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>> Hi, I'm Ken Sherman, senior editor here at cnet.com.
Today we're going to take a first look at the Samsung
Gleam, also called the SCH U700. This is an over icon
wireless phone. Samsung's really fond lately of naming
their phones a lot of different nicknames. Most of them
I don't understand, but I can say the Gleam, I can see
why they call it that. It does have some gold-plating
on the side, and even the front is very shiny and
reflective. So the phone actually does gleam when you
get it in the right light. I thought it was kind of
fashionable. Some people might think it's a little too
showy. The phone also comes in a blue color which is a
little more subdued as well. Overall, though, we have a
pretty standard flip design, it's a little taller than
most phones. But it is thin. Found the external
display a little small for the phone's overall size.
Felt it could be bigger. It is color though, so it
supports photo color I.D. and works as a viewfinder for
self-portraits. You can see the camera lens just above.
Doesn't come with a flash. [Inaudible] camera, so we
really expect those on high resolution cameras like
this. That was a little disappointing. Also have a
couple speakers down here on the bottom. Great place
for twin speakers. A lot better than on the back,
because the sound faces toward you which is nice. Also
we have some external music controls. Here on the side
we have a volume rocker, we have a camera shutter key,
we also have jacks for the head set and the charger.
These are separated, which is nice, so you can use both
at the same time. Open up the phone. Inside you have a
really nice internal display. Really bright and
colorful, big kind of car theme to the phone. You can
see -- it's called living wallpaper. Wasn't sure what
that was when I first heard about it, but I actually
during the day you can see that it's bright. When you
get tonight, it actually changes tonight scenes. Also
the menu has sort of a car theme as well, but you can
change it. But it doesn't make any -- [Inaudible]
system easier to understand, unfortunately. Moving down
to the navigation keys. These are flat against the
surface of the phone, as are the [Inaudible] keys,
didn't find them that hard to use, actually, didn't have
any misdials, even though the slightest bit slick. Only
thing I didn't like is the numbers. They actually blend
into the color of the phone. So if you have visual
impairments, it might be hard to seat numbers. They're
only really easy to see when you have the backlighting
lit. I'm Ken Sherman, this is Samsung Gleam SCH U700.
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