The Samsung Ultra Video is the ultimate personal multimedia device. Samsung F500 is the first phone to support the DivX codec. Also the cellphone allows users to view a large array of video content including MPEG-4, H.264, WMV and AVI files. It also has a PMP function with wide 2.4″ screen as well as a 2 megapixel camera. The Ultra Video has a smart design to go with dual face and sweeping touch. One side is a phone while the other contains a large screen and intuitive controls for multimedia features. It has a unique swivel design for multimedia content. The screen swivels away from the controls to adjust the viewing angle or form a stand to place the device down. It has an internal memory of 400 MB and the memory is expandable up to 2 GB using the microSD card slot. The Samsung F500 users could view about 2 movies (each about two hours long) using the 2 GB memory card.

This smartphone is using 3G technology and supports GPRS and EDGE data transfers. It can be connected to the PC through via USB 2.0 connection. Even F500 has some great features, it doesn’t have Wi-Fi connectivity.

Samsung F500 looks very stylish and seems to be a great competitor to Nokia N92. It was announced by Samsung at the ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong, but there are no news when it will be available.

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