| If a slim mobile phone is your thing then the | | | | display 262,144 colours which, although not |
| Samsung U600 is the phone for you. At just | | | | up there with the N95 is good compared to |
| 10.9 mm it's even thinner than the D900 as | | | | other mobile phones in the marketplace. |
| well as being a couple of millimetres | | | | |
| thinner. At the time of writing this is the | | | | The MP3 player is a handy little addition. |
| slimmest slider phone in the marketplace. The | | | | The player supports MP3, AAC, ACC+ and e-AAC+ |
| U600 is also 10g lighter than its | | | | formats so cross compatibility is no real |
| counterpart, making it a very attractive | | | | hindrance. The sound quality is also |
| proposition indeed. | | | | excellent, when listening to music with the |
| | | | supplied earphones there were no complaints. |
| The external buttons have been changed and | | | | If you are to use this phone as a standalone |
| are now touch sensitive. As far as looks go | | | | MP3 player you will need to purchase an SD |
| they are brilliant, but not as well received | | | | card, a 2GB card will cost around £25 and |
| by some users who prefer the solid feel of | | | | is well worth the investment as it can store |
| push button technology. | | | | 500 songs. |
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| Internally the phone has a 3.2 mega pixel | | | | Where the U600 really excels is in its |
| camera and comes with 60 megabytes of | | | | loudspeaker. It is powered by a Bang & |
| internal storage. This is enough to take | | | | Olufsen power amplifier that does really well |
| approximately 80 photographs. The battery | | | | in playing ringtones and music from such a |
| utilizes new technology called OPUS. This | | | | small mobile phone. |
| sees battery life for both standby and talk | | | | |
| time improved from earlier versions of | | | | The messaging functions are excellent on the |
| Samsung mobile phones. | | | | Samsung U600. You can view email attachments |
| | | | in MS Office, PDF and HTML formats. This is |
| The display is 240 X 320 pixels, perfectly | | | | especially useful if you are away from your |
| adequate for navigating the menu system and | | | | PC and need to look at urgent documents on |
| for taking photographs. The screen can | | | | the fly. |