The Samsung SCH-u700/u550 (or more commonly known as the Samsung Gleam) is a 3G EV-DO mobile phone available in the United States. Phone features include Bluetooth

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

, MP3 player, video player, recording and messaging. It comes in black with blue, gold, and purple sides.

Messaging

The Samsung SCH-U700 contains many type of messaging, including SMS

SMS

SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...

, EMS

Enhanced Messaging Service

Enhanced Messaging Service , is a cross-industry collaboration between Samsung, Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens and Alcatel, among others. It is an application-level extension to Short Message Service for cellular phones available on GSM, TDMA and CDMA networks.EMS is an intermediate technology,...

, and MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service

Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.The most popular use is to send photographs from...

. This phone also has E-Mail

E-mail

Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...

 and Instant Messaging

Instant messaging

Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...

. The Instant Messaging providers that the phone has are AOL Instant Messenger

AOL Instant Messenger

AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. It was released by AOL in May 1997...

, Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work with Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Xbox 360, Blackberry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x and Zune HD...

, and Yahoo! Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger is an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!...

. The Samsung SCH-U700 contains the Mobile IM Version 2.0.1.34.

Connectivity

The Samsung SCH-U700 contains Bluetooth

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

 connectivity. The phone can connect to a computer through a USB cable. It can also connect through Wireless Application Protocol

Wireless Application Protocol

Wireless Application Protocol is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network.A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that uses the protocol.Before the introduction of WAP, mobile service providers had limited opportunities to offer...

 (WAP) and it contains an HTML version of an Internet Browser.

Personal Information Management

This phone contains features to manage personal information. These features include a calendar, a scheduler, a to-do list and an alarm

Alarm

An alarm device or system of alarm devices gives an audible or visual alarm signal about a problem or condition.Alarm devices include:* burglar alarms, designed to warn of burglaries; this is often a silent alarm: the police or guards are warned without indication to the burglar, which increases...

. The contacts list in this phone can hold up to 500 entries.

Tools

The Samsung SCH-U700 contains other features, such as a World time Clock, a Converter, a Currency Converter, a Calculator, a Notepad, and a Stop Watch.

Other Features

This phone contains a Music Player, a Music Library, a Video Wallpaper, Video Messaging, Video Recording, Video Playing, Mobile Printing, Voice Memos & Voice Mails, Speakerphone, Voice Commands, and External Memory. External Memory can be inserted in the phone through a microSD Card.

External links

• Samsung product details
• Samsung Gleams with Verizon Wireless, CNET News, October 5, 2007
• HOWTO: Samsung Gleam (SCH-u700) Ringtone Unlock