Verizon is now selling the Samsung Rogue is a messaging phone with a with a
horizontal slide-out, four-row QWERTY keyboard. The Samsung Rogue has threaded messaging and
one-touch access to popular social networking widgets, including
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Photobucket.
The Samsung Rogue
also features speech functions powered by Nuance to launch and control a variety of applications and
services with voice commands as well as dictate text messages.
The Samsung Rogue can use the new flexible data priciing Rogue
customers who want to check e-mail; surf the Web; and download
applications, games or ringtones will be able to select either a 25 MB
for $9.99 monthly access option or a 75 MB for $19.99 monthly access
option to couple with their Nationwide plan.
Following are additional key features and specifications for the Samsung Rogue.
- Available in bronze/black color.
- 3.1-inch ultra-brilliant touchscreen
- Widescreen WVGA AMOLED (Wide Video Graphics Array Active-Matrix
Organic Light-Emitting Diode) responsive touch screen results in one of
the brightest and clearest displays on a mobile phone in the United
States - Slide out horizontally to reveal a four-row QWERTY keypad
- Widescreen WVGA AMOLED (Wide Video Graphics Array Active-Matrix
- Full HTML Web browsing capabilities with one-touch access to social networking sites via shortcut widgets.
- Full messaging suite including SMS, MMS, Mobile IM, Mobile Email and Corporate Email.
- 3.0 megapixel camera with flash and video capture and on-device editing capabilities.
- Supports Verizon Wireless services including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video, and Visual Voice Mail.
- Media Center-capable - downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers,
location-based services, such as VZ Navigator(SM) and Chaperone. - Pre-loaded games including "NEED FOR SPEED Undercover," "Resident Evil: Degeneration," and "Tetris and Dice".
- microSD card slot with support for up to 16 GB (card purchased separately)
- File Viewer can view Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
PowerPoint and Adobe PDF documents stored on a memory card.
Customers who want to watch full-length TV shows plus news, sports,
weather and live entertainment video clips can also add Verizon
Wireless' new V CAST Video on Demand plan that gives customers access
to unlimited basic video clips, ESPN MVP and unlimited megabytes for
their V CAST Video usage for $10.00 monthly. The new V CAST Video on
Demand plan replaces the $15.00 V CAST VPak. These changes will not
impact existing customers.
The Samsung Rogue is available today for $99.99 after a $100.00 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. If you use the Wireless and Mobile News' Verizon online coupon-link you will get the rebate instantly with an online purchase.