MetroPCS launches the Samsung R410
By Will Park on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 8:40 PM PST In Accessories, Devices, MetroPCS, Samsung
Remember that easy-to-use, messaging phone that Samsung was sending over to MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS)’s network? Yea, well, it’s finally gone live in time for some last-minute holiday shopping. The Samsung R410 will bring some QWERTY-based messaging prowess to MetroPCS’s mid-range lineup. At a $200 price point, this thing is actually at the higher-end of the carrier’s stable, but with features like a VGA camera (they call it a “high-resolution” shooter, but we know better) and Bluetooth as the most-advanced offering, the Samsung R410 isn’t all that high-end.
Still, if unlimited calling plans and text-messaging focus is what you’re looking for, then the Samsung R410 on MetroPCS should do you just fine. Grab it for the aforementioned $200 in your choice of black or red. We like the red, but you can’t go wrong with black.
i got this phone last christmas and it was workin fine but now im experiencin serious issues tht make me wanna throw it at a wall, the whole little number pad doesnt work except the end button, only the keyboard works now, i have to hold down the charger for the phone to charge and it hurts my hand after a while so i go the day now without a phone =( and my last issue, the screen lights up for like a second then goes pitch black and everytime i press a button or something it doesnt light up and i know its on becuz it vibrates from people textin me and callinnn =/
wow, i wanted this phone so bad, but i was planning on having nice ringtones, other then those crappy samples…. gosh, this sucks metro needs to try to get better phones….
so far this is the best phone they have
and this phone isnt at all that good…
my cousin has it but doesnt know how horrible it relle is!
i want the sidekick3 who thinks thats better? on the t-mobile sidekick 3 can you download music?
somebody PLEASE TELL ME!!!
email me at
mileyfan63@yahoo.com
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Message for confused jackie: I am in the process f getting ready of t-mobile all together. They are high as heck and just an fyi, I just sold my sidekick II. I culd no longer afford it. You have to pay your regular plan in addidtion to a sidekick plan to use all those special features. It is awesome, put if it’s not in your budget, don’t bother. Also remember, you will be locked in a contract but from what I hear about metro pcs, T-mobile does have awesome customer service, grace on late pay, and very limited dropped calls.
doe any one know how to download the pic.of these fucking cell to the cp
if any one know how to work these please let me know i have pic of my kid and cant down load them in my cp you can send me a massage at luzexyoh@hotmail.com please thanks..
does it have internet?
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!!!!
I have had this phone for about 4 moths now and have had nothing but issues with it. Dont get me wroung its great for texting, other than that it sucks! Theres the ringtone issue that i wont even get into cause its been said enough but heres the big problem.. MEMORY!!!! YOu save pictures in your phone and the phone thinks they r still there after you have erased them. I have no pictures save in my phone and it currently says full memory!! They say there is nothng they can do about it. I have read about alot of other people having this problem too! Love metro but have this phone .. want to get a new one but scared to drop another 200 dollars on a phone that in 2 months im just gonna want to break!
Um hey if it say memory full wit no pics erase ur pic messages lol or sounds! Lol i figured it out and i hate ma phone 4 ringtones.cuz it alwayz say not supported lol i mean i love the ful key board and i think from what yall say! Im gonna fuxin trade it! danm im on the sh!t tryin to find ringtones
Okay screw this fone..i’m getting my Slvr back or something because i am not doing this anymore with this phone. YOU CANT EVEN GET RINGTONES WTF?!
i have the biggest problem ever. well to me it is. i have the samsung r410 and it says that my memory is full. i have no sounds. ringtones. nothing expect for 9 pictues. i checked the memory and it sayd that “my photos” are taking up 20.69MB which im not a electronic junky but i dont think 9 pictures take up that much memory. SUMONE HELP ME> details please. im not so hot with electronic devices. lol
this phone is totallyy gay.. cant get ringtones like i used to.. im going back to nokia or motorola.. but i hear that the new samsung r450 can do all the things this one cant..
i need help email me at starsnipes@gmail.com none of these websites wrk
Ok, everyone, it’s not the phone, it’s MetroPCS. They had Samsung design these phones so that you are not able to download ringtones and wallpaper from nowhere other than MetroPCS. There is a way around it and after much trial and effort, I found the way for my Samsung R400 phone.
_______________________________________________________
My carrier is MetroPCS and I have the Samsung R400 phone. After much trial and error getting songs and graphics to load, I finally hit the jackpot. The below instructions worked for me and I have just finished testing with great success. I hope this works for other with Samsung R400 and/or MetroPCS subscribers.
I installed the Samsung PC Studio 3 from the download listed on Samsung.com. I then installed the DataPilot Pix ‘n Tunes software (which I had purchased and could not get it to work before). After installing the Pix ‘n Tune software, make sure you get the updates on DataPilot’s website (you should do this during the installation process when it ask you to).
Next check your Device Manager and make sure the followings are listed when your phone is connected to your computer’s USB port.
Modems – SAMSUNG CDMA Modem
Ports – SAMSUNG CDMA Modem Diagnostic Serial Port
USB – SAMSUNG USB Composite Device
If it is not listed exactly as above, I believe the operative thing is the Modem, Ports and USB should all have Samsung listed.
Make sure you edit you MP3’s that you may set as a ring tone because MP3’s eat a lot of your phone’s memory and may cause the phone to freeze. Thinking about getting an conversion software that converts MP3, WAV, WMA files to QCP files.
Good luck everyone. I hope it works for you as it did for me.
I have the Samsung Vice and i went to Ventones.com i made my own ringtone and i sent it to my phone and it came up as Unsupported Download everytime i try to put on a free ring tone and it is really pissing me off cuz there no way im paying fuckin money for a 30 sec ringtone !!!