Samsung Z720 Triband Phone

Samsung introduced latest design cell phone Samsung Z720. The great new feature that has been introduced in the Z720 is its ultra-fast 3G implementation, known as 3.5G. This uses a new technology called High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), which enables downloads at speeds of up to 1.8 Mbps - that's 6 times faster than normal 3G using EDGE technology. The benefit of this is improved quality of downloads, streaming media and video calling. The multimedia capabilities of the Samsung Z720 are seriously impressive. Let's start with the camera.

This is a 3 megapixel camera with auto focus and a powerful 13x digital zoom. It's one of the best phone cameras around - except that it's lacking a flash. Video recording at a resolution of 176 x 144 pixels in MPEG4 format is supported. A second VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) is used for making video calls. The display on the Samsung Z720 is outstanding and does full justice to the camera. The music player has been enhanced to support WMA format in addition to MP3, ACC, ACC+ and e-AAC+ formats, so you can play virtually anything.

The player is easy to use with play lists of up to 30 tracks. You can use the stereo headset supplied by Samsung or a wireless Bluetooth headset. Samsung Z720 may not be an iPod, but it's a pretty useable implementation of an MP3 player. We do have one minor niggle though - the built in memory. Samsung have been a bit stingy with onboard memory and given the Samsung Z720 just 20 Mbytes of user memory. You can expand this with a MicroSD memory card, but it would have been nicer to have had more built in. There's no radio either, but you can stream music via the 3G services.

In addition the phone has some useful "bonus" features - a document viewer for viewing MS Office files, offline mode for use when listening to music on a plane, email and Java games. Connectivity is via Bluetooth or USB. The user interface is very nice and friendly, with Samsung's new "black" menu design. Please purchase online http://www.phoneandbeyond.com

Representing Samsung Z720 in the website www.phoneandbeyond.com