Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the availability of the SCH-u550 from Samsung. This fashionable clamshell sports a trend-setting brown finish and lets customers download and listen to music, check out short video clips and take pictures and videos while on-the-go.

In addition to a sleek, stylish design, the SCH-u550 features a 1.3 megapixel camera with Night Shot to enhance the camera’s capabilities in dark environments and Bluetooth wireless capabilities for headsets, hands-free, serial port, certain dial-up networking profiles, and object push for vCard. Additional features of the SCH-u550 by Samsung include:

• Text, picture and video messaging
• Instant Messaging using AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
• Expandable memory with microSD memory card slot
• Dimensions: 3.77” x 1.93” x .64”; 3.35 ounces with standard battery
• Advanced Speech Recognition
• Speakerphone
• Personal organizer with Calendar, Calculator, Notepad, Alarm Clock, World Time, and Stop Watch
• Bilingual user interface: English and Spanish
• TTY/TTD-capable
• Hearing Aid Compatibility rating: M4/T4

The SCH-u550 is available today for $69.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.