Samsung Mythic a897 Phone
Saturday, 28. November 2009. 05:53
- 3G-enabled messaging/social networking phone with 3.3-inch touchscreen and intuitive Samsung TouchWiz interface
- Compatible with AT&T Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service; AT&T Mobile TV capabilities
- 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD memory expansion to 16 GB; access to personal email
- Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, USB cable, quick start guide, user manual
Amazon.com Product Description
With one-touch access to features including AT&T Mobile TV and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, the Samsung Mythic for AT&T is a portable entertainment powerhouse. It features a 3.3-inch touchscreen with virtual keyboard and Samsung’s innovative TouchWiz user interface, which allows you to simply drag and drop widgets for your favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone’s home screen.
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November 28th, 2009 at 7:17 am
I tried this phone out for a day until realizing there is no supported way to sync my Outlook contacts from my PC to the phone. But here are some impressions of the phone while i used it, until its return.
The screen is very nice: higher resolution than other non-smartphones (360 x 640). Internet browser is fairly responsive, but does not display the regular pages as intended as the screen is still not wide enough. The WAP pages look fine.
Calls sound clear in both handset & speakerphone modes. But in a 40 minute call to AT&T support, the call was dropped 3 times. Could be AT&T network issue – don’t know as this is our only AT&T cell phone. (No problems with our Verizon phone.)
Navigating the screen takes some getting used to. To scroll thru the 3 home pages, I kept accidentally opening applications I didn’t want, or not getting it to scroll. Definitely a step behind the iPhone I played with before.
Camera images are pretty good for a camera phone. Shots taken indoors are brighter than on other camera phones I’ve used, thanks to the flash.
Music syncing worked fine – there are several ways to do it. There is also the Samsung “PC Studio” software on the accompanying CDROM or from the Samsung website, that allows media transfers.
Since this is classified as not being a smartphone, there is no data plan required with this phone. Optionally, there is a $15 unlimited data plan available from AT&T.
As noted, the deal breaker for me was that there is no supported way to transfer contacts to the phone from my PC. Maybe they will support this feature later? Will try the Solstice.
Rating: 4 / 5