Samsung has released a new affordable clamshell fashion handset for regional carrier Alltel today, the folder style SCH-R500, also known as the Alltel Hue.
Samsung SCH-R500 have a 1.3MP camera and MP3 player. Complementing the MP3 player, the SCH-R500 includes Bluetooth v2.0 with the A2DP stereo headset profile and a microSD memory card slot to store your music. A full range of PIM functionality such as calendar, memo, and world time applications, a calculatorA range of Alltel services are supported by the Samsung SCH-R500 Hue, including Axcess Email, Jump Music for side-loading songs from a PC, and Celltop to display selected live information right on the handset.
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
I love this phone its easy to operate and affordable. I recomend this phone to anyone who like the extras with out the extra price.
April 24th, 2008 at 7:14 am
The phone is fine. If you buy accessories from alltel you’re a dope. If you want to use this thing as an mp3 player, buy a mSD card (most of them come with an SD adapter) , some sort of memory chip adapter (for SD) and the headphones elsewhere. I got the USB cable, mem chip, headphones, car and home charger, and an adapter with a 3.5mm hole so you could use any headphones on it, or plug into speakers etc for $20 less than I would have got the Jump music pac from Alltel, and would not have gotten the chargers from them nor the 3.5mm adapter. I got everything but the chip from ebay/igonemobile.com (don’t really like the ergonomics of their headphone but for $5 I am not complaining. Sounds good. If you order from them off ebay use THEIR checkout or they won’t reduce the shipping charges for combining orders). Sound quality is good with exception as noted in the “sucks” section below.
The phone makes a “CLICK” in between songs on the MP3 player, like dropping a needle on a record (if you’re old enough to remember that). Ths sucks. Might be a firmware upgrade to correct it. Jump music sucks, the software sucks, you can’t use standard headphones on it, this sucks. Also the charger hole and headphone hole are the same hole, this sucks. You can’t buy replacement headphones from Alltel, this sucks.
Like the phone though.
July 12th, 2008 at 6:30 am
I love this phone! I just got one for my birthday!