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Samsung M530: Basic Music Phone Now Available in Canada

The popularity of music cellphones only proved that almost the entire human population love music. The Walkman phone from Sony Ericsson has been a big hit and is now available in Canada. Samsung would not be left behind and would launch Samsung M530 in Canada. The M530 is a basic music phone where you can play your favorite music all day long. Bring music everywhere you go by simply bringing this handset along.

Unlike most music phone, the Samsung M530 is modestly priced. You can get it for as low $99.95 CAD. This unit works with CDMA network and a radio band that works with 800-1900 mhz. No touch screen for this phone, you only get a 176x220 pixel screen and a second screen at 96x64 pixels. You can store more music and data with the M530 via a microSD slot.

The Samsung M530 has basic multimedia features. It comes with a 1.3 megapixels camera with zoom features but with no flash. For convenience, whenever you receive voice calls, you can use its speaker phone features. You can also use its headset option; it has a 2.5 mm headset jack. The Samsung M530 does not come with Infra-red or WiFi but you can get instant connectivity via Bluetooth and USB PC sync. You can check your e-mail anytime or send and receive SMS messages. You can browse the Internet via WAP and use JAVA applications.

The Samsung M530 may not sound all that exciting for a music phone and does not have the ultra super features like SE’s Walkman phone or Nokia’s Xpress music phone, but it is a music phone nonetheless. You can get the Samsung M530 with a 3-year plan for only $99.95 CAD or for $299.95 with a no-commitment contract. The Samsung M530’s another appeal is its Canadian Olympic Team branding that can really get the attention of Olympic fans.