enV and UpStage -- alternative to iPhone? pt.2

(link to pt1)

Samsung UpStage

Music continues to dominate our lives. Maybe because listening to music is a choice that we personally make, only limited by a handful of restrictions, mainly the lack of music at the time we want it. The convergence of cell phones and walkmans (iPods for the hipper crowd) chips away at another restriction for instant music satisfaction. You shall no longer be inconvenienced with carrying 2 gadgets (cell phone or iPod) when you jog, grocery shop, etc. Most of us just carries our cell phones, neglecting iPods for more leisurely time. But if the cell phone also plays music as well, we will use it.

Meet the new Samsung UpStage, a two-sided mobile device that's both a phone and a music player.

• Music can be downloaded from your PC or from the Sprint Music StoreSM - then listen to it all through the stereo speaker or a stereo Bluetooth headset
• With the big, beautiful, 262,000-color display so you can watch music videos or Sprint TVSM. Just hit "play.
• The UpStage has a sweet 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder so you'll never miss a photo op again
• Connecting to Bluetooth-enabled headsets, hands free car systems and compatible printers sounds good, doesn't it? Well, connecting to your music with a stereo Bluetooth headset sounds even better

The Samsung UpStage is very convenient to carry around at only 0.4 inches thick. To be exact, the weight and dimensions are 4.1 x 1.7 x 0.4 inches; 2.6 ounces.

Be sure to read customer reviews. They caution on the inconvenience of having a 2-sided cell phone. Mainly, it's bothersome having to flip the phone around when dialing because the touchpad is on the other side of the screen (see above).





As of April 2007, the UpStage is heavily promoted with a new plan purchase that will make it FREE to you after rebates.



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