Samsung SCH-i760: Not So Hot
Forum user levinda was one of the "lucky" few who managed to sneak in an order for the Samsung SCH-i760 when it was briefly available via a backdoor method. The i760 looked like a sweet device to me, if only because the unique keypad on the front would give it a bigger screen. The devil, though, he's in the details, and according to levinda, the details suck:
- [...] Basically, unless you have really big hands it is almost impossible for me to use one-handed, even when I didn't need to slide the keyboard out!
- I thought the front keypad would enable one-handed use for quick typing of SMS. Wrong! It only has ABC text input. [...]
- Power button. Any time I wanted to turn on the phone I had to hit the power button on the top (not easy one-handed for a lefty) or slide out the keyboard. [...]
- No abilty to diable the touch screen during a call. Why don't all WM phones have this option? [...]
- WM softkeys not alingned under their screen functions
Read: I Jumped To The i760...For Less Than 48 Hours - WM Experts
Basically the Treo is still king of one-handed QWERTY use (as we mentioned here) and the SCH-i760 just isn't as well-thought-out as it should be. If you're going to try something new with button placement on a Windows Mobile device, make sure that you do some usability testing.
