Samsung Shift a177 Prepaid GoPhone (AT&T) with $50 Airtime Credit

• Simple-to-use messaging phone together with full QWERTY keyboard--consists of $50 airtime credit together with AT&T's GoPhone service
• Pay for just the minutes you use together with no annual contract--simple refill via Internet or prepaid cards
• VGA camera for still photos; Bluetooth for handsfree devices; personal organizer tools; access to popular instantaneous messaging services
• Up to 5 hours of speak time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: receiver, battery, charger, fast reference guide, customer manual

Together with AT&T's GoPhone service, you pay for just the minutes you use together with no annual contract.

Together with the Pay As You Go option, you'll select the rate plan this fits your needs and then begin dialing. Your balance is lowered every time you do or get a call or use services such as topic messaging. You can then refill the minutes in your account via the Internet, utilizing your phone (by calling 611 from your cell), or purchasing a pre-paid card in denominations up to $100.

Together with the Pick Your Plan option, you'll set up monthly, automatic payments together with your credit/debit card or checking account. If you want to do extra calls or you use up your balance during the month, just add minutes to your account at any time--you'll pay the same per-minute rate as your plan. You can buy extra minutes in increments of $15 and $25 utilizing your credit/debit card or checking account.

AT&T has in addition introduced a new $3 Unlimited calling plan, which charges you $3 per day for unlimited voice calls to anyone nationwide together with no per-minute charges. The $3 per day fee is only charged on days when you do or get a voice call, and the service does not require a deposit or long-term commitment.

Phone Features
The Samsung A177 messaging phone has a 2.2-inch LCD screen (220 x 176 pixels, 65K color depth), which sits atop a standard navigation pad this's complemented by send/end and soft navigation keys as well as a dedicated messaging key. The full QWERTY keyboard below the navigation region makes it simple to precisely type out email and topic/instantaneous messages while on the go, and it consists of a dedicated camera key. The phone consists of 64 MB of internal memory (approximately 50 MB customer accessible), which cannot be extended. The phonebook can store up to 500 contacts together with support for multiple numbers per entry as well as photo/ringer ID and caller groups.

You'll be effective to stay in shut contact together with friends and family via together topic (SMS) and image (MMS) messaging, and this phone offers access to popular instantaneous messaging services (counting AIM, Yahoo!, and Windows Exist) for quick, on-the-go dialogs. In addition, this phone in addition consists of support for accessing personal email from POP3 and IMAP4 accounts. This receiver consists of built-in T9 predictive topic entry technology, which makes it easier to enter words and topic.

Other features contain:

• VGA digital camera (640 x 480 pixels) for still photos together with 4x digital zoom
• Organizer tools: alarm, calendar, memo book, clock, world time, currency converter, calculator
• MP3 and 64-chord polyphonic ringtones in addition vibrate mode
• Digital audio player compatible together with MP3 files
• Downloadable games
• Speakerphone

Vital Statistics
The Samsung A177 weighs 3.09 ounces and measures 4.29 x 2.32 x 0.47 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of speak time, and up to 240 hours of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.