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Samsung Behold II SGH-T939

Manufacturer	Samsung
Compatible networks	GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS1700, UMTS2100
Availability by region	November 18, 2009
Successor	Samsung Behold
Form factor	Candybar / PDA
Memory	16GB of extra memory via the microSD slot
Removable storage	microSD
Rear camera	5.0 megapixel
Display	3.2 inches Touchscreen
Connectivity	Full HTML Browser, Bluetooth 2.1, USB
Data inputs	Virtual QWERTY touchpad

The Samsung Behold II is a touch-screen, 3G- compatible Smartphone with a 5 megapixel camera. The Samsung Behold II is powered by Android (Android (operating system)) making it the fourth Android powered phone by T-Mobile. The other Android powered phones by T-Mobile are the G1(HTC Dream), myTouch 3G (HTC Magic),and the Motorola CLIQ. The Samsung Behold II ran with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. It was released on November 19, 2009.

Design

The Samsung Behold II was the updated version of the Samsung Behold. The Samsung Behold and the Samsung Behold II were both candybar style mobile phones with a touch screen. The Samsung Behold II had a 3.2 inch AMOLED, Active-matrix OLED, touchscreen with HVGA resolution that works with the TouchWiz interface. With this touch screen and interface one could customize three different home screens with widgets and shortcuts, and a “cube menu”, which provides access to six multimedia features: music, photos, videos, Internet, YouTube and Amazon MP3. .

Interface

The Behold II used Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. This interface had been used with multiple Samsung touch screen phones on different companies such as Sprint Nextel with the Samsung Moment. This interface allows the users to personalize their phone in the way they choose by changing how their home screens look by adding widgets. The Samsung Behold II has three home screens, the main screen and then a screen if the user were to slide their finger across their screen to the right and also to the left. As stated on Samsung’s website: The 'drag and drop' user interface allows the users to have shortcuts on their home screens which in turn gives them quick access to some of their most used applications. The Behold II has a menu of widgets that once placed on the home screen, they can display useful functions such as a clock, the radio player, music player, and even personal elements ranging from photos to birthday reminders. Samsung has tactile technology which can give users a tangible vibration feedback sensation when the screen is touched.

Camera

The Samsung Behold II is equipped with a 5.0 megapixel camera. This camera had a few specific features ranging in having an autofocus feature, a flash, and the ability to do video recording.

Additional information

The Samsung Behold II is able to hold up to 16GB of extra memory via the microSD slot. It has Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi radio, GPS, and support for Google services and Exchange ActiveSync. Through Google services, the Behold II had Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. The Behold II had a Chrome Lite Browser. It had an internal antenna. It also has an alarm, calendar, calculator, stopwatch, and an application for a to-do list, which can be made into widgets. The phonebook allowes the user to have multiple numbers per contact. The user also has picture ID and Ring ID for each contact if they choose. This phone has many more features such as having a speakerphone and a voice recording application.

Android Update

Prior to the Behold II's release Samsung posted a video on YouTube stating,"The Behold 2 will release with Android cupcake version 1.5, and when 2.0 is released it will update wirelessly" but Samsung later went back on that word on May, 17 2010 announcing that the Behold 2 will be updated to Android version 1.6 and that the device would not receive further updates via a posting on androidSPIN. In the days following the announcement many Behold 2 owners signed a petition to force Samsung to deliver what many believe was promised.

References

Jackson, Rob. “Samsung Behold 2: T-Mobile Android With TouchWiz UI!.” Phandroid:android phone fans. http://phandroid.com/2009/10/05/samsung-behold-2-t-mobile-android-with-touchwiz-ui/