Samsung Reclaim M560 Phone, Earth Green-Sprint: Energy Efficient Cell Phones: Eco20/20

Samsung Reclaim M560 Phone, Earth Green-Sprint

Samsung is an electronics company that provides almost every electronic good service available. From Washing machines to TV's and refrigerators they make it all. And Samsung mobiles are an equally good service from the famous company. Known for their long service life time and hardy sets which can take a lot of ill usage, Samsung phones, which are offered in both GSM and CDMA versions, are one of the best mobile phone makers in the market.

The phone has dimensions of 2.4 inch X 0.6 inch X 3.9 inches with a weight of 3.5 oz. The phone is a green machine and is made from recycled materials and the box it comes in is also made of recycled paper. The phone has a full QWERTY keyboard in a slider shape. The screen supports resolutions of 320 X 240 pixels and 262,000 colors with adjustable brightness and backlight timings. It has a simple and easy to use icon based user interface. The phone has the usual circular toggle, with the central OK button, two soft keys, a speakerphone shortcut, talk and end buttons, and a back control. The keyboard has enough room to type comfortably, and the function and number keys are specially marked green or better usability. There is a 3.5 mm headset jack and a volume rocker.

There is a camera shutter, a charger port and the micro SD card slot. The phone connects through a Micro - USB connection. The camera and mirror for self portraits are at the back and require the phone slider to be opened to be used. The phone has a single speaker which is located at the back.

The Reclaim supports 600 contacts in the phone book with provisions for entering 6 phone numbers, URL, birthday, job title, company name, email address, instant messaging handle, notes etc for each contact. The basic features include stopwatch, vibrator mode, calculator etc. There is also full Bluetooth support, USB connectivity, voice commands etc. The phone also has a number of applications like MySpace, Face book, YouTube and Google maps and search. It also supports email applications and POP 3 email for using Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail. IMAP4 can also be accessed for using Outlook express. The phone supports MP, AAC, AAC+, WMA files, but MP files cannot be used for ringtones. The music player is very standard. The phone has a 2 MP camera with many useful settings and expandable memory up to 16 GB. The phone is priced variably according to service providers included at prices of $49.99 to $379.99. Overall a very good green phone to use.