The Samsung SCH-i760
Posted on 11 February 2007, at 7:26 pm, by Judie Lipsett
Here is one WM6 phone that isn’t under NDA, so I’ll go ahead and post about it, the Samsung SCH-i760. It’s running WM6 Pro, and if you’re curious, Ed Hardy had posted a “First Thoughts Review” about it on Brighthand after CES. Ubergizmo even got video of it in action.
Hopefully we will have more information about it soon…
Engadget had a post about it in January, including a short gallery of images. There would also appear to be another Samsung with a very similar name running around…but they are not the same device. I wonder how that happened?
Stuff that is about to be released from NDA will be coming up in the middle of the night…stay tuned. 
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February 11th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Looks nice. Do you know the dimensions, or size relative to something comparable?
February 11th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
I wish I did…there is very little information available, unfortunately. It’s not even on the Samsung site yet. You might check out Ed’s overview – he at least held one.
February 13th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Judie,
I suppose that the 2 devices you refer to are the SCH-i760, and the SGH-i760… the SCH prefix indicates a CDMA phone, while SGH signifies a GSM unit. Despite the similar names, the phones are actually surprisingly different. Unlike the SCH-i760, which is a horizontal/landscape slider (pictured above), the SGH-i760 is a vertical slider.
For what appears to be good stats on the SCH-i760, you might check out this link: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=696.
By the way: You can compare phones side-by-side at the link I provided. That way you can see (for example) that the SCH-i760 is 3mm shorter, 1mm narrower, and 8.2mm thicker than the Blackjack.
February 13th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Hi Dzanda, – yes – those are exactly the two prefixes to which I was referring. Gotta admit, at first glance they are confusing.
Thanks for the link; I must say that the SCH looks very interesting to me, and I would love to get my hands on one.
February 13th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
I’m really anxious for the phone to come out, too. I’ve been waiting for a PDA-phone that I really liked for some time now, and the SCH-i760 is the only one that really trips my trigger (with the exception of some of the great phones that Europe and Asia get!).
Let’s keep our fingers crossed… I’ve read that the phone will come out as soon as this month, and ranging all the way to June ‘07. Needless to say, I really love for it to come out sooner rather than later!
February 13th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I really like that it is CDMA…but I am afraid that will mean Verizon instead of Sprint. I hope I am wrong.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Actually, everything I’ve seen says it’s going to be a Verizon phone. And I agree that that’s a potentially scary development.
On the one hand, I’m pleased that it’s supposedly going to be offered by VZW, since I’m on VZW and have been waiting for a decent PDA-phone from them for ages. But on the other hand, I fear that it being a VZW phone will mean that they will screw us around (as they have in the past) by crippling various functions (like the Bluetooth and WiFi).
Oh well… all we can do is wait and see what happens, eh?
February 15th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
By the way: the following link and discussion provides some of the more convincing evidence that the SCH-i760 is indeed going to be a VZW phone. Yeah, there’s plenty more evidence to that effect, but this is some of the best.
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/.....-crossbow/
February 15th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Figures…so much for the small hope I was keeping alive. Thanks for the link.