Samsung i780 review

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In the competitive Qwerty-based smartphone market, the Nokia E71 remains the class-leading handset, with the new BlackBerry Bold not far behind. Samsung has work to do.

Samsung i780 Review
 
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Besides the camera there's nothing that puts the Bold behind the E71 - the Bold has a faster processor, larger screen, better resolution, better keyboard, better office apps, better e-mail, better user interface, and it looks way better than anything in the ugly Nokia E*series. The only thing uglier is the Samsung i series.
 
I love my i780.

There are short comings and things that bug me, but generally it's a very good phone. First problem I found was in fact, the camera. The shutter delay and speed is terrible - worse than most other phones I've tried. Everything that moves slightly is blurred. The plus, is that my low light shots look pretty good ;)

One can't enter TWO mobile numbers on the contacts. You can have 5 email address, 5 landline numbers, pagers, IM etc but only ONE mobile number :/

Screen cannot be seen in direct light.
 
Besides the camera there's nothing that puts the Bold behind the E71 - the Bold has a faster processor, larger screen, better resolution, better keyboard, better office apps, better e-mail, better user interface, and it looks way better than anything in the ugly Nokia E*series. The only thing uglier is the Samsung i series.
A faster CPU doesnt necessarily mean its better. Have you actualy used a E71? Its an incredibly fast device even though it runs a 369mhz CPU. UI and keypad depend on what you want, personaly im not big on the BB Bolds of its UI and keypad, and dont like either ones keypads and looks are also personal, i mean look at the Bold, looks like some kind of blob, atleast thats what i feel.
 
Gave my i780 to the wife & went back to my Treo... Samsung keyboard is pretty bad... But at least RealVGA works on the i780, but doesn't on the Treo 750...

And it looks like the 1 cell number issue is a WinMob "feature"...! Altho in Outlook you do have an "Other" category, but not WinMob!
 
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