Verizon is now offering the Samsung Trance, a music-centric
phone with touchpad navigation and enhanced audio quality backed by
Bang & Olufsen's ICEpower amp. The slider Samsung Trance has
1GB of internal memory(expandable to 32 GB with microSD), answers to
voice commands, has access to the mobile web and V CAST.
The Samsung Trance from Verizon also has A-GPS, a 1.2 megapixel camera and MMS. It comes in Piano Black and Electric Red.
Verizon Wireless has
priced the Samsung Trance at $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a
new two-year customer agreement or you can use the Wireless and Mobile News' coupon-link Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchase and you don't have to wait for the
rebate, the rebate is deducted from your order. Music
- V CAST Music with Rhapsody (subscription & PC downloads) -
allows customers to choose from more than 5 million songs, download the
master copy of their songs to their PCs free of digital rights
management (DRM) software and sync their favorite tracks, albums and
playlists from their PCs to their Samsung Trance phones using a USB
cable (Note: over-the-air music downloads are not supported) - microSD card slot that supports up to 16 GB of additional music (card purchased separately)
- Music player for .mp3, .wma, unprotected .aac and unprotected .aac+ formats
- 1 GB internal memory dedicated for music (actual formatted capacity is less)
- Create and manage playlists
- Ability to multitask while listening to music
- One touch access to music
Camera
- 1.3 megapixel camera with NightShot
- Brightness adjustment
- Self Timer: off, three, five or 10 seconds
- Color Effects: normal, black and white, antique, negative, green, aqua
- Preview mode
- Resolution adjustment: 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, 128 x 96
- Digital zoom
- Multishot
Bluetooth
- Supported Profiles: headset, hands-free, stereo, basic imaging,
Object Push for vCard and vCal, serial port and phonebook access
Voice/Audio
- Embedded ringtones, vibrating alerts and silent
- Sound technology by Bang & Olufsen ICEpower
- Voice Commands: voice dial, menu readout, digit dial readout, text message readout, and call alert
- Speakerphone
General
- Bilingual interface: English/Español
- Airplane mode
- Personal organizer: calendar with scheduler, notepad
- Tools: alarm clock, world clock, calculator with converter, stopwatch
- Phonebook with up to 1,000 entries with multiple contacts
- Speed dialing
- Hearing aid compatibility = M4 T3
Specifications
- CDMA 1x 800/1900 MHz digital only
- Dimensions: 4" x 1.97" x 0.55" with battery
- Screen size: 2.1"
- Display: 176 x 220 pixel, 262K TFT color
- Number of lines: eight
- 3.5 mm headset jack
- Weight: 3.53 ounces with standard battery
- SAR: head 1.34 W/kg, body 0.907 W/kg
- Usage time: up to 270 minutes with standard battery or
- Standby time: up to 300 hours with standard battery
Additional Services
- Mobile web capable - customizable, enhanced wireless access to the latest in news, sports, weather and more
- Mobile Email, Mobile Web Mail, and chat-capable
- Media Center - downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, location-based services and more
- Text, picture, and voice messaging with threaded messaging feature
- Chaperone® Parent-capable - customers can view location information
or be notified of the whereabouts of the Chaperone Child phone - Chaperone® Child-capable - allows the Samsung Trance to have its
location shared with family members via the Chaperone Web site, the
Chaperone® Parent application or Child Zone® SMS alerts - VZ Navigator(SM)-capable - customers can get audible turn-by-turn
directions to more than 15 million points of interest and share the
directions with others