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.
So… what, that “big” announcement on December 6th was just a bunch of nothingness?
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.
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.
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…
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
Amen! And a good followup would be a 3G enabled, Wi-Fi Pearl.
Does it work as WI-Fi IP phone in a Wire less lan network which implimentd bu user
I use my Katalyst with my Hot Spot@Home and also on my company’s wifi networks at work. Seems to work just fine.
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…
i think that its ugly. and t-mobile service sucks. so all together…its gunna be a horrible phone =]
It looks great plus it’s heavier then most phones. Unfortunately T-Mobile service is the worst, but it is the cheapest…I guess you get what you pay for! No or little service in most of Ohio, Kentucky, West Virgina and Tennessee, and just ok in Indiana, (those are the only areas I’ve been in with it).