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Your Price: Free! with service Release Date: Q2 2009 Released For: AT&T Released for AT&T, the Samsung Impression is the nation's first commercially available AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen for a brightest and clearest display. The slim handset features a 3.2-inch metallic blue touch screen with a slide-out four-row QWERTY keyboard. Consumers can use one-touch shortcuts for texting and vibration response to touch. It provides onboard mobile instant messaging with AOL and AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. An integrated 3.0-megapixel digital camera has digital zoom and multi-shot and can share live or recorded video during a call. Bluetooth wireless technology supports headsets and handsfree devices, streaming music, dial-up networking and file transfers. The Impression offers AT&T's popular services, such as AT&T Navigator for turn-by-turn voice directions and maps with fast traffic re-routing, AT&T Mobile Music for over-the-air music downloads and CV for streaming video clips.

• Advanced 3.2-inch AMOLED touch screen that makes accessing menu items with the fingerpad, fingertip or a stylus extremely fast and easy
• AMOLED offers a brilliant, widescreen display with a higher resolution and lower power consumption than a TFT LCD
• Four-row QWERTY keyboard that slides out horizontally
• PC Studio Manager helps users transfer their favorite music, photos and videos between the phone and computer
• Customizable Widget Bar enables faster access to frequently used applications -- simply drag and drop the widget onto the Main Display and tap to open it
• Built-in motion sensor for complete auto-orientation -- just tilt the phone and the screen will adjust

1. Posted by mgoblue	Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:34 pm
Pros: - Nice screen - Large keyboard - 3MP camera - Solid design Cons: - Spring-loaded slide too "springy" - Haptic feedback annoying - Pricey for a device with no Wi-Fi The Impression is one of AT&T's new "quick messaging" line-up. The phone has some solid weight to it but the spring-loaded slide mechanism sometimes works a bit "too well" and often slides open when trying to unlock the phone your thumb. It has the same Samsung's TouchWiz UI as the Eternity, but with some new customizable widgets on the main screen. The screen is bright. Its wide viewing angle is good for movies even in direct sunlight. The phone has haptic feedback so you get a vibration when you press the screen, but it's kind of annoying. Good thing you can set it down a few notches. Music through the speaker wasn't bad. Reception was clear. Overall pretty good phone, but not as many features as some other phones at the same price. Was this review helpful? :: 77 out of 88 people found this review helpful.

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Technical Specifications
Network:	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / UMTS 850 / 1900
Form Factor:	Slide
Dimensions:	114 x 58 x 15 mm
Weight:	150 g
Antenna:	Internal
Navigation:	QWERTY Keypad / 5-Way Keypad
Battery Type:	1000 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	3.00
Standby Time:	250
Memory:	189.0 MB
Expandable Memory:	microSD / TransFlash
Safety
Radiation (SAR):	(0.27 W/kg)
Imaging
Main Screen:	262000 colors (AMOLED) 240 x 400 px
External Screen:
Camera:	3.0 MP / Zoom / Auto-Focus / Self-Timer / Video Recorder / Video Share
Audio
MP3 Player:	AT&T Mobile Music
FM Radio:
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:
Multimedia
Wallpapers:	240 x 400 px
Screen Savers:	240 x 400 px
Ring Tones:	72 chord / MP3
Themes:
Games:	J2ME
Streaming Multimedia:	AT&T Video / MobiTV
Messaging
SMS:
EMS:
MMS:
Email:	POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP
Chat:	AOL / Windows Live / Yahoo!
Predictive Text:	T9
Applications
Phonebook Capacity:	2000
Calendar:
To-Do List:
WAP:	2.0
Voice Commands:
Calculator:
Connectivity
Bluetooth:	2.0 (A2DP / AVRC / DUN / HFP / HSP / OPP)
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:	HSDPA
Wi-Fi:
GPS:	AT&T Navigator
PC Sync:	USB 2.0
More Information
Website:
Discussion:	Samsung Forum

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