Screen
The T629's 262K-color LCD is bright, clear, crisp, and superb. Measuring
a large 176 x 220 px in size, the screen provides a sufficiently large canvas
for multimedia.
Users can customize the wallpaper with their own photos as well as use
the month-format calendar. For the slightly sight-impaired, the phone allows
users to change the size and color of the dialing display.
Compared to similar products on the market, the T629 offers an excellent
screen. While not top-of-the-line compared to imaging-focused devices such
launched with 16.7 million colors, the T629's display is nonetheless high-end.
Given Samsung's reputation for manufacturing flat-panel monitors, it should
only be expected that their mobile phones have similar outstanding imaging.
Audio
The MP3 audio player interfaces are fairly navigable in terms of their
basic options, but prove difficult when trying to access advance functions.
For example, the small black and orange controls on the bottom only allow
users to play or stop the selected audio track, disabling fast forward and
rewind buttons. A square screen above it flashes psychedelic fluorescent
wave patterns in sync with the song.
 Users
can set specific MP3s not only as their general or specific caller ringtone,
but also their alarm tone. Much like the phone allows users to create still
image slideshows, the T629 helps music lovers program playlists, shuffle
songs or repeat a cycle and change the audio settings to accommodate Jazz,
Classical or Rock.
Speaker quality is acceptable, although lower tones are drowned out and
a general fuzz compromises the clarity of both MP3s and voice recording.
However, quality greatly improves with the included headphones.
The slider offers a simple voice recorder option, directly accessible
from the phone's main menu. Recording messages on the up to one minute long
and sound quality is fair. While users can send the voice message to any
friend or family member's email or phone, finding the file after it has
been stored in "voice list" is frustratingly difficult.
The most exciting part of the T629's audio capabilities is its video
capturing sound, which allows users to manipulate the brightness and "zoom."
The T629's voice recognition capabilities fault often. For example, the
command "Go to Camera" most often leads one to the Phonebook Menu. Nevertheless,
one option tries to allow the phone to know the users voices so that it
may adapt more to it in the future. Users can turn off the option, but when
it recognizes the right command, it is a time and digit saver. For example,
users can automatically dial a contact's main number or directly link users
to their favorite text messaging station or even camera option. Voice playback
is also an option on the phone.
Messaging
Inhibited by its clunky design, one-handed world-champion-speed typing
proves difficult. However, the phone's expanded memory, regular text messaging
services and chatting capabilities on AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, MSN Messenger
and Yahoo! Messenger make it a versatile and helpful companion.
The platform also allows for multimedia message to be shared both ways
and a special sort function, which enables users to search through text
messages by read/unread, date, name, type, size or subject. Like for still
images, particular messages can be locked from accidental deletions. The
program even allows users to save certain instant messaging conversations.
Drafts of text messages can be stored on the phone and easily accessed at
a later date.
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