Samsung Launches Suede (SCH-r710) at Cricket

Today, mobile phone maker Samsung has announced the release of a new mobile phone on the market in the United States, the Samsung Suede (SCH-r710), the firm mobile phone to arrive in the country with the new Cricket Muve Music service.

According to the company, the mobile phone is expected to become available for purchase on shelves in January 2011, and should offer users the possibility to take full advantage of the new unlimited music service at Cricket.

At the same time, the handset would come with support for Cricket’s nationwide 3G network, enabling customers to enjoy voice, Web, text, video and other services more, in addition to benefiting from unlimited access to millions of songs, ringtones and ringback tones.

“Samsung Mobile is excited to launch the first handset to integrate with the innovative new Cricket Muve Music service,” said Paul Golden, chief marketing officer for Samsung Mobile.

“When you combine the handset’s sleek design and impressive feature set, such as the dedicated Muve Music button, the Samsung Suede is a device poised to redefine how people engage with a mobile music service.”

The Samsung Suede comes to shelves with a slim design, while including a 3-inch touch screen display, a virtual QWERTY keyboard, and a simple user interface.

The handset also comes with a full messaging suite, 135MB of internal memory, a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 16GB of expandable memory, and a 3.0 megapixel camera and camcorder.

The mobile phone also comes with a dedicated Muve Music button, through Cricket customers would enjoy one click access to download songs instantly over the wireless carrier’s 3G network.

“Cricket customers do not need a computer to use the Muve Music service. The Suede’s user interface features with customizable widgets, for instant access to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter,” the wireless carrier announced.

“In addition, the handset boasts an HTML web browser for fast downloads of music, video and news content, access to the Samsung Widget store and location-based services.”

The new Samsung Suede with the Cricket Muve Music service is expected to become available for purchase via select Cricket Wireless stores in January 2011. The Cricket unlimited plan including Muve Music is priced at $55 per month. The Samsung Suede should arrive with a M.S.R.P. of $199.