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The Samsung A920 is a sleek clamshell form factor digital Sprint Power Vision phone. I bet you can’t say that 3 times really fast. Basically, what that means is it’s a fliping digital flip phone that was made for the Sprint PCS network by Samsung. Last time I checked, I had some on www.cellchecker.com listed for around a $100 with a $100 mail in rebate. If you hate mailing in rebate crap as much as I do, Letstalk.com cut a deal with Sprint so that you can get the A920 for free without having to mail in any rebate stuff. I might have to have a talk with Letstalk.com and see if I can get a job. (Or at least get my A920 cell phones as cheap as they do)

The Samsung A920 is 3.66” high, 1.93” wide, 0.98” thick and weighs in at 3.88oz. The standard Lithium-Ion battery has continuous CDMA digital talk-time of up to 3.5 hours; with extended battery talk-time being 6.0 hours. This cell phone powers down with an audible alert when approximately 5 minutes of talk-time are left. The battery talk-time and standby time are most effected by backlighting, vibrate mode, Bluetooth®, browser and searching for service, so if at all possible, turn the lights off, shut down the vibrator, deactivate the Bluetooth and keep the phone turned off untill you need it. OK, I’m just kidding, but, the aformentioned actions would give you a standby time of around 10 years… LOL. The dual-display on this phone has a 176 by 220 pixels, 262 thousand color TFT internal display screen and a 128 by 96 pixels, 65 thousand color STN external display. The phone has a TransFLASH™ memory slot for upto 512MB external memory storage. This phone is TTY/TDD compatible.

The Samsung A920 is a digital, dual-band, 800/1900MHz CDMA 1xEV-DO phone. The maximum achievable data rates with 1x EV-DO service are 2.4Mbps downlink and 153Kbps uplink. Bluetooth® wireless technology is used to bond with other Bluetooth® devices: head-set and car-kit for hands-free operation, PC and mobile phones for data transfer: synchronization and modem. PictBridge technology can be used to print pictures by connecting the Samsung A920 to a printer with a USB cable.

The messaging features on the Samsung A920 are: voice mail, SMS, EMS, MMS, e-mail and messenger. The picture, animation, sound and text can be sent and received in EMS; audio-video clips can be sent with Sprint PCS Picture MailSM. Internet services such as email, AOL Messenger, MSN and Yahoo are accessible on high-speed internet link. the A920 uses T9® predictive text tool for fast text entry. GPS service is also available to get current location information; E-911 Assisted GPS service is always available.

The entertainment features on the Samsung A920 are: screen saver, wall paper, TV, radio, www surfing and a camera. The 1.3 mega pixel camera has flash, self-timer, fun frames, color tones, brightness and white balance control, adjustable picture resolution and quality, a shutter sound (oooh, hey, it’s got a shutter sound) and view mode. The pictures are saved in the phone’s internal memory unless a TransFLASH™ memory card is present. Other Sprint PCS VisionSM services available are Sprint TVSM, downloadable ring tones, games and applications, SIRUS music and web access. On demand services like news, weather, financial updates, sports and movies are provided based on zip code.

The call features on the Samsung A920 are 3-way call conference, call history, pause while dialing and call waiting. The PIM features are: notepad, voice memos, digital clock, alarm clock, calendar, scheduler, calculator, countdown, task-list, world clock and a 500 entry phone book. Each phone book entry can have 5 phone numbers, e-mail, URL, nick-name to voice dial, 1/2/3-touch speed-dial number, abbreviated dialing, ringer & picture caller ID and call group name. There is a speakerphone available for hands-free operation.

Security features on the Samsung A920 include: Netguard , hide caller ID, Call Guard , restrict outgoing calls to contacts or special numbers, Picture/Video lock and phone lock. E-911 can be called even when the phone is locked or the account is restricted. Sprint PCS Vision and Sprint Power Vision Services can be locked. The phone book entries, downloaded content and built-in camera pictures/video can be deleted.

For more information on the Samsung A920 visit Samsung.com.

