Samsung i600 PDA Phone (Verizon Wireless)

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Summary: WOW- what a phone.....
Review: Being in sales, I'm one of the few damned to spend eternity on a cell phone. I'm a certified road warrior. In the past 5 months I've owned a total of 5 cell phones. the v600 from motorola, a few nokias, heck I even tried the N-Gage to entertain myself in the airports. So I am very demanding when it comes to phones. Most importantly, I want a phone that's a good phone.

The i600 blew me away. It continues to blow me away. the microsoft OS is perfect, it sychs with Outlook, and lotus notes via intellisynch software. It keeps scads of contacts, and has an option slot for the SD Memory cards.

If you;ve used an ipaq, or a CE based PDA and liked it, you'll love this phone. Best of all the phone comes with the important things. A spare extended battery, and a charging docking station that lets you charge not only the phone but the spare battery also.

Very well thought out phone, with function, and performance in mind. You cannot go wrong with this one.


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Summary: Poor design means many lost calls
Review: Good concept, but so many problems. For example - if you are on a call, it is nearly impossible to pick up another or to put the person you are talking to on hold; when you open the shell to answer a call, if you so much as touch the buttons on the side of the phone (and it is nearly impossible not to), you won't be able to pick up the call. I am unable to pick up approximately 30% of all of my incoming calls and that is simply unacceptable - and I know it is not a problem handset because they have replaced it once and other people I know with it have the same complaints. A total waste of money.

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Summary: Good if you want a phone w/ pda functionality
Review: I initially bought the treo 600. But, I returned it to Verizon after a week because I couldnt get used to the form factor (In my opinion, the treo's ridiculous tiny buttons are a pain, and I am not a fan of devices that require use of a stylus).

The Samsung seems to be a phone that has added features of a pda and NOT a pda that has added features of a phone. I think this is the primary reason I like it so much more than the treo.

I had zero problems syncing with MS Outlook on my laptop when I used the cable. I had to monkey around a little to get the wireless IR sync to work, but eventually figured it out and it works BEAUTIFULLY! I have been waiting a long time for a PHONE (not a PDA) that can by easily sync'd with Outlook for calendar and contacts. This phone does that. I dont plan to sync e-mail with this phone at the time, but I understand that can be done also. This phone solves my most critical need - to have my updated calendar and contacts while I am out of the office. I also like the fact that the MS Windows Mobile O/S is intuitive and very easy to use. Overall, I am happy with the phone.

Cons - Expensive, does not include a camera (doesnt bother me too much, but it seems that it should at this price), a bit slow to "boot-up", internet performance is not as good as my 18 month-old LG from Verizon, small and poorly lit secondary lcd display, the phone needs a simple, hard-plastic belt holster (I'm not a huge fan of the bulky leather carrying case).

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Summary: I love this phone
Review: I like the small size of this pda phone. I use Microsoft software all the time so it only made sense to get a pda phone that works off of the same platform. I used to have a cell phone and a sony clie pda. It was annoying carrying both around. I sold my clie and upgraded my cellphone with Verizon. It is definitely worth the money.