Social Connectivity Gets Real With the Samsung Reality(TM) From Verizon Wireless
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Posted on April 27, 2010 at 8:21:01 AM
Social Connectivity Gets Real With the Samsung Reality(TM) From Verizon Wireless
Touch Screen Display, QWERTY Keyboard, Next-Generation Messaging and Social Networking Features Keep Customers Connected On the Go
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 27 -- Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), today announced the Samsung Reality(TM) is now available. The sleek and stylish Samsung Reality, available in two color options - Piano Black and City Red - sports a three-inch touch screen display, full horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, customizable widgets, and multiple messaging options.
The Samsung Reality supports Samsung's unique TouchWiz interface, which offers specially designed widgets that allow customers to customize and personalize their phones. The Communities widget allows customers to update social networking sites, post pictures and upload videos to YouTube(TM) and other Web sites instantly. The Samsung Reality also features one-touch widgets, which provide instant access to favorite Web sites on the phone's full HTML Web browser.
Key features and specifications:
-- 3 inch WQVGA (240 x 400) full touch screen
-- Horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard
-- Full suite of messaging options, including text, picture, video and
voice messaging; Mobile IM; Mobile Chat; Mobile Email; and Mobile Web
Email
-- 3.2 megapixel camera with Night Shot Mode; single, multi, panorama,
mosaic and frame shot modes; and video capture capabilities
-- Photo editing features, including Dynamic Canvas, which supports flash
animations in pictures
-- Bluetooth® technology with support for headset, hands-free, Dial Up
Networking, stereo, phonebook access, basic print, basic imaging,
object push for vCard and vCalendar, File Transfer and serial port
-- Corporate Email (formerly RemoSync) support for Microsoft Office
Exchange so customers can synchronize corporate e-mail, contacts and
calendars from their office e-mail
-- microSD(TM) card slot with support for up to 16 GB (card purchased
separately)
Lifestyle features:
-- Access to social networking services
-- VZ Navigator® capable - Receive audible turn-by-turn directions to
more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with
others
-- Visual Voice Mail - Delete, reply and forward voice mail messages
without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions
-- Media Center - Access downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers,
location-based services and more
-- Personal organizer and tools with calendar, calculator with currency
converter, notepad, alarm clock, world clock and stop watch
Price and availability:
-- The Samsung Reality is now available at Verizon Wireless
Communications Stores and online at http://www.verizonwireless.com for $79.99
after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.
Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon
receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are
accepted.
-- To get the most from the Samsung Reality, customers will need to
subscribe to a Nationwide Talk or Nationwide Talk & Text plan, as well
as purchase a data package that begins at $9.99 per month for 25
megabytes with Mobile Email.
-- For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services,
visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or
go to http://www.verizonwireless.com.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 91 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ)(NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
About Samsung Telecommunications America
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit http://www.samsungwireless.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2009 consolidated sales of US$116.7 billion.
Employing approximately 157,700 people in 185 offices across 65 countries, the company consists of seven independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT- LCDs. For more information, please visit http://www.samsung.com.
Samsung Mobile is proud to provide ENERGY STAR-qualified power adapters with its mobile phones and accessories. ENERGY STAR-qualified products use less energy, save money, and help protect the environment. Products that have earned the ENERGY STAR meet strict energy-efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental
Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy.
Source: Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Lucie Pathmann, Verizon Wireless, +1-501-905-5553,
Lucie.Pathmann@verizonwireless.com
Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/
Touch Screen Display, QWERTY Keyboard, Next-Generation Messaging and Social Networking Features Keep Customers Connected On the Go
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 27 -- Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), today announced the Samsung Reality(TM) is now available. The sleek and stylish Samsung Reality, available in two color options - Piano Black and City Red - sports a three-inch touch screen display, full horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, customizable widgets, and multiple messaging options.
The Samsung Reality supports Samsung's unique TouchWiz interface, which offers specially designed widgets that allow customers to customize and personalize their phones. The Communities widget allows customers to update social networking sites, post pictures and upload videos to YouTube(TM) and other Web sites instantly. The Samsung Reality also features one-touch widgets, which provide instant access to favorite Web sites on the phone's full HTML Web browser.
Key features and specifications:
-- 3 inch WQVGA (240 x 400) full touch screen
-- Horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard
-- Full suite of messaging options, including text, picture, video and
voice messaging; Mobile IM; Mobile Chat; Mobile Email; and Mobile Web
-- 3.2 megapixel camera with Night Shot Mode; single, multi, panorama,
mosaic and frame shot modes; and video capture capabilities
-- Photo editing features, including Dynamic Canvas, which supports flash
animations in pictures
-- Bluetooth® technology with support for headset, hands-free, Dial Up
Networking, stereo, phonebook access, basic print, basic imaging,
object push for vCard and vCalendar, File Transfer and serial port
-- Corporate Email (formerly RemoSync) support for Microsoft Office
Exchange so customers can synchronize corporate e-mail, contacts and
calendars from their office e-mail
-- microSD(TM) card slot with support for up to 16 GB (card purchased
separately)
Lifestyle features:
-- Access to social networking services
-- VZ Navigator® capable - Receive audible turn-by-turn directions to
more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with
others
-- Visual Voice Mail - Delete, reply and forward voice mail messages
without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions
-- Media Center - Access downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers,
location-based services and more
-- Personal organizer and tools with calendar, calculator with currency
converter, notepad, alarm clock, world clock and stop watch
Price and availability:
-- The Samsung Reality is now available at Verizon Wireless
Communications Stores and online at http://www.verizonwireless.com for $79.99
after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.
Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon
receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are
accepted.
-- To get the most from the Samsung Reality, customers will need to
subscribe to a Nationwide Talk or Nationwide Talk & Text plan, as well
as purchase a data package that begins at $9.99 per month for 25
megabytes with Mobile Email.
-- For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services,
visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or
go to http://www.verizonwireless.com.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 91 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ)(NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
About Samsung Telecommunications America
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit http://www.samsungwireless.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2009 consolidated sales of US$116.7 billion.
Employing approximately 157,700 people in 185 offices across 65 countries, the company consists of seven independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT- LCDs. For more information, please visit http://www.samsung.com.
Samsung Mobile is proud to provide ENERGY STAR-qualified power adapters with its mobile phones and accessories. ENERGY STAR-qualified products use less energy, save money, and help protect the environment. Products that have earned the ENERGY STAR meet strict energy-efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental
Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy.
Source: Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Lucie Pathmann, Verizon Wireless, +1-501-905-5553,
Lucie.Pathmann@verizonwireless.com
Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/