Samsung SGH-i600 Windows Mobile Smartphone Review on the::unwired

[Kris Kumar]

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.

[Kris Kumar]

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.

[Foxbat121]

singleband UMTS/HSDPA (up to 1.8 Kbps)

1.8kbps will be useless :lol:

[Mike Temporale]

I'm surprised that they haven't changed anything with the battery life. Can it really be that hard an issue to tackle? Samsung has had this problem on all of their recent Smartphones - you would think they could have done something to improve things. :?

On the flip side, I love the little customizations that they provide - like the fancy home screens and the 3rd party apps. The BlackJack is the best phone I've owned to date. 8)

[oboulanger]

The french version with the Azerty Keyboard.
I had the Nokia E61 before that.
The Samsung is very versy slow compared to the Nokia, with long pauses when looking up contacts and calendar for example (I only have 150 contacts by the way).
The keyboard is not as ergonomic as the E61 and worst of all the software can't keep up with fast typing (skips some letters).
I am really looking to an update.

Can anybody tell me more about teh unofficial WM6 update for the i600?