Samsung launches the SGH-i320
Samsung announced the launch of their SGH-i320 yesterday - due out in Europe this month. I got my hands on one last Thursday and I've been using for the past 5 days straight. First and foremost, you have to tip your hat the design team at Samsung - the device is incrediblely well made, and I am still amazed every time I pick it up at how small and light it is (111 x 59 x 11.5 mm, 95 g).
The device is a delight to use day to day, especially for messaging: XT9 is a kick-ass feature, and the Picsel file viewer for mail attachments is pretty hot. All my extra software works well (except for the beta version of Slingbox mobile for Windows Mobile smartphone which gets really confused by the landscape mode of the display). The stereo speakers sound pretty good, and thanks to T-Mobile now supporting EDGE, I can even stream high quality music from my MusicNow account (albeit the web site is annoying to navigate on a320x240 display). The camera is pretty decent, and the ability to shoot 320x240 movies is really cool (athough the movies are little jerky sometimes). After 5 full days of usage, I give it the official two tired thumbs up!
I expect Samsung to kick some serious global butt with the i320. Sadly, it lacks the 850 band and there isn't a CDMA version (yet), so the only major carrier that could take it in the US is T-Mobile.
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