Reviews of the Samsung Blast SGH-T729 (T-Mobile)
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CNET Review
The Good: The Samsung Blast SGH-T729 has an attractive, user-friendly design, multiple messaging options, and good call quality.
The Bad: The Samsung Blast SGH-T729's volume is somewhat low and its music player is mediocre.
The Bottom Line: The sexy Samsung Blast SGH-T729 is a great messaging phone with good call quality, but we were hoping for a speedier data network as well.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 72/100 and users 70/100. Comparing these reviews to 266076 other Cell Phones reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 82/100 = Very Good.
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mobileburn.com
Review Summary: The Samsung Blast for T-Mobile USA is a very nice messaging device that comes equipped with a 20 key keyboard and a very appealing price tag. Mike DeWane reports back to us with this hands-on review.
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phonedog.com
Review Summary: Blast is a slim, stylish slider phone that offers a smaller, lower cost alternative to T-Mobile's Sidekicks for messaging hungry users. While I found Blast's SureType keypad difficult to use, users with smaller and/or nimbler thumbs (or perhaps just bette
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laptopmag.com
Review Summary: The Blast may be more of a bust in the crowded messaging-phone market.
Manufacturer: Samsung
Part number: SGH-T729
General
- Cellular technology GSM
- Band / mode GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband)
- Weight 2.8 oz
- Wireless Interface Bluetooth (A2DP)
- Standby time Up to 199 h
- Combined with With digital camera / digital player
Memory
- Phone Book Capacity 1000 names & numbers
Phone
- Service provider T-Mobile
- Vibrating Alert Yes
- Voice Dialing Yes
- Speakerphone Yes
- Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Alarm Clock Yes
- Calendar Yes
- Additional Features Intelligent typing (T9)
Digital Camera
- Digital zoom 4
- Video recorder resolutions 176 x 144 (QCIF), 128 x 96 (Sub QCIF)
- Features Multi-shots
PDA Features
- Synchronization With PC Yes
- Synchronization With SyncML
Messaging / Data Services
- Short Messaging Service (SMS) Yes
- Internet Browser Yes
- GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Yes
- Mobile Email Yes
- Supported Email Protocols IMAP4, SMTP, POP3
- Messaging / Data Features XHTML Browser
- Messaging Services ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM), MSN Messenger
- WAP Protocol Supported:WAP Protocol Version WAP 2.0
Digital Player / Recorder
- Digital player supported digital audio standards MP3, AAC
- Digital player/recorder type Digital player
Display
- Display Type LCD display
- Display technology TFT
- Display Resolution 176 x 220 pixels
- Color Support Color
- Color Depth 18-bit (262000 Colors)
Power
- Battery installed Lithium ion
- Talk time Up to 300 min
- Audible Battery Alert Yes
Cellular
- Phone style Slider
- Automatic Redial Yes
- Call Divert Yes
- Call Barring Yes
- Call Hold Yes
- Call Timer Yes
- Caller ID Yes
- Call Waiting Yes
- Volume Control Yes
- Ringer Control Yes
- Speech Codec FR, AMR, EFR
Physical Characteristics
- Width 2 in
- Depth 0.5 in
- Height 4.2 in
- Antenna Integrated
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