Samsung Blast myFaves Phone (T-Mobile)

Manufacturer: T-Mobile Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$179.99 Our Price:$0.01 Features: Slim slider phone with hybrid QWERTY keypad with SureType technology for quick, easy emails and text messaging Provides direct access to personal e-mail, including AOL email, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail Access to popular instant messaging services as well as text and multimedia/picture messaging Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets and stereo headphones; 1.3-megapixel camera Includes: Battery, Charger and Hands-free Headset Description: Perfect for people who want to stay on top of their email as well as stay connected wherever they roam, the crimson and black Samsung Blast slider-style phone is an affordable alternative to smartphones. Available exclusively from T-Mobile, it communicates over GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks and offers quad-band network capabilities for global connectivity. It's first T-Mobile phone to provide direct access to personal e-mail--including AOL email, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail--in addition to text and instant messaging. Composing messages is easy thanks to the hybrid QWERTY keypad that uses SureType technology, also found on RIM's BlackBerry smartphones. (See more about SureType below.) Other features include stereo Bluetooth connectivity, MicroSD memory card expansion, 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder, speaker-independent voice control, and an integrated digital audio player. The front of the compact Samsung Blast slids up to reveal a keypad with a hybrid QWERTY keyboard. Using the integrated SureType technology, you'll be able to write and respond to emails, text messages, and IMs quickly and easily. Here's the biggest bonus--with the Blast you can send and receive e-mail for the same cost as a text message. No data package is required! With a basic voice plan and text messaging option, the Blast becomes your ultimate communication device with text, picture, video, and instant messaging as well as email--without the monthly cost of a data plan. The Blast also is the first phone to feature compatibility with T-Mobile's myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network, even landlines--without using any of your minutes. Blast users who are myFaves subscribers can now also send an audio postcard--a photo accompanied by a voice message--as well as send an e-mail or launch an IM client, in addition to a text message, right from the myFaves home screen. Learn more about myFaves. Compatible with IMAP4, POP3, and SMTP email protocols (including integrated access to AOL email, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail), the Blast makes it easy to check in with your inbox. It also includes access to instant messaging--with built-in support for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger services--in addition to SMS text, MMS multimedia/picture messaging. For added convenience, email messages on the Blast can be read and responded to for the same pricing as text and picture messagesÑmeaning there's no required data package to purchase. The bright TFT display has a 176 x 220-pixel resolution and support for up to 262K colors. Below the screen resides a four-way navigation pad and dedicated shortcut and T-Zone keys, with the numeric keypad available by sliding phone's front upward. The QWERTY-like keypad provides ample space to let fingers move at a faster pace, making typing more intuitive, with greater control over the letters and words being entered. The slim Samsung Blast measures just 0.5 inches thin. The 1.3-megapixel camera shoots still photos in seven resolutions (from 176 x 144 to 1280 x 1024 pixels) and it offers up to a 4x digital zoom, self-timer, multi-shot capability, and five picture modes (auto, daylight, incandescent, fluorescent, and cloudy). It can also capture video clips in two resolutions--176 x 144 (QCIF) and 128 x 96 pixels--at a length dependent upon the available space on an inserted MicroSD memory card. The digital audio player supports playback of MP3 and AAC files saved to memory card. This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, audio/video remote control, and printing. 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 (DUN)--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server--using T-Mobile's EDGE network. The built in memory provides room for up to 1000 contact entries in the phone's address book. A voice dialing feature makes calling friends and associates as easy as saying their names. Enjoy easy, hands free communication with a full duplex speakerphone that lets you hear callers loud and clear. It comes with a number of handy tools including a calendar, notepad, alarm clock, to-do list, tip calculator, and unit converter. It also sports an airplane mode feature, which allows the user to safely use the non-wireless functions of a phone (such as music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight. Other features include an 11 MB internal memory, four pre-loaded games (Forgotten Warrior, Cannonball, Midnight Casino, and Brain Challenge) with more downloadable from T-Mobile's T-Zones, USB connectivity (with mass storage capability), and a built-in Web browser. SureType Hybrid Keyboard Through an integrated keyboard and software system, SureType effectively combines a traditional phone keypad and a familiar QWERTY-based keyboard to create an efficient and familiar typing experience. When you type on the Samsung Blast, SureType technology automatically changes the letters on the screen and lists suggested words below the text. SureType allows you to quickly and accurately compose messages using single-handed operation or two-handed thumb-typing--without the limitations of traditional phone keypads. There are no dual keypads, peripherals or hardware transformations required and there is no need to learn a new way to type. Since the software understands what you're typing, you can concentrate on composing your message rather than on the input method. To help facilitate easy spelling and composition, SureType includes intuitive software with a word list of over 35,000 words and the ability to increase that list based on the frequency of use and the names and addresses in the smartphone's address book. Vital Statistics The Samsung Blast weighs 2.8 ounces and measures 4.16 x 2.04 x 0.5 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 199 hours (8.3) of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Reviews:

