Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Samsung SGH-i600 Windows Mobile Smartphone Review on the::unwired
Posted by Kris Kumar in "HARDWARE" @ 09:45 AM
http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3780
"Thanks to Samsung, I've recently got my hands on the final version of a Samsung SGH-i600, the EMEA/APAC version of Samsung's BlackJack which was launched late last year. While the i600 was announced earlier, the U.S. got it released faster but since last month, the i600 is also available across Europe. Generally speaking, the i600 is the follower of Samsung's earlier introduced SGH-i320 and like the i320, the i600 is sporting a QWERTY keyboard for easy typing. This makes the device definitely another BlackBerry competitor. The i600 is part of Samsung's Ultra series and this one is also called "Ultra Messaging". Only 11.8 mm thin, the i600 fits perfectly into Samsung's Ultra series but UMTS and HSDPA makes it quite unique today. Not too many keyboard enabled smartphones features triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 MHz aren't supported), singleband UMTS/HSDPA (up to 1.8 Kbps) as well as WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR yet."
Arne over at the::unwired has posted the review of the production version of the Samsung i600. This Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone is currently up for sale in Europe. This Tri-Band GSM and Single-Band UMTS/HSDPA QWERTY smart phone features WiFi, and of course the same battery life issue as its American cousin. :) One thing I like about Samsung is that they customize their Windows Mobile handsets. There is a custom carousel home screen, a new Quick Launcher and applications for reading RSS and watching Podcasts. One thing that would make this device even better is the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade, which has not yet been announced by Samsung for the i600.
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