Samsung Exclaim M550 Phone, White/Silver (Sprint) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this phone a few months ago and got the everything data plan from sprint. Although this phone has some wonderful features, there are some flaws.
First of all, let me start by saying this is not a smartphone. My husband bought a smartphone and smartphones have many extra features and apps.
Great features:
Opens 2 ways
full keyboard
personalize the home screen
Good for texting
easy email access
good battery lifeFlaws:
Freezes up
very few apps
difficult to navigate online (web pages do not look like they do on a PC)
cannot use a password to lock your phone
You cannot store many appointments in your calendar as it runs out of space
Cannot store many memos in your memo pad as it runs out of space
Photos come out blurry
You can only send short videos to others. You must email long videos but its difficult to do.

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Samsung's Exclaim boasts a unique dual slider design that lets you choose between a numeric keypad or full QWERTY keyboard, both of which remain hidden when not in use. The exclaim is ideal for those who stay in touch in a number of different ways, making it easy to text, instant message, share photos, or check out your favorite social networking sites. Sprint's One Click lets you customize your homepage for one-button access to the things you use most, and with mobile e-mail, Bluetooth wireless technology, and multimedia capability, the Exclaim goes above and beyond many messaging phones.

Sprint Service Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, the Exclaim enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps. With Sprint TV, you can watch live TV and video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound, catching the latest news, sports, weather, entertainment and movie trailers on the go. This comprehensive video service combines high-quality streaming audio and video from channels including ABC, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, E!, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and more.
The Sprint Music Store lets you download music wherever you are. With an always-growing selection of tunes, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you. You also get several streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels. You can also stream music and video--listen to your favorite genres, or access Sirius, VH-1 and MTV for the latest news and video clips. A perfect soundtrack, the Sprint Music Store also lets you listen to music while sending text messages, browsing the Web, or playing a downloaded game.
Since the Exclaim is GPS-enabled, you can also receive audible and visual turn-by-turn directions, map your location, or perform local searches right from your phone. Turn-by-turn directions are announced in a clear voice and displayed on-screen. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, "Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street." As you approach the turn, you will hear, "Turn right on Elm Street." Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it's easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.
With Sprint Mobile e-mail, you'll get easy access to your favorite home e-mail services including AOL, Yahoo!, Gmail, and MSN/Windows Live Hotmail and more. And Sprint Mobile e-mail Work enables you to access e-mail from corporate servers, including Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 and Lotus Notes Domino versions 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 (with the latest software update). Sprint's Mobile e-mail Work Calendar also gives you instant access to your calendar almost anywhere, letting you sync directly with Exchange or Lotus Notes, add new events, and get reminders when they come up.
You can also can easily stay in touch with family and friends using Sprint Messaging, offering threaded SMS text messaging and the ability to share pictures and video with MMS seamlessly in one application. It also offers Sprint IM with access to Yahoo! Messenger, AOL's AIM service and MSN Messenger.
Exclaim Features A lot of phones have a QWERTY keyboard these days. Many still feature number pads. The Exclaim features both, in a unique slide-out design, because sometimes one is more convenient than the other. And with the Exclaim's generous 2.6-inch TFT LCD, featuring 262,000 colors and a 240 x 320 pixel resolution, things look great in portrait or landscape.
The Exclaim has room for 600 contacts, and you can assign photos or images to display during incoming and outgoing calls from or to a particular contact. Sprint's Wireless Backup service allows you to back up all of your contacts to the Sprint website and restore them if your phone is lost, stolen, damaged, or replaced (additional fee required).
Sprint's One Click is a customizable home screen, which lets you set up instant access to the things you use the most. Rather than navigating through endless phone menus, you can add up to 15 of your favorite items to the "carousel." These are shortcuts to your favorite phone applications, quickly accessed using the navigation key. You can also select up to eight "bubbles," which are at-a-glance items to display on your home screen, such as as the current weather situation. One Click makes it easy to set up a personalized home page suited to your needs.
The Exclaim is a perfect messaging phone, sure to keep any thumbs happy. Instantly send and receive SMS text messages, and compose them easier with T9 predictive text input. The Exclaim takes it one step further with the Social Zone. The Exclaim is focused on social networking, with new interactive Facebook and MySpace tiles right on the home screen as part of the One Click interface. You can now add Twitter to their home screen using One Click as well.
Facebook: Update your status, monitor your friends' statuses in the news feed, and manage your inbox.
MySpace; Update your status, monitor your friend lists, review your pictures and albums, manage your inbox and friend requests and track your comments.
Twitter: Instantly post Tweets and view responses, check out and manage who you're following.

The Exclaim also features an integrated speakerphone and automatic voice dialing, for hands-free operation. And since it's Bluetooth-enabled, you can take it one step further with headsets, car-kits, and other Bluetooth-compatible devices.
For those obsessed with capturing and sharing every moment, the 2.0 Megapixel camera and camcorder should do the trick. Camera mode features plenty of options, such as a self-timer, series or divided shots, fun frames and color variations, night shots and more. Once you've captured photo and video, you can easily save to your microSD memory card or share with friends using Sprint's Picture Mail service. A 512 MB memory card is included, and up to 32 GB cards are supported.
For those who need a little help, the Exclaim's text-to-speech feature will guide you through phone menus and making/receiving calls, and the phone is also compatible with select TTY devices.
Vital Statistics The Samsung Exclaim weighs 4.69 ounces and measures 2.1 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.75 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint's EV-DO 3G frequencies.
What's in the Box Exclaim Handset, Standard Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) Battery, AC Charger, 512MB microSD Memory Card

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