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Rocco Augusto
03-12-2008, 04:58 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/Samsung-Ace.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.mobiletechreview.com/pho...Samsung-Ace.htm</a><br /><br /></div><em>&quot;If you think the Samsung Ace looks familiar to you, well, it is. We&rsquo;ve seen its close cousins, the Samsung BlackJack late last year and the Samsung BlackJack II early this year, both on AT&amp;T. While AT&amp;T customers might think the Ace is old news, Sprint made a safe choice for its own customers by providing a proven and popular device that&rsquo;s also a world phone. The Samsung Ace sits in between the BlackJack and the BlackJack II feature-wise with Windows Mobile 6, full QWERTY keyboard, EVDO and 1.3 megapixel camera. There is no GPS or Wi-Fi onboard. One thing that Ace is superior to both BlackJacks is the processor: the Ace has the Marvell PXA270 running at 312MHz. This world phone runs on Sprint&rsquo;s CDMA network in the US with support for Sprint&rsquo;s EV-DO for fast data; and it also comes with a SIM slot and the technology that allow users to use GSM/GPRS overseas.&quot;<br /><br /></em><img border="0" alt="" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/spt/auto/1205337405.usr8.jpg" /><br /><br />Tong Zhang from Mobile Tech Review has given us a pretty good review of Sprint's newest Windows Mobile Standard device, the Samsung Ace. I'm not a huge fan of the Sprint network, or any CDMA network for that matter, but I do love the fact that this handset comes equipped with a SIM card slot for overseas travels. Unfortunately, those hoping to pop in their US carrier based SIM cards will be disappointed as the device runs off of the 900/1800 MHz GSM frequencies which is more popular in Europe and Asia than it is on our side of the pond.

Jason Dunn
03-12-2008, 11:39 PM
I'm digging the CDMA + GSM aspect of this...that's pretty cool. :D

Rocco Augusto
03-13-2008, 12:44 AM
I'm digging the CDMA + GSM aspect of this...that's pretty cool. :D

Yes, Sprint-Nextel (or as we unofficially called it in the business during the merger - Sextel) has been releasing these handsets for years. They just do not carry very many WM devices for us to be excited about :)