 The T349 features an MP3 player, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion, and personal organizer tools (see a larger version with pointers to all the controls). |
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Phone Features
The innovative Samsung T349 candybar-style messaging phone features a 20-key partial QWERTY keyboard that's combined with the latest in predictive text entry technology to make composing emails and messages a breeze. The XT9 predictive text entry technology takes the magic of the original T9 technology and takes it up a notch with such features as a word prediction list and spelling correction that spots transposed letters and missed keys, as well as instant integration into all applications on the device. The phone provides one-touch access to your favorite messaging function with the messaging shortcut key, and the user interface offers a new, simplified circle menu style that provides friendly graphics and succinct menu description text.
The T349 sports a brightly colorful LCD screen (176 x 220 pixels, 262K color depth) that sits above a four-way navigation pad that's surrounded by send/end and two soft navigation keys and complemented with a dedicated messaging key. The phone has an internal 50 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional MicroSD/MicroSDHC (high capacity) memory cards (up to 4 GB in size). The phonebook can store up to 1000 contacts, with each entry able to store multiple phone numbers and offering support for caller groups as well as photo/ringer ID.
 The innovative 20-key partial QWERTY keyboard of the Samsung T349 makes composing messages a breeze. |
You'll be able to stay in close contact with friends and family via both text (SMS) and picture (MMS) messaging, and this phone provides access to popular instant messaging services (including AIM, Yahoo!, and Windows Live) for fast, on-the-go conversations. This handset also includes support for accessing personal email from POP3 and IMAP4 accounts.
Other features include:
Vital Statistics
The Samsung T349 weighs 3.2 ounces and measures 4.49 x 1.97 x 0.53 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
Average Customer Review: 
based on 10 reviews
GREAT PHONE, USER FRIENDLY, FULL FEATURED, EASY TO HEAR ON THIS PHONE!
June 28, 2009
Reviewer: Daisy S "Daisy S" (Hot Springs, AR) -
On June 24, 2009, I bought this phone to replace my old tried and true workhorse the Moto Razr V3 phone that I had been using on my T-Mobile Pre-Paid plan. And after much studying different newer cell phones, I wanted to upgrade my tried and true Razr so I could email and text and have more features than my Razr V3 had.
BEST FEATURES OF THIS PHONE:
1) Most important, you can really hear the other person on this phone and they can hear you! Also, on the left side of the phone is a up and down key for loudness in the headset. Very handy! (The reason that I mention this first is many cell phones do not have a built in volume button and some cell phones are just plain hard to hear on unless you put in the headphones or use the speaker phone). By the way, the volume on this phone is very loud when you select the volume button and the speaker phone is very loud on full volume.
2) You can set the left "envelope" key for email or IM, or any message things. I set mine to email.
3) The EMAIL can be browsed for free, however, to view or read or send an email in the pre-paid plan on T-Mobile it is 20 cents per read or send. I found this out the hard way when I got carried away and sent several emails and read several. I learned to open the most IMPORTANT ones or better yet to "window shop" the emails and later open them up on my laptop. However, I did find this feature so handy when I was away from my computer and needed to check my emails in a pinch!
4) EMAILS: You can have more than one email account. For instance, YAHOO, AOL, and more. The set up is easy.
5) INTERNET BROWSER: No, it is not a IE Browser! It is a WEB TO GO BROWSER that has: 1) My account, 2) Downloads (for music and sound effect ring tones and gifts) 3) Web to Go Browser has: 1) CNN 2) ESPN 3) ABC News 4) (Can't remember this one)
6) Camera with 1.3 pixels (so so pictures, great to send and they even let you add a voice to the pictures). You can send them to your internal SD mini memory card (must purchase as this is not included), you can email the picture, send it to the T-Mobile Album in your page on T-Mobile and MORE!
7) Video camera, again this is not a fancy video, however the same applies you can email the video, and more!!!!
