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Samsung Behold gets reviewed, deemed "worth considering"
Now that Samsung's TouchWiz-enabled Behold is available for the taking on T-Mobile, wouldn't you like to know if it's the handset for you? The phone seemed positioned to be the carrier's entertainment mobile for folks not ready to make the G1 leap, boasting a 3G radio, expansive touchscreen and a 5MP camera. In testing, phonescoop found the handset to be a dash of good and a dash of bad, with the UI being deemed "decent, but not great," the camera quality to be less than awesome and the music player "capable" enough (despite the omission of a 2.5 / 3.5-millimeter headphone jack). In sum, critics determined that the Behold was worth considering if you're "in the market for a touch device that has a better-than-average feature set," but don't expect it to blow your mind or anything.
Samsung's winter lineup for the US gets dolled up for the camera
We know about most of these handsets, but it's always fun to get a few final views before they're officially announced and made available, isn't it? phoneArena has what must be the complete (or close to it) lineup from Samsung for the US market in the next few months all in one place, showing the a777 and a867 Eternity for AT&T, the Behold for T-Mobile, and the i770 Saga, i910 Omnia, and u810 Reknown for Verizon. New here is the R600 Hue II for Alltel, a boring-ass little flip that should be available in a handful of colors. There are a couple goodies in here -- the a867, i770, and i910 should all get some blood flowing, depending on how you roll. Which one's your favorite?
T-Mobile officially announces Samsung Behold and Gravity
The long-rumored Samsung T919 Behold has finally broken cover in an official capacity for T-Mobile, offering a full-featured touchscreen handset (that isn't the G1) to take advantage of that cute little AWS 3G network they've been cooking up. Besides TouchWiz, features include a 5-megapixel cam with video capability, full HTML web browser (we should certainly hope so), and haptic feedback; look for it to launch on November 10 in your choice of two colors for $149.99 on contract, including the rather lovely "light rose." Next up, we have the Samsung Gravity -- T-Mobile's answer to the endless barrage of low-cost QWERTY texters coming from every other network -- featuring a candybar form that conceals a full keyboard on a side slide. It drops by a week later, November 17 for $49.99 on a two-year plan, in "lime" and "aqua." We think we know which one we'd rather have.
Samsung Behold tracking for November 10 launch on T-Mobile?
TmoNews is claiming that the TouchWiz-enabled Samsung Behold is scheduled for a November 10 launch on T-Mobile, and by golly, with the lookalike Delve now out and about, we hope they're right. Notable (read: awesome) features on the Behold allegedly include user-adjustable touch sensitivity, a 5-megapixel cam, GPS, and -- unlike that ZN5 that just launched -- 3G data. That's an especially good thing considering the full HTML browser and a disappointing dearth of WiFi, we reckon. It's no smartphone, but for the T-Mobile types looking for just a little (okay, a lot) more style than the G1's putting up, this might just be what the doctor ordered.
Samsung's T919 for T-Mobile looking just fine on a magenta background
We're really pleased to see that T-Mobile's apparently going to be wasting no time in stocking up its nascent 3G rollout with pretty glorious hardware, starting at the top of the featurephone heap with the T919 that we've been hearing about for a while. TmoNews says that we can expect the F480-like bar to show up on November 10 for $149 on contract, which seems damned pretty reasonable for a phone with AWS HSDPA, a 5-megapixel camera with flash, and a full touchscreen. Don't get us wrong, we'll still take a G1 -- but this is a close second right now as AWS wares go. Okay, fine, not so close, but you know what we're saying.
Samsung T919 gets tagged by FCC on way to T-Mobile
That Tocco-esque T919 rumored for T-Mobile is looking pretty legit at this point on account of FCC docs that seem to totally validate what we'd heard about the phone so far, which means that the Dream is likely going to have to share a little -- okay, a sliver -- of the T-Mob spotlight come this fall. FCC-confirmed specs include EDGE on the 850 and 1900MHz bands, AWS HSDPA, Bluetooth, AGPS, and a touchscreen; in other words, one hell of a high-end dumbphone to help christen a 3G network that still has that new-RF smell. While there's technically no indication in the documents that T-Mobile's actually the destination, it make sense given the 1700MHz support, since it really wouldn't have anywhere else to go. Samsung, we patiently await your official confirmation here.[Via Phone Scoop]
T-Mobile USA getting a beefy Tocco from Samsung?
We can think of about fifteen plain-vanilla EDGE flips from Samsung that we'd expect T-Mobile to launch ahead of something like this, but you're definitely not going to see us complaining. TmoNews is claiming that the guys and gals in pink magenta have an ace up their collective sleeve in the form of Samsung's F480 Tocco -- or really, an Americanized version of it dubbed T919. Naturally, the US version goes through the usual dilution, losing the front-facing cam -- but on the upside, it manages to hang on to the really important stuff like a 3G radio (AWS, we'd assume), GPS, and 5 megapixel cam. There's no telling when it'll be on sale, but if we know our carriers -- and we think we know 'em pretty well -- they'll want it on store shelves in plenty of time for the holiday season.
