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| View Larger Image | Samsung Impression a877 Phone, Blue (AT&T) | Wireless Phoneby Samsung
| List Price: | $299.99 | | Price: | $24.99 | | You Save: | $275.00 (92%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Sales Rank: | 219th |
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FEATURES | - 3G-powered smartphone with 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard; customizable and intuitive user interface
- Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service
- 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD expansion (to 16 GB); digital audio/video player
- Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time
- What's in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, user manual, quick start guide
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| Wireless Technologies Vehicle Power Charger for Samsung M300, M510, M520, T409, T729 [Retail Packaging]
by Wireless Technologies
This Vehicle Power Charger is a compact and lightweight accessory small enough to fit in a glove compartment, for convenient storage. Plug the charger into your vehicles 12v or 24v accessory outlet and your battery will be fully charged within 1 to 2 hours, also providing unlimited talk-time.
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by Wireless Technologies
This Rapid Travel Charger is a compact and lightweight accessory small enough to fit in a briefcase , purse or even your pocket. There is no longer the need to carry around bulky charging units when traveling. Convenient as a secondary charger at home or in the office. Plug the charger into a 110v or 220v wall outlet and your battery will be fully charged within 1 to 2 hours, also powers the phone while you talk. The smart design allows complete use of the second AC outlet.
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| Wireless Technologies Premium Vehicle Power Charger for Samsung M300, M510, M520, T409, T729 [Retail Packaging]
by Wireless Technologies
This Premium Vehicle Power Charger offers a quick and comfortable grip and adds a touch of class to this cellular necessity. Plug the charger into your vehicles 12v or 24v accessory outlet to get unlimited talk-time and to fully charge your battery within 1 to 2 hours . The thicker 4mm cord is made for durability, including an extra long strain relief to allow the cord to extend beyond 6 feet. The spring-loaded metal contacts are larger to insure the best connection while charging.
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Amazon.com Product Description
A great choice for those looking for the latest in multimedia and messaging, the Samsung Impression for AT&T offers one of the most crystal clear mobile phone viewing experiences thanks to its 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen. It's paired with a full QWERTY keyboard--great for composing long email messages and mobile blogging--which slides out from the side of the phone. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion (up to 16 GB), Samsung's intuitive and easily customizable TouchWiz user interface, digital audio player, access to personal email and instant messaging, and up to 3 hours of talk time. The Samsung Impression offers both an intuitive touchscreen interface and a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. The phone can quickly download video, music and more over AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. Additionally, with AT&T's 3G network, you can listen to a conference call on a headset while sending and receiving e-mail attachments, picture messages or Web pages at the same time. This GPS-enabled phone can access the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as its Video Share serve, which enables you to send video of yourself to another compatible phone while making a voice call. AT&T Service This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band 850/1900 MHz 3G network (UMTS/HSDPA), which provides download speeds ranging from 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps, and upload speeds ranging from 500 Kbps to 1.2 Mbps. This makes it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming. With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) While using Video Share with family and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very useful for business. For example, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an office or other site to do so. You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search. With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. Other features include Bluetooth stereo music streaming, a digital audio player, and MicroSD memory expansion to 16 GB. Phone Features The Samsung Impression is one of the first phones to feature an AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen, and its 3.2-inch screen has a 240 x 400-pixel resolution and support for 262K colors. The AMOLED screen offers a brilliant, widescreen display with a higher resolution and lower power consumption than a standard TFT LCD. And the advanced touchscreen with vibration feedback makes accessing menu items with your fingerpad, a fingertip or a stylus extremely fast and easy. For easy operation and navigation, the stylish Impression features three dedicated keys--call, end call and back--on the front of the device under the touch screen. The Impression also provides quick and easy access to a your favorite features through Samsung's innovative TouchWiz user interface, which has specially designed widgets to customize and personalize your phone. The quick and simple drag-and-drop feature provides instant access to your favorite functions, such as the clock, music player, instant messaging and photos. The phone also offers a four-row full QWERTY keyboard that smoothly slides out horizontally, and the built-in motion sensor provides auto-orientation--just tilt the phone and the screen will adjust to landscape or portrait orientation. The phone comes with an 189 MB internal memory, which is expandable via optional MicroSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size). The internal phonebook can store up to 2000 alphanumeric entries, with each contact offering space for multiple phone numbers and email addresses as well as support for caller groups and picture/ringer ID. The phone also features eight one-touch dialing numbers and display for the 30 most recent incoming/outgoing/missed calls. Capture brilliant photos and videos on the go with the Impression's 3-megapixel camera/camcorder. Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server (additional charges or subscription applicable). The 3.0-megapixel camera provides multiple resolution options (2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 2048 x 1232, and 400 x 240 pixels) and it has a 3x digital zoom. Other features include brightness adjustment, multishot capabilities (up to 9), and a self-timer (2, 5 or 10 seconds). The phone also captures video clips with audio (up to 1 hour in length). Other features include: PC Studio Manager helps you transfer your favorite music, photos and videos between your phone and computer SMS text and MMS picture/video messaging Mobile Email--Yahoo!, AOL, AIM, Windows Live, AT&T Yahoo!, & BellSouth Accounts Instant Messaging--AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo! Messenger Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm, tasks, memo, calculator, converter, world clock Multilingual text display (English, French, Spanish); T9 predictive text entry for English and Spanish 72-note polyphonic music tones/MP3 ringtones Digital audio player with support for MP3 and AAC file formats Voice memo recorder Speakerphone with mute functions Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures) Vital Statistics The Samsung Impression weighs 5.3 ounces and measures 4.48 x 2.28 x 0.61 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's HSDPA 3G network (850/1900 MHz). |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 29 reviews)
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I don't really know what to say... by V. Mursalov (New York, NY)  3 Stars
October 22, 2009
Ok, I've been using this phone for over than month now. It's not my fav phone, usually I'm a big fan of smartphones (blackberry, nokia, htc) but what AT&T charge for smartphone data plan is crazy, not to mention blackberries plans. So I decided to do a little research and found out that this phone is very close to smartphones and I decided to buy it. If you're looking for smartphone, just buy it, don't buy anything that says "almost smartphone".
