Is it just us, or did this thing take a glancing blow from the ugly stick? Not a direct, brutal strike by any means, but it seems like there may have been a bit of an exchange before this sucker's announcement. Anyway, yeah, Samsung's
i780 is all official now -- which we now know has absolutely no relation to the
BlackJack2 for AT&T -- and while it may not be taking earning any points for sheer beauty, it makes up for the indiscretion with sheer braun. You get Windows Mobile 6 Professional (yes, Professional, not Standard), assisted GPS, a 2.6 inch 320 x 320 display, 256MB of ROM and 128MB of RAM, WiFi, and that crazy optical touchpad that lets you navigate via mouse pointer. Sadly, the triband GSM and single-band 3G are going to keep this one well off US shores, but then again, keep in mind that the
i600 spawned the i607 BlackJack back in the day -- so stay positive, folks.
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posted Nov 2nd 2007 2:49PM
I think it looks pretty great... much better than the BlackJack and BlackJack II.
I don't think it's ugly at all and I'd prefer it over the BlackJack II--granted it had US support, of course--, that navigation system sounds crazy hot, I mean, an optical touchpad on a phone, in addition to its more than passable feature set.
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And, c'mon, let's look at the brighter side of things: at least it doesn't look like something that escaped from Palm's design department (no offense, Palm, love y'all, but your designs are a little worse than terrible, though they getting better).
+1 on the not ugly... and rather attractive (for a WM phone) ...scale. Wish it were US-bound and had the original specs - 256MB RAM & 2GB ROM. O well, in good time...
Newbie Q: Why's the triband GSM and single band 3G an indicator it isnt US-bound?
The short answer k-y is that AT&T, the largest GSM provider in the US, uses the 850 and 1900 mhz bands, with predominant usage of the 850 band in most areas. Tri-band phones support 900/1800/1900, but lack the 850 band.
The same is true for UMTS/HSDPA. AT&T's currently deployed 3G network relies on some oddball (compared to the rest of the world) bands.
I wish this would be the Blackjack2
As a current blackjack user (got it the 1st week it became available), I can assure AT&T that I will not 'upgrade' to the BJII that they are planning to inflict upon the US public. Now, if they want to sell me a Quad Band version of this i780, I will happily pull out my credit card.