Verizon Wireless Launches the Samsung A930 Music Phone

Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the sleek Samsung A930 music phone.

With VCAST Music, dual stereo speakers, removable memory, and dedicated music playback keys, the A930 offers a complete music experience. Customers can browse, preview, download, and play high-quality digital music from the A930 over Verizon Wireless' broadband network or online through the VCAST Music Store.

To take music collections with them, users can load up a microSD memory card, leting customers manage their music on multiple cards.

With VCAST, consumers can view video clips of entertainment, news, sports and more in the palms of their hands. An integrated 1.3-megapixel digital camera and camcorder allows busy consumers to capture still images or video clips to send and share with family and friends. The A930 also supports Bluetooth profiles for headsets, dial-up networking, serial ports and various hands-free accessories.

Key features of the Samsung A930 include:

- VCAST Music - download songs over the air or transfer your own music collection onto the removable microSD memory card
- VCAST Video and 3D Games - download or stream video in news, sports, entertainment and more or download the latest 3D games from top providers
- Get It Now-capable - download games, ring tones, wallpapers and more
- Mobile Web 2.0-capable - customizable, enhanced wireless access to the latest in news, sports, weather and more
- 1.3-megapixel camera with flash, auto-focus, 10 step digital zoom, and camcorder
- Bluetooth wireless technology support
- Expandable memory with microSD memory card slot
- Speakerphone with dual stereo speakers
- Voice dialing with advanced speech recognition
- Dual displays: Internal: 262K-color, TFT, 176x220 px; External: 4 grey, OLED, 176x16 px
- VibeTonz-enhanced Ringtones
- Dimensions: 3.59" x 1.91" x .95"; 3.98 ounces with standard battery
- T9 easy text input
- TTY compatible
- Bilingual user interface: English and Spanish
- Personal organizer with calendar, calculator, to-do list, currency converter, alarm clock, world time
- Talk time: 230 minutes; standby time: 200 hours

The Samsung A930 is available for $99.99 after $50.00 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement and is currently available in more than 1,900 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online.