Comments on: Samsung i7500 Hands On Video

By: decon

decon — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:44:38 +0000

I’m with you guys on the keyboard thing. HOWEVER, there’s a phone called Nokia 5800 and it has a T9 keyboard which works great on touchscreen. Why? Because the keys are much easier to hit on the screen plus it’s familiar for newcomers. You don’t need to learn where the different letters are placed etc.

The 5800 doesn’t have that great a touchscreen but with a phone like i7500 it should be almost as good as a normal keypad.

No idea why they haven’t done this in android yet.

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:07:35 +0000

@mjrtom

Pretty sure this lil’ guy is going to T-mob. I have a Samsung Alias right now, and I have been really impressed with the product design/functionality. The OS is of course bunk… but I am thinking this phone will be pretty solid. Even though it’s going to T-mobile, I could see this drifting into Verizon 6 months or so after it’s initial release… because that’s just how big red rolls. It’s a shame that I am not patient enough for that.

By: mjrtom

mjrtom — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:51:20 +0000

i guess i missed it…but which carrier will get this phone?

personally i like my g1, with the keyboard and all. but samsung does make good products. so it would be interesting to see.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:50:30 +0000

Agreed. A phone without a physical keyboard is a non-starter for me. No keyboard is the same as teats on a bull – sure you can see them, but they serve no real purpose. Sadly, stylish = bragging rights so people would rather brag about their phone than efficiently use it.

By: Everybody

Everybody — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:29:35 +0000

“So apparently “Nobody” wants a fold out keyboard…”

LOL, didn’t think of that. Now “Everybody” wants one; :p

By: Micah

Micah — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:26:15 +0000

So apparently “Nobody” wants a fold out keyboard…

I am with you on that. This phone looks real nice. So does the iPhone, but I will get a Blackberry before I get a phone with no keypad on it.

By: Nobody

Nobody — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:45:00 +0000

Dammit. Am I the only one who has zero desire for any phone with no physical keyboard? Touchscreen is fine for a lot of things, but I want a foldout keyboard for messaging. Gah.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:12:18 +0000

Seems like this guy doesn’t know what he is talking about.

By: Sorin

Sorin — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:21:43 +0000

I love the way the screen image flips in all 4 directions. I first saw this feature in the Palm Pre presentation and would love to have it on my G1.

By: Rock

Rock — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:08:51 +0000

What I don’t like is that fact that the SD card slot must be removed by taking off the back of the phone.

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Samsung Capella 7200: Model Number Mystery | Android Phone Fans — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:47:25 +0000

[...] In every single video I’ve seen of the Samsung i7500 Android Phone the reviewer navigates to the “Settings > About Phone” area where they note that it is running Firmware version 1.5 – cupcake. Not at all interesting since this is common knowledge. But what IS interesting has previously gone unmentioned… note the “Model Number” listed above the Android OS version in the below screenshot (taken from this video): [...]