Here's our Review of the Samsung D500 mobile phone:

Samsung D500 Mobile phone review

Announced in October 2004 by Samsung, and now available in the UK, the Samsung D500 combines the very best of Samsung's techology in every field: from cutting-edge TFT screen to megapixel digital camera to wireless connectivity. The phone is aimed both at high-end business users and the technology-hungry personal user market.

The memory available in the Samsung D500 is a whopping 80 Mbytes - more than enough for storing videos and MP3 tracks, and enough for demanding business users too. For example, the phone can store over 1,000 megapixel images, 60 minutes of video, or up to 20 MP3 tracks.

The 1.3-megapixel camera not only allows users to take pictures, but also gives them creative freedom with the availability of 10 embedded special effects and emoticons. A groovy flash is also included on the Samsung D500 so that you can take pictures in the dark or in rarely lit areas. The significantly bright flash and digital linear zoom smoothly catches the best moments to remember.

The Samsung D500 also supports video recording as well as plays back video and MP3 files just like a PC with a full range of entertainment options. Recording flexibility is offered with a 7x digital zoom for pictures and 4x digital zoom for video. Fitted with a 60-minute recording capacity, users will be able to capture more of nature's brilliance or life's experiences and share the visions and memories in living color. Recording flexibility is offered with a 7x digital zoom for pictures and 4x digital zoom for video.

Synchronize your data with the Samsung D500 in seconds. Bluetooth, USB and SyncML DS make it easy to connect to other phones, PDAs, laptops, PCs, printers and, of course, to Samsungs Bluetooth accessories, and to exchange data, pictures and video clips.

The Samsung D500 is a sliding phone - using the same construction as the older models E800/E820 or E630. It resembles the look of the E630. The sliding is fortunately, in contrary to the E630 with the plastic-to-plastic friction, supported by a special mechanism. So just touch a protrusion below the display, push a little and the upper part slides easily. The phone gets closed in the same way.

The Samsung D500 also comes with some new features that have not been seen before in Samsung phones. The built-in SMS filter is great. It allows you to set up to 10 numbers from which you don't want to recieve messages. If a message arrives from one of these numbers then it never gets displayed nor does the sender get the sent report.

The Samsung D500 is a great phone. Stylish, sexy, the works and the quality of the camera/camcorder is outstanding - with an excellent microphone which picks up voices really clearly.

Samsung D500 Features at a glance:

Dimensions: 94 x 46 x 24 mm
Weight: 99g
Talk time: up to 6.5 hours
Standby time: up to 300 hours
Camera: 1.3 MP, 1280x1024 pixels, video, flash
256K colour TFT display
Bluetooth
96 MB shared memory for photos
MP3, MP4 and AAC player
Tri-band: GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900

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