T-Mobile makes Samsung Katalyst official
Remember that sneaky T-Mobile Samsung Katalyst we gave y’all the drop on a while back? It just went live on T-Mo’s network and here is a quick run down:
- Wi-Fi-enabled, and does support HotSpot@Home
- myFaves
- MicroSD expandable memory
- Quad-band
- 1.3 megapixel camera
"With built-in support for T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, the Samsung Katalyst provides customers with great wireless coverage when placing calls over a home Wi-Fi network and at nearly 8,500 T-Mobile® HotSpot locations nationwide. When customers leave home or a T-Mobile HotSpot, their calls are passed onto T-Mobile’s wireless network, and the same is true for passing calls from T-Mobile’s network onto Wi-Fi networks. In addition, with the purchase of a HotSpot @Home add-on plan, customers can enjoy the freedom of unlimited, nationwide calling over Wi-Fi.** Available exclusively from T-Mobile, the Katalyst features a sleek, slider design with a sophisticated metallic silver finish and is equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth® wireless technology and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The Katalyst also features advanced messaging capabilities including instant messaging, which enables instant chat and supports AOL®, ICQ, Yahoo!® and Windows Live™ Messenger."
There you have it!
It just looks so early 2000s Nokia-ish.
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So… what, that “big” announcement on December 6th was just a bunch of nothingness?
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this phone looks like some one best it with an ugly stick. if they want the hotspot@home to grow in usage they need to offer some better phones on the service, you know other then the $250 curve of course.
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i’m not seeing the big deal.
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It does look like just another phone, but I guess its the technolgy that counts.
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This phone looks very nice in person…it just doesn’t show up as well in some of these online pictures. Maybe true photographs would help…
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The only news I wanna read or hear about T-Mob is that they are giving us the green light on their 3G network…Real Talk
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Amen! And a good followup would be a 3G enabled, Wi-Fi Pearl.
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Does it work as WI-Fi IP phone in a Wire less lan network which implimentd bu user
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I use my Katalyst with my Hot Spot@Home and also on my company’s wifi networks at work. Seems to work just fine.
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I have a catalyst, after three years of using a razr, i am having trouble adjusting to the slide part of the phone (i have a tendency to hang up on people unknowingly). I find that sometimes if the wi-fi is low then the person on the other line is hard to hear…
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i think that its ugly. and t-mobile service sucks. so all together…its gunna be a horrible phone =]
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