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A sleek messaging phone with a full touchscreen display, the Samsung Rogue for Verizon Wireless is also complemented with a horizontal slide-out, four-row QWERTY keyboard for an optimized messaging experience. It also includes threaded messaging capabilities so you can follow your conversations as well as one-touch access to social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Photobucket.
The 3.1–inch widescreen touch-enabled display gives you an enhanced viewing experience for watching videos, taking and sharing pictures, or connecting to your favorite social networking sites. |
See a schematic of all the Rogue’s controls. |
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This mobile multimedia powerhouse is compatible with the V Cast Music with Rhapsody service, which enables you to purchase songs through your phone and download them via the fast Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO data network, and the V CAST Video on Demand service that enables you to watch full-length TV shows plus news, sports, weather and live entertainment video clips. You’ll also stay on course thanks to the VZ Navigator GPS turn-by-turn direction service. And with the optional Visual Voice Mail service, you’ll be able to quickly and easily scroll through your messages and pick the ones you want to listen to. See more details on optional Verizon Wireless services below.
The Rogue also features innovative speech capabilities powered by Nuance that allow you to launch and control a variety of applications and services with simple voice commands as well as dictate text messages. You’ll enjoy full HTML Web browsing capabilities with the brilliantly colorful 3.1-inch touchscreen display. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera with video capture capabilities, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion to 16 GB, full range of messaging options including email and instant messaging, bi-lingual interface (English and Spanish), and up to 4.7 hours of talk time.
Key Features
- Fast 3G connectivity thanks to the reliable Verizon Wireless EV–DO, Rev A network
- GPS navigation capabilities via VZ Navigator service as well as Chaperone service for keeping track of your kids
- 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with horizontal slide-out, four-row QWERTY keypad (Learn more)
- Widget tool bar with one–touch access to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube
- Customizable touch interface
- 3-megapixel camera with video capture capabilities with flash and video capture and on-device editing capabilities (Learn more)
- Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity with stereo music streaming (A2DP) capabilities as well as hands-free headsets and car kits (Learn more)
- Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 16 GB
- Digital audio player enables you to create and manage playlists right on the phone; compatible with MP3, WMA and unprotected AAC/AAC+ formats
- Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
- Full messaging capabilities including SMS, MMS, Mobile IM, Mobile Email and Corporate Email
- File viewer can view Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe PDF documents stored on a memory card
- Pre-loaded games including NEED FOR SPEED Undercover, Resident Evil: Degeneration, and Tetris and Dice
- Organizer tools include calendar with scheduler, note pad, alarm clock, world clock, calculator and stop watch
- Advanced speech recognition with dictation and voice commands including Voice Dial, Digit Dial Readout, Menu Readout, and Text Message Readout
- Full HTML Web browsing capability
- Media Center-capable for downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, and more
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Vital Statistics
The Samsung Rogue weighs 4.94 ounces and measures 4.29 x 2.17 x 0.65 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.7 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as EV–DO, Rev A 3G frequencies.
Verizon Wireless Services
- VZ Navigator Capable: With this GPS-enabled phone, you’ll be able to access the Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps.
Additionally, the Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your Verizon Wireless phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area designating a school or summer camp, you’ll be sent an alert via text message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone. Additional subscription charges applicable.
- V CAST Music with Rhapsody: Access this exclusive digital music service for RealNetworks and for MTV Networks, which delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers. For a monthly fee (billed on your Verizon Wireless bill), you can load and reload your subscription songs from your PC to your V CAST Music with Rhapsody phone as often as you want, and take your music on the go.
On PCs running the Windows XP or higher operating system, you can also browse, preview and purchase music using the V CAST Music with Rhapsody software, which is available as a free download from the V CAST Music with Rhapsody download website. Additional subscription charges applicable.
- V CAST Video on Demand: This optional service enables you to watch full-length TV shows plus news, sports, weather and live entertainment video clips. It features more than 100 full-length programs from leading broadcast and cable networks, ranging from highly-rated drama and comedy series to reality programs and children’s programming. V CAST Video on Demand also delivers live sporting events, including NHL hockey games and an upcoming slate of college football games
The service offers unlimited viewing of Basic Videos and the ESPN MVP channel. You can choose from 14 categories, including Entertainment, Kids, Music, Sports, Comedy, News, Pop Culture, Information, Women, Latino, Home & Leisure, Multicultural, Cutting Edge, and Hollywood. Additional subscription charges applicable.
