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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Samsung and AT&T Make the BlackJack II Official

Posted by Mike Temporale in "Smartphone News" @ 07:30 PM

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/7499/hands-on-with-samsungs-blackjack-ii

"Set to arrive later this year on AT&T, the BlackJack II boasts glossier navigation keys than its predecessor, although it's slightly thicker to accommodate a higher-capacity, 1,700mAh battery (no word on exactly how much battery life we should expect from the II, however). Replacing the standard four-way navigational control is a jog wheel; it makes for faster scrolling around the BlackJack II's menus, although I often had to click rather than spin when trying to navigate horizontally, which was a bit annoying. Meanwhile, the keys on the QWERTY keypad were packed in a little too tightly for my taste; that said, the numeric dialing keys are now all grouped together, rather than arranged in an awkward "W" shape as they were on the original BlackJack."

GPS appears to be the hot new thing as the new BlackJack from Samsung and AT&T sports a built-in GPS, just like the new s730 from HTC. It appears that the person reviewing this device wasn't overly thrilled by the new BlackJack. At first I was a little concerned about that, but when I noticed the part about not liking the old number pad layout, I knew that we had different tastes. I'm all set to make this my next device. Or maybe I should get the i640 from Samsung. To many devices - it's getting hard to pick.


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