Samsung SPH-A800 / MM-A800

Does anyone know if the a800 has improved video at all? Is this just a plain 15 fps video like say the 5600, or is it somewhat improved???

http://www.anycall.com/i_world/i_data/usb_evdo01.jsp ... »

The included USB cable will work fine, and you will be surfing the internet. The 5600 might be locked, but the A8 ain't 😁

For those that have the phone,

What kind of interface and software package the phone comes with? What can you do with the phone? Can you upload/download pictures, music, ringtones, games, sync with outlook, enter contact info using your computer???

TIA

Hi all,
went to the sprint store today and checked out the ONE they had in hand. I was not disappointed, the phone is solid, but I still chose the Sanyo 5600 over it.
For me...the voice-to-text test they allowed me to do did not work well... 40% misses and a lot of repeats.
The lack of a speakerphone in the a800 is huge to me and I have a tiny and very sweet 7mp camera.
The final killer is that while i couldn't make a call on either... I could turn the volume to max with a few selected ringtones and the Sanyo kicked butt and it sounded nice too.

As far as Ev-Do...it's not available but for a small percentage of covered areas and the 1xRTT is fast enough for anything short of a city-based IT professional.

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is that you guys actually made me want the phone, before anyone had it in their hands. then you get it, and don't talk about it's performance, and don't post any pictures that it takes. Thanks for the big letdown.

🙂

http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/PhonesAccessories/ ... »

Not for sale yet, but it should be soon 😁 I guess the telesales thread was true after all!

Tuolumne

I just called in to check to see if they had any info on the release date of the samsung a940 (which they didnt) and they lady told me the only samsung releasing soon is the a800, then shes like actually it released today. She said it wont be available for purchase until tommorow when it populates in the system. So tommorow its finally available

Nobody has mentioned the voice to text capabilities, the video capture capabilities, or the multimedia capabilities.
What is the fps for multimieda...is it 15fps or did they finally get to 30!?
Can you browse the web using voice commands?
Can you write a note with ease?
What size video and what fps can you record?
Anybody ...Buehler? Buehler? (pardon the 80's reference).
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i talked to a local sprint rep today who has obviously been keeping up on things and has tested both the 5600 and the A800. he gave me some info.
he said that sanyo shipped out today to sprint for distro.
he's expecting to see them by the 25th but expects at least by the end of the month.
the phone is truly awesome.
it's going to be the same price as the 5600, roughly and carry the rebate. it comes with all kinds of new technology, bells and whistles if you will, which you all are well aware of. i read it has a voice recognition text imput. WHAT? plus you've got to admit an eye that can scan anything is pretty cool let alone one that scans information for your phone book. and he said that sprint just spent like 3 billion on upgrading th...
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Mid- May as indicated by a rep from Sprint's eCare department.

This is a decent phone for being a Samsung and for Sprint. I can't give the exact release date of release due to confidentiality agreements but what I was told today by my Samsung rep, someone that would definitely know (I work for Sprint), start looking for it well before the end of this month.

I wont buy another phone again without bluetooth and I know a lot of people who feel the same way.

but it does need blue tooth. i think.

A long while, we recieved an email that it might be in stores late May, Just today, i noticed i was able to pull it up as a 'coming soon' phone on the intranet server... that isn't always a very accurate estimate of when it's coming out, for the v200, it was put up there like 4 days before release, but for the lg535... well, we're still waiting. Time to get rid of my VGA 🙂

When are they going to release this phone and how much will it cost???

THX

Hmm. Does anyone have a more accurate release window than just Q2?