Price Range: $389.99 to $474.95

Mobile Office with Windows Mobile 5.0

Running on the Windows Mobile 5.0 Operating System, the Samsung Ultra Messaging i600 is equipped with MS Direct Push Technology that giving users accessibility to their work and schedules anytime, anywhere. This ensures users enjoy entertainment and receive information in the same way they would with their home desktop or laptop.

Samsung releases another one of its Ultra Series Ultra-thin phones, this time tackling the high-end market with a Windows Mobile (5.0 though and not 6.0) and a Qwerty keyboard

This is the first Samsung smartphone that features 1.8Mbps high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA). In addition, 3G UMTS, GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity is supported, along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It also supports web applications such as podcasting and RSS Reader.

The handset itself is extremely compact, measuring 11.3 x 5.9 x 1.2cm and weighing in at a very lightweight 105g. It feels robust and well made and it can certainly withstand the day-to-day bumps of a busy lifestyle - even just trying to crowbar the back cover off to put a SIM card in was a traumatic experience. The black casing has a tactile feel and provides a comfortable grip. It has a large, beautifully clear 2.3in colour screen, which offers 65,536 colours - the resolution’s 320 x 240 pixels - on a TFT LCD display. A key feature of the i600 is its micro QWERTY keyboard, which is surprisingly fat finger-friendly, unlike many of the micro keyboards found on similar devices.

Sadly, the headphone socket shares the charger connection point - which also doubles as the USB port, so you cannot charge while listening to music or using the headphones as a handsfree set. Navigating around the device is remarkably easy. Most of the main functions appear in the Start menu accessible by pressing one of the hotkeys on the left of the scroll wheel. These hotkeys offer a number of options when tapped, which change according to what’s on the screen. The Home key, as you’d expect brings you neatly back to the main window, that shows any due appointments, missed calls, emails and icons for primary applications.

Key Features:
HSDPA(1.8Mbps) / UMTS / EDGE / GPRS
GSM / Tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
1.3 Megapixel Camera with Auto Focus (2 x Digital Zoom)
65536 Color TFT Screen (QVGA, 2.3”)
QWERTY Keyboard / Thumb-wheel
Memory: ROM 128MB RAM 64MB
External Memory (microSD)
Video Player (H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV )
Music Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV)
Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP,AVRCP) / USB 1.1
WAP 2.0 / Active Sync ML
Mobile Printing (BPP, Pictbridge)
OS: Windows Media Player 5.0
Push e-mail: MS Direct Push
Outlook
Document Viewer
Speaker Phone
Web App.: MSN, RSS Reader. Pod Casting
Dimension: 113 x 59 x 11.8mm, 105g
Battery Time (1200mAh) :
- Standby time : 140h

Camera:
1.3 Megapixel Camera with Auto Focus (2 x Digital Zoom)

Other Features:
QWERTY Keyboard / Thumb-wheel
Video Player (H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV )
WAP 2.0 / Active Sync ML
Mobile Printing (BPP, Pictbridge)
OS: Windows Media Player 5.0
Push e-mail: MS Direct Push
Outlook
Document Viewer
Speaker Phone
Web App.: MSN, RSS Reader. Pod Casting

Price Range: $249.95 - $359.99

Work Smart and Play Smart!

Slick and smart, the SGH-i320 runs on Windows Mobile, giving you total access to email and MSN Messenger. Data input is a breeze with the QWERTY keyboard, yet the handset still preserves a compact and super-slim shape for easy portability. Offering a good balance of work-related and fun multimedia features, Samsung’s SGH-i320 is the smart choice for today’s savvy professional.

The Samsung SGH-i320N will get you there faster, wherever youre heading. Its countless different high-performance functions allow you to work more efficiently and achieve more - just what you need when youre on a business trip. Whats more, all these features fit perfectly into the ultra slimline 111 x 59 x 11.5 mm casing, making this mobile the ideal travelling companion. wherever youre going, the SGH-i320N will always add an elegant finishing touch, with its modern black design and dynamic contours lending it a distinctive appeal. Whats more, with its first-class QWERTY keypad, you can type in text just as quickly and easily as on a computer. wherever you are, the SGH-i320N will keep you on track for success.

The i320N doesn’t bring much that we haven’t seen before, but it does have a QWERTY keyboard, 240 x 320 pixel TFT LCD, 120MB of internal memory, 1.3mpx digital camera, Windows Mobile 5 operating system (and other Windows Mobile applications), and dual speakers with SRS WOW effects.

The 240 x 320 pixel TFT LCD looks small compared to the rest of the handset, but it’s actually 2.2” ¬ around the norm for this resolution. As far as size goes the i320N’s display is fine – but when it comes to supported colours things aren’t so fine! This display is only 65,536 colours, not 262,144 colours like I’m sure many people were expecting. While using the i320N by itself you can’t really notice that it’s only 65k colours; put it up to any handset with 262k colours and you can notice the huge difference in colour representation and quality.

Moving on from that though, the i320N offers a very reasonable 120MB of internal memory for you to store images, documents, videos, e-mails, and more. Over the years of reviewing smartphones I’ve started to expect memory cards (of any size) in the sales package. Unfortunately the i320N does not have a memory card in the sales package. The i320N supports the microSD memory card format, by way of a port which can only be accessed by removing the battery.

Key Features:
GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)
65536 TFT screen (240 x 320, 2.2”, QVGA)
Windows Mobile 5.0
Bluetooth 1.2 / USB 1.1 / IrDA
Full QWERTY Key board
PIM / MS Push Email
External Memory : MicroSD
120MB User Memory
Multi Document Viewer
One-click Attachment Viewer
Offline Mode

Wide View Web Surfing
Speakerphone
Dual Speaker & SRS WOW
Digital Power Amp
1.3 Megapixel camera / Flash / 2x Zoom
Music Player: MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/WAV/OGG
Bluetooth stereo / Printing support
111 x 59 x 11.5 mm, 95g
Battery time (1000 mAh)
- Talk time : 3.3h
- Standby time : 140h

Camera:
1.3 Megapixel camera / Flash / 2x Zoom
Video CIF Recording & Messaging (H.263 / MPEG4)

Other Features:
Windows Mobile 5.0
Full QWERTY Keyboard
PIM / MS Push Email
Multi Document Viewer
Background Music Playing
One-click Attachment Viewer
Wide View Web Surfing
Bluetooth stereo / Printing support