Samsung SGH-F490

The Samsung F490 is a rich multimedia mobile phone with (16:9) 3.2-inch display, no hardware keypad and 5 megapixel camera running on the award-wining Croix UI. The tri-band GSM HSDPA/EDGE-enabled Samsung F490 is similar to the Samsung F700 but is slimmer and replaces the side-sliding QWERTY keyboard for 5-megapixel camera, instead of 3-megapixel one. It has 3.5mm stereo jack, microSD slot, Stereo Bluetooth, and full HTML internet browser.

The new Samsung F490 music player, while being optimized for touchscreen control, isn’t very convenient; however, by connecting your own headphones (fortunately, there’s a 3.5 mm jack right there on the case), you can enjoy music of pretty decent quality. You will be able to talk to someone by putting the phone to your mouth, and hear the speaker in the headphones.

For users of Google services, the Samsung F490 has a separate menu with three choices: Google Search, Gmail and Google Maps. Unfortunately, these aren’t separate applications, but merely links to the their websites that are opened using the built-in browser.

The latter is quite functional, letting you view websites in portrait and landscape modes, zoom in and out, browse in the usual “desktop”, or the mobile views (putting all website into a single column).

Features:

• General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network HSDPA 2100
• Size Dimensions 115 x 53.5 x 11.8 mm
• Weight 102 g
• Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
• Size 240 x 432 pixels, 3.3 inches
• Ringtones Type Polyphonic, MP3
• Customization Download, order now
• Vibration
• Memory Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
• Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
• Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
• 130 MB shared memory
• Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
• WLAN
• Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
• USB Yes, v2.0
• Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
• Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront 3.4)
• Games
• Colors Black
• Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, video(QVGA 15fps), flash; secondary videocall camera
• Java MIDP 2.0
• 3.5mm audio jack
• WMV/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player (VGA@30fps)
• MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA player
• Voice recorder
• Organiser
• Picsel document viewer
• Google Search
• Built-in handsfree
• Multitasking
• Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 880 mAh
• Stand-by Up to 220 h
• Talk time Up to 6 h

What comes in the box

• Samsung SGH-F490 Handset
• Samsung SGH-F490 Standard Battery
• Samsung Travel Charger
• Samsung Headset
• Samsung User Manual