| Samsung
simply loves to build great slider phones. They probably didn't
come up with the original idea, but they sure have mastered
the slide. Every single one of their slider phones has been
a hit, and the i750 finally brings the slide to their smartphone
line. The i750 has Samsung's trademark single-action slide
that is so reassuringly sumptuous, and positively addictive,
we're sure you'll love Samsung's latest slide smartphone incarnation.
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The all-new Samsung SGH-i750 comes awfully
close to becoming one of the most powerful slider phones we've
ever tested. It also has one of the best implementations of
the ever so popular Business Card Reader software that's currently
the rage in smartphones. We say awfully close because there
are a few compromises.
To adopt the slider form, Samsung probably
gave up on a wider screen; hence a smaller 2.36-inch TFT,
narrow touch screen is all you'll get with this phone. For
most phone related duties, the screen area is adequate. You
start getting cramped up when you're reading a book, browsing
through the Internet, or even while punching in emails.
In addition, and quite strangely, the i750
was the only Windows based smartphone in our round-up that
used the older Windows Mobile 2003 SE OS, instead of the newer
Windows Mobile 5.0. The phone also feels a bit bulky, primarily
due to its thickness. But the i750 more than makes up for
the additional bulk by plonking down buttons and shortcut
keys generously.
Its left-hand side has a volume control button,
and next to it is a voice recorder button. The voice recorder
button is a bit too sensitive, one tap and it starts recording
immediately. We accidentally triggered it on one too many
occasions for our liking. On the right-hand side a proprietary
port for the headset is placed next to the hold button, the
hold button also doubles up as an instant on/off button.
A soft reset hole is placed just below the
button for the camera. Samsung follows the proprietary route
with the charger port, something we've now seen increasingly
discarded in place of standard mini USB ports. Also provided
is a large two-way jack that can accommodate a separate power
jack and a cable that can run to the PC's USB port.
This whole arrangement isn't very travel friendly,
and does get a bit irritating at times. On the front face
of the phone four slim shortcut buttons are provided over
the standard navigation and select keys, and button placement
is good for single-handed use.
Surprisingly, the SGH-i750 does well in our
speed tests, our own experience with the phone was very good,
menu navigation is extremely responsive, and the phone never
feels lethargic or sluggish, response is always instantaneous.
The new i750 may not be as pretty as some
of the other smartphones, or as feature packed, or as screen
friendly either, but it is the only narrow, slide action smartphone
in the market. And often in the fad-driven, gimmick-obsessed,
smartphone market, that makes it unique enough to draw its
own niche set of buyers.
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