Samsung Monte

The Samsung Monte is a handsome phone that fits perfectly into your palm. With a host of mobile phone features like a 3.2 mega pixel camera, touch sensitive user interface, 3G, Wifi and many pre-installed widgets makes a great mobile experience.

The Looks

The Monte is a slim, cute and slender figured device with attractive curves and rounded edges. Its a phone that makes no fuss in fitting into your pockets and hands. The front side of the phone has only three buttons. The 3-inch screen is reported to be extremely sensitive and easy-to-use. The edges of the phone are packed with buttons for USB sockets, volume controls, camera control, a dedicated lock button, a memory card slot, a provision for charging the phone and 3.5mm headphone socket. When comparing the Nokia E7, its competitor, it has siding out screen and has additionally a full QWERTY keyboard underneath for text and email workouts. The Monte smartphone too is ideal for social network integration and messaging.

Wonderful Widgets

The Monte is fed with some smart and comprehensive widgets that would make up for almost any application desire that you might have. And if that is not enough, one can also download more application and Samsung Widgets from the Samsung's website.

On the upper left corner of the screen, Samsung has offered a hot key from which all the widgets can be accessed. This can be done by a simple drag and drop option. And once the work is done, drag them back to the hot key. Other managements of widgets and organizing your favourite bookmark of widgets are all simple and fast.

Social Utility and Internet Browsing

Social networking is one thing that is prolific in the Monte. It is reported that working with Twitter, Facebook and Myspace on the Monte is nothing but a joy. Accessing them is as simple as dragging the widgets to the home screen, signing up and networking from there on. All the widgets are said to be implemented very well to allow easy access and luxury.

The Dolfin 1.5 browser enables easy and fast in surfing and shows few exciting new features. Monte's GPS capability allows the presence of Google Maps that helps you in finding your locations. Undoubtedly the iPhone 4 still remains the favourite for a browsing and multi-touch experience with an added advantage of the rich helpings from the App Store.

Multimedia Features

The in-ear headphones that Samsung offers along with the pack is a perfect complement for the phone as the music quality in the headphone is said to be pretty good. There is a small remote control that helps you in attending calls while you are on the go or while you listen to the music. The music player provided is expected to be good and would allow you to organize and play your tracks.

The camera features a 3.2 megapixel lens and also boasts face detection and smile detection capability. The video capturing feature is quick though the quality may not to be up to one's liking. But even a business-like phone like the BlackBerry Torch 9800 sports a 5MP camera and good shooting functions.

The phone's battery lasts for two days if used extensively while the call quality are said to be loud and clear.

On an ending note, the Monte is a phone that is packed with widgets, tools and applications that you do not have to strain or waste time yourself in browsing for applications on the Samsung's site. A decent and recommendable phone for those who spend more time in social networking.