In a moment of candor, we’ll admit that we don’t see the point in music phones. Yes, it means you can carry around one less device, but from what we’ve experienced of this type of phone, our iPod, or Zune, or whatever we have is far superior. Though we expect it should be. But to each his own; people seem to like these phone/walkman hybrids, so it makes sense that they keep rolling out. The latest for T-Mobile is the Samsung Beat (
we got the beat…..YEAH).
Now we get to the other reason we don’t like these phones: capacity. Hell, we’re having trouble finding space on our 30 GB MP3 player, and we’re too impatient to delete and reload songs onto a 2 GB card, which is the maximum capacity of the Beat. Samsung is thinking of you, though: they’ve included a 1 GB card with the phone. It plays the standard filetypes: MP3, WMA, ACC, and ACC+.
And yeah, it’s a ton lighter than carrying around both and MP3 player and a phone, too. At 3.55″ x 1.8″ x .7″ and weighting in at 2.7 oz., this slider is actually smaller and lighter than your standard mobile phone alone, so you’ll be saving pocket (or purse) space.
No word on pricing yet, or Internet availability. We can’t imagine this one costing more than $150, though.
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