Samsung G600: High Performance Slider Phone

The Samsung G600 is a quad band GSM camera phone. The handset is equipped with a 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus. The device sports a 2.2 inches, 16M colours TFT display. The handset's camera has a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels while its display has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The handset comes with 55 MB of embedded memory. The device has support for GPRS, EDGE and Bluetooth 2.0connectivity. The handset also features a secondary Video Graphics Array (VGA) camera. The secondary video camera comes very handy when one receives or places a video call to someone.

The G600 makes use of a standard Li-ion 880 mAh battery. The handset's music player has support for many music file formats like Windows Media Audio (WMA), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) and MP3. The device features a predictive T9 text input application. The T9 application automatically corrects mistakes when the user inadvertently commits spelling or grammatical mistakes while typing texts into the G600. The handset's Document Viewer feature allows the users to see their documents in popular text file formats like portable document format (PDF), MS-Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The device's built in NetFront 3.4 internet browser displays web pages in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) format.

The G600's battery has a standby time of up to 300 hours and a talk time of up to 3 hours and 30 minutes. The handset's Bluetooth support allows for Bluetooth printing of the documents. It means one can remotely print the texts of G600 with a with a Bluetooth enabled printer without getting tangled into wires. The device also features TV out application. This application allows the user to download his images and videos on a television set and watch the same in greater detail. The slider phone measures 101 mm in length, 47.8 mm in width and 14.9 mm in thickness. The handset can be acquired under Samsung G600 deals that have been announced by the mobile phone retailers in the UK.

Voice Memo, Stereo FM Radio and Built-in hands free are among the many user friendly applications that the G600 is equipped with. The Samsung G600 comes in black colour and is easily available at samsung mobile phones stores around the world. The device allows for the expansion of its memory as it comes equipped with a microSD card slot. The G600 is a quad band GSM phone and it automatically switches between GSM 850/ 900/ 1800 and 1900 networks according to their availability in a particular area.

Its camera interface takes about 4-5 seconds to start up after one has pressed its camera key, which appears to be somewhat sluggish. No other interaction with the G600 takes that much time. When the camera remains idle for some time, it turns off automatically and redirects the user to the standby screen. It means one need call the camera application again to close it. The device's camera supports 9 types of resolutions, with minimum being of 320 x 240 pixels and the maximum being of 2560 x 1920 pixels. The camera supports 14x digital zoom which seems to be useless feature as one can achieve the same effect by rendering the image on a computer. The handset's camera supports many modes like Panorama and Mosaic. The camera allows various effects to be employed to the images like Black & White, Negative, Antique and Emboss.

The handset sports external keys, therefore users can easily access the main features of the device even in its slide closed position. The external buttons are automatically unlocked when one slide opens the device. The G600 weighs 104 gm, including the battery. The handset comes with a useful call management feature that allows the users to view records of up to 30dialled, 30 missed and 30 received calls. The G600 does not support 3G connectivity, which could be considered its main disadvantage. The device's quick menu response has made it one of the most sough after samsung mobile phones. No wonder, a large number of mobile phone users around the world are the proud owners of Samsung G600 mobile phone.