The Motorola V360 is a clamshell 2G/3G GSM phone with a built in video camera. The V360 is 90mm by 47mm by 24mm and weighs in at 104g, making this a very a small and lightweight cell phone. The internal display on the v360 is 176px by 220px and has a 262K color TFT screen. The thin Film Transistor used in this phone is the highest resolution LCD technology currently available. The external display on this Motorola phone, which is used for the clock and phone/call status, is 96px by 80px, and uses 4 levels of Gray Scale. The Motorola v360 has 5MB of internal memory with TransFlash removable memory of up to 512MB. The v360’s standby time is 140-240 hrs with up to 4-7 hrs of talk time. The v360’s backlit keypad is blue, if that makes a difference to anyone. LOL. The Motorola v360 can be purchased with plans from TMobile for free with a new plan, or from online stores like www.wireless-phone.com where you currently get $50 cash back with a new plan. (8-02-2006).

The Motorola V360 is tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz phone. The data communication technologies supported are 2G GPRS Class 10 (2U/4D) and 3G EDGE Class 10. This cell phone can be used in both 2G and 3G GSM networks, with maximum data rates of 160 kbps and 384Kbps respectively. Video streams, like live TV channels, news, weather and business updates currently have better reception in 3G networks. The WAP 2.0 browser with TLS 1.0/SSL 3.0 provides a secure interface for web browsing, emails & e-commerce. The v360 has Bluetooth® wireless Class 2 technology with a range of up to 30 feet for binding with other Bluetooth® enabled devices like hands free headsets, Laptops, wireless printers or PC’s for data transfer & for use as a wireless dial-up modem. The Moto v360 is also equipped with a mini USB connector for connecting with PC’s and laptops to synchronize data or for use as a dial-up modem.

The Motorola V360 has an integrated digital VGA camera/camcorder with 4x digital zoom and a digital audio player. Short video films can be recorded and sent in either MMS or as e-mail attachments. The phone supports audio video standard MPEG-4 for web streaming media, broadcast television and video conversation at low bit rate 4800bit/s to 4Mbit/s. The v360 uses the H.263 video codec for it’s video conferencing. And J2ME™ is the current runtime environment used on the V360 phones. CLDC 1.0/ MIDP 2.0 is included for use when downloading and running application or game MIDlets.

The Motorola V360 has a phonebook with the capacity to store up to 500 phone numbers, the contacts stored in the phone book can be called by voice commands or can be configured into the speed dial menu. Entries 1-9 in the phone book can be called by single-digit speed dial. Hands-free calls can be made with the integrated speaker phone. Different ringtones can be assigned to each contact in the phonebook, giving the user the ability to configure the ringer caller ID. In this way, when the phone rings, the caller can be identified from the ring tone. The PIM features available in Motorola V360 phone are Calculator, Currency Converter, Alarms, MP3 player, Calendar, clock & World Clock. With VibraCall® Alert, the phone can be configured to vibrate when a call or message is received, this is a nice touch for those times when the ringer needs to be turned off. The other alert types that can be configured on the phone are MP3, Polyphonic and Monophonic ringtones. The user has the capability to download and configure pictures taken with the phone’s camera as wallpapers or screen savers. Pictures can also be configured for use with the v360’s picture caller ID. When this feature is turned on, a unique photo is displayed along with the caller’s number when a call is received from this contact. Any pictures can be configured as caller ID photos.

The Motorola V360 has many messaging features like SMS, MMS and EMS to send text, audio & video. iTAP™ predictive text tool is provided for fast and easy typing. Formatted text with fonts, colors and pictures can be sent through EMS. The e-mail clients POP3 and SMTP are supported for e-mail downloading and also work in the offline mode. The communication features available in the Wireless Village are instant messaging, caller/called party presence information, creation of chat groups and content sharing through storage areas. Voice mail is a network service provider feature.

The phone has a 3-level security system. The phone lock is used to protect the instrument from any misuse, and the phone must be unlocked to be able to answer calls. The phone also is SIM PIN Enabled, whic means that the SIM PIN must be entered before making a call, SIM PIN2 is used to protect important data and network services like call barring etc. It is possible to either enable or disable any of these locks, when disabled the unlock code is not required to be entered, but the user’s phone can be accessed by anyone if the phone is lost. Pre-configured local emergency numbers, like 911, can be called, even if the phone is locked. The Motorola v360 is also hearing aid compatible (M3/M4).

Visit Motorola for more information on the v360.