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Samsung M2520 Beat Techno Overview

Expected UK Release Date: Available

Key Features
Music Orientated Mobile Phone
Music Player with Music Keys & Automatic Equalizer
FM Radio RDS
Casing Size 101 x 50 x 15.4 mm
2.2 Inch TFT 262k Colour Screen (176 x 220 Pixels)
Bluetooth® A2DP Technology
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
1.3 Megapixel Camera with Video Recording Capabilities
15 Mbytes plus MicroSD™ Memory Card Support up to 8 Gbytes

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Our Samsung M2520 Beat Techno Review

Overview
The M2520 Beat Techno is a stylish slider mobile phone which supports high quality music orientated features. This compact & attractive music phone comes with a user friendly music player, automatic sound equaliser, music recognition feature, 1.3 camera & an Internet browser. It has a fabulous looking casing which has curved edges & a smooth slide opening mechanism which makes this a compact handset when it is in its slide closed position. The Samsung M2520 Beat Techno is a member of the Samsung Beat range which includes other music focused mobile phones such as the Samsung M7600 Beat DJ, Samsung M6710 Beat Disc & the Samsung M3200 Beat s.

Appearance & Size
This mobile phone has a slider form casing which allows the user to enjoy a compact handset complete with an external large square shaped navigation control key complete with call keys & external music keys. Its casing is 10.1cm tall, 5cm wide & 1.34cm when the M2520 Beat Techno is in its slide closed position & obviously the handsets length is extended further when the handset is in its slide open state which reveals a compact keypad. The Samsung M2520 Beat Techno has an incredibly fashionable looking casing which is mainly black in colour complete with bright blue coloured sections. These bright blue coloured sections highlight the slide out keypad & a coloured band is neatly placed around the edge of the stylish casing. Its casing weighs only one hundred grams including the phones fitted battery. There is a good sized 2.2 inch which has a TFT display complete with a 176 pixel by 220 pixel screen resolution with a two hundred & sixty two colour viewing experience.


Imaging, Media & Entertainment
The music player supports high quality sound & the user can playback their favourite tracks in popular music formats including MP3, WMA, WAV format & eAAC+ format. The Samsung M2520 Beat Techno comes with external & well placed music keys which makes controlling the phones music features a quick & easy experience when the user is using the phones music features. There is an automatic equalizer feature which ensures the user gets the best quality sound & listening experience to suit the style of music being played. There is an integrated music recognition feature allowing the user to find out the title of a song they like the sound of & the name of the artist or group performing the particular song. The Samsung M2520 Beat Techno comes with a FM radio with a radio data system feature which allows the user to listen to their preferred radio station & read text information on the 2.2 inch colour screen. The text information is provided by the radio station the user is listening to & therefore it is relevant to the radio station the user wishes to listen to. The user can enjoy amazing sound thanks to the handsets built in DNSe sound. The user can enjoy games on their mobile phone as this handset comes with preloaded games & the user many wish to download more games from online game stores. A built in camera feature comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera lens which is situated on the back of the casing. This camera supports a variety of camera & imaging settings plus the user can enjoy recording video footage using this camera feature. The M2520 Beat Techno comes with an integrated video player which allows the user to playback videos on their handset.

Communication & Messaging
There is an email service which allows the user to communicate via email directly from their mobile phone & the user can receive emails on their phone, providing a mobile email service for convenience purposes. The Samsung M2520 Beat Techno also supports a MMS service & a SMS service allowing the user to create, send & receive the best style of message to suit the users messaging needs. The messaging services come with a predictive text input method which allows the user to input text at higher speeds as each word will be predicted for the user as the user commences their typing. The M2520 Beat Techno has a phone book feature which stores all the users contacts complete with contact numbers & the user will find a selection of day to day features including a clock & an alarm feature. The user can access a list of calls made from the handset, calls received & missed call.

Technology & Internet
The user can access the Web via the built in WAP 2.0 browser & enjoy a XHTML & HTML experience. This handset works over a four GSM networks which cover GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900 networks. The Samsung M2520 Beat Techno has a rechargeable battery which when fully charged will provide up to eight hours of talk time or approximately three hundred & sixty hours of battery standby time. There is a memory card slot which allows the user to insert a MicroSD™ type memory card up to eight gigabytes in size & the handset comes with fifteen megabytes of built in memory. Its supports a micro USB connection port & the user can connect to other devices using a Bluetooth® wireless connection when connecting to a compatible device.

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Samsung M2520 Beat Techno Specifications & Features