- Visual Voice Mail: This innovative service enables you to delete, reply and forward voice mail messages without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions. Visual Voice Mail is the ideal tool for the busy mobile professional who may need to prioritize which messages he or she listens to first. Features include on-screen access to voice mail message status, save up to 40 messages for 40 days (or archive permanently), create up to 10 different caller ID-based greetings, and reply via call back, text or even voice mail.
- Mobile Broadband Connect: Use your smartphone as a modem for your notebook when you connect the two using a USB cable–or open a Bluetooth connection–enabling you to access the Internet or your company intranet. The Mobile Broadband Connect tethered modem capability is ideal when you’re traveling and need to use your notebook to check email, access corporate networks, or download large files like presentations and reports. And with Mobile Broadband Connect, you won’t have to buy an extra PC Card or other devices.
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Social Networking Made Easy with the Samsung Rogue
The Rogue’s accelerometer automatically switches screen orientation depending on how you hold the phone. |
Offering more function, more style, more muscle, the Samsung Rogue has a 3.1-inch ultra-brilliant, highly responsive touchscreen with 480 x 800-pixel resolution (WVGA) and a 262K color depth. The innovative AMOLED (active matrix organic light-emitting diode) screen reproduces sharper and brighter colors with better battery consumption. The screen also features an accelerometer that automatically changes the orientation from portrait to landscape as well as sensors for proximity (when you put the phone to your ear) and luminance (to gauge how bright it needs to be when first turned on).
The front face of the phone offers a minimalist approach to controls, with send/end keys and a single navigation button. A four-row full QWERTY keyboard slides out from the left side of the phone, enabling easier typing for longer messages.
You’ll enjoy full HTML Web browsing capabilities as well as one-touch access to social networking sites via shortcut widgets–including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Photobucket.
The phone has an internal 768 MB of flash memory that’s augmented by 256 MB of RAM, and it’s expandable via optional microSD/microSDHC (High Capacity) memory cards up to 16 GB in size. The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contacts with multiple numbers per entry as well as support for picture and ringer ID. Other calling features include an accelerator tab for quick contact searching, embedded ringtones, vibrating alerts (with silent mode), speed dialing capabilities.
On-the-Go Photos and Videos
The 3-megapixel camera enables you to shoot both still images and capture video clips wherever you roam. You can choose from one of eight resolution options (2048 x 1536, 1920 x 1080, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 720, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, 800 x 480, 320 x 240 pixels) as well as get closer to the action with up to a 10x digital zoom (available depending on resolution selection). Other features include an integrated flash, dedicated camera key, multi-shot capabilities (panorama, mosaic and frame), multiple color effects, and a self-timer. The phone also includes internal editors for both still photos and videos.
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Wireless Freedom with Bluetooth
In addition to the integrated hands-free speakerphone, this phone provides the latest version of Bluetooth connectivity–version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), which makes pairing with an optional headset as well as other Bluetooth-enabled devices a snap. It includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and phonebook access. And with the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.
Bluetooth profiles include: Headset, Hands–free, Stereo, Phonebook Access, Basic Printing, Basic Imaging, Object Push for vCard and vCal, File Transfer and Serial Port Profiles
Technical Specifications
- Audio format support: MP3, M4A, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, CMX 4.5, EVRC, QCELP, I-Melody
- Video format support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
- Image format support: BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, PMD, SVG-T, SWF
- TTY Compatible
- In Case of Emergency (ICE) contacts
- Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating = M4
- 3.5mm headset jack
- Over–the–air downloadable software upgrades
- Bilingual Interface: English/Español
Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 Phone, Black
Originally posted 2009-11-14 21:34:25.
