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Wireless industry innovators Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications now offer customers a new way to look at wireless with the PCS Phone by Samsung A500. The SPH-A500 was unveiled at CTIA Wireless this spring as one of the first 3G-enabled PCS Phones to be introduced as part of PCS VisionSM from Sprint. The highly-anticipated SPH-A500 is now available at Sprint Stores nationwide.

PCS Vision enables customers to use their Vision-enabled PCS Devices to take and receive pictures, check personal and corporate e-mail, play games with full-color graphics and polyphonic sounds and browse the Internet wirelessly with speeds comparable to a home computer's dial-up connection. The shift to providing clarity you can see and hear has revolutionized virtually every aspect of wireless service from Sprint to provide the introduction of applications, features and devices that no other wireless carrier in the nation can match.

A product pioneer in the 3G revolution, the A500 is one of the first Vision-enabled PCS Phones and combines a full-color screen, polyphonic ringers, pictures and high-speed Internet access to support new and enhanced applications. Specifically the A500 supports the following PCS Vision applications:

Pictures - Sprint offers a miniature digital PCS Vision Camera (sold separately) to capture, view and instantly send images wirelessly using the PCS Phone by Samsung A500.
Web -PCS Vision provides an improved Web experience with downloads, icons and full-color graphic versions of popular Internet sites.
Games - PCS Vision enables Sprint and its development partners to move the wireless game experience from the text-based games of today to graphically rich, full-color brand name games on Vision-enabled PCS Phones using the Java 2 platform, Micro Edition (J2METM).

Ringers - Sprint was the first to offer polyphonic ringtones and now, with Vision-enabled PCS Phones from Sprint, users can express even more personality with hundreds of unique downloadable ringers, including the latest music releases, showtunes and sound effects that can be assigned to specific numbers in the address book.
Messaging - PCS Vision makes wireless messaging services from Sprint an extension of the desktop experience with fully functioning Web-based PCS Mail, PCS Short Mail, Wireless Chat by Jumbuck and Messaging Fun games by Scan Mobile.
Screen Savers - PCS Vision allows customers to personalize their wireless service by wirelessly downloading screen savers right from their phone, many featuring synchronized animation.

"The SPH-A500 by Samsung clearly embodies all of the features customers will expect from Vision-enabled PCS Phones. The silver, sleek body opens to reveal a highly active, full-color screen, enhanced ringtones, downloadable new and classic arcade games and acts as a high-speed modem when cabled to a laptop," said John Garcia, senior vice president for sales and distribution for the PCS division of Sprint. " The SPH-A500 delivers all of these features and still offers clear calls from Sprint."

"Samsung is proud to usher in the next generation in wireless technology with an industry leader like Sprint," said Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president of Samsung's wireless terminals division. "We are committed to achieving a new dimension in wireless communication by integrating the world of mobile, high-speed voice and data technology with the A500."

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Packaged in a sleek and stylish design, the PCS Phone by Samsung A500 hosts the following innovative features:

Thin Film Transistor (TFT) LCD screen: TFT with 128 x 160 pixel resolution provides a vivid three-dimensional feel to screensavers and games, while also improving the clarity and definition of all pictures and text. Samsung is a global leader in the development of TFT flat screen computer monitors and is transferring its advancements in display screen technology to the mobile phone market.
Polyphonic Ringers (16-chord for enhanced quality melody ringers with rich full sound) and Games
Enhanced Voice Recognition: This new phone feature allows you to simply use your voice to dial contacts in the phonebook or to start the browser, for example.
Personal Organizer
Airplane mode: The A500's airplane mode allows users to access Personal Organizer information and play games in-flight without phone connectivity.
High luminescent blue keypad backlighting - the very latest in color accent
Spanish Language Option
3.56 oz
3.46" X 1.97" X 0.80"
Lithium Ion battery; 2.5 hrs talk/up to 9 days standby