8) Voice recorder - I like that because you can record your voice and then email it to someone or just do a to do list in a recording.
9) Very user friendly phone with MANY more features.
10) A great FIRST TEXTING phone that is not that expensive! I bought this to see how I would like texting, emailing etc and found that I really do so this phone is great to have when I am not around my computer at home.
11) The MP3 Player. After I installed the mini SD memory card (which I placed some of my MP3 music collection on), I played the music with and without the headphones. With the headphones, the music is wonderful and a rich sound. Without, not too bad either. Also, in the options, you can set any of your MP3 songs from your mini SD card to be a ring tone. I had fun with that one and added several songs to my ring tones right from my own memory card in the phone!
12) BATTERY LIFE: Just to be on the safe side, I charge this phone every night and then the next morning, I take the phone with me. After heavy usage, texting, talking, browsing and learning the features, listening to the MP3 player in the phone, etc, after about 4 hours of doing the things, I still had 4 bars on the battery! And to remedy the battery situation back to 5 bars, I quickly placed it on my car charger and after driving around just 30 minutes, the phone's battery had 5 bars once again (full battery), so that quickly fixed the problem until I could arrive home and place it on the home charger. My old Razr V3's battery lasted longer (both in talk time and standby time - just about double the time of the Samsung T349), however, I also did not use the Razr except for just talking once in a while.
All in all, this is a SUPERB phone with lots of great features and it is very easy to learn to use this phone in my opinion! I am very glad that I bought this phone, I highly recommend this phone!
OK
September 19, 2009
Reviewer: K. T. Milliken "KTM" (Jackson, MS) -
Very good sound quality. Nice external sound controls. Cool looking phone. Takes a lot of time to get used to the letters. They are not the traditional, but set up like a keyboard. Must look at phone to hit select button--too small for casual use. Super battery life! Must purchase USB cable and sd card. Phone came with a $50 rebate. But must purchase unlimited texting at $15/month for two months. Thus the net rebate is only $20. I will probably exchange for the NOKIA 5310 music phone. It looks easier to use.
Great all-around phone!
October 27, 2009
Reviewer: M. Wilson (Clermont, FL) -
I've had this phone for two months and can attest to it's good reception, exceptional call quality, and awesome, text-friendly keypad. This phone is not only very reliable, but fun too, because the camera takes decent photos that are easily shared via MMS with voice memo. I also love the photo enhancements, cropping, framing, and creating and sending "postcards" with the photo shop that is already loaded on the camera. Of course you can use photos for wall paper, and slide shows, too!
Besides using this as my only phone, the other features that I use the most are the ones that help me stay organized, informed, and on-time. There are several alarms, a timer, a fantastic calender with many scheduling options. I have my weekly volunteering scheduled to remind me for a whole year! I work the first weekend of the month, and I can schedule my calender to sound the alarm the rest of the year, or however long I want it to. I put all of my families appointments on it, including phone numbers so I can call if I'm running late! I set it for a reminder, of course. Contacts have more than enough info including picture ID, dedicated ringtone, group, birthday, email, and several phone numbers. I now have no excuse to forget birthdays!
I use the dedicated e-mail button all the time to check email. The phone notifies me everytime I recieve an email message. I also have a quiet tone notification, too. The volume is variable for all tones and alarms. There are also three different tones to chose from. All day long I use the web-to-go to check my yahoo! mail account. It is pretty fast (EDGE) and I can read and manage my email, though I cannot read attachments. It is an abbreviated version. I check local weather, local news, CNN, and email all day. I even check maps and traffic. There is a Yahoo! web browser that you can use to browse the web. There are many sites to go to, but they are abbreviated versions of the real web site, but you get alot of info, and many are being added every day. You just have to do a search on the browser and then you can bookmark your favorite sites. It's that simple.
