Samsung Electronics USA, today showcased its new clamshell phone, the Samsung T-719 for the U.S. market at the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show in LasVegas. Based on the same impressively slim and light form factor, the T719 is actually a very different phone in its class. The T-719 boasts of a very slim n sleek design and features a rotating 1.3 megapixel camera. Other couple of key features included the BlackBerry push email and a SureType text keyboard.

With several mobile giants now licensing RIM's BlackBerry back-end technology for delivering push email directly to phone inboxes, Samsung, not to be left behind, also apparently forged a deeper partnership with RIM by offering an actual BlackBerry email interface right on the phone, and licesning's RIM's SureType text keypad design as well. The phone comes with an internal memory of 25MB. Perhaps the most disappointing thing about the phone is that, it does not have a memory card slot, which is absolutely inexplicable. At only 3.5 ounces, the Samsung T-719 remains a lightweight, hands-free device with Bluetooth wireless technology support, speakerphone and advanced voice recognition solutions.

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