worst phone I've used (and I've used many)
I've used at least 3 Nokia, 2 motorola and 2 samsung. This samsung blast is the worst. SO many softare bugs and extremely unfriendly user interface. Samsung need to learn from Nokia. For example, I tried to add a phone number to my phone book, it says the number is already in the ph, but it's not in the ph list. and i could not figure out how to add voice tag to each contact. With Nokia, everything is dummy proof.


Doesn't work as advertised
While the Blast is fine for normal calls, the email service does not work correctly. It does not connect to Yahoo correctly and don't even try and connect to Gmail. T-mobile technical support has been unable to get it working correctly...and I've been trying since August '07.The voice activated dialing software is also horrible. If you need email - don't get this phone.


Impressive Mid-Range phone
They are a fierce owner of the explosion of Samsung in order approximately 1 month. My telephone of motorla finally has occorr one fallen to many and the operation of arrest. Naturally initially I have wished a Iphone or the relative likeness based on all the relative cold characteristic new, but quickly account is rendered me that is the telephone that the program salary was to expensive. My tests of verification for a telephone were little expensive, are cold and have a qwerty as the keyboard. Initially they have been designed to the explosion because of the relative keyboard minium-miniums-qwerty. Pearl 8100 was mine only other finalist. Days of Afters of the indecisiveness and the search I choose the explosion because A)surfing the fotoricettore was not characteristic important for me {and I it has not been made an impression at all with the speed of the net 8100' s}. B)Blast was remarkablly more little expensive. The greater part of the representatives is useless approximately all the characteristics that this telephone transports. After the purchase it I had stirred the fixings but lascilo they say to you that, more sapete of the characteristics of the telephones, more BEEN GOING TO LOVE THEM! Love of things approximately this telephone, for coolness determined from me! Keyboard: Found that it writes more and more to machine on the telephone this year so as to that it has additional keys has been large adding. Automobile-complete it is nearly always on par(to the point that control only to right before that it transmits). Once that understood the rhyme and the reason to as relative introduced you will transmit the messages more fastly. Except, the somethings they appreciate,:), incitili to pass through with additional of the menu to type towards the outside which ago the a lot: (Controlling email without to pay a $20-$30 additional month. It has not had idea that my telephone had this characteristic to work to after that still bought the telephone (, thanks to the guys)!I useless of sales pricipalmente use the gmail and have connected a lot easy - not sure why people have had problems. Integrated Yahoo so that also it is easy. A lot I surprise how much easy one has been based on other problems of people. It expresses the activated orders - qualche.cosa activated voice sucks typically. My GPS has one, the dettatura of voice, mine other telephone. Heck, mine other telephone has urged it to record the name then and when they have gone to try from the voice that it could not find it. This telephone renders every entrance in your contacts accessible from the voice, without some putting to point! With a key I say "the call microphone". If relative sure it will connect them directly, if it will not give three to you chosen. These two options are approximately 98% of right, wonderful! Theres a lot the other voice commands like the opinion, "it calls 555-555-1234" or that they take of right to one function to them. There is moreover this cold characteristic that sonderà that number yours to compose. It does not have ignited it, but one characteristic of divertimento, possibly large for the blind Community (but as they will know this from my review) Automobile-Completo - the noisy one leaves the relative opinion, the activation of voice will not work that one well, so as to it is not taken care. After you it writes within the first 3 numbers to machine, it automatically door in on numbers the assembly that the sequence memorizzato in yours phonebook for the recommendations. Phonebook di Seach for name: This characteristic was a great animal-pet-peeve of mines with my motorola. It leaves the opinion that I have wished to obtain the number for the microphone. The sink has had 20 friends who have begun with the m. and has had to roll up down beyond all finchè has obtained to its name. Not more, the just period its name in the index and takes it of right here. That is not one new characteristic, but my motorola has not had this characteristic and I have not never obtained it over (my first telephone)! The great identification of the image when your friends call and you store their photo. Bluetooth works large. Nothing really special but no problems neanche. It turns over the calculating that the factors in the percentages a customer can define (no transaction great really to me poichè this are a simple equation of for the mathematics) but then it has one characteristic to divide it from the number of payment the customers and the every total person, nifty graceful. Calculating Of The Unit: That what is of 1.5 ounce in the pounds, or that what is 83 Fahrenheit in centigrade. It converts the length, weight, volume, zone, temperature 100 of the different senses - characteristic that much cold I have uncovered


