Slim, wide, full keyboard-packin' WM5 Smartphones might be out and about this side of the pond, but our European friends have yet to get in on the
Motorola Q -- making Samsung's release of the
i320 even more interesting for them, not to suggest there aren't a few Americans that'll be reading PPCReviews' first impression with bated breath. Unfortunately, the outcome isn't exactly a love fest, with the reviewers knocking the i320's sluggish response, odd speakerphone positioning, under-battery microSD slot and lackluster camera. On the positive side, well, it's a WM5 Smartphone with a full keyboard if you're into that sort of thing, and the QVGA display gets high marks. They were also a bit confused about the inclusion of two batteries, suggesting that the i320 might eat some serious power. We'll wait for a couple more reviews before issuing a final judgment, but the
HSDPA Q is looking better every day.
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posted Jul 13th 2006 1:34PM
All high end GSM and CDMA Samsungs overseas are included with two batteries.
Get a clue
No 3G or WiFi? Why would I get this over the Nokia E61 or Sony Ericsson M600i?
our phones should be equipped with 2 also i remember ericsson used to do it with the t28 it came with a charging cradle and the high end startac did also.i hope this hot phone appears on cingular
Hmm... why are the Q, W, A, and Z keys in the wrong place?
Does anybody know what carrier or if it will come state side
I just played with the US version (cingular) of the i-320 with a treo type keyboard buttons instead, yesterday. The one thing I did notice was that the Micro SD was accessible through a flap on the right hand side. However, the plastic covers were pretty flimsy! Very thin and good feeling phone; however, the Q seems a little more polished at this stage of product testing than the cingular branded Samsung.
@ duestown (#4) certain countries don't use our standard Qwerty keyboard. This is most likely an eastern european phone or an asian phone, that's where the Azerty comes from. I'm sure someone here will explain it alot better than I can and maybe correct me if I'm wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY