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…
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Looks nice. Do you know the dimensions, or size relative to something comparable?
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes
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.
Dzanda
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.
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.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes
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.
Dzanda
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!
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes
I really like that it is CDMA…but I am afraid that will mean Verizon instead of Sprint. I hope I am wrong.
Dzanda
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?
Dzanda
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.
