Both Samsung 810 mobile phones aim at a global market.

Vondafone, one of the leading international wireless phone-service providers, sold the discontinued Samsung 810 mobile phone E series. There is still ample support and information available for this product. Samsung E810 mobile phones (discontinued) features included:

1. Compact slide-up design
2. Photo caller ID
3. 180-degree rotating camera
4. 64 ringtones
5. Over 65,000 color mobile display
6. Multimedia messaging (MMS) including text, voice, music, images
7. Java-based games compatible with this Samsung 810 model
   

Although the Samsung G810 model has yet to launch, pre-launch information about this cutting-edge product, also known as a Symbian smartphone, is available.

Symbian is an open source operating system for mobile devices, developed (primarily by Psion and Nokia) to aid the convergence of mobile phone and PDA technologies. So-called smartphone products such as the upcoming Samsung G810 and G800 (its predecessor model) typify this convergence.

Samsung G810 product features include:

1. WiFi connectivity
2. 5 mega-pixel camera with optical zoom
3. Data download speeds at 3.6 megabytes per second
4. SIM (subscriber identity module) Free service, which means that the G810 won't be locked into one mobile service provider or area code location
5. Phonebook with almost unlimited entry capacity
6. Bluetooth devices connectivity
7. Built-in GPS
8. Stereo FM radio
9. Built-in hands-free fu;nctionality for this Samsung 810 model.
   

Action Steps
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Find product information for the soon-to-be-launched Samsung G810

As with most pre-launch products, product information for the Samsung G810 is scant.

I recommend: Samsung G810 pre-launch product information is available at the Symbian operating system website. Additional product information is available in the Samsung press release for the G810. For those interested in more technical product information, visit the Samsung Mobile Developer's Club website. Also, read some pre-launch product reviews from reliable sources like CNET UK and Phones Review UK and product comparison site GSMArena.

Find product information for the currently available Samsung G810 predecessor: the G800

Because pre-launch product information for the Samsung G810 is scant, product information for the currently available Samsung G800 offers information about some features that have a high probability of being part of the G810.

I recommend: Samsung Mobile UK's website offers product information about the Samsung G800 SIM Free Smartphone. Samsung Mobile UK's Flash-driven PowerPoint-like tutorial is also worth seeing, particularly the product's camera and video editing functions.

Find product support resources for the discontinued Samsung E810

Created for Vodaphone's European, Asian and Middle Eastern markets, product support for the Samsung 810 cell phone E series is still available.

I recommend: Get general information as well as product support information about the Samsung E810 phones at Vodaphone UK's Device Help web page. Find support solutions from other product users at the Vodaphone eForum. Samsung Mobile UK's E810 website offers support links. You can also download a Samsung E810 user guide at the Samsung 810 website.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Like certain SIM-free Samsung 810 mobile phones, pay-as-you-go mobile phones provide another alternative to traditional mobile phone service providers.
• •  Note that most currently sold mobile phones have SIM locks.