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| Samsung i760 Black Phone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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| Brand: Samsung
Category: Wireless
List Price: $749.99
Buy New: $215.03
You Save: $534.96 (71%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 6589
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: SCHi760ZKV
UPC: 635753465006
EAN: 0635753465006
ASIN: B000YA6EMY
Release Date: November 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent Phone February 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recently upgraded my phone and find this to be the best I have ever had. My first phone was a good phone but not a good Pocket PC because it didn't have wifi and blur tooth. Then the second phone was a good Pocket PC but not a good phone because it was all touch screen didn't have a dial pad. This is the best of both world! I can connect to Internet via wifi anywhere there is public access. And as soon as it is connected, it updates my Exchange/Outlook contacts, calendar and tasks. I keep smaller word and excell documents on it for quick information reference...
 Great Phone Except for Bluetooth February 2, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I had an i730 prior to purchasing the i760. I think that the i760 has great features - good keyboard, good reception, WM6,Push email. The phone is a great improvement from the i730 especially size and weight (yes I know that compared to it's competitors it is a bit clunky).
What makes me give a two star rating is the fact that while it will pair with multiple bluetooth devices, it will not switch between them. After the devices are paired you have to manually (go to settings, choose connections, select bluetooth, select the device, and then check the handsfree check box for the device you want to switch to EVERY TIME. I use a bluetooth in my car and a bluetooth headset outside of the car. This problem makes it impossible to switch quickly (as the i730 did).
Samsung claims that they only guarantee compatibility with their devices. Please see this thread on the pdaphonehome.com i760 discussion board for further information. [...]
The i760 is a wonderful choice for anyone who does not need to switch between bluetooth devices. For me it is a terrible choice until Samsung/Verizon remedy the bluetooth problem
Best Verizon pocket PC, a worthy replacement for earlier Samsungs January 17, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Pros: Solid keyboard, quality construction, very functional voice operated features, bright clear screen, external alphanumeric keypad, inclusion in basic package of both regular and extended battery
Cons: Call quality at other end is sometimes choppy, particularly when I am using the speaker phone; no dock included
Review
I've had my i760 for about a month. I use the unit primarily as a combination PDA/Phone on which I keep 5000+ Contacts and my calendar, although I occasionally use the unit to check email or web sites.
The size is comfortable in my pocket, about the depth of most flip phones, only slightly wider and longer, and a bit heavier. It is not fair to compare the size and weight of this unit to a regular flip phone, because it has a quality slide-out keyboard. The unit is definitely portable. It would be wise to purchase and apply screen saver film, as the screen could otherwise be scratched by other items in your pocket.
Voice operated features are logical and handy, an improvement over the software on earlier models such as the Samsung i700 that I used for several years.
Bright, clear screen makes up for smaller screen size than i700. I do miss the longer list of Contacts that I could see on the i700 screen, but a smaller screen is an unavoidable result of making the unit smaller.
For some reason the unit takes longer to search my Contacts when I enter a text string than my i700 did, but with 5,000+ entries there is a lot to search. The wait is only a few seconds.
The unit synchronizes well with Outlook on my PC, although I had to purchase my own dock.
The slide-out keyboard works well, and having the option of using the external alphanumeric keypad is very handy.
It is necessary to use the stylus for many functions, because of the small size of many of the on-screen clickable buttons and menus. The stylus is not necessary to operate the on-screen phone buttons and commands, which are large enough to operate with a finger.
Contrary to another user's comment, I don't miss the track ball at all. The combination of select and arrow/direction buttons works very well.
I don't miss the GPS feature, because I own a Garmin Nuvi, but recommend that the manufacturer or Verizon make appropriate software available for GPS use.
Battery life is very adequate, far superior to my old i700, even with the regular (non-extended life) battery.
The sound is consistently clear on my end during phone calls. Occasionally users at the other end of conversations have complained about the sound breaking up.
On those rare occasions when I use the camera or video features, they produce surprisingly adequate results.
I purchased and installed a 2 gb microSD card for about $20, of which thus far I've made only limited use, but I have added family photos that look good on the screen.
