Virgin Mobile has announced its first Android powered smart phone Samsung Intercept. Virgin Mobile added the Samsung Intercept, running on the Android mobile operating system, to its affordable, no-contract lineup of handset and service offerings.
Virgin Mobile USA plans on making this Android-powered landscape QWERTY slider smartphone available with a price tag of $249.99 attached to it.
Samsung Intercept is also known as Samsung M910 for Sprint.
Intercept comes with high-end processor 800 MHz to give higher-quality graphics and faster performance.
Samsung Intercept features 3.2 inch TFT touchscreen(240 x 400 pixels), Qwerty keyboard, Optical trackpad, 3.15 MP camera(2048×1536 pixels ) with auto focus & Geo-tagging, Android 2.1 OS, 800 MHz processor, Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1, 8GB inbuilt memory, microSD card slot for 32GB.
Full Specifications of Samsung Intercept
| Network | |
| 3G Network | CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| 2G Network | CDMA 800 / 1900 |
| Dimensions | |
| L x B x H | 113 x 56 x 15 mm |
| Weight | 139 g |
| Display | |
| Type | TFT touchscreen |
| Size | 3.2 inch |
| Colors & Resolution | 65K colors, 240 x 400 pixels (WQVGA) |
| Input/ User Interface | |
| Input | Optical Trackpad Qwerty Keypad Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Android 2.1 OS (Eclair) |
| CPU | 800 MHz processor |
| Storage Capacity | |
| Memory | Internal: 8GB of built-in memory External: Support for microSD cards up to 32GB |
| Browser & Messaging | HTML, Android Browser SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Camera | |
| Still | – 3.15 Megapixels – 2048×1536 pixels with Auto focus, Geo-tagging – Widescreen photo capture & Geo tagging |
| Secondary | No |
| Video Recording | Yes |
| Connectivity | |
| EDGE & GPRS | No |
| Bluetooth & USB | v2.1 with A2DP Stereo & v2.0 micro USB, |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g |
| Headset | 3.5 mm stereo headset jack |
| Radio | No |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| 3G | Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps |
| Music & Video | |
| Music Format | MP3, WAV, AAC, eAAC+ |
| Video Format | MP4, H.264, H.263 |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-Ion 1500 mAh Standard battery |
| Standby Time | Up to 3000 hours |
| Talk Time | Up to 5 hours 30 min |
| Other Features | Bar code scanner Social Networking integration YouTube, Google Talk Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Facebook integration Access to the Amazon MP3 store Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) |
| Colors | Gray Steel Satin Pink |
Samsung Intercept offers full integration of social networking apps, Microsoft Outlook Exchange e-mail and advanced messaging capabilities. This is not a GSM phone, it will not work on any GSM network worldwide. Sammy has gone this time with an EV-DO Rev. 0 (as opposed to Rev. A) which means you’ll be getting along with slower data speeds than you’d expect from your average modern CDMA smartphone.
Price & Availability
The Samsung Intercept will be available with in the next few weeks in mid-October for an affordable pricing at $249 prepay, paired with Virgin Mobile’s contract free Beyond Talk service options at $25, $40 and $60 a month.
Samsung Intercept was released in July, this year and it is available for $100 on contract after rebate via Sprint carriers.