Samsung Stratosphere 4G LTE Android Phone with QWERTY Keyboard ships this Week

Samsung Stratosphere is official and ships on October 13 from Verizon

Oct 10 2011, 1:55pm CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Stratosphere 4G LTE Android Phone with QWERTY Keyboard ships this Week

Verizon Wireless today announced the Samsung Stratosphere, a Galaxy S smartphone, will be available in Verizon Wireless beginning Oct. 13. The Samsung Stratosphere is the first 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon Wireless equipped with a five-row QWERTY keyboard and designed with Samsung’s four-inch Super AMOLED display. Additionally, the Stratosphere supports enhanced B2B-enabled connectivity services from Cisco, the most comprehensive mobile implementation of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) and support for secure remote device management from Sybase Afaria.

Ideal for the business professional, the Samsung Stratosphere offers robust data management support. The Stratosphere will support Samsung’s Enterprise Platform enhancements such as VPN, encryption and Mobile Device Management (MDM). EAS includes features such as direct push, email, calendar, contact sync and Global Address List (GAL), as well as EAS policies including storage card encryption, device encryption, and simple and complex password support, all essential for streamlining business on the smartphone.

Key features of the Stratosphere:

4G LTE – customers can expect fast download speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE mobile broadband coverage areas
Five-row QWERTY keyboard
Samsung Super AMOLED™ Screen Technology makes watching movies, viewing videos and playing games come to life, even in bright light and outdoor environments
Android™ 2.3 Gingerbread – support for Google™ Mobile Services including Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Talk™, Google Search™, Google Maps™ and access to more than 250,000 apps available to download from Android Market™
Samsung 1 GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor
Front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat and 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus and flash (720p HD playback and 480p DVD-quality recording)
Mobile Hotspot Capability – share 4G connection with up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices or a 3G connection with up to five devices
AllShare® – enables wireless connectivity through Digital Living Network Alliance® (DLNA), so customers can send multimedia content to other DLNA Certified®-enabled devices such as TVs and laptops
Samsung Media Hub – Samsung’s own content service, offering a vast lineup of critically acclaimed films and TV programs for rent or purchase
Bluetooth® 3.0 technology – support for headset, hands-free, stereo, phonebook access, and object push for vCard and vCalendar
Multiple video file formats supported, including DivX and XviD
Wi-Fi Connectivity (802.11 a/b/g/n)

The Samsung Stratosphere will be available on Oct. 13 in Verizon Wireless for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

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