Spec Check: Samsung SGH-X830 (Mini MP3)

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 07 November 2006

Samsung's latest hit out at making a music phone is smaller than ever before and swings away so you forget it was a phone. Featuring an iPod style navigation wheel on the front, the SGH-X830 is the first phone we've seen that swings instead of sliding, flipping, folding or just being a brick. Dubbed the 'Mini MP3 Phone' the X830 functions like a MP3 player when its closed. The user interface displays a playlist, equalizer settings and song information making it easy to operate and navigate, but swing this sucker open and the device doubles in length revealing a fully featured mobile phone. It would want to double in size, too, closed up the X830 measures 84 x 30 x 19.9mm - a little thicker than some of Samsung's slimmest phones to allow for the swing factor. Pop it in your pocket, though and you're only 75 grams heavier making the mini MP3 less than twice the weight of an iPod nano - pretty reasonable for an M3 player that's also a phone and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The iPod-style click wheel navigation system helps get around the Music Library organized by album name, title, artist and genre in a single Gig of storage. Users can also download audio files from CNN or BBC website by podcasting function., says Samsung and there's USB 2.0 connectivity as well as Bluetooth support for stereo wireless headsets. Samsung hasn't dumbed the device downtoo much either, by the look of the spec. Though not a lot of information about this phone is available yet, the device does support JAVA, WAP 2.0 and of course MMS. Available in six colours (black, white, blue, pink, orange and green) the X830 is destined for European release by the end of November 2006 with other markets just a promise for the moment. Samsung SGH-X830 Specifications Standard GSM/EDGE/GPRS Class 10 Camera 1.3 Megapixel Camera Display 128x220 262K TFT Features 1GB (Nand flash) built in memory Bands 900/1800/1900 MHz Formats MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC+(e)/WMA MPEG4/H.263 SIze 84x30x19.9 mm Weight 75 g www.samsung.com Related news items Armani, Prada, Labels Get Mobile -26/09/2007 Vodafone UK Promises All-You-Can-Hear Music -12/09/2007 Samsung Quits Notebook Business -29/01/2007 Broadcom Could Benefit From Bluetooth Case -04/01/2007 02 Ireland Launches Napster Mobile -12/12/2006 Newer news items Spec Check: Nokia N76 -09/01/2007 Spec Check: Nokia N93i -09/01/2007 Spec Check: Nokia 6290 -28/11/2006 Spec Check: Nokia 6300 -28/11/2006 Spec Check: BlackBerry Pearl -28/11/2006 Older news items Spec Check: Sprint Palm Treo 700wx -05/09/2006 Spec Check: Vodafone Blackberry 8707v -31/07/2006 Spec Check: Vodafone BlackBerry 7130v -31/07/2006 Spec Check: MOTORAZR maxx / RAZR xx -26/07/2006 Spec Check: MOTORIZR -26/07/2006 Tag This Now: