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FAQs

Q: What Operating System is on the Samsung Moment?
A: Android 1.5

Q: What bands does it run?
A: Dual Band 800/1900 MHz

Q: Browser type?
A: Full Google and Webkit Android Browser

Q: What are the dimensions?
A: 4.6"H x 2.34"W x 0.63"D

Q: What's the size and technology of the display?
1.78" x 3.2" with bright AMOLED

Q: AMOLED, what the heck is that anyway?
Stands for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode. A OLED describes a specific type of ultra thin, ultra bright display technology which doesn't require a backlight and Active-Matrix refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels

Q: How big is the screen resolution?
A: 320 x 480

Q: I heard the battery life isn't so great, what information can you give me about the battery and it's life?
A: It's a 3.6V 1440 mAh Li-ion battery with a reported standard talk time of 5 hours. Battery life improves with the CL14 update with reported dramatic improvements when the phone is rooted

Q: How about the input interface, will I have to worry about keeping up with a stylus?
A: A pointing device such as a stylus will not work, this phone only required finger touch and has a slideout QWERTY keyboard

Q: I like to take pictures of my friends and family, can you tell me about the camera on this phone?
A: 3.2 Megapixel camera with a digital zoom, there are alternate camera software in Market which are better than the stock software. This camera also has the ability to be a camcorder.

Q: Can this phone be used as an MP3 player, if so, what formats does it support?
A: Yes this phone can be used as a MP3 player. The formats it supports natively are MP3, OGG, 3GPP with more possible support by download Apps from Market

Q: Sweet, how about playing movies
A: Movies yes, you'll need to convert them into MP4, the Moment plays MP4s natively, you can play other formats by download additional Apps from Market

Q: You've said it in the last two answers, what the heck is Market?
A: Market is on your phone and indicated by a shopping bag icon with the word MARKET under it, that's where you can find thousands of apps to download and install on your phone, some are free, some are not, some are usefull and some aren't, you'll have to check it out for yourself

Q: Can I make my own ringtones?
A: Yes you can make your own ringtones, how to do that won't be discussed in the FAQ though, here's a hint look for RINGDROID in (yes you guessed it) Market

Q: I'd like to use this phone for business purposes as well as personal pleasure, can it be used as a business device?
A: Really depends on what you'll need the phone to do, it will sync with exchange email, contacts, calander and tasks. Receives other emails too, especially plays nicely with GMail. You can downoad apps to read Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you can even get an app to read PDFs too!

Q: Voice mail, does this device support visual voice mail?
A: Yes, no longer call your own number from your phone to check voicemail, select which message you want to hear delete the ones you don't

Q: I like texting and picture mail, does this phone support that kind of stuff?
A: Yes, you can SMS, EMS and MMS to you hearts content. There are alternate apps available in the Market too (there I go with Market again!)

Q: Can I use this phone to do chat with?
A: Yes, although I don't use this feature Messaging is availabe and again, check the Market for more apps

Q: Other than cellular connectivity, what other connectivity is available on this phone?
Q: Bluetooth and WiFi

Q: What's the size of the internal memory and can I use external memory?
A: Internal memory size is 253MB and you can add a Micro SDCard up to 16GB

Q: I use my phone as my alarm clock to wake me, can this phonen do that too?
A: Many people user their phones to do more than just talk, this phone has an alarm, stopwatch, calculator, world time, speakerphone, to-do-list, calander and many other features. Again, the Market hosts a slue of additional apps

Q: This phone sounds awesome, why are there so many haters?
A: Most people hate what they cannot understand, you'll notice most of the haters are Hero owners. With that being said jokingly, of course some people will not like the phone simply because it's just not for them and they perfer some other phone. Not eveyone will like the same phone, if we all did we'd all own iPhones (another joke ha ha)