Samsung i730 Pocket PC Phone Edition

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/samsung_2004/index.php?p=i730">http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/samsung_2004/index.php?p=i730</a><br /><br />Phone Scoop has managed to get some pictures and information on the new CDMA based Samsung i730, the follow up to the i700.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2004/20041111-samsungi730.jpg" /><br /><br />The device looks a little fat until you realize it has a sliding QWERTY keyboard that comes out from the back, which make it phat. :) Other features include:<br /><br />• EV-DO high-speed data, camera<br />• Bluetooth<br />• SDIO slot<br />• Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC 2nd Edition<br /><br />Phone Scoop has additional pictures and a detailed description of the sliding keyboard. Samsung didn't allow any pictures of it though. :?

[surur]

A samsung with bluetooth! How unusual.

Competition is good, but this unit looks like it still has a way to go.

Surur

[thunderck]

huummm sliding keyboard... where have I seen that before..? :wink:

[rocky_raher]

I'd be glad to have bluetooth. I currently have a Samsung SPH-i700, and am quite happy with it. I do consider the lack of either bluetooth or WiFi (which I would really like to have!) is a minor disadvantage.

I find the built-in stereo speakers an odd feature. Don't you lose quite a lot of the stereo effect if you put the speakers too close together (like 1.5 inches!!)? And how much audio quality should one expect from tiny speakers, anyway?

[Ryan Joseph]

That thing looks really familiar. 8O Where have I seen it before? Is that another device rebranded by Samsung?

I'm just having extreme deja vu here, bear with me. :?

[TheZodiac]

Convenient how none of the photos show the "sliding QWERTY keyboard" BLA!

[stephman]

Convenient how none of the photos show the "sliding QWERTY keyboard" BLA!
HA! was just thinking the same thing.

[gibson042]

Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/entry/5732841284005838/) has a picture of the i730 with its keyboard extended:

http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/1400731206340486.JPG

[DarkHelmet]

Camera - camera - camera...

Why does every manufacturer think that we want a camera in our cell phone? This type of inclusion continues to limit the market - people working in the computer, defense, and other related industries cannot use these camera phones. Blech!

Why don't the manufacturers look into combining self defense technologies (i.e. pepper spray dispensers, TASER type stun guns) or other benign technologies (remote car starters, electric groomers, electronic voting kiosks, etc.) into these whiz-bang doo-dads?

[surur]

Camera - camera - camera...

Why does every manufacturer think that we want a camera in our cell phone? This type of inclusion continues to limit the market - people working in the computer, defence, and other related industries cannot use these camera phones. Blech!

Why don't the manufacturers look into combining self defence technologies (i.e. pepper spray dispensers, TASER type stun guns) .....into these whiz-bang doo-dads?

Hey, this is a brilliant idea! I suggest you patent it immediately. Tazer especially should be easy!

Is that a phone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me :)

Surur

PS: Too late, some-one has patented it already
What is claimed is:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=50&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&S1=((phone+AND+self)+AND+defense)&OS=phone+AND+self+AND+defense&RS=((phone+AND+self)+AND+defense)

1. In an electric discharging personal safety device of the type having a main body with a plurality of spaced electrodes extending out from one end face of the main body, the improvement comprising a plurality of coverings wrapped around said electrodes respectively, and each of said coverings having holes defined therein for discharge of electricity therethrough,

wherein said covering are colored to match said main body, and

wherein said main body is configured as a handy body and said pair of spaced electrodes extends from the end face of said main body.

2. The electric discharging personal safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pair of spaced electrodes are shaped into cylindrical pins that extend from an end of said main body.

3. The electric discharging personal safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pair of spaced electrodes are shaped into arched plates and fixed on opposite sides of said main body.

4. The electric discharging personal safety device as claimed in claim 3, wherein a pair of additional electrodes shaped into cylindrical pins extends from an end of said main body, and wherein each of said additional electrodes is formed with secondary holes for discharge of electricity therethrough.

5. The electric discharging personal safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main body is configured as a baton with a pair of spaced electrodes, and wherein said pair of spaced electrodes are shaped into sheets and fixed in parallel on opposite sides of said main body.

6. The electric discharging personal safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main body is configured as a baton with a pair of spaced electrodes, and wherein said pair of spaced electrodes are shaped into strips and fixed helically around said main body.

7. The electric discharging personal safety device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main body is configured and disguised as a mobile phone with two spaced electrodes, and wherein said spaced electrodes are shaped and disguised as antennas and extend from an end of said main body.

[Fattizzi]

It reminds me of the omnisky palm wireless modem.

Image removed by mod SJC...

[orol]

I have only tree words for you

I WANT IT !!!

this is my dream design! but please make it in GSM version too!!

[DarkHelmet]

I have only tree words for you

I WANT IT !!!

this is my dream design! but please make it in GSM version too!!

You should get one - it is so cool - I have had mine for six months now.

[alizhan]

Camera - camera - camera...

Why does every manufacturer think that we want a camera in our cell phone?
What's interesting is that their new Smartphone (http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/samsung_2004/index.php?p=i645) comes in two models: one with a camera (and flash!), and one without. So they are starting to think about this.

Baby steps...

[gibson042]

What's interesting is that their new Smartphone (http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/samsung_2004/index.php?p=i645) comes in two models: one with a camera (and flash!), and one without. So they are starting to think about this.

Baby steps...
That is music to my ears. Finally, they listen to our long-standing suggestion of how to satisfy everyone. :grouphug:

[Charles Pickrell]

I noticed something strange. This phone has a go back button just like my Motorola Smartphone. On WM for Smartphone this button takes you back to the previous screen, handy for phone users. I wonder if this button is a go back one screen, but for Pocket PC. I don't think this feature is in WM 2003 for Pocket PC, so maybe this smartphone is really designed for WM 2005 or whatever they plan to call it. Of course it could also just be used for a task switcher button like the iPaq.