AT&T and Samsung announced the availability of the music/multimedia SLM™ by Samsung.The SLM by Samsung will be in stores beginning Nov. 23 and is their first music phone to feature Napster Mobile™.
Napster Mobile enables AT&T's wireless customers to search a music catalog of 5 million songs, preview
samples of each song and purchase and download songs to their SLM in less than a minute for $1.99 a song or $7.49 for 5 tracks.
The SLM is a clamshell phone with a brushed metal case in brown or blue with lots of features including AT&T Video Share, mobile banking, AT&T Mobile Music, stereo Bluetooth® technology, a 2.0-megapixel camera with video capture, external memory microSD™, XM Radio and fast 3G HSPDA data access. The SLM has the special introductory price of $149.99 after a two-year contract activation agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate.
AT&T Announces the SLM by Samsung
First Mobile Phone to Support Napster Mobile
San Antonio, Texas, Dallas, Texas, November 19, 2007
Exclusive to AT&T, the SLM is a durable, brushed-metal finish clamshell-shaped device that will be available first in brown and then blue later this year. It is packed with features and services beyond Napster Mobile, including AT&T Video Share, mobile banking, AT&T Mobile Music, stereo Bluetooth® technology, a 2.0-megapixel camera with video capture, external memory microSD™ and advanced messaging options.
“The SLM by Samsung represents the best collection thus far of our music, multimedia and messaging services — just in time for the holidays,” said Carlton Hill, vice president of Product Development for AT&T’s wireless unit. “Gift-givers will want to slide this slim device into stockings all season.”
With Napster Mobile, customers will have the ability to download five tracks a month with the Napster Mobile Five-Track Pack option for a discounted price of $7.49. Songs can be purchased a la carte for just $1.99. As a special offer, customers who select the Napster Mobile Five-Track Pack from their phone will receive the first five songs at no charge.
AT&T is the only national provider to enable customers to purchase full-track songs over the air from both Napster®, one of the most popular mainstream providers of digital music nationwide, and eMusic®, the world’s largest retailer of independent music.
“Samsung is proud to work with AT&T to develop the first device to support the company’s over-the-air music services,” said Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president, Samsung. “The SLM is a first-class handset, packed with a host of multimedia features and advanced music capabilities.”
In addition to enabling users to purchase and download songs over the air, the SLM supports the full AT&T Mobile Music suite of services, including XM Radio Mobile™, Pandora, MusicID song-recognition service, and VIP access, a mobile fan club and music-discovery service.
The SLM will also be the first device to have AT&T’s mobile banking application pre-loaded on the device. On Nov. 13, AT&T announced that the application will be accessible by banking customers of Wachovia Corp (NYSE:WB) and SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE:STI).
Other key specifications of the SLM include dual-band 3G connectivity, which provides download speeds of 600 to 1,400 Kbps through AT&T’s HSDPA network, and quad-band GSM technology, which allows AT&T customers to make calls in 195 countries and download data in 139. To support music services, the SLM includes a 512MB SD memory card and 3.5 mm headset adapter.
Weighing just 3.17 ounces and measuring about one-half of an inch thick, the SLM features a 96- by 96-pixel 65K color external screen and a 176- by 220-pixel 262K TFT internal color screen.
Pricing and Availability
The SLM by Samsung will be available through select AT&T retail locations or at http://www.att.com/wireless for a special introductory price of $149.99 after a two-year contract activation agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate.
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