Samsung SGH-T729 Blast

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Samsung SGH-T729 (Blast)
Manufacturer Samsung
Compatible networks GSM 850/900, 1800, 1900
Availability by region2007
Form factor slider
Dimensions4.13" x 2.05" x 0.51" (105mm x 52mm x 13mm)
Mass2.82 oz (80 g)
Memory11 MB
Removable storage microSD
Battery Lithium Ion 800 mAh
Display176 X 220 px, 262,000 colors
Rear camera1.3 megapixel
Connectivity GPRS / EDGE Class 10, Bluetooth 2.0

Released during Q3 2007 for T-Mobile in the US, the Samsung Blast (SGH-T729) slider features a double-tap QWERTY keypad, music player, stereo bluetooth and a MicroSD slot.

Contents

Features

Capabilities and applications

Direct access to personal email, including AOL email, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail, making it easy to check messages anytime of the day. For added convenience, email messages can be read and responded to for the same pricing as text and picture messages - meaning there's no required data package to purchase. The Blast is a stylish ultra-thin slider offering additional features, including access to instant messaging with built-in support for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, stereo Bluetooth technology, a 1.3-megapixel camera with digital zoom, multi-shot, and video recording capabilities, external memory card slot, MP3 player and speaker independent voice recognition. Users also can stay connected while traveling worldwide with the Blast's quad-band technology.

Calculator

Allows the user to use the phone as a basic calculator. Other included functions:

E-mail

The E-mail application supports up to 4 accounts. Note that E-mail uses SMS messages and may incur charges.

If there are problems signing into a gmail or other webmail account, make sure that it supports POP3 or IMAP. POP3 and IMAP can be enabled on gmail via Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP.

Image editor

Allows the user to open up photos that have been taken (not downloaded images) and apply effects such as frames, emoticons, clipart and hue/contrast presets.

Instant messaging

Note: instant messaging uses SMS messages (not data) and may incur charges depending on the plan.

Media player

Manufacturer: Samsung
Supported File Formats: 3GP, AAC, MP3, MP4

Synchronization

Download or store the mobile phone's contact list to my.tmobile.com for later use.

As an alternative, the Samsung PC Studio [ permanent dead link ] can be used software to synchronize contacts and other data, transfer files, or use your phone as a modem (if the user has T-Mobile's internet plan).

Unit conversion

World time

Allows the user to view the current date and time of two locations simultaneously.

Defects

Specifications

Audio

Ringtones and media player limitations
FormatMedia player supportRingtone supportMax media player file sizeMax supported bitratesCharacter limitsMax ringtone file size
MP3YesYesUnknownUnknown47Unknown
AACYesNoUnknownUnknown47N/A
M4AYesNoUnknownUnknown47N/A
MP4YesNoUnknownUnknown47N/A
3GPYesNo128–256Unknown47N/A

Battery

Bluetooth

Camera

Camera specifications

ResolutionAverage file size
1280×1024139 kb
1024×768103 kb
800×60060 kb
640×48039 kb
320×24015 kb
176×7446 kb
176×2208 kb

Image usability

Camera controls and settings

Messaging

SMS/EMS

MMS

• Note: IM and e-mail both use text messages and may incur charges

Carriers

The phone has been distributed in North America by the following carriers:

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