I never play the games, but there are some already preloaded, and many to download. You can download music, too. I even loaded a Spanish language translator for $2.99. I use that at work because I work in a hospital in Central Florida and I need to speak Spanish! The mp3 player looks like it will hold about 100 songs, and it is easy to add a memory card on the side, not under the battery like some other phones. I guess the sound will be good because the audio on the phone calls sound so good.
I really love this phone. It feels really good to hold, the keypad is very easy to use because the buttons are raised, well lighted, very resposive, and the partial qwerty keypad is fantastic for texting, making to-do lists, writing memos, or tasks to complete. I love to type on it, it is so fast!
I bought this as a prepaid phone, but I use my regular t-mobile sim card in it. So I pay for my family plan with 5 faves, unlimited family texting, and $9.99 for unlimed web access.
I highly recommend this phone for everyone, especially texters, or anyone who needs to stay organized, needs lots of reminders, or likes to show off photos of their kids!
Nice phone
September 16, 2009
Reviewer: Hsieh Pei Hsuan
I love this phone.
It's a great deal for someone who just want a phone with several basic funtions.
awesome!!
September 24, 2009
Reviewer: Kwangweon Cho "Kevin" (Boston, MA USA) -
this phone is the best prepaid stuff ever! nice looking and half QWERTY keyboard satisfied me. The keyboard is not small to push even though i have BIG fingers.
I strongly recommend.
Okay Samsung phone
September 22, 2009
Reviewer: N. Parmelee "Pogo Addiction" (Enfield, CT USA) -
This is a great phone for small hands and basic phone use. The keys are really small and I might get a better phone to trade this for.
I didnt think this phone was okay for me.
I like the sound and the quality of music, and basic of the how much does it have.
I like to give it back and make into a bigger phone so I can type more.
Thanks
Unacceptable Bluetooth Performance
December 10, 2009
Reviewer: Andrei (Boston, MA) -
Samsung-t349 is a nice-looking phone. The product description and customer reviews have already covered many important topics, therefore I will focus on a few issues that I had no chance to learn about before I purchased the phone. It is very important for me to be able to connect a cell phone to a GPS device in my car via Bluetooth to talk hands free. My old cell phone (a cheap Motorola phone) was perfect in this respect. After pairing it once with my Garmin Nuvi 660, it connected automatically to the Garmin every time I turned the Garmin on. Unfortunately, Samsung-t349 cannot do this. Every time I turn on the Garmin I have to pull the phone out of my pocket and manually confirm that I want the phone to be connected to the Garmin. It defies the purpose of having a Bluetooth-enabled phone. Once the cell phone is out of my pocket I can just as well talk on the phone without a Bluetooth car kit. Moreover, when I don't bother to connect the phone to the Garmin for a short drive I cannot use the Garmin either. Why? Because the two devices try to connect unsuccessfully and the "Phone disconnected" message keeps popping up on the GPS device blocking the map completely. Also, the Samsung-t349 phone book doesn't sync with the Garmin phone book. Maybe I was spoiled by a cheap Bluetooth-enabled Motorola phone but I find the Samsung Bluetooth performance unacceptable. The Samsung technical support did not offer any solutions when I contacted them.
bad sounds, bad key broads, bad texting
May 6, 2010
Reviewer: Six Pack "Six Pack" (Oklahoma USA) -
I love all the Samsung that I had before, this one made me decided to get an expensive one even with a two years contract. My friends could not hear me on the phone, I could not use text at all since the keybroad is designed differently. If you want to waste money, go right ahead.
Texting is Horrible!
May 3, 2010
Reviewer: Mom of 2
The phone itself is good, but the texting is horrible. My husband and I both have the same phone and both hate teh texting on it. The letters switch over, they don't put out the correct letter each time, etc. We will def. be getting new phones THE DAY our contract is done.
tin can talking
February 12, 2010
Reviewer: R. Walker "JG" (Iowa) -
Do you enjoy climbing into a metal garbage can and putting the lid on it and then having a conversation with a friend? If so, you'll love this phone, because that's what it sounds like to both you and your friend.
