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Samsung i780 Pocket PC now showing at Orange Business

#4 PaulOBrien

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Posted 30 January 2008 - 07:52 PM

Good reviews, and performance seems great!

My concerns...

- Does GPS work?
- Is the directional pad usable?
- Why oh why the stupid proprietary connector!

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Posted 30 January 2008 - 08:01 PM

Hmm yeah....they say thats a pre-release model though.

Theres a few good vids on the unwired.....http://www.theunwired.net/?query=i780&amount=0&blogid=1

They've had GPS working with google maps..........he's also mentiond he's tried igo and it worked well....apart from the uncommon screen res.

Another thing is battery life 1000mah ...i hope its better than the BJ2.

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Posted 30 January 2008 - 09:43 PM

PAUL(MVP) the processor is the Marvell PXA a 624 MHz.... Not the 410 Mhz ....

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Posted 30 January 2008 - 10:15 PM

cre8or, on Jan 30 2008, 21:43, said:

PAUL(MVP) the processor is the Marvell PXA a 624 MHz.... Not the 410 Mhz ....

Yikes, how many batteries are they going to ship with this one?

The battery life on the i600 was bad enough (in fact, on all Samsung phones I've ever known)

But now they're stuffing in a third more display pixels, a faster CPU, double the RAM, and GPS, but 10% less battery?

How are you going to get through a working day on that?

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Posted 30 January 2008 - 10:24 PM

My only samsung phone was a samsung s100 years ago....So is samsung's battery life that bad?

whats it down to just the 1000mah battery used?

Could it be resolved with say a 3rd party battery?

Im realy looking forward to this phone but if samsungs device battery life is that bad.....May have to give it a miss.

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Posted 30 January 2008 - 11:29 PM

J273, on Jan 30 2008, 22:24, said:

Well there's a reason they're the only brand to bundle most of their phones with 2 batteries. If the BJ's anything to go by, form over function, unless you're a very light user.
And another thing...
After all the years ex-Palm users have been waiting for Microsoft to get their finger out and up screen resolutions, it's good to see how they've managed to achieve the full 240x240 experience with a 320x320 screen. Good old numpty Microsoft. What a waste.

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Posted 31 January 2008 - 12:09 AM

That is one sexy device, wish O did a decent data tarrif! Also, Line 2 on a PPC? A first surely?

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Posted 31 January 2008 - 12:52 AM

Square screens on a PPC always seem like a waste to me. Especially on the Today screen.

Also...wasnt the Blackjack the i607? Or was the i600 a Blackjack too?

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Posted 31 January 2008 - 01:06 AM

The Blackjack in the US was the i607, the wifi-enabled i600 was released here in Europe...

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Posted 31 January 2008 - 08:24 AM

cre8or, on Jan 30 2008, 21:43, said:

PAUL(MVP) the processor is the Marvell PXA a 624 MHz.... Not the 410 Mhz ....

Well, i've read it was gonna be 624MHz but is actually shipping clocked at 410MHz...

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Posted 31 January 2008 - 12:17 PM

I'm still loving my i600, but I think him indoors will be in the market for one of these. He's got a Treo 750 at the moment, but would love the higher-res screen and built-in wi-fi!

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Posted 31 January 2008 - 01:31 PM

Do Tmob do Samsung models? Any more news on the rumoured i900?

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Posted 01 February 2008 - 10:00 PM

I think this will most probably be my next upgrade.

This propietary jack then, are adapters available for it so I can use my own earphones?

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 10:23 AM

Not found anything on a quick google. Hopefully its a standard Samsung port though so adapters for other models will work...

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 10:33 AM

GPS - eats battery
HSDPA - eats battery but not as much as
WiFi

No idea what the battery life is likebut with those 3 you need a lot of reserve.

Personally I'm not a fan of this form factor but a nice spec phone and nice to see some competition for HTC available on contract in the UK.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 10:45 AM

Yep, all true of any device. Same as your Athena, no?

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 10:51 AM

Monolithix, on Feb 3 2008, 10:45, said:

Yep, all true of any device. Same as your Athena, no?

Exactly - I'm lucky to get a days usage out of my Athena but can get through a full battery in 2 hours! My point was that if people were worried about the battery usage on a device without these features then it won't be any better with them. All those features are great but do come at a cost in terms of battery life.
I'd rather have the features, just don't expect to go days without charging!

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 10:55 AM

Yep exactly

If you want a decent standby then turn off UMTS!

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 01:01 PM

Monolithix, on Feb 3 2008, 10:55, said:

Yep exactly

If you want a decent standby then turn off UMTS!

But even that might not be enough. Nobody's explained to me yet how they expect to do all this (hi-res display, HSDPA, 128MB RAM, GPS, WiFi) on 10% less battery than the BJ?

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 05:47 PM

Well clearly you aren't going to be using all of them at the same time, but yes, 3G WinMo devices leave something to be desired in the standby time area :/

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