14 DAY TRIAL // On Monday, November 8th, wireless carrier AT&T will bring to shelves its first handsets running under Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system, and Samsung Focus will be one of them. A pretty appealing device as a whole, the phone should sport a feature that would certainly make many people very happy, namely support for expandable memory via a microSD memory card slot.
According to a press release issued on Thursday by Samsung, the handset will offer “Expandable Memory Slot supporting up to 32GB,”and it also touts the feature in a video presentation for the device, available below.
However, the handset vendor also notes that “Focus is only compatible with microSD cards certified for Windows Phone 7.”
For those out of the loop, we should note that Microsoft warned previously that the Windows Phone 7 operating system does not support interchangeable memory cards.
However, Samsung Focus will bring the feature to the US market on November 8th, while featuring a price tag of $199.99 upon the signing of a contract agreement with AT&T.
The new mobile phone also includes a 4.0” Super AMOLED screen, along with a 5.0-megapixel photo snapper with flash and auto-focus, and with HD video recording capabilities.
The specs list for Focus also includes a Full HTML browser with pinch and zoom, aGPS with AT&T Navigator, or Wi-Fi with AT&T Hot Spots and Stereo Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity.
Moreover, the handset arrives on shelves with Microsoft Office Mobile, Windows Phone Marketplace, support for Xbox LIVE, AT&T U-verse Mobile, and with the Samsung Now Hub.
“The Focus features a customizable start screen and improved operating system look, large, iconic text for menus and content transitions to slide a user into and out of different menus,” Samsung notes.
“With the Windows Phone 7 tile-based layout, users can customize the start screen in countless ways and pin frequently used applications for one-touch access,” Sqamsung added. According to the company, users can have a number of no less than 256 live tiles on the start screen.
“The Focus also features natural touch and voice interactions, has a responsive, multi-touch display with voice activated dialing and app launch,” the handset vendor continued.