Sprint announces the Samsung Intrepid

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Sprint this morning announced the add-on of the Samsung Intrepid to its Windows Mobile lineup as a follow-up to the Ace. Here'south what's we know thus far:

Windows Mobile 6.five Professional.
2.5-inch touchscreen at 320x240.
WiFi b/g.
3.2MP photographic camera.
Earth Telephone.
Microsoft's Tell Me service is on board!

Other rumored specs were a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, with 512MB ROM/256MB RAM.

The Intrepid volition be bachelor Oct. 11 for $149.99 later contract and rebate.

Total presser afterwards the break.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sprint (NYSE: South) and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the number one mobile phone provider in the Usa¹, today announced the upcoming inflow of Samsung Intrepid^TM smartphone, a dynamic Windows^® phone that lets the customer be productive on-the-go using America'south well-nigh dependable 3G network (EV-DO Rev. A)² domestically and through international roaming when traveling worldwide.

Samsung Intrepid features Windows Mobile^® vi.5 Professional, and improves on previous Samsung Windows phones with a user experience that offers a customizable Today screen to brandish the features the user accesses near often and shows important information similar new emails, text messages, missed calls and calendar appointments. It also has a richer Net browsing experience and new personalization options including a diverse pick of designer themes and the ability to create an original expect for your phone with the congenital-in theme creator.

Samsung Intrepid adds to Sprint'southward robust line of international devices assuasive its customers to leverage America's near dependable network domestically and other high-performance, globe grade networks abroad. Global business travelers tin residuum easy knowing Dart has a solution to keep people connected when they travel in the United States and abroad.

This device is a stiff improver to Dart's business device portfolio and features a 2.v-inch touchscreen interface with 320x240 resolution, total QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera and camcorder, and combines a robust mobile office experience with all the must have Microsoft Part Mobile-capabilities like corporate email and the ability to view attachments and manage your calendar. Additional business features include:

Windows Mobile half dozen.5 Professional with Microsoft ActiveSync^® and Microsoft Office Mobile (edit Word and Excel^® files, view PowerPoint^®)
Windows Mobile email (work & personal)
stereo Bluetooth^®
multimedia with microSD slot (up to 32 GB)
easy access to social networking sites, including Facebook^®, Flickr^® and Twitter
instant messaging and threaded text messaging
Wi-Fi
Pre-installed SIM

Information technology volition exist available on Dominicus, Oct. 11 for $149.99 (excluding taxes) with a new line or eligible upgrade, two-year service agreement, and later on a $50 instant savings and $100 mail-in rebate, at Sprint stores, Web sales (world wide web.sprint.com), Telesales (one-800-SPRINT1), Dart Business Direct and select third-party dealers.

"Combined with America's almost dependable 3G network and Sprint'south affordable rate plans, Samsung Intrepid is a cracking value for our customers who desire a Windows phone with International capabilities," said Kevin Packingham, senior vice president – Product Evolution, Sprint. "This phone offers the robust enterprise capabilities of Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, and a best-in-class email experience with smoothen Spider web surfing and access to applications that are both useful and fun."

"Samsung Intrepid makes it easier for people to do more on the go past giving them the choice to employ voice or touch input on a sleek new Windows phone," said Andy Lees, senior vice president of Microsoft's Mobile Advice Business. "Samsung Intrepid on Sprint's reliable network is a great example of how customers benefit when manufacture leaders rally effectually a common goal – in this case convenience."

"Samsung is excited to take the Windows telephone operating system integrated into the new Samsung Intrepid," said Omar Khan, senior vice president of Strategy and Product Management for Samsung Mobile. "Intrepid's global connectivity, Wi-Fi capabilities touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard options combined with document editing, imaging and messaging capabilities and enhanced multitasking make this device a perfect fit for international business and personal use."