5 Responses to “Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 Phone, Black”
IM 21 AND A FREQUENT PHONE SWITCHER..THE NEWER..THE BETTER. MY MOM LIKES MY PHONE BUT I TOLD HER NOT TO GET IT BECAUSE THE OLDER YOU GET..AND THE NEWER THE TECHNOLOGY..THE HARDER IT IS FOR YOU TO USE..I LOVE THIS PHONE..THE SCREEN IS BEAUTIFUL..I USE MYXER.COM TO UPLOAD MY MP3′S AND MAKE MY OWN RINGTONES FOR FREE WHICH I SEND TO THE PHONE AND SAVE WITH NO PROBLEM..FOR THE REVIEWER WHO SAID IT GOES DEAD EASILY..I GOT IT TODAY @ 4PM..CHARGED IT FOR 10 MINS AND USED IT DOING A VARIETY OF THINGS FOR 5 STRAIGHT HOURS..IF YOU’RE USING IT FOR 10 HRS TEXTING AND BROWSING OF COURSE IT’LL GO DEAD(HOPE U HAVE A DATA PLAN)..SO FAR I HAVE PUT ON THIS PHONE MY OWN RINGTONES THAT I MADE AND PERSONAL PICTURES FROM MY PC..THE 2 PROBLEMS I HAVE ARE BASICALLY SMALL..1)NO MELODY SHUFFLE LIKE MY SAMSUNG DELVE SO I CAN’T HAVE A DIFFERENT RING EVERY CALL W/O GIVING MY CONTACTS THEIR OWN RINGERS..2)WHEN I TRIED TO SEND A FILE VIA BLUETOOTH XFER I GOT AN ERROR..BUT IT WASN’T A BIG DEAL..IT WAS A TONE SO I WENT ONLINE AND MADE ANOTHER ONE..OVERALL THIS PHONE IS PERFECT AND THE BEST I’VE EVER HAD!!
Rating: 5 / 5
So, I have a love/hate thing with this phone. I am coming from the first version of the LG Envy so it is quite an upgrade, but it still has it’s VERY annoying drawbacks. The keys on the qwerty are unusually small and make it hard to type quickly and efficiently. The screen shuts off during phone use and when you try to turn it on it doesn’t always come on or stay on long enough to touch what you’re viewing. The default ringtones are baaaad and you can’t use your own. They don’t have a single normal telephone sounding ring, either. It is inconsistent with it’s level of sensitivity, having to press down really hard sometimes or barely touching it at all at others. Viewing photos and videos is frustrating, you can only view it full screen on an angle, so you have to turn your head or bare with the smaller window and sometimes the pictures scroll on their own or exit the photo viewer altogether. I will say that the clarity is beautiful and sharp, but it only allows you to send 30 second videos which is a MAJOR suckfest factor.
Rating: 3 / 5
I wanted an iPhone bad, but not bad enough to leave a good carrier (verizon) for a bad one (AT&T). I followed the rumors that Verizon would be getting the iPhone in the near future, but gave up waiting when I read that Verizon had a new partnership with google and would be rolling out several Android phones.
I bought a Rogue after reading good reviews at reputable websites and here. I spent a lot of time getting to know the Rogue and ended up returning it after 10 days.
I mean no disrespect to the many people who love this phone. Their opinions are just as valid as mine. But you should hear different viewpoints before spending your hard-earned money on this phone.
There are definitely good things about this phone. Call quality is good and I get more bars in more places than with my previous phones. Great keyboard, best I’ve used on a phone. Great for texting and email. Display is gorgeous – great color, very high-res. Good camera, very good for a phone.
But, for me, the bad outweighs the good.
Most web pages display poorly in the browser – and yes I am talking about web pages especially formatted for display on mobile phones.
Scrolling by swiping the touch screen is imprecise, whether you’re scrolling around web pages or scrolling the widget bar or whatever.
Streaming videos display more choppy than on other phones, so the gorgeous display’s potential is not realized.
When taking pictures, you have to hold the phone horizontally, i.e. taking pics in “landscape mode.” If you snap a pic while holding the phone vertically (“portrait”), the picture will display sideways when you view it later, regardless of how you hold the phone.
The facebook widget isn’t an app, like on the iphone. It’s merely a link that launches the phone’s browser and goes to the facebook signin page. And yes, you must sign in every time. Very annoying.
