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!
The pics the presentation are old prototype pics of the phone. The final version has no secondary camera.
Just look at the official pics from Mobiledia:
http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/samsung/blackjack.html
50MB of memory… :-\. Thats it.
Speaking of shout outs to the 850 band, when is the next Just Blaze interview coming out??
Soon as he gets back from the Death Star, also got some other ones in the pipeline with different people, stay tuned!
Hey BoyGenius, where are the rest of the slides? Can’t you upload the document or something so we can see the other material
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It will be interesting to see who is right, either Jordan or BG… I am hopeing that this report is correct and that Jordan is wrong. It would be nice to see that Cingular has pulled off some serious countering of the info-track that has been surrounding this phone. I was told by a cingular rep that this phone will require the $40 monthly data plan. We have an interesting week in store………hmm?
Well, I don’t think it is a matter of who is wrong or who is right, this is the document that was sent to me and clearly shows the picture with front video cam, and mentions it in the specs so whether Cingular just didn’t care, or messed up by adding this information or it truely will be released with a secondary camera is anyone’s guess.
I cant really tell from the pic but if I remember correctly, the original pic of this phone had a front camera and a british pound sign on one of the keys, has anyone been able to compare this pic to an old one?
Any idea on a price point and release date?
anyone else realize this says that the E62 has wifi? I know that the e61 one does, but the e62 definitely does not.
“Thinner than the RAZOR”
Someone at Samsung needs to brush up on there moto-speak
How accurate can this (likely 3rd-party produced) presentation be when it shows that the TMO Dash has a proprietary OS?
Looks like a fake to me. Dash with proprietary OS? E62 with WiFi? BlackJack with front camera? This looks like a shot of the original photos without the Cingular logo.
http://www.mobinaute.com/mobinaute/images/samsung-sgh-i600-3.jpg
Later version with the logo have not shown the front camera. We will see next week but I say it’s a fake.
“When I buy the BlackJack I will look smart because only the BlackJack has the looks and the stuff I need” This is the worst PR ever. It can’t be authentic.
while this is not the i607, theunwired reviewed the i600 some time ago and also publish some comparison photos. check it out, worth to read and i’m sure under the hood the 607 is similar!
http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3437
What does it mean when it says:
Memory: ROM 128MB, RAM 64MB (PDA)
ROM 64MB, RAM 64MB (Phone)
Does this mean it has different memory allocation for different modes or is there a 128MB chip for PDA use and a separate 64MB chip for phone use? The latter seems unlikely, but it is just one of many things about this presentation that are off. For example, it says Mega Pixel, not megapixel. Also, the i600 has wifi did they remove it for the Cingular version, its not mentioned in any of the slides? These, along with the other oddities already mentioned make the authenticity of this document highly questionable. Perhaps Boy Genius really did get this from a Cingular insider who just did not know how to use spell check and was lazy about checking facts.
The timing of my posting could not have been better. It seems that Cingular issued a press release about 30 seconds later. Still, that is an awfully odd looking presentation.
Yes it is, and people have commented on the authenticity of it. I can assure you this is 100% legit, and even more shocking, very very recent. The points everyone made are completely valid on how there are a ton of errors on this and to be frank I don’t think that is a problem, this is an internal document and now you get a sense on why people who work for cellular companies are not educated on the products
Given the press release, you obviously were correct. I must say, if I or anyone I know put together this kind of presentation, even for internal use, I would be either fired or severely reprimanded for shoddy work. I guess that does explain why support is so poor from these companies.
Here is all the info direct from the horses mouth that is available as of today. Still no exact release date but they do say mid November.
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/cingular/26058/
Correction the the above…..The PR does state a November 16th release date.
The BlackJack™ will be available November 16, 2006 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year activation, a qualified voice plan and an unlimited data plan. Customers can purchase the device in select Cingular Wireless retail stores nationwide, from select dealers and national retailers, on http://www.cingular.com and through Cingular’s B2B direct sales team
It looks like the unlimited data plan is $44.99 per month. I think this will be a drawback to many individuals purchasing this phone without corporate backing.
I think they sould offer two plans just as they do with the BB, one for corporate business and one for individuals…….just my .02.
This phone looks like the bastard child of the i300 and the Moto Q.
And to say something about the presentation, it seems to have more holes in it than the French army. Wait….what army?
It just goes to show you who we pay for to be stupid nowadays.
Here is a good review on the blackjack with comps of the 8525, dash, and the Q.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=2649572
Hey Biscuit, the unlimited data plan is $19.99 because it is going to use the smartphone connect feature. For $29.99 you can get 1000 txt messages and unlimited internet. You are thinking about the $44.99 corporate blackberry plan.
Danny, I think you are mis-informed. I spoke with a rep and he told me that he thought it would need a $40 data plan and that they would probably drop the $20 plan because only two pnones work on that plan. If you read the info about the phone it states it will require an “unlimited data plan”. If you take a look at:
http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-service//cell-phone-plans/data-connect-plans.jsp
it appears to me that cingular has raised the price on plans to pay for the new 3G network. Click around on the link above and you will see all the data plans have seemingly gone up in price (the corporate BB data plan is now $49.99).
Hopefully there will be some sort of introductory promotion or a price difference for coporate vs. individual plans.