Techno Freak

Samsung has announced its new super-stylish phones at the CommunicAsia expo in Singapore. The phone is claimed to be one of the thinnest slider style mobile phone yet.

The Samsung SGH-E840 is a mere .42″ thin and has a mirrored, tempered glass face to give that cool and sexy look. The phone comes in Ice Silver, Candy Pink, Topaz Gold or Noble Blue colors.

Features include “touch sensitive keys” which work unlike normal normal keypad buttons, but more like the touch sensitive mouse trackpad on notebooks, a 2-megapixel camera with MPEG-4 video capture and playback, a microSD slot in addition to the 70MB of internal available memory,

and support for music playback of AAC, MP3, and WMA audio is supported and it even has an FM radio tuner, a “special” web browser and incorporates Bang & Olufsen’s IcePower. Continue Reading »

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