Access Verizon's V CAST Music with Rhapsody service as well as VZ Navigator turn-by-turn directions.

Verizon's Mobile eMail gives you access to your Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL accounts so you can read, write, and reply. Access your address book, receive e-mail alerts and more, right on your Verizon Wireless phone. Getting on the Internet is easy using Verizon's Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. Verizon's Media Center wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Media Center service.

With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's 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. And Verizon's 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.

Phone Features
The slider-style Samsung Sway sports a 2.2-inch LCD screen with a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and support for up to 262K colors. Below the screen you'll find a five-way navigator and send/end and soft navigation keys that lay flush with the brushed stainless steel surface. The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contact entries with multiple phone numbers per contact as well as the ability to store a picture. The phone displays the last incoming/outgoing/missed calls. It has an internal 64 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional MicroSD memory cards up to 8 GB in size.

Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.

The 2-megapixel camera provides multiple resolution options (from 1600 x 1200 to 160 x 120 pixels) and includes up to a 10x digital zoom (depending on resolution adjustment). It also features a multi-shot mode (series, divided, and panorama), brightness adjustment, shutter sound selection, and a self-timer. Additionally, yo can edit photos and add color effects right on the phone. And you can also capture video clips for saving to your PC or sending via messaging.

Other features include:

• Digital audio player compatible with MP3, WMA and unprotected AAC/AAC+ formats; manage playlists on the phone
• Video format support: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
• 72-chord polyphonic and MP3 ringtones
• Tools: Alarm Clock, World Clock, Calendar, Calculator with Converter, Stop Watch, Notepad, Airplane Mode
• Voice Commands: Menu Readout
• Bilingual Interface: English/Spanish
• Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4/T4
• TTY Compatible
• Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4
• Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts)

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Sway weighs 3.56 ounces and measures 4.15 x 1.96 x 0.47 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time, and up to 312 hours of standby time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA frequencies.