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| | | | Camera and Video |
| Samsung Blackjack | | | | |
| | | | The built in 1.3 megapixel camera features a |
| Samsung has a long-standing reputation for | | | | 2X zoom lens and video capability. You can |
| innovation, and this month they've really | | | | shoot stills in resolutions up to 1280x960, |
| outdone themselves. Between the new Chinese | | | | and have a variety of editing and enhancement |
| Smartphone (Samsung i718 unveiled at the Hong | | | | options, including silly frames and effects. |
| Kong ITU Telecom World Expo), the Samsung | | | | The video selection isn't quite as wide, but |
| Blackjack (SGH-i607, from Cingular) and the | | | | the quality is among the best for camera |
| SPH-B5800 with real-time traffic reporting | | | | phones, with almost no pixilation. |
| (released in Korea this week), Samsung is | | | | |
| proving why innovation is their middle name. | | | | OS and Productivity |
| The traffic phone (with GPS) and the Chinese | | | | |
| Smartphone won't be available in the U.S. for | | | | Blackjack runs Windows Mobile Smartphone |
| a while, but the Blackjack was released in | | | | edition, where the focus is on productivity |
| mid-November. Take a look at some of its best | | | | and communication. Instead of the MS Office |
| features. | | | | Mobile Suite, you get the Picsel Viewer Suite |
| | | | which allows you to download and view, but |
| Samsung SGH-i607 - The Blackjack | | | | not edit, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF |
| | | | files. The OS also includes calendar, task |
| If you're in the U.S., you've probably seen | | | | list, contact list, note taker, calculator, |
| the ads for the Blackjack by now. They're | | | | stopwatch, world clock and voice recorder. |
| pretty, sleek and sexy, just like the phone | | | | When it comes to communication, though, you |
| itself. In one, a set of hands shuffles five | | | | get a full range of services - email through |
| of the wafer-thin phones, folding them into | | | | Outlook, support for POP3, IMAP and SMTP as |
| each other and fanning them as easily as a | | | | well as web browsing for web-based email, |
| professional dealer would a deck of cards. In | | | | AOL, MSN and Yahoo Instant Messaging, and |
| another, a guy plugs in to his headset as he | | | | text and multimedia messaging. The biggest |
| steps into the supermarket, turning his | | | | disappointment - no integrated WiFi, so |
| shopping trip into a surreal musical safari. | | | | unless you're in Cingular's 3G network, |
| Pretty, sleek and sexy - the ads and the | | | | you're out of luck on that count. |
| phone. The Blackjack, also known as the | | | | |
| SGH-i607, is Samsung's latest entry into the | | | | Design |
| thin Smartphone sweepstakes, and it is - at | | | | |
| this writing anyway - the thinnest yet at 4.4 | | | | First, the good news. At .6", the Blackjack |
| x 2 x .6". It features a full QWERTY keyboard | | | | is definitely in the running as an ultra-thin |
| for easy messaging and productivity, 3G | | | | phone. The sleek, all-black case is drop-dead |
| capability for web browsing, streaming media | | | | sexy, and the soft touch finish makes the |
| and downloading games, and a suite of | | | | phone easy to hold and handle. The 2.25" |
| productivity tools that make it easier for | | | | display is a bit smaller than the Blackjack's |
| you to keep up on things from the road. | | | | closest competitors - the Q and the Dash - |
| | | | but the colors are bright, crisp and clear, |
| Phone Features | | | | giving it great readability and outstanding |
| | | | delivery for graphics and video. The |
| It's not unusual for cell phones to do a lot | | | | navigation innovations include a thumb-wheel |
| more than make phone calls these days, but | | | | and a back button on the side for easier |
| the Blackjack does it (just about) all, and | | | | navigation, and the full QWERTY keyboard is |
| nearly all of it very well. Call quality is | | | | nicely backlit so that it's easy to use even |
| generally excellent, even on speaker phone, | | | | in low light situations. |
| and connectivity is excellent. The Blackjack | | | | |
| is fully compatible with Bluetooth and has | | | | The bad news is that those pluses come with a |
| the capability to transmit data at up to | | | | few drawbacks. The slimmer design means less |
| 14.4mbps for streaming applications and file | | | | room and smaller buttons on the keyboard, |
| transfers. Phone features include | | | | making it a bit more difficult to type. The |
| speakerphone, 3-way and conference calling, | | | | navigation keys are slippery and a bit close |
| caller ID, MP3 ringtones, and an address book | | | | together, and it's easy to accidentally hit |
| that's only limited by physical space | | | | End when what you meant to do was scroll to |
| available. | | | | the right. Perhaps the biggest design and |
| | | | usability flaw, however, is Samsung's |
| So far, we've uncovered some interesting | | | | decision to use a proprietary port rather |
| facts about the samsung blackjack phone. You | | | | than a standard mini-USB. That limits some of |
| may decide that the following information is | | | | your choices, making it impossible to use a |
| even more interesting. | | | | mini-USB adapter for charging, or a standard |
| | | | 2.5mm headset. |
| Music and Streaming Capabilities | | | | |
| | | | There's no doubt that the topic of the |
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| Music service, so you can listen to XM radio, | | | | If you still have unanswered questions about |
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