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Does this hardware make me look thin?

Looks Are Important...

This sleek, skinny slab-style phone is shiny & lightweight, with a large, sparkling screen and thoughtful details like gunmetal trim and a carbon-fiber back.

Hardware Deets Include:

  • A super-thin, sexy and surprisingly light makeup- clunky doesn’t cut it anymore! 
  • A squeaky, shiny front, with four buttons- Menu, Home, Back and Search
  • A carbon-fibery backing with gunmetal trim
  • A touch-screen QWERTY keyboard
  • A gloriously huge and bright screen that proves to be higher-resolution than traditional screens
  • Height: 4.18 inches
  • Width: 2.5 inches
  • Thickness: .39 inches
  • Weight: 4.5 ounces
  • Display Screen: 4 inches, with 490 x 800 resolution and 16 million colors
  • Memory: 16 GB of internal memory storage with 32 GB expandable storage

 

I put a spell on you. You’ll just have to wait to see what it is.

...But It’s What’s Inside That Counts

The Captivate is the first 2.1 Android phone to become available by AT&T. And while the Captivate carries out many simple tasks with the Android OS, it also features cool new magic tricks.

My favorites include:

  • Daily Briefing- A customizable widget that reads your mind, pulling up all the facts you want to know about weather, date, time, stocks, etc. in one little screen- briefing you for your day.
  • Revolutionary SWYPE touch screen technology, so you can drag your finger around the keys and type twice as fast- I looked like a sorcerer when I was playing with it
  • Music Visualizer so you can watch your music as you listen to it
  • Miraculous battery life- The battery capacity of 1500 hi capacity mAHr, offers up to 340 hours of standby and five hours and 50 minutes of talk time
  • Superspeed- The Samsung Captivate has 1 GHz provessor with 16 GB user memory and 7.2 Mbps 3G connectivity 
  • Smile Detection and Face Detection within the 5 megapixel camera- Why yes, camera, that is my uncle Mark
  • A Pedometer with 6-axis accelerometer to measure your superhuman steps 
  • Dual Speakers for 3D Sound
  • Advanced Speech Recognition, so you can tell it what to do and who to call
  • The ability to text sound clips, video and photos

Other Goodies include:

  • 3G high-speed data and voice, offering crystal clear call quality
  • Mobile E-mail for POP, IMAP4 and SMTP with Microsoft Direct Push technology
  • World phone- Stay in-the-know no matter where you fly
  • Hands-free phone with bluetooth, speakerphone, conference calling, call forwarding and voice dialing
  • An easy-to-use Web browser 
  • HD video recording and playback
  • All the tools to keep your life in order- Calendar, Alarm, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Personal Organizer, Address Book
  • Music player that supports MP3s and AT&T Radio streaming
  • 16 GB of storage, with support for up to 32 GB of additional space 
  • A 1 GHz processor

So what do I think? Read on to find out the best and worst feature...