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Samsung i900 Spotted

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 by Dieter Bohn

Filed Under: News; Tags: sgh-i788, sgh-i780, samsung i900

Take a gander above at the Samsung i900, spotted by Unwired View at at Dutch convention. We're talking Windows Mobile 6.1, Bluetooth, WiFi, 240x400 Touchscreen, gigantic 1500mAh battery, FM Radio, and TV-Out. Probably one of a gazillion keyboard-less Windows Mobile phones we can expect to see in the coming months.

Oh, did we mention that it is to sport a Five Megapixel Camera? We didn't. Well now we did and now you suddenly are more interested. Sorry, though, because we probably won't see it in the states since it's a Triband phone. Then again, that's what we said about the Samsung SGH-i780, but then Samsung decided to make the SGH-i788 just for us stateside folks.

Speaking of the i788, it looks like this i900 shares its ridiculous “optical mouse but no standard dpad” format. Stop that right now, Samsung.

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You neglected to mention the 8 GB memory. Anyways though, this device would have been mildly interesting with a VGA screen, but 240x400 is just bizarre.

Surur

Submitted by surur (not verified) on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 10:47.

Ah, 8gb. That IS a good point.

Heh - I should make it a point to always leave something out - guarantees that somebody will comment to correct me. ;)

Kidding. Yeah, 240x400 is VERY bizarre. They must have gotten a good deal on those screens.

Submitted by Dieter Bohn on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 14:32.

Heh - I should make it a point to always leave something out.

That would make you perfectly qualified to work in the phone industry, who always leave some seemingly simple killer feature out (like a VGA screen on this device for example, or global bands etc).

Surur

Submitted by surur (not verified) on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 14:56.

This seems like an excellent WM device. Screen resolution isn't the most important feature for me.

Submitted by GordonWM (not verified) on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 08:54.

Engadget just caught on to this today:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/samsungs-sgh-i900-is-a-feature-laden-stunner/

Submitted by pelona (not verified) on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 17:05.

You neglected to mention the 8 GB memory. Anyways though, this device would have been mildly interesting with a VGA screen, but 240x400 is just bizarre.

Surur

Yeah, I agree and I'm skeptical (as per our earlier discussion on the topic).

For those wondering, at least according to MS, WM6 only supports 400x240 (not 240x400) in Standard i.e. non-touchscreen devices. It's actually listed: 400 x 240 (WQVGA)--but that is specified as Landscape only.

But for touch, that resolution is not mentioned (though many others are).

So either
[LIST]
[*]MS added that resolution (and didn't tell anyone)
[*]Samsung did it somehow themselves
[*]The info is wrong
[/LIST]

Should be interesting...

Submitted by Malatesta on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 17:29.

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