Smart Symbian

You really didn’t think we’d close the issue without at least one gift idea for the guys this Valentine’s, did you? Ladies, this is the gadget to wow your guy with this month: Samsung’s i550 smartphone. Be smart now!

The Samsung i550 is a Symbian S60 OS v9.2 smartphone with HSDPA high-speed data and GPS capabilities. There’s a large 2.6” 240 x 320 pixel display on the front, a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera on the back and microSD expandable memory to complement the 150MB installed internally.

The SGH-i550 has an advanced web browser and one-click access to multimedia functions. There’s an email client, web browser and RSS news reader and you can expect a pretty good multimedia player too. There’s also an FM radio, and the i550 supports a standard 3.5mm headphone plug.

Physically, the i550 measures 115 x 53 x 13mm and for a handset that size, it definitely packs a punch!

Samsung i550 Specifications:


Netwrok: 2G GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G HSDPA 2100
Dimensions: 115 x 53 x 13.8 mm
Display Type: TFT, 256K colors
Display Size: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
Ringtones: Polyphonic, MP3
Memory Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields
Call records: Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot: microSD (TransFlash) - 150 MB built-in memory
Data: GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE/ 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
Bluetooth, v2.0 with A2DP
USB, v2.0
OS Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML
Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video, flash; secondary VGA videocall camera
• Built-in GPS receiver
• Pre-installed Google Maps
• 3.5 mm audio output jack
• FM radio
• Java MIDP 2.0
• Flash player
• WMV/3GP/H.263/MPEG4 player
• WMA/MP3/AAC/AAC+/OGG/ASF player
• Organiser
• Document viewer (MS Word, Excel, PPT, PDF)
• Built-in handsfree