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Overall the i780 does what it’s made to do, but not before it makes even the simplest functions excessively complicated
Built with Blackberry in mind Samsung have released the i780 to add the recent influx of bulky, QWERTY keyboard based Smartphones.
The i780 features a few interesting innovations that set it apart from its predecessor, the i600. In a similar fashion to the track pad on a laptop the i780 features a ‘track’ button which easily scrolls the on screen cursor in every direction. This, when compared with the i600’s five way pad makes it far easier to navigate the Windows Mobile operating system than before.
The user simply needs to move the cursor around the screen using the track button and then press down to click on an icon. This, one can only assume, is the closest to a laptop mouse pad that Samsung could muster in a mobile device and it works.
On either side of the tracker lies the Windows start button, the OK button and the call and hang up buttons respectively. This makes it easy to navigate without having to resort to bending fingers backwards to make a calendar entry which is handy.
The keyboard is incredibly difficult to use. The keys are tiny, oddly placed and hardly promote the ease of use that Blackberry have so finely tuned. Nevertheless it’s functional and, after a bit of getting used to becomes almost efficient.
Typing out text is frankly infuriating. There is no way to go back and edit unless the user clicks on exactly the correct space using the stylus or dragging the cursor button with the track. In a hurry this could become especially maddening because it takes the kind of concentration and skill that concert pianists are known for just to type ones name.
The i780 also falls short in the browsing arena. Unlike that found in the iPhone, Blackberry or high end Nokia’s the user can’t scroll through the page by simply moving the stylus up or down. Instead one is forced to navigate via fiddly and frustrating Windows Mobile scroll bars.
Speed however is not a problem for the i780. The handset is fully 3.6mbps compatible which will allow South African users to take advantage of some of the best that wireless connectivity has to offer. Although the 2 megapixel camera is severely shown up by those found in other handsets of a similar nature it performs reasonably well and definitely gets the job done.
In terms of dimensions the i780 takes the cake in terms of keeping slim. At 12.9mm it’s thinner than most and would fit easily into a pocket. The rest of the design is rather uninspiring, looking more like a rectangular box than a shining example of contemporary mobile technology.
Overall the i780 does what it’s made to do, but not before it makes even the simplest functions excessively complicated. Despite this it proved to be usable and at times even enjoyable after the initial teething phase.
Built with Blackberry in mind Samsung have released the i780 to add the recent influx of bulky, QWERTY keyboard based Smartphones.
The i780 features a few interesting innovations that set it apart from its predecessor, the i600. In a similar fashion to the track pad on a laptop the i780 features a ‘track’ button which easily scrolls the on screen cursor in every direction. This, when compared with the i600’s five way pad makes it far easier to navigate the Windows Mobile operating system than before.
The user simply needs to move the cursor around the screen using the track button and then press down to click on an icon. This, one can only assume, is the closest to a laptop mouse pad that Samsung could muster in a mobile device and it works.
On either side of the tracker lies the Windows start button, the OK button and the call and hang up buttons respectively. This makes it easy to navigate without having to resort to bending fingers backwards to make a calendar entry which is handy.
The keyboard is incredibly difficult to use. The keys are tiny, oddly placed and hardly promote the ease of use that Blackberry have so finely tuned. Nevertheless it’s functional and, after a bit of getting used to becomes almost efficient.
Typing out text is frankly infuriating. There is no way to go back and edit unless the user clicks on exactly the correct space using the stylus or dragging the cursor button with the track. In a hurry this could become especially maddening because it takes the kind of concentration and skill that concert pianists are known for just to type ones name.
The i780 also falls short in the browsing arena. Unlike that found in the iPhone, Blackberry or high end Nokia’s the user can’t scroll through the page by simply moving the stylus up or down. Instead one is forced to navigate via fiddly and frustrating Windows Mobile scroll bars.
Speed however is not a problem for the i780. The handset is fully 3.6mbps compatible which will allow South African users to take advantage of some of the best that wireless connectivity has to offer. Although the 2 megapixel camera is severely shown up by those found in other handsets of a similar nature it performs reasonably well and definitely gets the job done.
In terms of dimensions the i780 takes the cake in terms of keeping slim. At 12.9mm it’s thinner than most and would fit easily into a pocket. The rest of the design is rather uninspiring, looking more like a rectangular box than a shining example of contemporary mobile technology.
Overall the i780 does what it’s made to do, but not before it makes even the simplest functions excessively complicated. Despite this it proved to be usable and at times even enjoyable after the initial teething phase.