The Samsung Trance from Verizon Wireless is a high-powered music phone with touchpad navigation and enhanced audio quality backed by Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower amp. It has a slim, slider form factor and is designed for the customer with an ear for music and an eye for style. The Samsung Trance will be available on April 24, 2009, in two colors – Piano Black and Electric Red.

Customers can purchase the Samsung Trance online at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores. Verizon Wireless has priced the Samsung Trance at $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

Music

V CAST Music with Rhapsody (subscription & PC downloads) – allows customers to choose from more than 5 million songs, download the master copy of their songs to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software and sync their favorite tracks, albums and playlists from their PCs to their Samsung Trance phones using a USB cable (Note: over-the-air music downloads are not supported)
microSD™ card slot that supports up to 16 GB of additional music (card purchased separately)
Music player for .mp3, .wma, unprotected .aac and unprotected .aac+ formats
1 GB internal memory dedicated for music (actual formatted capacity is less)
Create and manage playlists
Ability to multitask while listening to music
One touch access to music
Camera

1.3 megapixel camera with NightShot
Brightness adjustment
Self Timer: off, three, five or 10 seconds
Color Effects: normal, black and white, antique, negative, green, aqua
Preview mode
Resolution adjustment: 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, 128 x 96
Digital zoom
Multishot
Bluetooth®

Supported Profiles: headset, hands-free, stereo, basic imaging, Object Push for vCard and vCal, serial port and phonebook access
Voice/Audio

Embedded ring tones, vibrating alerts and silent
Sound technology by Bang & Olufsen ICEpower
Voice Commands: voice dial, menu readout, digit dial readout, text message readout, and call alert Speakerphone

General

Bilingual interface: English/Español
Airplane mode
Personal organizer: calendar with scheduler, notepad
Tools: alarm clock, world clock, calculator with converter, stopwatch
Phonebook with up to 1,000 entries with multiple contacts
Speed dialing
Hearing aid compatibility = M4 T3

Specifications

CDMA 1x 800/1900 MHz digital only
Dimensions: 4” x 1.97” x 0.55” with battery
Screen size: 2.1”
Display: 176 x 220 pixel, 262K TFT color
Number of lines: eight
3.5 mm headset jack
Weight: 3.53 ounces with standard battery
SAR: head 1.34 W/kg, body 0.907 W/kg
Usage time: up to 270 minutes with standard battery or
Standby time: up to 300 hours with standard battery

Additional Services

Mobile Web capable – customizable, enhanced wireless access to the latest in news, sports, weather and more
Mobile Email, Mobile Web Mail, and chat-capable
Media Center – downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, location-based services and more Text, picture, and voice messaging with threaded messaging feature Chaperone® Parent-capable – customers can view location information or be notified of the whereabouts of the Chaperone Child phone Chaperone® Child-capable – allows the Samsung Trance to have its location shared with family members via the Chaperone Web site, the Chaperone® Parent application or Child Zone® SMS alerts VZ Navigator(SM)-capable – customers can get audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest and share the directions with others.