- Browse Archives -      March 2007 April 2007 July 2007 August 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 August 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 September 2023

The last of our Fall 2008 CTIA related photo galleries has as its subject the Samsung SPH-M540 Highnote, a new slider style phone for Sprint. The Highnote is a music oriented device that works on Sprint's high-speed EV-DO 3G network. It includes a 2 megapixel camera and features a high-powered speaker for music playback without the need for headphones.

The phone itself seems to be pretty standard for Samsung. Good, if not stellar build quality. The display seems quite nice, though. The dual-slider mechanism can be used to reveal either the alphanumeric keypad or the dedicated music speaker. The keypad is very nice, being well spaced out and easy to use in spite of it being perfectly flat. The speaker, on the other hand, produced a pretty tinny sound, even if it was quite loud. We're not sure how much of a bonus having it around will be for music lovers.

The Samsung Highnote is set to be available on October 19th in your choice of red or blue. The Highnote will be priced at $99.99 with a 2-year commitment, after a $50 mail-in rebate.

Labels: Samsung

---

---