WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Samsung Captivate a Galaxy S smartphone running Android 2.1-powered with a 4-inch display was announced by AT&T today that will be their first 1 GHz full-powered Android smarthphone.

The Samsung Captivate uses  AT&T’s High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 Mbps technology, which provides a considerable speed boost to the nation’s fastest 3G network. The Samsung Captivate also features Samsung’s Super AMOLED display screen technology, a 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird Application Processor and Samsung Social Hub, a feature that integrates the user’s social networking services, messages, personal and business email, calendars and contacts.

The Samsung Captivate is packed full of features that enhance users’ daily life, including a 5.0-megapixel camera/ camcorder with auto-focus and HD video recording (720p), MP3 player, 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and expandable memory for photos, videos and music, up to 16 GB.  This combined with an on-board 16 GB of storage allows for up to 32 GB of capacity for music and video. Other features include  Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), full HTML browser with tap & hold zoom), Bluetooth  3.0 technology. The Captivate also includes tri-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM technology for international calling and data.

The Samsung Captivate is designed with a six-axis sensor  that combines the smartphone’s accelerometer and gyroscope to provide a smooth, fluid gaming experience when the user is tilting the device up or down or panning the phone to the left or right. Advanced touchscreen gestures capabilities include multi-touch pinch, long tap and zoom and vertical and horizontal swiping.

The Samsung’s Social Hub, is built around Messaging and Contacts, both of which initiate the sending and receiving of information, whether it is e-mail, instant messaging, social network updates or SMS messages. Additionally, calendar information from portal calendars, such as Google Calendar, and social networking services are displayed together in one calendar with two-way synchronization. The familiar text messaging experience is enhanced with group messaging and “reply all” functionality for up to 10 contacts, a threaded conversations format, a consolidated inbox, and enhanced multi-media display.

In addition, AT&T customers who choose Captivate can take advantage of AT&T Address Book.  A Web-based service, AT&T Address Book syncs contacts to an online address book so customers can access and manage their mobile contacts from their handset - or their PC. Also available to users at no additional charge is access to AT&T’s entire national Wi-Fi network — any Captivate with the Wi-Fi turned on will automatically connect when in range. 

Captivate’s virtual QWERTY keyboard uses Swype technology, which allows users to input text faster and in a more intuitive way with one continuous finger motion across the screen keyboard. 

Users will have future access to Samsung Media Hub, a full library of video and literary content powered by some of the biggest names in entertainment.  The Captivate features Samsung’s All Share application, which enables inter-device connectivity through DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology, allowing users to send user-generated video content wirelessly to other DLNA-enabled devices, such as TV’s, monitors and laptops, allowing for a rich, interactive entertainment experience.