It’s been a month since I unboxed and posted my first impressions of the Samsung SGH-i620. If you haven’t already peeked at that portion of this review, then go ahead…I’ll wait.

In that month, I have to admit that there have been a few times when I have wanted to toss the phone through my office window. Those of you who haven’t had the (dubious) pleasure of being around me as I trudge through a new product’s testing might not know that this is the phrase I use when I am repeatedly frustrated by a product that I really want to like. And I really did want to like the i620.

You see, I have been intrigued by this little fatty since last year, when Mike Temporale first posted about it on Smartphone Thoughts, and then Alison emailed to make sure I had seen it. I liked the idea of a smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard that could slide down to give a form factor similar to the Samsung Blackjack, the Palm Treo, and other similarly styled devices. The sliding keyboard design meant that the i620 would perhaps be fatter than some of these other devices, but the minimized height looked attractive.

It’s almost as if the Samsung has a dual personality: part fashion phone, yet all smart. You’ll see what I mean in a moment…

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The first time I saw the Samsung i620 in the flesh was in the lobby of the Amsterdam Hilton last November. Derek Snyder had brought a white one to Mobius, and Vincent and I couldn’t wait to play with it! Vincent is one of those guys who always has a video camera glued to his hands, and before I knew it, we were shooting.

Let me take a moment to say that one of the things I like most about V is that he doesn’t look at me like I’m an idiot when I get excited about a new device; nine times out of ten, he is just as excited. I really appreciate that in a friend.

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