Overall, great phone...
Hour I have had mine just explosion of Samsung for a small beyond 4 months and have decided to read with some of the observations and the reviews of the customer. What it has really jumped me was comment of the Sarabellum that declares that you cannot pass from text estimate (T9)and when the telephone is closed you cannot work it. This declaration is completely false. The text estimate is extremely easy to extinguish. You press the advanced skillful key on the main keyboard when it generates a message. That ciclerà them with the different options of the text. It is one of the problems easier to repair. Poichè cutomer in advance payment more specified, you can make many things while the telephone is closed. You can make and to answer to the calls, reads the messages of the text, plays the games, listens to music, e-mail(if of the control sign-in is saved in telephone), etc. Like customer of the telephone, they have been a lot pleased with it. The healthy quality is excellent, the new letter design to which it is installed like a keyboard of the scompartimento can take one heads in order to obtain used but finally it works enough well, the camera is wonderful, the memory space is hardly very well without a memory card (has had the telephone for 4 months and still I have not bought one memory card. In a generalized manner it carries out well and he is large all around. Even if accosentirò that the battery could be a po' larger or last fact at least to longer.


good but not that good...



A Great Phone
For - mp3 - bluetooth - video greater time - easy camera of the keyboard -1.2megapixel of use with the special effects. Against - little memory * - stupid thing that happens while texting when it thinks it it knows that what been thinking. * It can be repaired buying a microSD. can be found in order around $8-$50 according to capienza. Large telephone of the cells for the adolescents. Easy to text with. Strongly. Light. Great screen, a key customizable. I really appreciate this telephone.


One Problem
I have had the telephone for approximately 2 weeks and I cannot receive the messages of the text from my friends who have service of Verizon (have T-piece of furniture). I have made they to call Verizon and have been in contact with T-Mobile. I find this bizzarro because I know that the explosion is moreover available from Verizon. I am studying the possibility to give back this telephone for that reason because I find it very that I frustrate being that text that of more of communicates to me. Something to consider if you are testuale assets through the suppliers as my friends and I.


cool phone to save cost on email
I have obtained this telephone because it does not say additional cost for the email of the AOL and yahoo. Yes, only paid the tax the message of the text the control of the email. Great characteristic. However, the mobile employee of T is not trained well and they do not know this characteristic of the SAMSUNG EXPLOSION. I have even had one argument with the person in a mobile warehouse of T of 3936 Rivermark Plz, Clara Saint, CA. The befool from these it does not employ to you does not train you of the piece of furniture of T. Desiderano as soon as to sell them service of fotoricettore of $5.99/month. Only the thing that is not happy is the telephone comes without shunting line card micro standard.


Actual Owner
If you're looking for a phone that is simply exciting to use and functional, then please allow me to regale about the Samsung Blast! The Qwery keyboard, email practically, and sharp-as-a-tack pictures (thanks to a 1.3 megapixel deal), makes this particular phone not only a joy to own, but an adventure! Signal quality differs from locale to locale (no cellular is perfect in that aspect), however the BLAST is ThePhone...2own!
-thank you for your attention...


NOT WORTH IT ,,,
IT'S LIKE BUYING A BIKINI YOU'ER PAYING MORE BUT GETTING LESS AFTER OWNING THE SAMSUNG SGH T809 THIS PHONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN UNDATED MODEL BUT I WAS DISSAPOINTED THAT NOT ONLY IT HAS NO MEMORY, SO IF YOU PLAN ON USING THE MP3 PLAYER BE PREPARED TO SHELL OUT MONEY FOR THE MICRO CARD & THE USB CABLE YOU ALSO HAVE TO GO TO THE SAMSUNG WEBSIGHT TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS PHONE IS GOING BACK I'LL STICK WITH THE OLDER MODEL(T-809).


Great Phone for calls and texting
I have had this phone for about a month. The call quality is great and the texting is super easy. Best phone I have had in years and I have had alot of phones! First phone I have given 5 stars.


