Released for Sprint, the Samsung Intrepid i350 is a solid messaging world phone running on the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. Apart from its world roaming capabilities, it also comes with a touchscreen, a QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2-megapixel camera and plenty of applications and services for the best communication experience.Designed to work with both CDMA and GSM network, the dual-mode phone allows you to make calls within the country or overseas. Measuring 4.88 by 2.44 by 0.53 inches and weighing 3.2 ounces, the Intrepid is relatively compact and thin as a smartphone. It sports with a 2.5-inch touchscreen with 320x240-pixel resolution on top and a full QWERTY keyboard underneath, which works well with the customizable interface of Windows Mobile 6.5 that displays new emails, text messages, missed calls and calendar appointments.
Email functions are top-notch as the Intrepid provides Direct Push Technology for real-time email deliver, plus Microsoft Exchange for synchronization with Outlook calendar, contacts and tasks. All data can be backed using the Microsoft My Phone service, allowing you to remotely restore or erase the data if you have lost the phone. In addition, it supports POP3 and IMAP email accounts and AIM, Windows Live and Yahoo instant messaging. Text and multimedia messaging is onboard as well.
For multimedia features, apart from the Windows Media Player Mobile that supports a wide range of music and video files, the Intrepid also has a dedicated YouTube application. There is a 3.2-megapixel auto-focus camera for snapping photos and capturing videos, which also works with SmartReader, a mobile scanner capable of grabbing information from business cards and documents.
As a Windows Mobile phone, the Intrepid offers a full pack of Microsoft applications. They include Internet Explorer Mobile 6 with Flash Lite support, Microsoft Office Mobile Suite, as well as Microsoft’s Tellme service, which lets you make calls, send text messages, search nearby businesses on the Web and more just by "talking" to the phone.
In addition, the Intrepid supports some standard Sprint services, like GPS-based Sprint Navigation, Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV and Sprint NFL Mobile. You will also find a number of useful preloaded applications such as MSN Weather, Adobe Reader LE, Solitaire and an RSS reader, and more free and paid applications can be found on Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
Connectivity options include stereo Bluetooth support, Wi-Fi networking and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The Intrepid comes with 512MB ROM/256MB RAM user memory and accepts a microSD memory card up to 16GB.
Among the numerous smartphones available on the market, the Samsung Intrepid SPH-i350 may not belong to the most outstanding bunch, but its messaging-heavy features and Windows Mobile 6.5 update make it a decent and affordable alternative for business users.
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