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Samsung's M7600 Beat DJ music phone on sale at O2 UK

by Darren Murph posted May 23rd 2009 @ 2:17PM

Quite a bit has gone down in the cellular realm since Barcelona opened its beautiful doors to host Mobile World Congress 2009, but how could we ever forget this gem? Samsung's M7600 Beat DJ is about as close as we'll ever come to a real live Pilotfish Ondo, and after months of waiting, it's finally on sale across the pond. Available for purchase right now at O2 UK, the Bang & Olufsen-infused handset packs a 2.6-inch OLED panel, perfect for mixing, scratching and texting your mum when you stay out too late. It's all yours for between £0.00 and £146.80 ($233) depending on your choice of contract, and if any of you kind, gentle Britons feel like importing a few for the deprived Yanks over here, drop us a note in comments.

[Thanks, Todd]

Samsung Beat Disc hands-on

by Ross Miller posted Feb 16th 2009 @ 6:04PM

Having already taken Samsung's Beat DJ for a spin, the mixers at Engadget Spanish tried out its not-quite-finished younger brother, the Beat Disc. The two handsets are pretty similar, with the most notable differences being a slide-out keyboard and the Bang & Olufsen speakers placed closer together at the bottom of the device. All in all, it comes off as a cheaper version of the DJ, so take that as you will. Check out the moving pictures version of the hands-on after the break.

Gallery: Samsung Beat Disc

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Samsung intros twelve (yes, twelve) phones at IFA

by Chris Ziegler posted Aug 31st 2008 @ 12:01PM

IFA typically isn't considered the strongest show in the mobile world, which Samsung apparently saw as an opportunity to grab just a little more spotlight than it'd normally have. Okay, maybe "a little more spotlight" is an understatement, seeing how it trotted out no fewer than a dozen handsets at the show -- and granted, none of them are groundbreaking taken alone, but the collective ends up making for a mighty showing. Highlights include the S7330 slider, featuring a Soul-like display in the d-pad; the rumored D980 DUOS which adds an extra SIM slot to the F480's design language; the music-centric M3510 Beat; and this here beast of a phone, the B2700, looking like it's more than ready to take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. Overall, we would've liked to have seen a little more high-end fare in the mix, but we'll take it.

T-Mobile launches Samsung Beat

by Chris Ziegler posted Oct 1st 2007 @ 11:34AM

Attention, lovers of bizarre rings of color: your phone has arrived. Samsung's "Beat" for T-Mobile -- the SGH-T539 -- launches today, complete with that wild green ring of a speaker up front that we'd peeped before. The midrange, music-friendly flip comes bundled with a 1GB microSD card, two preloaded songs (hopefully not variations of that infernal T-Mobile theme ring), and stereo Bluetooth, along with a 1.3 megapixel camera and the now-standard myFaves support. Look for the Beat to drop today; we'll update with pricing information when we get it.

[Via Phone Scoop]

Update: The Beat runs $99.99 on a two-year contract.