Samsung Rant SPH-M540 – An Entry-level Messaging Phone

The Samsung Rant SPH-M540 is one of the entry-level messaging handsets released by Sprint to target at text messaging fans. Other than a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard, the Samsung Rant also brings various great features such as a customizable user interface, access to Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store, as well as 3G data speed.

Undoubtedly, users will not be disappointed by its messaging options, as the Rant not only supports text, voice, picture and video messages, but also Instant Messaging through Yahoo, AOL or MSN Instant Messenger with any Sprint Messaging add-on plan feature. You can access your personal email including AOL, Yahoo, Windows Live, Gmail, Hotmail, Sprint mail and more. Together with its horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, texting and emailing are made fast and convenient.

Thanks to Sprint, the Rant sports a special Sprint’s screen-navigation interface called One Click, which allows users to personalize their home screens for convenient access to their favorite applications. You can select up to 14 shortcuts, such as texting interface, Web access, e-mail, Sprint Navigation and Sprint TV.

Another highlight of the Rant is its ability to access Sprint Navigation, Sprint Music Store and Sprint TV for live and on-demand content. While users can watch live television shows on Sprint TV, they can also download songs wirelessly from Sprint Music Store and then enjoy them on the built-in MP3 player. The phone is compatible with both 2.5mm jack wired headsets and Bluetooth wireless headsets and stereo headphones, which maximize the joy of listening to music.

Measuring 4.45" tall by 2.05" wide by 0.7" deep and weighing 4.81 ounces, the Rant may be a bit hefty but feels sturdy in hand. It sports a 3.1" LCD display with 176 x 200-pixel resolution and 262,000 colors, as well as a 2.0-megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom and video camcorder. Although it only comes with 24MB internal memory, the handset supports MicroSD memory cards of up to 16GB. Additional features include speaker-independent voice recognition, a mobile Web browser, PC syncing and a 1,200-number phone book. GPS is also on board with support for Sprint Navigation and Sprint Family Locator.

With a customizable interface, multiple messaging options and useful multimedia features, the Samsung Rant SPH-M540 is a decent device ready for text messaging and emailing all day long.

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