Innovative Features and Applications

Featuring Internet Explorer Mobile^® half dozen, Samsung Intrepid offers powerful Spider web search capabilities with a touch-friendly user interface and Bing™ for mobile information while on-the-become, the power to view Web sites in Mobile or Desktop view and better zoom, gyre and pan features for easier Web site navigation and an Adobe Wink Light^® plug-in that allows Samsung Intrepid users to enjoy rich Flash-based games, videos and other interactive Spider web content on their phone. Additional upgrades over previous Samsung Windows Mobile phones include:

Windows Marketplace for Mobile offering a rich and integrated marketplace of quality applications for buy using a Windows Alive ID
Lock screen allows users to receive calls, go on track of upcoming calendar appointments and view recent activities, all while the telephone is still locked
Microsoft^® My Phone service allows users to access, manage and support their personal information on their device using a password-protected, Web-based service

Samsung Intrepid from Sprint is the beginning device to offering Microsoft Corp.'s Tellme^TM mobile feel, which allows customers to utilise their vocalism to dial a contact, compose a text message and search the Web using America'due south most dependable 3G network. The Tellme application can search business listings, traffic, maps, driving directions, movies and atmospheric condition, instantly with the touch of a button and a person'due south voice. With Tellme, Samsung Intrepid users just demand to button a push and say 'coffee shop' to get the location of nearby cafes.

Worry-complimentary Pricing Plans

With its powerful information experience, Samsung Intrepid volition benefit from the value of Sprint's Everything Information plans, with Any Mobile, Anytime^SM, which gives customers unlimited mobile calling on the Sprint network to and from whatever U.South. wireless carrier, unlimited nationwide texting, email, Spider web browsing and much more, starting at just $69.99. For customers that desire Sprint'south Simply Everything^SM Plan that offers a truly unlimited experience for simply $99.99 per month, and they tin salve $ane,200 over 2 years vs. a comparable AT&T iPhone^® program³. (All price plans exclude surcharges and taxes. Other exclusions apply.)

Dart too offers great value on international service plans for Samsung Intrepid. The Worldwide Information plan gives customers electronic mail and Web access in more than than 145 countries worldwide, including the U.s.a., Canada, Mexico, and other locations using CDMA technology, and with GSM/GPRS carriers away where Dart has applicable roaming agreements. The plan is available for $69.99 per month, or simply $xl per month (excluding taxes and surcharges) as an attachable to Simply Everything, Everything Data, Everything Data Family or Business Advantage Messaging and Data.

Sprint international vocalisation roaming rates range from $0.59 to $v.99 per minute, depending on where customers are calling. Customers making frequent calls while in Canada tin can have advantage of a specific service plan for $2.99 per month which allows calls to be made and received at $0.20 per minute. Customers also take the pick of using a third-party SIM for international voice and data services.

Dart provides voice coverage in 195 countries and information coverage in more than 145 countries. The Sprint Worldwide vocalisation program (International Voice Roaming Discount Plan) enhances the value proposition for Dart'southward International devices similar the Samsung Intrepid, HTC Touch Pro Ii and the Blackberry Tour. Customers can add the program at anytime for $4.99/calendar month; discounted prices bachelor for more than 110 countries; discounts range from $0.ten/minute to $3.00/minute with plan. For more information on Sprint'due south International Services, go to www.sprint.com/international.

Sprint offers an boosted value as the only wireless carrier to offer Ready Now with trained retail associates that piece of work one-on-i with customers to personalize their Samsung Intrepid, gear up features and demonstrate how it works before the customer leaves the shop. Customers have the selection of sitting downwards with a Sprint retail acquaintance at the time of purchase or they tin schedule an appointment for a later time at world wide web.sprint.com/storelocator.

The Sprint Mobile Broadband Network (inclusive of data roaming) reaches more than 269 meg people, 18,652 cities and ane,838 airports. The Sprint Networks (inclusive of data roaming) have more than twice the coverage of AT&T'due south current 3G network and more than 20 times the coverage of T-Mobile's current 3G network, both based on square miles^four.

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