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Samsung’s T919 has been eagerly awaited by a lot of you readers. Originally it was planned to be launched on November 3. However, as of today it has not launched. According to TmoNews.com, it is now scheduled to be launched on November 10. Also, the T919 has undergone several different name changes from Roxy to Tocco to now being called the ‘Behold’. Also, it will be available in two colors: Black and Pink. Here are the specs as reported by TmoNews.com:

Advanced Responsive Touch Screen with Widgets-This has a large
color touch screen that responds to the touch of a fingernail, a
fingertip, or a stylus, and can be adjusted to match your customer’s
individual touch pressure. Your customers can touch, drag and drop,
tilt, maneuver, and modify menu items by moving their finger across
the screen. The phone also has Widgets – small icons that provide
fast access to the items they use most often.

5 Megapixel Camera, with video capture and playback, 4x digital
zoom and settings for scene modes, resolution, and effects, plus a
self-timer.

High-Speed Internet with HTML Browser-This enables your
customers to view full HTML web pages, visit their favorite sites, and
get their downloads through T-Mobile’s 3G network.

Assisted GPS Navigation (AGPS)* provided by Telenav. This will
also give turn by turn directions with automatic re-routing. **Free for 14 days, then $9.99 a month

QWERTY Keyboard-When your customers compose a text message,
tilting the phone to a horizontal position displays the QWERTY
keyboard, while holding the phone in the vertical position displays the
numeric keypad.

Supports Yahoo, AOL, Gmail etc via E-mail Client

In the box: Travel Adapter, Ear Bud, 1 GB microSD card expandable to 16 GB, and Data Cable.

Size: 4.12” x 2.10” x .5”

Display: 1.61” x 2.64” LCD

5hours talktime, 300 hours standby

Those without a data plan will have limited (whatever limited means) access to tzones and no access to the full html browser, the data plan is required for the AGPS with telenav

NO WIFI, NO UMA!!!

Customers should have a Data Add-on feature of $24.99 or $34.99 to optimize the web capability of this handset.

A Data/Messaging Add-on feature of $14.98 or higher is required to qualify for the mail-in rebate. ‘

While the price is not yet confirmed, it is rumored to be $149. What is not clear is whether that is with contract and mail-in rebate.