Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America Join Forces to Make the Best-Selling Sprint PCS Phone Even Better and Unveil the New Sprint PCS Phone SPH-N200 by Samsung.Business/High-Tech Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com DALLAS & KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 Based on the Top-Selling Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. SCH-3500, the Sprint PCS Phone SPH-N200 Shares the Unique "Flip-Up" Form Packaged in an Updated Look, Reduced Size but Larger Screen and New Joystick Navigator Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FON Fon People of southern Benin and adjacent parts of Togo. They speak a dialect of Gbe, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo language family. Numbering about 3 million, the Fon are mainly farmers. )(NYSE:PCS) today unveiled the Sprint PCS Phone SPH-N200 by Samsung, the next generation of the phenomenally popular SCH-3500. Available exclusively through Sprint PCS, the SPH-N200 offers an evolution of the unique SCH-3500 "flip-up" form with a sleeker look, choice of colors (metallic blue and silver), reduced size, larger screen, new joystick toggle To alternate back and forth between two states. toggle - To change a bit from whatever state it is in to the other state; to change from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1. This comes from "toggle switches", such as standard light switches, though the word "toggle" actually refers to key, and exceptional features, including a personal information manager (PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ) and multi-lingual display capabilities (English/Spanish). The Sprint PCS Phone SPH-N200 is available for $199.99 at Sprint Stores and other participating retailers within the Sprint PCS 100-percent digital, 100-percent PCS nationwide wireless network. The chic, yet sophisticated design of the SPH-N200 boosts consumers' personal style while equipping them with a built-in PIM that makes inputting to-do lists and storing important dates and appointments simple and convenient. With an array of amenities standard in all STA wireless products, including voice-activated dialing, enhanced phone book, and customizable banner greeting, the SPH-N200 appeals to virtually all consumers from on-the-go executives to trend-setting young adults. With features including wireless circuit-switched data and fax capabilities and Openwave(R) Mobile Browser A mobile browser (earlier referred to as a microbrowser or minibrowser) is a web browser designed for use on a mobile device such as a mobile phone or PDA. Mobile browsers are optimised so as to display Web content most effectively for small screens on portable 4.1, the SPH-N200 builds on the market success of the SCH-3500 and provides today's digital consumers with faster and easier Internet connections. A unique joystick toggle key also allows for quick and easy Sprint PCS Wireless Web navigation. "The Sprint PCS SCH-3500 by Samsung took the market by storm with its unique flip-up design. Now the innovation behind that design is evident in the new SPH-N200 which combines the unique flip up with higher performance, an updated look and sleeker style," said John Garcia, senior vice president of sales and distribution for Sprint PCS. "With the new and improved look and enhanced set of features, Sprint PCS is confident that the N200 will be just as popular with consumers and could even be the next best-seller." "Samsung and Sprint PCS have played a great role in setting trends in the design and functionality of wireless phones," said Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president of wireless sales and marketing, STA. "The SPH-N200, with its PIM functions, voice-activated dialing, multi-lingual capabilities and wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. , provides users with an all-inclusive wireless accessory with the added bonus of a stylish form-factor." Measuring a mere 4.3"H x 1.9" W x 0.9"D, and weighing 4.7 ounces with a standard battery and 5.5 ounces with the extended battery, the SPH-N200 is small and lightweight enough to fit in a tiny purse for a night on the town or in a shirt pocket for every-day ease and use. The SPH-N200's flip up design provides the consumer with a distinguishable wireless phone that is compact and stylish, yet full of features. Feature highlights of the dual-band Sprint PCS Phone SPH-N200 by Samsung include: Updated Design -- "Flip-up" form factor for easy, one-hand calling and access to information -- Now even more stylish and compact (4.3 x 1.9 x 0.9 inches, 4.7 ounces) -- Larger graphic LCD screen -- Joystick toggle key for quick and easy Web navigation -- Built in earphone jack -- Wide, high resolution display with six lines of alphanumeric text Personalization -- 25 new ringers including a mix of melodic and "traditional" ringers, vibrate ringer, and silent ringer -- Multi-lingual (English/Spanish) display capabilities -- Customizable banner greeting Productivity -- PIM functionality (Personal Information Manager) including calendar with scheduler and alarms, "to-do" list, calculator, and countdown feature -- Enhanced phone book stores up to 238 numbers -- 10 voice activated dialing numbers -- Tegic T-9 predictive text Predictive text is an input technology designed for mobile phones. The technology allows words to be entered by a single keypress for each letter, as opposed to the multiple keypress approach used in the older generation of mobile phones. entry for ease of messaging and wireless email Wireless Email or Push E-mail for enterprises is an email solution for small handheld platforms that is secure and managed centrally by enterprise server. Wireless technology adoption has seen a dramatic increase over the past few years. with Sprint PCS' suite of wireless messaging services -- Voice-activated dialing -- Battery life 3.8 hours talk or 130 hours standby in digital mode; up to 5.3 hours and 192 hours with the extended battery in digital Wireless Data Tools -- Wireless circuit switched data and fax capabilities -- Mini-Browser - new Openwave 4.1 WAP-compliant for Email and Internet Access. With access to The Sprint PCS Wireless Web, you can send and receive e-mails and instant messages, buy movie and concert tickets, and check your stocks, weather, flight schedule or the latest news to find out if your favorite sports team won About Samsung Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc., a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. Company, Ltd., researches, markets and develops wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . For more information, see STA's web site at www.samsungusa.com. Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., a $28 billion flagship company of the Korean-based Samsung Group The Samsung Group is South Korea's largest conglomerate (chaebol), composed of numerous businesses, including Samsung Electronics, the world's largest electronics company[1] , is a world leader in electronics, with operations in about 50 countries. About Sprint Sprint is a global communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. serving 23 million business and residential customers in more than 70 countries. With more than 80,000 employees worldwide and $23 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state of the art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network. Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. is being extended to key global markets to provide customers with a broad portfolio of scaleable IP products. Sprint's high-capacity, high-speed network gives customers fast, dependable, non-stop access to the vast majority of the world's Internet content. Sprint also operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at http://www.sprintpcs.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071601/bb15 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion