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04 December 2006, 13:41
Samsung SGH-i600 - the best MS Smartphone ever
Samsung SGH-i600 Smartphone
Samsung was showing its SGH-i600 Smartphone at IFA 2006 and judging by what we’ve seen, RIM should be afraid for the popularity of its beloved Blackberry.
It has everything you would need in a tiny ultra-flat smartphone, including Blackberry-like wheel, QWERTY keyboard for single-handed usage, video calling, HSDPA, built-in WiFi, Bluetooth, podcast downloader (!!!), RSS reader, and more... and since Moto Q has no WiFi and HTC Excalibur has no 3G, this truly is the best MS Smartphone powered phone ever!
The i600 is single-handed design so you don’t need to use both thumbs to navigate the QWERTY keypad and it has a decent-sized 2.3inch screen with 320x240 resolution and 65,000 colours. It supports HSDPA, EDGE, GSM, UMTS and GPRS and has a 1.3Megapixel camera on the back and a smaller camera for video calling on the front. Other parts of the spec include 802.11b/g wireless, Bluetooth, 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM and a MicroSD slot.
The Samsung SGH-i600 runs Windows Mobile 5, just like the Motorola Q, but is tri-band GSM instead of Verizon's CDMA. Other notable features: EDGE, HSDPA (yay for Cingulites), 320x240 TFT display, 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM, microSD expansion slot, and a TI OMAP 1710 processor that goes up to 220MHz. I personally enjoy WM5 phones, even if they do tend to crash a lot thanks to its complexity. So this may be one phone worth waiting for.
Samsung’s UK PR tells us that it isn’t aware of a UK launch date for the i600. We reckon it’ll start to roll out before Christmas and hope that it crosses the Channel some time soon.
Specifications:
This candybar is run by Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone and has a QWERTY-keypad. Also it works in 3G UMTS networks, with HSDPA services, uses Wi-Fi and has a Bluetooth module.
• Class: smartphone, 3Gnews.yahoo.comHONG KONG - Samsung Electronics Co.,South Korea's largest corporation, joined Microsoft Corp. on Monday in launching the first mobile phone in Asia and Europe to use high-speed HSDPA wireless technology. The companies said the phone — the Samsung Ultra Messaging i600 — was the world's thinnest 3G smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It is also the first smartphone that supports Web applications like podcasts and RSS Feeder, which scans Web sites for updates, the companies said. The announcement was made in Hong Kong at ITU Telecom World 2006, a major convention for the telecommunications industry. The companies said the phone, which can connect with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, was designed for work and play. It has two digital cameras and can be used for 3G video calls. "The mobile population is increasingly looking to use one device that easily plugs into their life, both in and out of the office," said Pieter Knook, a senior vice president at Microsoft. The device, powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, uses the new mobile protocol called HSDPA, or high-speed downlink packet access, that provides faster downloads of video and streaming music. The download speed is designed to be as fast as those provided by ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, used in homes.
• Position in the line: above Samsung i320
• Rivals: Motorola Q
• Description based on official information, preliminary
General features
• Announced in 2006, announced September 2006
• eGSM 900/1800/1900, UMTS 2100/HSDPA
• Battery type Li-Ion
• Battery life:
• talk mode is specified
• standby mode is specified
• 2,3" TFT-display with the resolution of QVGA (240x320 pixels) and support for up to 65000 colours
• Operating system: Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone
• Colours: black
• Weight: is specified
• Dimensions: are specified
Memory
• Phonebook - several numbers for a name, also you can assign an image, photo and melody, even MP3
• Unlimited number of user groups, assign a name to several groups at once
• Call lists, no limit on the number of entries, not only time and date of the call are specified but the type as well. You can set storage period for call entries (a month by default)
• 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of Flash-memory
• Connector for microSD
Call management, ringing tones
• Vibracall
• Polyphonic call melodies, 64-tones
• Fast dial
• Automatic redial
• Speakerphone
SMS
• Predictive text input Т9
• Concatenated messages
• Message templates
• Sending and receiving graphical messages
Camera
• Integrated 1.3 MP camera (the maximum resolution of 1280x1024 pixels)
• Video recording capability, MPEG4/Н.263
• Digital zoom
• Effects
• Frontal VGA-camera for videocalls
Multimedia
• mp3/aac files as call melodies
• Integrated video and audio player (MPEG4, H.263, МР3, ААC, ААC+, е-ААC)
• Java (MIDP 2.0)
Connectivity
• Integrated mail client (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4)
• GPRS class 10
• EDGE Class 10
• WAP 2.0/xHTML
• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Bluetooth
• MMS
• Push e-mail
• SyncML
• Synchronization with PC (USB, Bluetooth)
Organizer and extras
• A complete set of standard applicarions for Windows Mobile
• Pixel Viewer (programs for viewing files MS Word, Exel, PDF)
• Dictaphone
• Date, time, world time
• Alarm clock, reminders
• Timer, stopwatch, calculator
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