14 DAY TRIAL // Korean mobile phone maker Samsung came to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week with brand new handsets, among which we could see two music-oriented handsets, namely the Samsung BEATDJ and Samsung BEATDISC, both of them part of the company's BEAT Edition series. The new devices include not only great sound capabilities, but touchscreen functionality as well, while also coming in a stylish design.
The new phones, says Samsung, come with a design inspired by iconic jukebox imagery and include the latest audio technology available, as well as an intuitive user interface coupled with their touchscreen capabilities. The Samsung BEATDJ and Samsung BEATDISC come with Bang & Olufsen audio technology, as well as with Samsung's intuitive DISC User Interface, to which we can also add advanced music applications that allow users to find, purchase and recommend music.
Samsung BEATDJ comes with full-touch technology and BEAT DJ application, offering users the possibility to 'scratch' the records on the handset's 2.8-inch AMOLED display with a 240 x 400 pixel resolution. The device comes with 50MB of internal memory, as well as with a micro SD card slot that supports up to 16GB of additional storage. And we should not forget the B&O's ICEpower amplifier meant to deliver deep rich bass and crystal clear treble.
The device supports HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, EDGE / GPRS Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) connectivity, includes a 3 Megapixel CMOS camera with Auto-Focus, Geo-tagging, Smile Shot, Face Detection and video recording capabilities, and supports MPEG4 / H.263 / H.264 / DivX / XviD video formats, as well as video editing.
The BEAT DJ features include Music Filters, Scratch, DJ Mix (Effect Sounds / Recording), and it supports Poly 72 / SP-Midi / MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA audio formats. The handset also sports SRS Virtual surround sound 5.1ch, FM Radio with RDS, Bluetooth Stereo Headset, GPS and Geo Tagging, Bluetooth v2.1 EDR and USB 2.0 (microUSB) HS connectivity, New PC Studio v1.0 and Mobile widget. Samsung BEATDJ includes a 960 mAh and measures 112 x 51 x 13.9 mm.
The Samsung BEATDISC comes with a slide-out keypad while also including touchscreen capabilities. The same B&O ICEpower amplifier can be spotted on the device, as well as music recognition, tagging and recommendation application, perfectly suited for music lovers, the Find Similar, Find Music (Music Recognition) and Find Tag from Shazam.
The handset comes with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and EDGE / GPRS 850/900/1800/1900MHz connectivity, as well as a 2.6-inch Half Touch WQVGA TFT LCD, a 3 Megapixel CMOS snapper, DISC UI : Advanced Music Play UI, 3.5 headset jack, FM Radio with RDS, FM Radio Recording, and New PC Studio v1.0.
In addition, video recording capabilities, support for MPEG4 / H.263 / H.264 video formats, Bluetooth Stereo Headset, Bluetooth v2.1 EDR/ USB 2.0 (microUSB) HS, 80MB internal memory and microSD slot for up to 16GB additional storage can also be spotted with the device. The Samsung BEATDISC measures 106.8 x 50.9 x 14.7 mm.
