So you think a mobile phone is just not about style, but needs to last long too? Brace yourself for the Samsung Rugby. An announcement today by AT&T and Samsung Telecommunications America revealed the availability of this first military grade certified handset that can withstand the elements and also keep you in touch.
A fast and powerful fellow that can take just about anything you throw at it, the Samsung Rugby is sure to appease small businessmen. It is the first handset to have complied with the military standard or the MI-SID-810F passing the test for its resistance to different extreme conditions such as high temperature, humidity, water exposure, solar radiation, shock and dust exposures.
Jeff Bradley, senior vice president, Business Marketing and Operations for AT&T’s wireless operations, remarked, “As AT&T’s best-in-class rugged device, only Rugby brings users like construction foremen and landscape designers the ability to share live video from one phone to another. Employees can literally see more than one work site at one time.”
“Samsung has developed a sturdy phone that can stand up to the roughest of environments, It is a no-nonsense device with easy-to-use features and a simple, one-touch button to keep you in touch with your contacts”, added Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung Telecommunications America.
A 3G enabled phone, the handset is the premier one to comprehend AT&T’s breakthrough Video Share calling and the largest Push to Talk network. The Video Share feature should allow mobile workforces to transfer live streaming videos to a colleague, supervisor or back to the home or office. Aiding in diagnosing and repairing a problem one can also show progress of a job and conduct a phone conversation with them simultaneously. The other highlight of the Samsung Rugby is the Push To talk feature that will ensure costly downtime is reduced with a speedy decision making capability within work groups.
The tough phone sports a 2” display with a 128×160 resolution, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 128MB internal memory and a Bluetooth. It is powered by a battery that gives 5 hours of talk time and 240 hours on standby. Other features of the Samsung Rugby include a built-in GPS to support such LBS apps as AT&T Navigator (domestic and global), TeleNav Track, Xora GPS TimeTrack, etc., international capabilities, and support for AT&T’s unique BusinessTalk plans for small businesses.
Dressed in black, deep burgundy or construction yellow colors, the clamshell handset sells for as low as $129.99 with a special limited time offer of $79.99 for small businesses that activate 5 lines or more.
Though it may not be one of the best looking phones in town, the Samsung Rugby is durability at its finest.