Samsung Rant Phone Red Sprint

An easily pocketable messaging powerhouse, the Samsung Rant for Sprint has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that lets you quickly type out e-mail messages, IMs, and text messages so you can get the word out fast. In addition to fast 3G speeds from Sprint's high-speed EV-DO network, you'll enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. The Rant is also a great choice for a cellular audio player, with access to the Sprint Music Store for over-the-air downloads and wide multiformat support for loading your music onto optional microSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size).

The Rant's slide-out QWERTY keyboard that lets you type as fast as you talk.

Capture and share photographs with family and friends with the Rant's built-in 2-megapixel camera with night shot mode, PictBridge printing support, and video capture capabilities. Other features include Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, a 600-number internal phonebook, speaker-independent voice dialing, and up to 5.6 hours of talk time. Sprint Service
Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps. With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive video service combines high-quality streaming audio and video from channels including ABC, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, E!, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and more. The Sprint Music Store enables you to buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you. This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone--by voice and onscreen. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, "Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street." As you approach the turn, you will hear, "Turn right on Elm Street." Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it's easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S. Give your Sprint Mobile e-mail a boost with seamless access to your corporate e-mail and contacts. With the Sprint Mobile e-mail Work service, you can receive e-mail from Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 and Lotus Notes Domino versions 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0. This phone also provides access to Sprint Football Live--free for any phone with a data plan. You'll be able to follow all the live play-by-play action with the Live Game Center for both pro and college football games, as well as stay on top of the pro football draft with a Live Draft Tracker and in-depth analysis and bios on nearly 500 top prospects. Access by texting "FOOTBALL" to 7777 on the handset to download Sprint Football Live from Sprint Digital Lounge (standard text messaging and data rates apply).

Sprint One Click's customizable home screen enables you to optimize your experience by providing quick access to the things you use the most.

Phone Features
Named Best Cell Phone at the 2008 CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference, the Samsung Rant offers the hallmarks of a classic candybar-style phone, with alpha-numeric keypad, five way navigator and send/end/soft-navigation keys on the face, sitting below a 2.1-inch LCD screen with a a 176 x 220-pixel resolution and 262K color depth. But the Rant transforms into a messaging powerhouse thanks to the smooth horizontal slide-out, full QWERTY keyboard, which lets you type as fast as you talk. The phone has an internal 64 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional microSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size). The phonebook can store up to 600 contacts with room for up to six phone numbers, two e-mail addresses, an IM screen name, web address, and a picture ID for each entry. Other features include display of the last 20 received/missed/outgoing calls and ringer ID capability. This phone features Sprint's new One Click navigation interface, which places eight shortcut tiles along the bottom of the home screen. Instead of navigating through endless phone menus, you can put the things you use the most--features like call logs, texting, Web access and GPS navigation--right up front with instant information related to each feature. For example, when you scroll to text messaging, you'll see the number of new messages received and a single click takes take you to the newest messages. Here's how it works:

Sprint's One Click navigation interface.

• Add your favorite items to the carousel, which is a row of tiles along the bottom of your phone's home screen.
• The carousel can hold up to 15 tiles, which you can add, remove and rearrange to suit your needs.
• Highlight a tile to reveal its menu on your home screen.
• Add up to 8 "bubbles"--at-a-glance items that display on your home screen, like the weather or your daily horoscope.
• Browse and download new tiles from your phone's "Personalize Home Screen" tile. New tiles are available every two weeks.
• Press your navigation left or right key to select a tile; up or down to select a bubble or menu item.
• The "Home" tile always stays put, so you can easily get back to your default display.

hands-free communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and file transfer. 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--surf the Internet, send e-mail, and access files from a server. The 2.0-megapixel camera can shoot still images in four resolutions--including 1600 x 1200 (2MP) 1280 x 960 (1 MP)--with three quality settings (high, medium, low). It also features a 4x digital zoom, white balance settings (Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent), multi-shot capabilities, multiple shutter sounds, and a self-timer (2-, 5-, and 10-second). You can also add color effects (including aqua, sepia, negative, and green) using the in-phone editor. In addition to stills, you can also capture video clips in short (for sending via messaging) and extended (for saving) lengths. Other features include:

• MP3 player with airplane mode that turns off cellular connectivity while allowing you to continue to play music
• Background music mode allows you to play music while text messaging, playing games or surfing the Internet
• Live Search for Sprint, powered by Microsoft, provides easy access to directory information, integrated GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps and one-touch click to call access
• More than a dozen streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels
• Access to corporate and consumer (POP3) e-mail, including AOL, Gmail and Yahoo!
• Speaker-independent Voice Dialing, including audible status reports on phone coverage, signal strength and battery life
• Voice to Action button, including call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search functions
• Multiple messaging options, including SMS, voice SMS and instant messaging
• T9 predictive text entry
• Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm clock, memo pad, world, time, calculator, tip calculator
• Vibration alert; 72-chord polyphonic ringtones
• Multilingual menus (English and Spanish)
• Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) rating: M4/T4
• Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, e-mail), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts)

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Rant weighs 4.58 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.6 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint's EV-DO data network.
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