T-Mobile today announced that the Samsung Behold II will be available beginning Nov. 18.
Available exclusively from T-Mobile USA, the Behold II is the first phone from T-Mobile to feature a brilliant 3.2-inch, 320-by-480-pixel, AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) screen for crisper colors and wider viewing angles, which is paired with a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, zoom, flash, five shooting modes and video capabilities. Samsung’s intuitive cube menu also provides quick access to six top multimedia features: music, photos, videos, the Web, YouTube and Amazon MP3 for music downloads.
TouchWiz
The Android-powered phone is equipped with Samsung’s innovative TouchWiz user interface for easy customization through movable widgets and one-touch access to commonly used features and applications. The Behold II offers three different home screens to organize multiple workspaces with favorite widgets and application shortcuts.
Features
The Wi-Fi enabled Behold II also supports personal e-mail (Gmail, POP) and corporate e-mail with Exchange ActiveSync, as well as instant messaging, and text, picture and video messaging. Additional features include assisted GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, visual voicemail. The Behold II has 200MB of internal memory (upped from 180MB in the original) and is expandable up to 16GB (it also ships with a 2GB card)
Supported Media Formats
The music play er supports MP3, AAC, and AAC+. The video player supports MPEG-4 and WMV files.
Wi-Fi and 3G
Beside WI-FI, the phone supports 3G for data. T-Mobile’s 3G network is currently available in 240 cities across the country. By the end of 2009, T-Mobile USA expects its 3G network to be available to reach approximately two-thirds of the U.S. population.
Price and Sale Date
The Samsung Behold II will be available nationwide at T-Mobile retail stores, select authorized dealers and online at http://www.T-Mobile.com beginning Nov. 18, 2009. The price is $230 with a two-year T-Mobile contract.
