NAVIGATING WITH THE SAMSUNG IMPRESSION

Samsung has long been known to produce elegant and sleek looking handsets. The Samsung Impression SGH A877 certainly shows this lineage with its beautiful lines and chrome touches. Built like a well designed German car, the cellphone is solidly built and does not feel like cheap plastic. The Impression’s messaging features remains to be one of its strong suits. Designed with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, the Samsung Impression is sure to make quick work of all your text messaging needs.

Coming from a long line of smartphones, the Samsung Impression is equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard and an innovative touchscreen. The phones 3.2 inch WQVGA display is one of the biggest to be found in the market. It also comes with a smart accelerometer feature which enables you to view the screen in landscape and portrait view just by tipping the phone to its sides.

Designed as a 3G phone, the Impression comes with web browsing and GPS applications to complement its call and messaging features. Those looking for a free GPS phone might want to consider looking at this handset as the cellphone also comes with a “geotag” option for your photos. Navigating the internet was smooth and surfing with the phones browser was fast and easy.

Mobile Internet

One of the great advantages of having a 3G cellphone is having high internet speeds and data services. This however may leave your phone short in the battery department. The fact is 3G services are fast but they also consume large amounts of energy compared to standard data services.

Roaming

When you are going out of the AT&T coverage area or “roaming” it would be a good idea to turn your email services off. Remember that if you have free mobile or internet minutes that comes with your cellphone contract, this doesn’t apply if you’re using your handset outside the coverage area.

The Samsung Impression’s email services automatically checks for new mail every few seconds. This could leave you with phone bills running in the hundreds or thousands of dollars. Check your AT&T customer agents for service areas to know if you’re using your free internet minutes. It would also be a good idea to turn the automatic email checking feature on the phone off and just manually check emails every couple of hours.

WAP Services

The Samsung Impression comes with a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) feature. This allows your cellphone to instantaneously connect with internet services.

Select Menu from the home screen

Choose MEdia^TM Net

Select an option

MEdia^TM Net Home
Enter a Web Address
Favorites, to access bookmarked web pages

GPS Geo-Tagging

Enabling the Geo-tagging features allows users to incorporate GPS coordinates into their photos. This is a relatively new offer on smartphones and is used on some photo sharing services over the internet. Photo sites like Flickr use the information located in the picture to display the location where the photo was shot.

A satellite icon on the upper left hand corner of the phones display signals if the Geo-Tagging option is active. The GPS icon blinking indicates that the cellphone is acquiring a GPS signal. Once a signal is secured photos can now be shot with their GPS coordinates embedded in the photos. This usually takes 30 to 40 seconds to accomplish and repeated after every shot is taken.

Activate the camera by pressing and holding the Camera key

Check the Camera icon on the phone’s screen

Select camera Settings

Choose “On” beside GPS and press “OK” to enable the Geo-Tagging feature

Wait for the GPS icon on the phone screen to steady before taking a photo

AT&T Navigator

The phones GPS features can also come in handy when coupled with other applications. Looking for a gas station or an ATM nearest you could be as easy with a few taps on the cellphone. AT&T’s Navigator provides real time information on your location and helps you find your way thru a new city or the country. It also gives information on business locations and generally finding your way to a new location. Voice activated options gives you the option of using the service hands-free and the voice prompts gives you clear instructions on specific directions.

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