Friday, March 7, 2008

Samsung Adds Heart To Soul With G400



We were pretty impressed by Samsung’s U900 Soul, which debuted at the recent Mobile World Convention in Barcelona, and the UK’s second largest manufacturer has wasted no time in producing another. The original was a slide model but you’ll now find something for the clamshell market in the G400.

It retains many of the same features in the 5MP digital camera with auto focus, flash, face recognition software and an image stabiliser. There’s also a second camera for video calling, though one interesting design feature here that’s unique to the Samsung G400 is that the main camera is situated in the hinge so it faces the user when opened up. We’re not quite sure how this is supposed to make things easier from a usability point of view, and it could end up putting some people off. A similar range of connectivity that includes 7.2Mbps 3.5G network speeds and tri-band GSM with GPRS and EDGE data and Bluetooth 2.0 means it’s pretty well supported, though there’s no WiFi built in. The G400 follows up on its predecessor’s impressive multimedia capabilities with a multi-format audio and video player, FM radio and expandable microSD memory.

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