14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung and Verizon Wireless, have announced recently the availability of the SCH-a990, the first 3.2 megapixel digital camera phone available to Verizon Wireless customers.
The SCH-a990 enables photo enthusiasts to take high-resolution photos of a similar print quality as a standalone digital camera. In addition, the SCH-a990 boasts a number of media features, including video recording capabilities, V CAST to view video and V CAST Music to download music directly to the phone, plus Bluetooth wireless technology, to allow a customer to print pictures wirelessly from the SCH-a990 to a Bluetooth-enabled printer basic print profile.
The SCH-a990 is also a strong V CAST multimedia phone with full music, video and game capabilities on a high-resolution screen. V-CAST customers can browse, preview, download and play high-quality digital music from their SCH-a990 over Verizon Wireless' broadband network, or from the Verizon Wireless V CAST Music online store, using a personal computer. With V CAST on the SCH-a990, customers can view video clips from the hottest names in entertainment, news, sports and more in the palms of their hands.
"The launch of the a990 marks the first time a multimedia phone is fully integrated with a high resolution camera in the U.S.," said Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president, Samsung. "With a design that feels and looks like a phone and camera, Samsung's a990 is the premiere print quality camera phone for photo enthusiasts in the U.S. market."
Other key features include: 3.2 mega pixel digital camera with flash, auto focus, picture editor, PictBridge Digital Printing, Zoom, TV-out and 180 degree Swivel Screen, Camcorder with up to one-hour recording time, TXT, PIX and FLIX messaging capabilities, expandable memory with microSD memory card slot, voice dialing with advanced speech recognition, Business Card scan capability, bilingual user interface, English and Spanish, personal organizer with calendar, calculator, to-do list, currency converter, alarm clock, world time, and a stop watch.
The SCH-a990 is offered for $349.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement and is available starting today online at www.verizonwireless.com. On July 24, the handset will be available in more than 1,900 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores.