SAMSUNG'S NEWEST ANDROID DEVICE BECOMES THE FIRST TRIAL HANDSET FOR MOBILE DIGITAL TV IN THE U.S

Sprint's Samsung Moment was as already a customer favorite even before its live demonstration at the International CES 2010 in Las Vegas. However, the sleek Smartphone gained more attention at the event as it was chosen to be equipped with the world's first single-chip solution for local programming - Samsung’s Mobile DTV Chip. Naturally, Samsung was honored to have its new device as the first trial handset for mobile digital TV in the U.S.

Omar Khan, Samsung's chief strategy officer stated, “It is incredibly rewarding to see one of Samsung Mobile’s flagship devices be integrated with the Samsung ATSC Mobile DTV chip that’s giving the power and potential of free, live mobile digital TV to our U.S. Customers”

The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) handpicked the Samsung Moment to receive local broadcast from eight local TV stations including direct access to local news, weather, emergency information, and other entertainment programs. The phone is one of the elite members of a new breed of portable web access device that offers access to built-in Google mobile services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube plus thousands of mobile applications available in the Android market.

Known specs of the Samsung Moment:

• 800 MHz Samsung S3C6410 CPU
• 3.2 inch AMOLED display (320 x 480 pixels) 16M colors
• 512 MB ROM / 256 MB RAM
• Dimensions: 4.6 x 2.34 x 0.63 inches; weight 5.67 oz.
• 2 GB microSD card included / expandable up to 32 GB
• Standard Lithium (LiIon) battery 1440 mAh (up to 5.5 hours continuous talk time)
• QWERTY keyboard that slides out horizontally
• 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and camcorder with auto-focus
• WiFi 802.11 b/g,
• Bluetooth,
• GPS
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Outlook e-mail with Microsoft Direct Push Technology and HTML support; E-mail (EAS), POP, IMAP
• Easily view Word, Excel, PowerPoint on the go to maximize productivity
• Ships with Android 1.5

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