Samsung SGH-T809
Encyclopedia
The Samsung SGH-T809 is a mobile telephone released by Samsung
and increasingly common in the United States
due to a distribution deal with T-Mobile
. It is also known in some countries as the Samsung D820.
are of especially high quality for a cell phone, and photos taken with the built-in camera can be edited with imaging tools contained within the device. However, battery life
is no different than any other cell phone with these capabilities and the buttons are sometimes too small for precision use if you don't have normal size hands.
The T809 is one of Samsung's forays into the ultra-slim segment of the cell phone market, and has received excellent reviews for its design and functionality.
by the following carriers:
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
and increasingly common in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
due to a distribution deal with T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
. It is also known in some countries as the Samsung D820.
Features
- Thin and light slider-style design
- 1.3 megapixel camera with camcorderCamcorderA camcorder is an electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit. Equipment manufacturers do not seem to have strict guidelines for the term usage...
capabilities - BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth 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...
wireless capability for headsets, synchronizing with PCs or phones - Quad-band GSM ("Worldphone") capability
- A reversible camera lens that can be rotated to point forwards or back towards the user. The lens is not a true swivel lensSwivel lensA swivel lens is a lens that freely rotates while attached to a camera body. They are used on some compact digital and video cameras . These lenses make it easy for a photographer to aim a camera without moving around too much. Swivel lenses come in different sizes and shapes...
because it only rotates into the phone and can't be rotated to take pictures at remote-control angles. In effect, the user can only take self portraits or cellphone angle shots.
Capabilities and applications
- Users of the phone have found that the Samsung software used to synchronize the calendar and the address book contact list with Microsoft Outlook falls short, and states that the feature is not available for the T809 (the software is meant to be used by many Samsung phones.) There are a few ways of getting around this. One can use the software to do a one-time import of address book info to the phone. Also, there is third-party synching software that is compatible with the phone. The package is called DataPilot, and their website contains a for-purchase application that succeeds in linking both the address book and the calendar with Outlook. However, to be accurate, the calendar connection is not a sync, but a transfer that overwrites the contents of the phone, so recent additions to the phone's calendar are deleted, not synched in. The phone's ability to view MP4 and 3GP files allows users to download or acquire video of almost any type, use a conversion program to convert them to MP4 or 3GP, and then watch them on the phone. Recent affordable microSD chips, including up to 2GB in size, make video viewing use more practical.
Specifications
- Form Factor: Slider
- Internal antennaAntenna (radio)An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...
- BatteryBattery (electricity)An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...
Life: Talk: 4.30 hours, Standby: 130 hours (5.4 days)
Features and attributes
The phone is noted as having a sleek and glossy texture. The speakersLoudspeaker
A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
are of especially high quality for a cell phone, and photos taken with the built-in camera can be edited with imaging tools contained within the device. However, battery life
Battery life
Battery life can refer to*How long a mobile device can work on a single charge of a rechargeable battery.*Battery lifetime degrading of battery quality over time....
is no different than any other cell phone with these capabilities and the buttons are sometimes too small for precision use if you don't have normal size hands.
The T809 is one of Samsung's forays into the ultra-slim segment of the cell phone market, and has received excellent reviews for its design and functionality.
Carriers
The phone has been distributed in North AmericaNorth America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
by the following carriers:
- T-MobileT-MobileT-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
(U.S.A.)
External links
- Samsung SGH-t809 Samsung T809 official page
- Samsung T809 For Dummies, a site with T809 tips and techniques