The Samsung Moment is an Android smartphone that sports a large OLED display with capacitive touch, slide out QWERTY keyabord and an optical touchpad. It also features a 3-megapixel auto-focus camera, video capture, 3.5 mm audio jack, EVDO Rev. A data, WiFi, memory card slot, and visual voice mail.
Specifications
The Samsung Moment measures 117 mm x 59 mm x 16.5 mm (H x W x D) in dimension and weighs approximately 161 g. It comes in a bar form factor with a full QWERTY keyboard that can be slid from the side. Not only that, it also has an internal antenna. The Samsung Moment operates on a Li-Ion battery that has a capacity of 1440 mAh with the ability to provide up to 5.5 hours of talk time. There is also a full-colour OLED display that has a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. It measures 3.2 inches diagonally and support up to 16.7 million colours and 24-bit. It operates on an Android platform and operating system. Not only that, it also incorporates an 800 MHz processor with up to 253 MB of internal memory available to users for storage. For added conveniences, the Samsung Moment also comes with A-GPS features with Sprint Navigation that has the ability to provide turn-by-turn directions as well as 3D images. In terms of accessibility, the Samsung Moment has support for digital TTY/ TTD as well as is compatible with hearing aids with a rating of M4 v 2007. Alerts for the Samsung Moment are in the form of polyphonic ringtones as well as vibration. In terms of connectivity, the Samsung Moment has Bluetooth support with supported profiles including HSP 1.1, HFP 1.5, OPP, PBA, A2DP 1.2 and AVRC version 2.1 + EDR. Not only that, it also has a micro-USB connector port. The Samsung Moment also has Wi-Fi support for version 802.11 b/g. As for contact features, the Samsung Moment allows for multiple number to be saved per name, picture ID, ringer ID and voice dialling that is speaker-independent (automatic) by Nuance. Other personalization customizations allowed include custom graphics, custom ringtones, and real-music ringers. The Samsung Moment also includes a Flight mode and incorporates High-Speed Data technology 1xEV-DO rA as well as comes with WebKit-based Browser Software. Input devices include volume keys on the left side of the body which can also function as voice control, and camera activation button on the right. There is also a full QWERTY text keyboard as well as a touch screen that utilizes finger capacitive primary input method. In terms of memory, the Samsung Moment has a memory card slot that is compatible with microSD memory cards (TransFlash). The Samsung Moment comes with a 2 GB memory card but can support up to 32 GB in expansion. Messaging features include Email clients, with support for protocols including Exchange Direct Push, POP3, IMAP supports attachments, plus Gmail/ Exchange via Moxier Mail client. As for Instant Messaging functions, the Samsung Moment supports networks including AOL, Yahoo!, Windows Live and Google Talk. The Samsung Moment also has MMS and two-way text messaging (SMS) features. In addition to that, music features include a 3.5 mm headphone jack, as well as an embedded music player. As for photos and videos, the Samsung Moment has an integrated 3+ mega pixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash functions. Users can also perform video streaming via YouTube and Sprint TV as well as capture video in CIF resolution of 352 x 288 pixels. There are also organiser functions including Alarm, calculator and calendar. It also has speaker phone.
Reviews
“The Samsung Moment is another Android phone that has been designed by Samsung but this time for Sprint. The Samsung Moment is a black slider with a QWERTY keypad that slides out from the side. The primary screen is a full touch 3.2 inch AMOLED. However, do not worry as you are provided with some basic physical controls as well for those of you wary of a full touch phone. The design although pretty stylish and corporate feels a little bulky. Also, there is a hint of a plastic like feel to it which is not a great thing for such a hi-tech phone like the Samsung Moment.” (Mobibu, 2009)
“QWERTY-packing Android smartphones are certainly a little rarer than their touchscreen-only counterparts, but we’d still have second thoughts about picking the Samsung Moment. While its AMOLED display is bright and clear and its keyboard pleasantly expansive (once you’ve retrained your fingers to deal with its offset layout) its stock Android 1.5 OS pales in comparison to what other manufacturers are doing to distinguish their rival handsets. ” (SlashGear, 2009)
“If there’s one thing Android’s in desperate need of right now, it’s choices — choice of carriers, choice of manufacturers, choice of form factors, choice of skins, and so on, because no single Android device is going to capture whole percentage points of market share the same way the iPhone has. On that level, we applaud Sprint for staying on the ball and recognizing that the keyboardless Hero wasn’t enough to satisfy every last subscriber who’d like to get in on Android. Thing is, the Moment still feels like a first-generation device — and for a platform that launched commercially a solid year ago, that’s not really acceptable. We would’ve liked to have seen Samsung come to the table with a phone that was sleeker, prettier, more thought-out, and — if nothing else — ran the latest and greatest version of Android that Google and the OHA have to offer.” (EngadgetMobile, 2009)
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