Samsung UpStage is a thin wireless phone-cum-MP3 player from Samsung and Sprint. The device actually has a two-sided candy bar shape that looks like a phone on one side and an MP3 music player on the other. A “flip” button on the phone’s edge is pressed to switch between the two sides.
The phone side has a number pad and small screen for dialing calls and typing text messages, while the reverse features a large screen and touch-sensitive controls to navigate through song lists and view digital photos, video and Web pages.
Features of UpStage include over-the-air music downloads through the Sprint Music Store, stereo Bluetooth 2.0 with Bluetooth caller ID (greets callers with a spoken voice while music is playing), a 64 MB MicroSD memory card, and USB cable with Smith Micro software for transferring music to the device.
The phone will also come with an extended battery wallet that adds up to 6.3 hours of talk time, or up to 16 hours of music listening time. When connected to the battery wallet, the device has a dual battery gauge that shows remaining time of both batteries. UpStage weighs just 74g and is less than 1cm thick.
