Priced at $199.99 and $99.99, respectively

Nov 5, 2009 16:00 GMT  ·  By

Wireless carrier AT&T and Samsung Mobile announced today the upcoming availability of Samsung Mythic, a full touchscreen handset with AT&T Mobile TVSM capabilities, and Samsung Flight, a touchscreen slider with a full keyboard. Both handsets were slated for release on AT&T's network as soon as November 8, the two companies announced.

The new Samsung Mythic comes around with Samsung's innovative TouchWiz user interface, and sports one-touch access to a wide range of features, including AT&T Mobile TV or social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. The handset is the latest addition to the AT&T Mobile TV-capable lineup, and will deliver full access to great programming from FLO TV, including content from CBS Mobile, CNBC, CNN Mobile, COMEDY CENTRAL, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, FOX News, MSNBC, MTV, NBC 2Go, Nickelodeon and the movie channel Crackle.

Those who would like to try AT&T Mobile TV would pay only $9.99 per month, a price tag that would be put in place as soon as the new Samsung mobile phone was launched on November 8, the carrier announced. The price will also be adjusted for AT&T's existing subscribers, while new customers will receive the service for free for the first five days.

Other features the new Samsung Mythic comes around with include: - One-finger Touch and Finger Zoom; - Full HTML Web browser and full virtual QWERTY keyboard; - 3.2-megapixel camera; - Advanced Messaging capabilities (AT&T Mobile E-mail, SMS and MMS, and Instant Messenger); - AT&T Navigator (requires a separate subscription) and AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile; - Stereo Bluetooth technology; - Measures 4.49 x 2.06 x 0.5 inches and weighs 3.8 oz.

Samsung Flight comes to AT&T's lineup as a next-generation messaging device, and will become available in red and silver. It also delivers one-touch access to various features, comes with social-networking capabilities, a 2.0-megapixel photo snapper, a full HTML Web browser, support for AT&T Navigator, AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile and AT&T Video Share, and stereo Bluetooth technology, all inside a device that measures 4.17 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches and weighs 4.8 oz.

The price tags for the new Samsung phones have been set at $199.99 for Mythic (upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate) and at $99.99 for the Flight (the same conditions apply). Starting with November 8, users will find the two phones available for purchase at select AT&T retail locations and on the carrier's website.

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