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Samsung accidentally announces the “Moment” for Sprint

Categories: Android, Samsung, Sprint
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 at 10:07 AM

Samsung issued a press release today about their groovy AMOLED displays. Their contrast is great, the darks are darker, the colors pop out, and power consumption goes down, but viewing angles in outdoor conditions go straight to hell when compared to transflective LCD displays. Anyway, back to the juicy bit of the press release, the Samsung Moment:

The Samsung Moment integrates the open and innovative Android platform with Google complete with built-in Google mobile services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube as well as the thousands of applications built on the Android platform. The Moment is the first Sprint device to include a brilliant 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and is designed with a tactile QWERTY keyboard that slides out horizontally and a virtual QWERTY keypad for versatile text messaging and email access. Device navigation is simple thanks to an optical joystick located just below the expansive display. Powered by an 800 Mhz processor, the Samsung Moment is one of the fastest available in the market and features WiFi capability, integrated GPS navigation, 3.2 megapixel camera and camcorder and stereo Bluetooth® technology.

No pictures, no release dates, no pricing, but hey, it’s something that the guy who hit send on the press release is going to get in deep trouble over. We like trouble.

Update: Engadget Mobile says Samsung has a press conference scheduled for 2 PM Eastern Standard Time today. Expect more details then.

Update: It’s official. Sprint just announced it:

Beginning Nov. 1, customers can purchase Samsung Moment through all Sprint channels including Web, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and our national retail partners. Retail pricing will be $179.99 (excluding taxes) after a $50 instant savings and a $100 mail-in-rebate with a two-year service agreement. Pre-registration for this phone begins today at www.sprint.com/moment.

[Via: Phone Scoop]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Dominik

    Accident, yea right.