AT&T has just announced Samsung Solstice, yet another full 3 inch touchscreen with TouchWiz UI on board and support for quad band GSM/dual band 3G radio.
“Samsung is proud to launch the new Samsung Solstice, the next handset in our line-up of touch screen devices at AT&T,” said Omar Khan, senior vice president, Strategy and Product Management, Samsung Telecommunications America. “The sleek, compact Solstice brings a rich web browsing and instant access to your favorite social networking sites through widgets and Samsung’s innovative TouchWiz user experience.”
The lightweight and sleek Samsung Solstice has a full 3.0 touch screen, with a virtual, landscape QWERTY keyboard, and features Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface, which includes one-touch access to frequently used applications and social networks through new widgets for Facebook, MySpace and Yahoo! oneSearch. The Solstice also provides customers with access to mobile broadband from AT&T Navigator and AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile and eMusic Mobile.
The Solstice features multiple messaging options such as mobile e-mail, IM and MMS and comes equipped with a 2.0 megapixel camera with camcorder. Users experience a tactile response with haptic feedback and know when they accurately press a virtual button. The full QWERTY keyboard, with sensitivity adjustment, is easy-to-use with clear letters, numbers and symbols, as per the company.
Additional key specifications of the Solstice include an MP3 player, video and audio streaming, preloaded games, Bluetooth technology and a microSD memory card slot supporting up to 16GB. The Solstice also includes dual-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM technology.
The Samsung Solstice will be available through AT&T retail locations or online for $99.99 with a two-year service agreement. (Pay $149.99 and after mail-in rebate receive $50 AT&T Promotion Card. Two-year agreement and messaging or data plan of $20 or more.)
