Samsung SGH-D600
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The Samsung SGH-D600 is:
The slider can be configured for accepting and closing calls as well as locking and unlocking the keys.
One of the available accessories for the D600 is a stereo headset with earplugs on a neck string, a microphone on one of the earplug cables and a detachable phone holder which attaches to its bottom. It can be also used for the handsfree function of the mobile phone.
, and differs from it with a slightly revised design, a higher resolution camera which is located outside the sliding area instead of inside, TV output, and support for microSD external flash memory cards. It also includes a Picsel
Viewer
for Microsoft Office
documents. It is available in black/grey and Chrome color variants, and has a rubberized finish to some areas of its body.
Battery performance:
Still Camera features:
In video camera mode (key "1" toggles between still and video modes), nearly the same features are available. Zooming is possible even during video capture. T9 predictive text is turned on and off by pressing and holding the star/asterisk ("*") key.
, .3gp
, .mp3
, .amr
and .aac
files.
In the MP4 or 3GP multimedia containers the playback of the following tracks is supported:
video:
audio:
All these features, combined with the TV-out port and the microSD card reader on the D600, make it a perfect multimedia solution that fits in a pocket.
Other criticisms of the model include:
- a quad-band GSM mobile phoneMobile phoneA mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
with built-in handsfree function - a digital audio player with MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
and AACAdvanced Audio CodingAdvanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
/AAC+ playback with stereo speakers and 3D stereo enhancement and 4 DSP effects (normal, classic, jazz, rock) - a 2 Megapixel digital cameraDigital cameraA digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
(1600x1200 pixels resolution) with a flash and MPEG-4MPEG-4MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
video recording (at up to CIFCommon Intermediate FormatCIF , also known as FCIF , is a format used to standardize the horizontal and vertical resolutions in pixels of YCbCr sequences in video signals, commonly used in video teleconferencing systems. It was first proposed in the H.261 standard.CIF was designed to be easy to convert to PAL or NTSC...
(352x288) resolution) - an alarm clock with three per-weekday configurable alarms
- an organizer
- a dictation machine
- a video player for TV sets
- a BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
dongle
The slider can be configured for accepting and closing calls as well as locking and unlocking the keys.
One of the available accessories for the D600 is a stereo headset with earplugs on a neck string, a microphone on one of the earplug cables and a detachable phone holder which attaches to its bottom. It can be also used for the handsfree function of the mobile phone.
Features and specifications
The Samsung SGH-D600 is the successor to the Samsung SGH-D500Samsung SGH-D500
The Samsung SGH-D500 is a slider-style mobile phone created by Samsung. It was announced in Q4 2004 as a replacement to the popular Samsung E800. It has a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with an integrated LED flash. The phone can be purchased in various colors such as black, grey/silver,...
, and differs from it with a slightly revised design, a higher resolution camera which is located outside the sliding area instead of inside, TV output, and support for microSD external flash memory cards. It also includes a Picsel
Picsel
Picsel UK Ltd is a software company that develops products for handheld devices such as mobile phones. Picsel produces Picsel Smart Office, and other Office suite software for viewing and editing documents on mobile devices...
Viewer
File viewer
A file viewer is application software that presents the data stored in a computer file in a human-friendly form. The file contents are generally displayed on the screen, or they may be printed...
for Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
documents. It is available in black/grey and Chrome color variants, and has a rubberized finish to some areas of its body.
Battery performance:
- Stand-by: Up to 300 hours
- Talk time: Up to 7 hours
Still Camera features:
- Resolutions: 1600x1200, 1152x864, 800x600, 640x480, 320x240, 240x320 and 240x180 (can be changed in photo mode using the number key "2")
- Zoom: 4x digital zoom
- Continuous shooting modes for 6, 9 and 15 quick shots in resolution of 320x240, 240x320 or 240x180 (key "4")
- ISO sensitivity settings: Auto, 100, 200, 300 and 400 ISO (key "6")
- White balance settings: Automatic and presests e.g. for sunlight, neon and bulb light (selected using the "#" keypad key)
- Flash: A white LED light, not comparable to a real flashlight but usable for adding more light on short distance. Controlled by the "0" key in photo mode, the LED can also be manually turned on before taking a picture. This way it could also be used as a very short-lived emergency pocket lamp (if the battery is full)
- Self-timer: 3, 5 and 10 seconds, controlled using the "8" key
- Real-time effects including negative and sepia, controlled using the "5" key
- Mosaic and overlay effect shooting (key "4")
- Brightness and zoom can be adjusted using the menu toggle keys
In video camera mode (key "1" toggles between still and video modes), nearly the same features are available. Zooming is possible even during video capture. T9 predictive text is turned on and off by pressing and holding the star/asterisk ("*") key.
