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    The new phone’s here

    Posted by: Seth Shapiro

    Yay. Wait a minute - the new phone sucks.
    Seduced by 3G and HSDPA, I got a Samsung Blackjack. The screen is gorgeous; the black rubberized shell is great and the form factor is nice but Windows Mobile 5.0 is ass. Don’t get me started on the menuing mistakes they made unless you’re thinking of getting one ? in which case email me and I’ll give 10 reasons not to. Another D+ User Experience from Redmond. Even the audio makes no sense… the vibrate sounds like a dying cow.

    I’m buying a Blackberry 8800 and will wait for the iPhone… both of which are unfortunately Edge not 3G. Re Blackjack, Q, Dash - if you have one and really like it please drop me a line and explain how you deal with the bizarre functionality decisions.




    Posted: February 23rd, 2007 under » Editorial, » Media.
    Comments: 1



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    Pingback from Man from New Amsterdam: Seth Shapiro’s Blog » Blog Archive » Blackberry 8800 Review
    Time: March 11, 2007, 1:03 am

    [...] As mentioned here, I dumped my Treo and got a Blackjack a while ago ? and hated it. Well, the new BBerry came this week and I’m happy to say that it’s superb - does everything a phone/email/contacts/SMS should do, and all extremely well. The BBerry UI still destroys Windows Mobile, and the new model is QWERTY to boot ? a return to full keyboard after the Pearl, but much slimme than the 8700 and 8703. They can be had from Amazon for $125 ? you have to deal with Wirefly, whose customer service is really terrible… but it’s a great device at any price. [...]

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