The more advanced of the two unusually designed QWERTY phones that Samsung was showing at CES (read about the SCH-u740 here), the SCH-i760 seems to be a more business-oriented phone, judging by the Windows "Start" key on the lower-right half of the keypad. Without a stylus, we're betting this will be a Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition phone, akin to the Samsung BlackJack, though Samsung tells us the phone will have Wi-Fi support. The phone leaves the numeric keypad on the top half of the slide, with the QWERTY pad coming out sideways from beneath. We wondered if the navigation button wasn't a bit far from our thumbs in landscape mode, but because the model we tried wasn't powered-up, we'll withhold our judgment. We're also wondering how easy this phone will be to use one-handed with Windows, since it lacks a trackwheel or trackball for faster navigation.
Features:
Unlike the BlackJack, the SCH-i760 will feature Wi-Fi. Though we're not sure about network capabilities, the model number designation leads us to believe this will be a CDMA phone, and hopefully Samsung won't skimp on EV-DO. The phone will have a 1.3-megapixel camera and will be able to play MP3 files, no word yet on downloadable music or other multimedia functions, such as stereo Bluetooth or streaming video.
Price and availability
The Samsung SCH-i760 is now available on Verizon Wireless for $350 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year contract.
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