Jerry Raia
09-05-2006, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/readarticles.php?id=1527' target='_blank'>http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/readarticles.php?id=1527</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The FCC approved Samsung SGH-i610 – a tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM phone supporting UMTS 2100 MHz band, which is the frequency used for 3G in Europe and Asia; for non-3G areas, it supports GPRS and EDGE. The phone resembles the D830 in design but its 2-megapixel auto-focus camera is located on the back. What’s extraordinary is seen when the phone is opened – it has SureType QWERTY keyboard for faster text input and runs on Windows Mobile for Smartphones operating system, which makes it Samsung’s first 3G smartphone, and their first clamshell phone running on Windows Mobile. The SGH-i610 supports Bluetooth, but unfortunately lacks Wi-Fi."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Jerry-Samsung-SGH-i610_2.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Pretty phone. It doesn't look like we will see it in the states though. I wonder if we ever will. I'm beginning to wonder if WiFi is really necessary anymore. With the high speed one can now get on Verizon and soon Cingular, do we really even need it? My 8125 has it and I rarely use it.