Verizon Debuts Samsung Gleam
- October 5th, 2007
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What do Verizon and shining a flashlight into a mirror have in common? They each have a gleam. Cheesy? You betcha, ’cause like my failed joke, the Samsung Gleam is packed full of cheesy features (and some decent ones). Inside, you’ll find EV-DO with a VCAST interface, a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD, etc. - all the stuff you’d find in a Verizon phone for the most part.
But what makes the Gleam really shine? The cheese known as living wallpaper. Basically, your wallpaper will reflect the time of day in either a city or country landscape. Really exciting stuff. Well worth the $150 the Gleam will set you back after a $50 rebate.
Joey (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Hehe… reminds me of when I went to the Verizon store to replace my Kyocera 7135 (for the uninitiated, that was one of the first smartphones, running PalmOS 4). I couldn’t afford a Treo, so after browsing the not-as-smart handsets for a while (and after reading CNet at home), I settled on an LG VX8300.
As I was waiting for the rep to complete the purchase, another salesperson noticed which model I was getting. He came over, pulled out his VX8300, commented on how much he liked it, then said, “Let me show you a really cool feature.” I was glad to get a tech tip on my new phone… after customizing my Kyo to the hilt, I was ready to hack this one.
The feature? A background (with only a tree and sky, no real landscape) that changed based on the time of day. If only he knew what level of geek he’d told it to, he’d understand why I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry… it certainly didn’t bolster my confidence in VZW salespeople.
Oh, and I found BitPim soon after getting my LG, so the story has a happy ending.
maranda (Who am I?)
2 months ago
hehe
haha
hoho !
lol
jk !
But only recently has my parents went to a verizonm store and gto me the GLEAM ! It works very good ! It dosent brake very easaly..Well I have had it for like 3 mounths and it WONT brake ! I noe I have tried !!!!!lol !! But it is AWSOME !!!!!!!!!