Happy with the Blast so far...
It has obtained the explosion from approximately 5 days T-furnitures ago -- up to now they are enough happy with it. In the warehouse it has thought that the volume for the received calls was a po low, but in the practical one I have not made to turn a problem not even down -- the volume some times. The healthy quality is enough good -- better at least that some others cellphones. Moreover I have had up to now good graceful filling with -- better T-Mobile than I have previewed, really, since they do not have tan filling how much Verizon or To


Nice phone....needs some kinks worked out.
In answer to the woman who can't get off Predictive Text....the right soft key changes it. Hit it repeatedly to change to All Caps, Capitalize first word, 123, and the punctuation pages. The left soft key (under Options on text screen) allows you to change the font style and size.
My complaints with the phone (I've sent back the first one already):
I had a problem with Text Messages....some arrive at their destination, others do not. Very random. They all SAY they are sent, but about 1/3 of them never reached the intended party. Service on the phone seems to be very weak...I'm thinking the internal antenna isn't very powerful. I always had 4 - 5 bars of service with my Nokia phone at home, with the Blast I'm lucky if I have 1 or 2. Can't find an apostrophe anywhere in the punctuation (although there are about 5 pages of punctuation) and I use apostrophes a lot! You cannot dial a phone number that is given to you in words....for example 1-866-IDOLS 01 (or whatever!). With the QWERTY keypad (which is nice) those letters and numbers don't correspond correctly.
It's a nice phone, good pictures and video, I just hope they work out some of the kinks. You probably shouldn't buy a phone the day it comes out!


grown up packaging for a toy phone
I returned it after only five days.

I searched everywhere but you cannot turn off predictive text. Predictive text is like that annoying boyfriend who thinks he knows you so well he can predict what you are going to say; gets it wrong and annoys you even more by derailing your train of thought. The salesperson at the T-Mobile store couldn't figure out where or even if you could disable it. The text messaging font is very small and has awful letter spacing. You also have to slide it open to do ANYTHING--even check the time or discover if you have a text message. I was really disappointed.

I used it for five days and had to charge it three times.

Also, it comes with almost no memory. So if you are planning to use the music player function you had better get a bigger card.


the promised land
My last telephone was a RAZRv3 therefore, is not that hip of the telephone and perhaps the things have obtained from mólto then better. However, this telephone is considerably better and transports on the grail Saint, email of the free(ish). While definitively I have some gripes approximately the customer interface (UI), in a generalized manner transports like promised. Hour I am controllandogli Gmail therefore that what an other critic says is not enough to align. You must dirgli the dominion, is not integrated like AOL and Yahoo, but he was insignificant to make. They are successful to burn itself through the battery approximately in a day but I was playing with it much, I seem as it could last more long. All in all, this is the better explosion for the telephone that of the buck I have seen in a much time.


Not as advertised
I have obtained this telephone yesterday because of integration without committees of the email with messaging of text in fashion not having to pay them you expenses of data in order to obtain and to transmit the email to them. Every official notice press that I have seen has exact this integral telephone with AOL, Yahoo and Gmail - AOL and Yahoo yes, not of Gmail. In fact, I have uncovered today from a trader of TMobile that is "a known edition" that the explosion does not work with the email of Gmail, Earthlink, or SBCGlobal to the running time. That is a great problem for me and they are not if/when that sure it is resolved. According to problem it is that nobody that works for TMobile seems to understand that this telephone can obtain and transmit the email WITHOUT to subscribe to the fotoricettore of TMobile. That one is the entire point of the telephone, but no of they will believe. However, it works, so as to it does not listen to they and not company in on for the fotoricettore service if not wished it! Except that one... I love the telephone. He seems large, great sound and it works large for the greater part of the things. But I have obtained it for the accessory benefit of the easy and little expensive email and seems as I could not obtain that one.


Lots of background static noise
I have bought the telephone of explosion of the samsung according to day that has exited and before what I have noticed when I have called someone are noise a lot of static electricity of the low priority. The noise was constant and unpleasant. I have exchanged the telephone more subsequently a day for other and the same problem has existed. They are not sure if this is a product defect or that what but I two have wished in order to throw mine cent within on my experience with this telephone. I hope that all otherwise it has better fortune with this telephone. Probably I am going to go with the applauses of the pearl of the mora! I have hardly uncovered that the static noise is only when the volume of the loudspeaker is over Level 4.



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