For first few days this phone was amazing. Like with any new toy I was using it almost 24/7.
Pros: The qwerty keyboard is amazing. Easy buttons, feels nice, plenty of space for fingers. The screen is bright, the menu is simple.
Cons: AT&T crap! You can't delete it! There are ways to remove them (google it), but I'm just lazy to do it. Another thing is no Gmail support on mobile email application. No pop3, imap, smtp support as well. Samsung is pretty muched locked for any 3rd party applications. Google map is not designed to work with touch screen, so it's useless. Games are trials, you need to buy them. There's no attachments on emails. No 3mm earphone output. You need to buy adapter or special earplugs. You need to power cycle the phone, otherwise, and yes it was mentioned in other reviews, the phones stops sending messages and won't login to IMs. Widgets are useless, at least for me.
Overall: It's nice text messaging phone and this is pretty much it. If the fix annoying bug with messaging with will be even better.
Update: Having issues with buttons. When I press once I get like 3 of the same letters.
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Hate this phone! by C. Cribb (Philadelphia, PA)  1 Stars
October 06, 2009
I have had the impression for 3 months now and it's horrible. The touch screen is not responsive and its constantly freezing. Now I know the everyone will say that I simply got a bad phone, but my fiance has the same phone and the exact same problems. Approximately 2-3 times DAILY we have to power cycle the phones because they just stopped sending text messages, or the screen will keep going pink. I hate this damn phone, don't buy it!
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Wow Some people are just plain stupid by Elizabeth Cerefice (Honolulu, Hawaii USA)  5 Stars
September 24, 2009
So I've had this phone for awhile now. I have had no problems with it. I can surf the internet and go to any site I want to. With no problems. It is def faster than my old phone (Razor V3) Pages load in like 10 seconds or less. Really no complaint there. People say the keyboard is in a weird place? How can that be its a SLIDER phone, and its supposed to be like that. The keyboard is great, real easy to type with. I have avoided anything coming into contact with my phone tho, just because I like it and I want to keep it liek new. So this is what I did. First buy a hard case to protect the phone, they run between 6 and 20 dollars here on amazon. Also buy a LCD Screen protector for the phone as well, these are not expensive on amazon, I have 3 for 3 dollars. That way you dont have to worry about scratching the touch screen. And Finally as an extra precaution,I have a leather case that I put my phone into when I put it in my purse or its just laying around on the counter and someone may knock it down. With these steps your phone will last. Its a great phone, and its cheap to protect it. Now I have not had this phone for a year yet, so I dont know how the overall lasting of the phone is, but I do know ATT is normally more than happy to replace any broken or defected phone. I know this cause in the past two years i've had 8 phones, all which had weird things wrong with. Buy the protective stuff, and this phone and you will be one happy person!
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Phone locks up and has numerous annoyances - AVOID by Tabe (Spokane, WA USA) 1 Stars
September 22, 2009
My wife and I both got Samsung Impressions when we switched to a texting package with AT&T. At first, we were very pleased with the phones. The screen is incredible, the keyboard is large and it just FEELS like a great phone. After a couple days, however, we began noticing the flaws...
- Ringtones - all of them, including user-created - fade-in on calls. So the first second or so of the first ring is much quieter than the rest. And that can't be turned off. Only way around it is to use a vibrate then ring setting.
- When the phone is locked, it always displays one of the default wallpapers, no matter what your regular wallpaper is defined as. Very annoying.
- The keyboard drops keystrokes. I'm a middle aged guy, not a teenage girl, and I don't text very quickly. Yet I still seemed to be able to type too fast for this phone. A LOT.
- The 3MP camera is mediocre, at best. Even when the view appears focused, pictures come out blurry.
- The phone allows for contacts on the phone or on the SIM card - or both. But if you search for a contact, it'll just search the SIM.
- my wife's phone after a couple days locked up and refused to power off. We had to yank the battery to get it to shut down. When it came back up, it still was locked up. The guy at Radio Shack spent 45 minutes on it and couldn't get it to behave. Had to exchange that one.
However, the worst flaw by far:
- After about 100 texts, the phone just stops sending them. You have to cycle the power on the phone to get it to send again. A quick scan of the AT&T site reviews for the Impression reveals LOTS of people having the same issue. It occurred to us multiple times in the 2 weeks we had our phones.
In the end, the flaws were too much for us and we ended up returning the phones. I was sad to let mine go - the screen really IS that nice - but just couldn't take the frustrations anymore.
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Samsung Impression by D. Worden (Arkansas) 5 Stars
September 19, 2009
I have had this phone for about a week, and I stepped down to a "dumb phone" from a Blackberry Curve 8310. I am NOT disappointed at all. It is the closest thing to a smart phone you will get without having a smart phone.
I purchased mine in mid-September, and I have not had any of the bugs mentioned so far. The touch screen is very responsive, the phone is actually very fast, and the screen is crystal clear. The slider feels well built, and the phone itself feels very quality made. It is a little heavy (about the same weight as my Blackberry Curve) but I can manage for such a nice phone with great options.
The 3 megapixel camera looks great for what it is. I haven't used the video share feature so I can't comment on that.
I didn't purchase the phone here, but I feel that it needs a review.
All in all, I am extremely satisfied with my purchase. It is a nice step down from a smart phone and their pricey data plans.
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