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Samsung Exclaim M550 for Sprint

Features and Specs:

Get instant access to text messaging and your favorite social networking sites with the 3G-enabled Samsung Exclaim from Sprint, which features a dual-slider design that includes a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard--great for quickly typing out messages and e-mails. In addition to fast 3G speeds from Sprint's high-speed EV-DO network, you'll enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion (up to 16 GB), and up to 6 hours of talk time.

The unique, dual slider design and full QWERTY keyboard on the Exclaim makes expressing yourself and staying connected on the go a breeze.

The Sprint Music Store enables you to buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you. You also get several streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels.

And with Sprint One Click, you'll be updating your MySpace or Facebook page and enjoying YouTube videos in just a push of a button.

With Sprint Mobile e-mail, you'll get easy access to your favorite home e-mail services including AOL, Yahoo!, Gmail, and MSN/Windows Live Hotmail and more. And Sprint Mobile e-mail Work enables you to access e-mail from corporate servers, including Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 and Lotus Notes Domino versions 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 (with the latest software update).

You can also can easily stay in touch with family and friends using Sprint Messaging, offering threaded SMS text messaging and the ability to share pictures and video with MMS seamlessly in one application. It also offers Sprint IM with access to Yahoo! Messenger, AOL's AIM service and MSN Messenger.

This phone also provides access to Sprint Football Live--free for any phone with a data plan. You'll be able to follow all the live play-by-play action with the Live Game Center for both pro and college football games, as well as stay on top of the pro football draft with a Live Draft Tracker and in-depth analysis and bios on nearly 500 top prospects. Access by texting "FOOTBALL" to 7777 on the handset to download Sprint Football Live from Sprint Digital Lounge (standard text messaging and data rates apply).

Phone Features
The Samsung Exclaim features a unique dual slider design that provides ultimate flexibility with its side-sliding full QWERTY keyboard and bottom-sliding alpha-numeric keypad. The 2.6-inch LCD screen has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and 262K color depth, and it sits above a five-way navigation pad that's joined by standard send/end and soft navigation keys.

This phone features Sprint's One Click navigation interface, which places eight shortcut tiles along the bottom of the home screen. Instead of navigating through endless phone menus, you can put the things you use the most--features like call logs, texting, Web access and GPS navigation--right up front with instant information related to each feature. For example, when you scroll to text messaging, you'll see the number of new messages received and a single click takes take you to the newest messages. Here's how it works:

• Add your favorite items to the carousel, which is a row of tiles along the bottom of your phone's home screen.
• The carousel can hold up to 15 tiles, which you can add, remove and rearrange to suit your needs.
• Highlight a tile to reveal its menu on your home screen.
• Add up to 8 "bubbles"--at-a-glance items that display on your home screen, like the weather or your daily horoscope.
• Browse and download new tiles from your phone's "Personalize Home Screen" tile. New tiles are available every two weeks.
• Press your navigation left or right key to select a tile; up or down to select a bubble or menu item.
• The "Home" tile always stays put, so you can easily get back to your default display.

• 2-megapixel camera allows you to capture images for personal and business purposes and send them to friends and colleagues
• Social Zone: The Social Zone application is your gateway for keeping up with all your favorite social communities such as Photobucket, MySpace, and more. From the easy-to-use dashboard view, you can respond to friend requests, view and send messages, post comments and update your status or profiles, all from your phone. You can also use your phone's camera to take photos, then upload them straight to your networking sites without closing the application.
• Streaming Music: Listen to R&B, hip-hop, country and rock, and access Sirius, Vh-1 and MTV to see the latest headlines and video clips of your favorite artists.
• Background music playing mode: Use the Sprint Music Store to listen to music while sending text messages, browsing the Web, or playing a downloaded game.
• Speaker-Independent Voice Dialing: Say the name of any entry in your phone book and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad. This feature is speaker-independent, so there is no need to train the phone to respond to any one person's voice. Receive an audible status report of your phone/s coverage, signal strength, and battery strength.
• Text-to-Speech: The Text-to-Speech (TTS) feature comes installed and uses voice playback to guide you through phone menus and through placing and receiving calls.
• Wireless Backup: If your phone is ever lost, stolen, damaged or replaced, you can use Wireless Backup to restore your contact information quickly and easily. Additional charges apply.
• T9 text input: Compose messages easier and faster. Predictive text input and the internal dictionary predicts text as you type, making it simpler to send messages.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Exclaim weighs 4.69 ounces and measures 2.1 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.75 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint's EV-DO 3G frequencies.