First Mobile Phone to Support Napster Mobile
SAN ANTONIO and DALLAS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc.
(NYSE: T) and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) have announced
the future availability of the SLM(TM) by Samsung, Samsung's newest
lightweight mobile phone with music and multimedia capabilities. The SLM by
Samsung will be in stores beginning Nov. 23 and is the first of the
company's music phones to feature Napster Mobile(TM), a new service that
enables AT&T's wireless customers to easily search a music catalog of 5
million songs, preview samples of each song and purchase and download songs
to their SLM in less than a minute.
Exclusive to AT&T, the SLM is a durable, brushed-metal finish
clamshell-shaped device that will be available first in brown and then blue
later this year. It is packed with features and services beyond Napster
Mobile, including AT&T Video Share, mobile banking, AT&T Mobile Music,
stereo Bluetooth(R) technology, a 2.0-megapixel camera with video capture,
external memory microSD(TM) and advanced messaging options.
"The SLM by Samsung represents the best collection thus far of our
music, multimedia and messaging services -- just in time for the holidays,"
said Carlton Hill, vice president of Product Development for AT&T's
wireless unit. "Gift-givers will want to slide this slim device into
stockings all season."
With Napster Mobile, customers will have the ability to download five
tracks a month with the Napster Mobile Five-Track Pack option for a
discounted price of $7.49. Songs can be purchased a la carte for just
$1.99. As a special offer, customers who select the Napster Mobile
Five-Track Pack from their phone will receive the first five songs at no
charge.
AT&T is the only national provider to enable customers to purchase
full-track songs over the air from both Napster(R), one of the most popular
mainstream providers of digital music nationwide, and eMusic(R), the
world's largest retailer of independent music.
"Samsung is proud to work with AT&T to develop the first device to
support the company's over-the-air music services," said Peter Skarzynski,
senior vice president, Samsung. "The SLM is a first-class handset, packed
with a host of multimedia features and advanced music capabilities."
In addition to enabling users to purchase and download songs over the
air, the SLM supports the full AT&T Mobile Music suite of services,
including XM Radio Mobile(TM), Pandora, MusicID song-recognition service,
and VIP access, a mobile fan club and music-discovery service.
The SLM will also be the first device to have AT&T's mobile banking
application pre-loaded on the device. On Nov. 13, AT&T announced that the
application will be accessible by banking customers of Wachovia Corp (NYSE:
WB) and SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI).
Other key specifications of the SLM include dual-band 3G connectivity,
which provides download speeds of 600 to 1,400 Kbps through AT&T's HSDPA
network, and quad-band GSM technology, which allows AT&T customers to make
calls in 195 countries and download data in 139. To support music services,
the SLM includes a 512MB SD memory card and 3.5 mm headset adapter.
Weighing just 3.17 ounces and measuring about one-half of an inch thick,
the SLM features a 96- by 96-pixel 65K color external screen and a 176- by
220-pixel 262K TFT internal color screen.
Pricing and Availability
The SLM by Samsung will be available through select AT&T retail
locations or at http://www.att.com/wireless for a special introductory
price of $149.99 after a two-year contract activation agreement and a $50
mail-in rebate. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit
http://www.att.com.
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About Samsung Telecommunications America
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless
handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more
information, please visit http://www.samsungwireless.com.
About Samsung
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor,
telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with
2006 parent company sales of US$63.4 billion and net income of US$8.5
billion. Employing approximately 138,000 people in 124 offices in 56
countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media
Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Network
Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest
growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital
TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please
visit http://www.samsung.com.
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