Samsung BlackJack Presentation
We got an early Christmas present in our inbox just a little while ago. It turned out to be the Samsung BlackJack presentation. This shows a great overview on the device’s features, tech specs and how it will be marketed. I would have omitted the stupid phrase, "When I buy the BlackJack I will look smart because only the BlackJack has the looks and the stuff I need" but besides that it looks hot. A2DP, and a front video camera (no way dude!) make this pretty attractive. Oh, and it should be available next year week. Click on for the internal documents, shout out to Cingular and the 850 band!
Correction – turns out neither Danny or I were correct. I just got this email from an insider “No, you need to sign up for Media.NET. Smartphone unlimited is for business users. This is not defined as a smartphone. I would suggest that when you go into a store on Thursday (a colleague of mine in Texas will be getting back to you with availability in Austin area) you ask the sales person about your options. That’s your best bet”.
It looks like there may be some options on pricing, we will see in the next few days.
Yea I got the same email today, it was in my inbox. I am a rep and the Data manager said that they were going back and forth about it. I am kind of glad because you get more for your money with the media net packages. (19.99 for internet, email, CV, and 200 texts is a great deal). It is an easy sale for me.
Just got off the phone with my local Cingular and confirmed that the Blackjack is shipping to them, and will be available on Thursday/Friday. It was suggested to stay in touch, but to plan on stopping in on Saturday morning. No delivery date is still available for The Pearl, and I was reminded that they offer an unconditional 30 day return in any event.
I spoke to a good friend of mine at the corporate offices here in New York and he mentioned that I wouldn’t need PDA Connect to get data on this phone. Unless I was going to be using Goodlink or something to that effect, my MediaMax 200 plan would work just fine.
anywhere in nyc have it in stock yet? some people on hofo have apparently bought it elsewhere around the us…
The Samsung Blackjack and Cingular 8525 is NOW available on the Cingular website.
The question is Dash (s620) or the Samsung Black Jack…being that Black Jack lacks Wi-Fi
Stopped by the Cingular store on the 16th and there it was…to which my girlfriend replied “It looks like a 80’s calculator.” To a point she’s right. It’s very spartan in its design compared to the Dash, Q, and Treos. It’s got a home for the feature loving people of the world, but the style-concious people will want something a bit more showy.
Got mine yesterday! The form factor is quite nice and things seem to work intuitively. I personally like the fact that it does not look like a flashy -bling-bling type of gadget. I did have some troubles getting the email properly set up but seem to have things worked out and running smoothly. I do think that the headset situation, battery life, and charging/sync plug situation is somewhat of a rip off meaning that just like sony, samsung has made everything proprietary. I personally like the phone but will need to use it for at least a week or so before I can give it a full thumbs up. I will say that for the money, you get a lot of bang! If you put this up against other phones with similar guts then the form factor becomes a major selling point. I personally dont like to have my phone mounted on my side like a trophy or an electronic leash and would rather keep it in my pocket so size does matter. I will keep up with the posts and give a full thums up or a return receipt in the coming weeks.
To follow up on whay Biscut said above, I also looked over the Blackjack today, but passed on the phone. I need to carry my phone on my side, I don’t like the proprietary issues as well, and there aren’t accessories currently available. The keys don’t lay out well for me; I don’t care for the positions of the numbers for example, and they don’t have a different feel than the letters-which would help. I’m looking forward to buying a Pearl on Tuesday, but this smart-phone certainly will have a audience for users who can embrace the design and great features the Blackjack has to offer. In the end, it’s the reliability of Blackberry for me—and I really love the way The Pearl looks too-for me, it’s got it all.
Coach,
Good luck on your purchase. I will say that the numbers looked funny to me at first but they are a different color and when you are looking for numbers they actually kind of jump out at you. You might want to take a look at some of the reviews on the pearl before you jump on one. First of all it does not take advantage of the 3G network and I have read reviews where people are having problems with the “pearl” being too sensative and missing calls when the keyboard is locked and the pearl itself is nudged.
If anyone knows a way of getting around the $8.99 per month fee for streaming xm on the blackjack please advise. I tried to input my subscription info and it did not work.
After one real full day of use I am really enjoying my blackjack.
this is so stupid
I just got a Samsung Blackjack and would like to get a good spell checker for it. Does one exist? Help
If your looking for a phone that can access email, easily send text messages, play music, watch video, access the internet, or use it as a modem for your laptop. Buy the Blackjack!