Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the availability of the SCH-a870, a new value-inspired camera phone designed with the mobile family in mind.

The SCH-a870 combines Samsung's popular clamshell design with a host of capabilities such as Bluetooth® wireless technology, speakerphone, Location Based Services such as VZ NavigatorSM, VoiceSignal™'s speech recognition, Web browsing and camera and video functionality. In addition, for those interested in gaming, the SCH-a870 comes with VibeTonz® technology which will allow customers to download and feel the beat of games and ring tones.

"The a870 was designed to satisfy the needs of today's mobile family," said Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president, Samsung. "It is a feature rich camera phone that we believe is not only best in class, but sets a new standard for today's value driven mobile phones."

Key features of the new Samsung SCH-a870 available through Verizon Wireless include:

• Get It Now®-capable - download games, ring tones, wallpapers and more
• Mobile Web 2.0SM-capable - customizable, enhanced wireless access to the latest in news, sports, weather and more
• Bluetooth wireless technology support for certain profiles
• VibeTonz - a dynamic technology for ring tones that vibrate to the beat of the melody so users can truly feel the music and allows users to assign unique vibrations for caller identification and various types of messages
• VZ Navigator-capable - get audible turn by turn directions and location information from the phone
• Personal Organizer (Calendar, Alarm Clock, World Clock, Notepad and Calculator)
• Speakerphone
• Advanced Speech Recognition by VoiceSignal
• Dual displays:
• Internal: 128x160 Pixel, 65K TFT Color
• External: 96 x 96 Pixel, 65K STN
• Dimensions: 3.6" x 1.8" x 0.85" 3.4 ounces with standard battery
  Bilingual user interface: English and Spanish
  Talk time: up to 200 minutes of talk time or up to 170 hours of standby time