Samsung Ace (I325)

[Pete Paxton]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/samsung/ace.html?rfp=dta' target='_blank'>http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/samsung/ace.html?rfp=dta</a><br /><br /></div><em>&quot;Released for Sprint, the Samsung Ace (SPH-I325) is a thin and lightweight QWERTY smartphone. Integrated with Windows Mobile 6 operating system, the Ace provides email, voice, and entertainment in one slim device. The Ace includes Direct Push Technology for up-to-date email delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts. Not much is known about this device at the moment.&quot;<br /><br /></em><img width="160" height="312" border="0" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/spt/auto/1197007055.usr11642.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Samsung seems to have a Blackjack type device for just about everyone. This one goes by the name Ace and is headed for Sprint. Wish I knew more about it. Oh well, I wasn't ready to change to Sprint anyway. But for those of you who are with them, maybe this is the device you've been looking for?

[Mark Larson]

Not for me, because its a CDMA/GSM "World" device and as such is probably going to cost more. If I were going abroad and not to one of the other first world countries, I'd rather pack a basic $30 Nokia because data rates are expensive and data isn't as useful outside of the western world.

Oh, and I believe this is one of the first phones with Rev A.

[randalllewis]

Looks like a cross between on BJ 1 and J 2 keyboards, which each have their strengthes and weaknesses. But after having had the joy of using the new BJ 2 front jog wheel, any phone without that darn well better have something extrordinary to replace it.

[rubik]

Just to shed some light,

The SGH-i325 seems to be an upgrade to the previous model, i320N
http://www.samsung.com/my/products/gsm/gsm/sgh_i320n.asp

which has been avalible in asia for quite sometime now. It was the first samsung smartphone, way before the i600, or the USA blackjack.