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Samsung A800

Samsung introduce their new handset – the A800 – another slim and stylish flip-phone within a silver and chrome casing featuring enhanced messaging allowing you to download, send and received bitmapped images and polyphonic ringtones using WAP.

The A800 is a dual-band, small and sleek handset featuring organiser, alarm clock, dual LCD display, 16-bit polyphonic ringtones, flashing coloured signal indicator, stopwatch, three games, vibrate alert and currency converter with a dynamic memory that allocates memory according to your needs. Navigation of the handset is by a four-way rocker and two ‘soft keys’.

This latest edition to the Samsung collection is smaller than the T100, resulting in a smaller and compact keypad – which could be a disadvantage if texting - and the blue backlight of the A800’s greyscale screen is disappointing compared to the T100 and V200’s full colour screen. The new handset - unlike the A300 and the V200 – doesn’t feature an infrared modem either which could be used to link up to a PDA or laptop

It’s phonebook will save up to 2,000 entries with up to five numbers, emails as well as Web addresses and the 1.2.1 WAP browser still store seven WAP profiles along with 30 WAP bookmarks. The handset will display up to six lines of text, although a message reveals only four lines at any time, with the remaining two lines displaying the date and time the message was sent. The A800 gives you the option to choose one of the 10 pre-loaded ringing tones as your text message alert, link callers to individual ringtones from a choice of 16 fixed polyphonic ringing tones. There’s also the option to personalise your phone by using one of the 12 pre-installed images in the handset as a background with the facility to download more via WAP – up to a maximum of 30 images in the handset.

Samsung describe the A800’s memory as ‘dynamic’, which means it is shared for storage of text messages, EMS images, ringtones and the phonebook. The three pre-installed games – Fortress, X-Fighter and Space War - are similar to the early ‘80’s arcade games but unfortunately the handset doesn’t allow you to download any more new games, which is a shame for the avid gamer!

• WAP 1.2.1
• EMS, SMS
• LCD blue background light
• 16 polyphonic ringtones
• 3 Games
• Vibrate Alert
• Downloadable ringtones & graphics
• Voice Dial
• T9 predictive texting
• Link ringtones to callers
• Organiser
• Calendar
• Alarm clock, stopwatch,
• Converter for currency, length, weight, volume & area
• Weight: 68g
• Size: 80 x 38 x 22
• Talktime: 3hrs
• Standby Time: 150 hrs