Using the browser to check email is annoying. You have to enter your email address and password every time you want to access your email.
There’s a better way to use this phone for email: you can download an email app/client that works with most email services, and works pretty well. And you can put a widget on your desktop that gives you one-touch access to this app.
The iPhone offers a better, faster browser, pages display great on it, and it’s easy to navigate around pages.
The email experience and calendar on the iPhone are great, especially if you use one of the popular software packages or services like outlook or gmail.
The iPhone camera is not outstanding, and not as good as the Rogue’s, it won’t replace your dedicated digital camera, but it’s perfectly acceptable for a cell phone camera.
You can download tons of free and inexpensive apps for the iPhone. Many are crap of course, but many others are really great and highly useful. There’s a very limited range of apps available for the Rogue.
The iPhone is an outstanding media player, for video, audio tracks, and photo viewing. You can certain do these things on the Rogue, but the iPhone is nicer to use, more functional, and offers in my humble view a better experience with media.
Some of you are dead-set against the iPhone, and that’s fine, and others of you – like me – would consider the iPhone if it were available on other networks besides AT&T.
If you’re a verizon customer, I urge you to wait a week until the Motorola Droid hits verizon stores, then go to your local verizon store and compare the Droid and the Rogue – hold them both, try the browsers, try flicking your finger across the screen to scroll and pan. See what you think.
Maybe you’ll still like the Rogue better. Then, you’re making an informed purchase decision.
But I’m guessing that once you spend time with the Rogue, you’ll see as I did that the Rogue leaves much to be desired.
Rating: 3 / 5
READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY.
I got this phone yesterday. The touch screen makes you frustrated because it is very unresponsive. (it sucks)
It is very hard to scroll when looking through your contacts and it sometimes dials when you’re just trying to scroll down.
When web browsing it is hard to navigate they have a zoom in button on the lower left corner that gets in the way of the webpage buttons like “login” which are critical. You have to try to trick the phone so it lets you login.
Copy and Paste sucks, it won’t highlight the first letter because the edge of the screen is not sensitive enough.
Facebook and twitter are not streamlined apps they are just shortcuts to the mobile pages.
Youtube is slow as hell if you can even get it to load we tried 3 phones including the reps own phone and it wouldn’t load several videos. Also be prepared to pay 19.99 for the 75 mb dataplan if you plan to use youtube. 9.99 gets you only 25mb of bandwith.
On the plus side the screen is beautiful looking although you can’t see it very well outdoors.
Call quality was loud, I thought I had the speakerphone on.
Texting was good I can’t complain there the keyboard was nice.
In short if you plan on using the web on a phone like this which requires a data plan get something else like a black berry. Hey you get what you pay for.
If you want to text it’s ok but what’s the point of paying for the data plan then? Might as well get a texting phone like the Samsung intensity that does not require a data plan.
Rating: 3 / 5
I just got this phone yesterday. It is loaded with everything a gadget-maven such as I could want.
The 3mp camera takes great shots,indoors and out.I shot some orange leaves today.Came out rich and deep.
The touch-screen took 39 seconds to get used to…it’s my first.But not my last!!
The call quality is superb.According to the people who have called me and vice-versa.
I immediately downloaded some cool ringtones and assigned them individually to my contact list.So far,Ella Fitzgerald and Chaka Kahn.
The 3G network works like a dream. My previous provider’s coverage area was terrible,even though I was using a beautiful new BlackBerry Curve. I half-expected the Rogue to somehow be adversely effected by the location..on the shoreline of one of the Big Lakes. It wasn’t.The first call I placed got rave reviews.BlueTooth headset set-up was quick and it works perfectly.
The phone is a marvel of high-tech,for the time-being.I know how quickly technology changes and advances.But for now,I can’t see me using any other phone for a few years.
One more thing:Since we consumers change cell phones/providers so often,think about donating your unused cell phones to an organization that could use them.Just Google “Donate your cell phone,” and you will find a ton of places that would appreciate your donation.Like our soldiers.Women’s shelters.Animal rescue organizations.They are all there.Check it out.
Rating: 5 / 5
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