The tech at our local Verizon store advised me to choose this phone over the XV6800, because of the i760's superior quality of construction. I didn't choose the Voyager because it couldn't handle all of my Contacts or synchronize with my computer. Had I needed a GPS device I might have gone with the 6800 instead, but I'm very happy with this unit. I highly recommend it to professionals and others who want a pocket pc.
Killer Phone: Cell Phone, Internet Access and Real-time GPS with Talking MS Live Search and Google Maps Locate Me! January 5, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I use the Samsung i760 PDA with its nice 320*240 screen with the Pharos Bluetooth GPS to send the GPS data to Google Maps and MS Live Search mobile (both are free software appplications). One can view in real-time the aerial/satellite view "up ahead" just like the government has been doing in the movies. I use a combined power and data/sync cable from Pocket Connections, an Akron Arkon Custom Cradle for Palm, HP and HTC Windshield and Dash Mount (PTM115-B) PDA car mount. PDANet software lets me tether the Samsung to my laptops USB connection and recharge the battery and pass data using MS Active sync.
It took a while to come up to speed, but this is one killer configuration. It's all great fun especially talking to Live Search through my cars stereo blue-tooth system and Windows Mobile 6 asking for "Starbucks" nearby and then having their locations, address and phone number appear on the PDA map moments later. My family will never get lost again. Stand-alone GPS devices days are numbered!
Only issue is coordinating the shutdown and startup sequencing with several bluetooth devices connected simultaneously. The Samsung with Windows Mobile 6 can scale nicely from just the phone only or to more elaborate configurations as documented above.
 Great phone! December 26, 2007
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
Well, finally a windows based phone, with real key-dialpad outside, full qwerty keyboard, big touch screen... Feature wise this phone has it all that I've ever wanted... real dialing keys were a must for me (hate the soft keys on phones like XV6700, you can never "feel" them and always have to look on the phone to know where to press), full keyboard that you can operate with two thumbs, touch screen (lately there has been a slew of smart phones without touch screens). Everything else typical windows mobile phones usually have by virtue of being windows phones or by virtue of Verizon service (calendar, tasks, office, games, auto-syncing, etc).
To me, its all about hardware of the phone, its useability and performance. Because on the inside, all windows phones are created mostly equal.
This phone has a few minor and major annoyances.
Annoyances:
1) Inability to charge the phone when connected via USB cable. This is annoying two-fold. First of all, because battery is drained faster when the phone is connected to PC, 2nd of all, because phone constantly goes to sleep when its not being charged and thus installation of software can fail unless you keep the phone active (or change power settings temporarely). Obviously, using the phone as a modem for your laptop aint gonna work for long periods of time either.
Thankfully, this major annoyance can be resolved with about $30-40 bucks extra, where one can buy a special crade to charge battery and sync at the same time.
2) No standard mini-USB connectors. A modern phone w/o mini-USB interface in this day and age? I had to buy all new cables for my car, for my work, etc. Annoying!
3) Button placement and stylus placement. One definately has to get used to this. Some of the button placed tend to get pushed more often than they should be...
4) A flap on the power connection. It's bad enough that the connection is not mini-USB, its yet more annoying that the connection is covered with a flimsy-feeling flap that needs to be unhooked and rehooked everytime.
5) Lack of carrying case or pouch or clip. Once again, this can be fixed with extra $$$.
Now, on to the good stuff about this phone, which by a landslide overwhelms the bad:
1) Windows Mobile 6 fixes alot of annoying things that were available in WM5 with older phones. No more random turn-ons, less lockups, alot more options in various software components, etc.
2) Phone is fast.
3) Opening of the sliding keyboard feels solid, snappy, well made.
4) Keyboard has been thought thru well. Keypad works in both states (with opened and unopened keyboard), reset button is easy to reach when needed, keys are easy to press. Overall, nice!
5) Standard and extended batteries are both included! I guess this makes up for the lack of charging usb connection. Extended battery lasts long time. I typically get to the half of the extended battery after 3 days of moderate useage (wireless syncing every 60 minutes, 20 mins of conversation per day, and few hours of playing Bubbles per day)
6) As a phone it performs much better than my previoux XV6700. Obviously, WM6 software is better, but also it definately has better reception vs XV6700.
Overall, my biggest complain with XV6700 and other phones like it, that they were a PDA first and a phone second. Samsung has finally made a PDA Phone that works equilly well as both.
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