, finance and social networking updates for maximized multitasking.
The Continuum features two separate but integrated displays: a 3.4-inch touch screen Super AMOLED™ main display and a customizable 1.8-inch Super AMOLED dedicated ticker display that streams customized information in real time. Additionally, the Continuum is powered by Android™ 2.1, with support for Google Mobile Services, including Gmail™, YouTube™, Android Market™ and more. The Continuum also includes a 1GHz Hummingbird Application Processor, 5-megapixel camera, and multiple entertainment and social networking features.
Color: Mirror Black
Key features and specifications:
* 3.4-inch Super AMOLED Main Touch Screen Display – Main display provides user-customizable home screens and widgets in a brilliant screen display
* 1.8-inch Interactive Super AMOLED Ticker Display – Dedicated ticker display enables zero-click access to news, social networking, sports and entertainment feeds; users can select what content they want on the ticker by selecting from menu on display
* Grip Sensor – By touching the bottom sides of the device, the ticker display lights up to give users real-time weather, social networking services (SNS), message, IM and e-mail notification updates
* Super AMOLED Screen Technology – Brilliant screen makes watching movies, viewing videos and playing games come to life like never before, even in bright light and outdoor environments
* Android 2.1 platform – With support for Google Mobile Services, including Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and Android Market
* Preloaded with Bing Maps and Bing Search
* Full HTML Web browsing capabilities
* 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities – Allows customers to transform their phone into a wireless modem for up to five compatible Wi-Fi-enabled devices
* Advanced touchscreen gestures capabilities, including multi-touch pinch to zoom, double tap to zoom and horizontal swiping, which provides easier and quicker access to many applications, including location-based services, Web browsing and digital photos or videos
* Multiple file formats supported, including DivX and Xvid support
* Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor – Produces amazing graphics, faster upload and download times, and HD-like multimedia content
* Six-axis sensor that works with the smartphone’s accelerometer to provide a smooth, fluid gaming experience when the user is tilting the device up or down or panning the phone to the left or right
* Virtual QWERTY Keyboard Featuring Swype Technology – Input text faster and in a more intuitive way with one continuous finger motion across the screen keyboard
* Full suite of messaging options – Text, picture, video and voice messaging; corporate and personal e-mail accounts supported
* 5.0-megapixel camera/camcorder – Auto-focus and LED flash with HD video recording and playback capabilities to capture photos and videos for playback on your HD television; playback (720p) on the screen display
* Wi-Fi Connectivity (802.11 b/g/n)
* Stereo Bluetooth® Technology – Support for headset, hands-free, stereo, phonebook access, and object push for vCard and vCalendar
* Corporate Email – Supports Android Éclair Exchange ActiveSync e-mail to synchronize corporate e-mail, contacts and calendars from office e-mail accounts
* Music player features lock screen, ticker display and quick side panel controls and 3.5-millimeter headphone jack
* 8 GB microSD™ card preinstalled expandable up to 32 GB
Lifestyle features:
* V CAST Music with Rhapsody®, V CAST Video on Demand, V CAST Song ID, Visual Voice Mail, V CAST Tones, VZ Navigator®, Mobile IM, City ID, Bing Search and Maps, and Blockbuster Application
* Dedicated ticker displays up-to-the minute news, weather and SNS updates, as well as music player controls and incoming e-mail, IM, and text messages without interrupting the activity on the main display
* Samsung’s Social Hub – Built around messaging, contacts and calendar sync, which allows users to send and receive information, whether it is e-mail, social network updates or SMS messages
* Integrated Calendar information from portal calendars, on Exchange, Google Calendar™ and SNS, including Facebook®
* Integrated Contacts syncs with Exchange, Google, Twitter and Facebook – Facebook contacts display in four categories, including Info, History (previous calls and messages), Activities (status updates and notifications on social networking sites), and Media (Facebook profile photos and photo gallery)
* AllShare™ – Enables inter-device connectivity through Digital Living Network Alliance® (DLNA®), so users can send multimedia content wirelessly to other DLNA Certified®-enabled devices such as TVs and laptops
* Daily Briefing – Instant access to weather, news, stocks and schedules
* Write and Go – Quickly jot down an idea and later decide on a format, such as SMS/ MMS, e-mail, calendar or memo, to send or post to popular SNS sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
* Smart Alarm – Natural alarm sound and display automatically illuminates
* Weather Clock – Displays current time and weather of the selected city (ability to add and select other cities)
Network :
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
3G HSDPA,HSUPA
OS : Android 2.2 , upgradeable to next version of Android
Display : 7-inch WSVGA (1024×600) multi-touch screen
Weight : 385 gm
Apps : Android Market
Social Hub : Integrates SNS , email,IM and Calendar accounts,Integrated Calendar (Google/Facebook/Outlook)
Android Samsung UI : Multiple Homescreens
Hybrid Widgets
Processor : 1GHz Cortex A8 processor
Battery : 4000 mAh , 7 hours movie play
Camera : 5 mega-pixel auto-focus camera with LED flash , 1.3 MP front camera
Coonectivity : WiFi a/b/g/n , Bluetooth v3
GPS with A-GPS
Video :
Full HD (1080p) Video Player
Video recording @ 30fps (720×480)
Music
3.5mm Audio jack
Speaker
Music Player
Memory : 16GB/32GB + MicroSD (up to 32GB)
Android Browser : Flash Player 10.1 support,RSS reader
Integrated Email : GMail,MS Exchange Active Sync
Navigation :Google Maps,Latitude,Places,Google Maps Navigation
eReading : Newspaper,Book,magazine
Samsung Galaxy Tab Price in India
The new Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet is available in India at price of Rs.38,000 .
6:01 AM
,