Playback features
The Samsung SGH-D600 can play back .mp4MPEG-4 Part 14
MPEG-4 Part 14 or MP4 is a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. It is most commonly used to store digital video and digital audio streams, especially those defined by MPEG, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images...
, .3gp
3GP
3GP is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project for 3G UMTS multimedia services. It is used on 3G mobile phones but can also be played on some 2G and 4G phones....
, .mp3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
, .amr
Adaptive Multi-Rate
The Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec is a patented audio data compression scheme optimized for speech coding. AMR was adopted as the standard speech codec by 3GPP in October 1999 and is now widely used in GSM and UMTS...
and .aac
Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
files.
In the MP4 or 3GP multimedia containers the playback of the following tracks is supported:
video:
- MPEG-4 SPMPEG-4 Part 2MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-4 Visual is a video compression technology developed by MPEG. It belongs to the MPEG-4 ISO/IEC standards. It is a discrete cosine transform compression standard, similar to previous standards such as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2...
(Simple Profile) up to PAL CIFCommon Intermediate FormatCIF , also known as FCIF , is a format used to standardize the horizontal and vertical resolutions in pixels of YCbCr sequences in video signals, commonly used in video teleconferencing systems. It was first proposed in the H.261 standard.CIF was designed to be easy to convert to PAL or NTSC...
resolution (352x288) - H.263H.263H.263 is a video compression standard originally designed as a low-bitrate compressed format for videoconferencing. It was developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group in a project ending in 1995/1996 as one member of the H.26x family of video coding standards in the domain of the ITU-T.H.263...
up to PAL CIFCommon Intermediate FormatCIF , also known as FCIF , is a format used to standardize the horizontal and vertical resolutions in pixels of YCbCr sequences in video signals, commonly used in video teleconferencing systems. It was first proposed in the H.261 standard.CIF was designed to be easy to convert to PAL or NTSC...
resolution (352x288)
audio:
- AAC LCAdvanced Audio CodingAdvanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
- AAC HE v1MPEG-4 Part 3MPEG-4 Part 3 or MPEG-4 Audio is the third part of the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 international standard developed by Moving Picture Experts Group. It specifies audio coding methods...
- AAC HE v2 (with Parametric StereoParametric StereoParametric Stereo is a feature and an Audio Object Type defined and used in MPEG-4 Part 3 to further enhance efficiency in low bandwidth stereo media. Advanced Audio Coding Low Complexity combined with Spectral band replication and Parametric Stereo was defined as HE-AAC v2...
) is not supported - AMR-NBAdaptive Multi-RateThe Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec is a patented audio data compression scheme optimized for speech coding. AMR was adopted as the standard speech codec by 3GPP in October 1999 and is now widely used in GSM and UMTS...
All these features, combined with the TV-out port and the microSD card reader on the D600, make it a perfect multimedia solution that fits in a pocket.
Criticism
A supposed 'killer app' feature of the D600 that has been the routine subject of critical review is the phone's poor visual TV out quality.Other criticisms of the model include:
- The phone can't be set to vibrate and ring at the same time, however it can be set to vibrate and then ring.
- The MP3 Player does not work in background.
- Java MIDletMIDletA MIDlet is an application that uses the Mobile Information Device Profile of the Connected Limited Device Configuration for the Java ME environment...
s can only be downloaded using GPRS via an online server, such as http://www.waphq.net which, although a free service still involves the service cost of the bandwidth to download. It is NOT officially possible to install Java MIDlets on the D600 via BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
, IrDaInfrared Data AssociationThe Infrared Data Association defines physical specifications communications protocol standards for the short-range exchange of data over infrared light, for uses such as personal area networks ....
, USB or Serial CableSerial cableA serial cable is a cable that can be used to transfer information between two devices using serial communication. The form of connectors depends on the particular PHY used...
. - The D600 does not support JSR 75 and has a relatively small RMSRecord Management SystemRecord Management System , is both an implementation and API for persistent storage on Java ME devices, such as cell phones."Record Store" is used to store the Data:RecordEnumeration ,RecordComparator,...
space despite having over 80MB of on-board memory. - The Text message ring tone is limited to the limited built in list.
- Depending on the phone's firmware it does not support MicroSD-Cards larger than 1 GB.
Hacks
The D600 has several hacks that can be used to overcome some of the shortcoming of the firmware shipped with the phone. Most of them will invalidate the warranty and may violate any network agreements.- It is possible to use the USB cable or BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
to download Java Midlets to the phone by using engineer codes and 3rd party software see this Tutorial. - There have been several versions of modified firmware available for the D600, most of them addressing the shortcomings of the firmware shipped with the phone such as the selection of message tones, background music playing and automatic sms message saving. The use of custom firmware requires a serial cable compatible with the phone. See this Forum.