Samsung's M510 improves upon its predecessor, the M500, with a more organically rounded design as well as Bluetooth stereo headphone streaming--perfect for enjoying untethered tunes purchased through Sprint's Music Store. It operates on Sprint's North American CDMA voice network, as well as on Sprint's Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO), which enables you to quickly access audio, video and data applications. Other phone features include a 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder, GPS turn-by-turn directions, MicroSD memory card expansion, and voice-activated dialing.
The M510 packs a lot of multimedia power into a small package, including tunes from the Sprint Music Store and streaming video via Sprint TV (EV-DO service required). |
Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, the M510 is fully compatible with Sprint's Power Vision service. With Power Vision, you can download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Enjoy full-color video clips or live TV of the latest news, sports, and entertainment from brands you know, like CNN, Fox, The Weather Channel, NFL Mobile, and more. Power Vision also serves as a portal for enhanced games. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps. Sprint's music service is another EV-DO-powered service that makes the M510 all the more desirable. With the Sprint Music Store, your phone is a music player, letting you buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you. You can even pause to take a call without missing a beat.
It also includes a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and an external display that shows caller ID and the time. |
This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, audio/video remote control, and printing. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking (DUN)--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server--using Sprint's Mobile Broadband Network. And when connected to a Bluetooth headset, caller information for incoming calls will be spoken through the Bluetooth device. Decide to answer the call without ever looking at your phone. The 1.3-megapixel camera shoots still photos in four resolutions (from 176 x 220 to 1280 x 960) as well as video clips with sound. It offers a 4x digital zoom, white balance and brightness settings, and the ability to frame photos right in the phone. It also provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC. The built-in digital audio player is compatible with MP3 and AAC/AAC+ formats, and includes the ability to create playlists on the phone.
The M510 sports a 176 x 220-pixel color display with over 262K colors, and it also includes an external supplementary LCD (96 x 96 pixels) that can display pictures, time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. The phone comes with 16 MB of memory, which is expandable via MicroSD memory cards The internal phonebook will hold up to 500 entries with each contact entry providing up to 5 phone numbers in addition to an email address, a URL, memo, nickname, caller ID photo, and selected ringtone. You can store up to 99 speed dialing numbers in contacts database as well. Up and down buttons for volume control are placed on the left side, and camera controls are included on the right side of the phone, as is the memory card slot, while most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's control pad.
The phone ships with built-in polyphonic ringtones, but for those times when you want to be discreet, there's a vibrating alert. A built-in speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear, and advanced voice activated dialing makes calling your friends, family, and associates easy. Simply say the name or number of the person you want to call and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad.
A messaging multitasker, the M510 supports Sprint PCS picture and video mail services, enabling you to shoot high quality pictures and video clips with sound and instantly send them to email addresses and or other Sprint PCS phones that are compatible with picture and video mail services. Or upload them to the Sprint PCS pictures Web site to create albums. You can also use the M510 to send and receive email, exchange text messages, or join a chat room. Plus, the M500 features an embedded SMS voice messaging client, a feature that allows you to easily send voice messages to other wireless users or any working email address. T9, a predictive text entry system, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.
The M510 also sports an airplane mode feature, which allows the user to safely use the non-wireless functions of a phone (such as music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight. This phone is also GPS enabled, allowing you to receive audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, map your location, or conduct local searches direct from your handset. With a USB connection, the M510 can also be used as a mass storage device.
Vital Statistics
The Samsung M510 weighs 2.93 ounces and measures 3.74 x 2 x 0.64 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies for voice and CDMA2000 EV-DO for data. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
