Samsung t349 Prepaid Phone, Silver/Lime (T-Mobile)

The T349 features an MP3 player, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion, and personal organizer tools (see a larger version with pointers to all the controls).

With Pay As You Go, you get wireless service exactly how you like it--there's no long-term contract, no credit checks, and no surprises. Add $100 in refills with Pay As You Go and you'll become a Gold Rewards customer, which gets you 15 percent more minutes on all refills and your minutes won't expire for a year after the time you refill.

You can also pay only $1.00 per day for unlimited nights and unlimited nationwide calling to any T-Mobile number. All other domestic calls you make are just 10¢ per minute.

T-Mobile includes the following services with this T-Mobile Pay As You Go phone:

• Nationwide long distance (including calls to Alaska and Hawaii)
• National roaming on the T-Mobile USA network
• T-Mobile web2go (free shopping for HiFi Ringers, MegaTones, wallpapers, and more; not available on all devices)
• VoiceMail, caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling
• Free e-mail address (10digitnumber@tmomail.net)

• Text messaging ($0.20 to send, $0.20 to receive)
• Picture messaging ($0.20 to send or receive)
• Download ringtones and wallpaper (prices vary)
• Download games and applications (prices vary)
• 411 & More directory assistance ($1.49 per call plus airtime)
• International dialing to over 150 countries (international rates apply)
• Prepaid international roaming rates

Phone Features
The innovative Samsung T349 candybar-style messaging phone features a 20-key partial QWERTY keyboard that's combined with the latest in predictive text entry technology to make composing emails and messages a breeze. The XT9 predictive text entry technology takes the magic of the original T9 technology and takes it up a notch with such features as a word prediction list and spelling correction that spots transposed letters and missed keys, as well as instant integration into all applications on the device. The phone provides one-touch access to your favorite messaging function with the messaging shortcut key, and the user interface offers a new, simplified circle menu style that provides friendly graphics and succinct menu description text.

The T349 sports a brightly colorful LCD screen (176 x 220 pixels, 262K color depth) that sits above a four-way navigation pad that's surrounded by send/end and two soft navigation keys and complemented with a dedicated messaging key. The phone has an internal 50 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional MicroSD/MicroSDHC (high capacity) memory cards (up to 4 GB in size). The phonebook can store up to 1000 contacts, with each entry able to store multiple phone numbers and offering support for caller groups as well as photo/ringer ID.

The innovative 20-key partial QWERTY keyboard of the Samsung T349 makes composing messages a breeze.

You'll be able to stay in close contact with friends and family via both text (SMS) and picture (MMS) messaging, and this phone provides access to popular instant messaging services (including AIM, Yahoo!, and Windows Live) for fast, on-the-go conversations. This handset also includes support for accessing personal email from POP3 and IMAP4 accounts.

Other features include:

• 1.3-megapixel camera for still photos and video clips; features include 4x digital zoom and multi-shot capabilities
• Digital audio player compatible with MP3 and AAC/AAC+ file formats
• Video player with support for MPEG-4, H.263 and 3GP formats
• Organizer tools: calendar, alarm, tasks, notes, calculator, world time, converter, timer, stopwatch
• 64-chord polyphonic ringtones plus vibrate mode
• Display of the last 90 incoming/outgoing/missed calls
• Downloadable wallpaper and games

Vital Statistics
The Samsung T349 weighs 3.2 ounces and measures 4.49 x 1.97 x 0.53 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.