[NEWS] ARTICLE: Sprint Samsung Moment: Android OS, QWERTY Slider, $179, November 1

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Sprint went ahead and formally announced the Samsung Moment, an Android OS phone powered by an 800 MHz processor and featuring a side-sliding QWERTY board and 3.2" AMOLED touchscreen. Moment will be available from Sprint November 1st for $179.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 rebate.

And yes, Moment will support Pac-Man. Seriously, it was in the media kit. I love Pac-Man. Not as much as Galaga, but still.

Specs, you want specs? We got specs:

• Dimensions: 4.6 x 2.34 x 0.63 inches; weight 5.67 oz.
• Main Display: 3.2-inch AMOLED (320 x 480 pixels) 16M colors
• Standard Lithium (LiIon) battery: up to 5.5 hours continuous talk time

• Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• Widescreen 3.2-inch AMOLED touch-screen display
• Android Market™
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Outlook e-mail with Microsoft Direct Push Technology
• and HTML support; E-mail (EAS), POP, IMAP
• Access e-mail from such well-known providers as AOL, Windows LiveTM including MSN®, Hotmail® and Yahoo!
• Easily view Word, Excel, PowerPoint on the go to maximize productivity
• Built-in WiFi 802.11 b/g
• Visual Voicemail for quick and easy access to voice mail messages
• Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled, turn-by-turn driving directions, navigate with a 3D map that moves with you

• Android Market and access to such popular applications as Pandora®, ShopSavvyTM, Twitter, ShazamTM, amazon.com®, USA Today®, Flixster®, PacManTM, CraigslistCheckerTM, MySpaceTM Mobile and thousands of other applications
• 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and camcorder with auto-focus
• Advanced Stereo Bluetooth® wireless technology
• Sprint’s exclusive sports applications: NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile
• Amazon MP3 Store and Media Player with 3.5-millimeter headphone jack
• Expandable Memory: 2GB MicroSD card included; supports up to 32GB MicroSD card

Pre-register? You want to sign up with Sprint for more info on Moment? You can do that at http://www.sprint.com/moment









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[Bluemumba]

The Moment looks like it gonna take the spot light for the Hero. Even though has a better carma but not flash. Spirnt is just moving up in the world, one phone at a time. Any idea what gonna be the upgrade price for the phone?