Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15044 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Black
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: SCHi760ZKV
• Released on: 2007-11-01

Features

• Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6 Professional for MS Office document editing and easy Outlook email and contacts
• Slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 2.8-inch color LCD, Bluetooth with stereo music streaming, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• MicroSD memory expansion; 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Windows Media Player 10 for music and video
• Up to 3.5 hours of talk time, up to 150 hours of standby time
• Includes: Standard & Extended Batteries, USB Data Cable, Travel Charger, Stylus, Companion CD, VZAccessManager CD, Quick Reference Guide, Quick Start Guide and WirelessSyncGuide

Amazon.com Product Description
Increase mobile productivity and get better integrated mobile business performance with the Samsung SCH-i760, which is powered by the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system for a familiar office experience and the ability to read and edit in applications such as Word or Excel as well as review Powerpoint presentations. You can also receive Outlook email, update your contacts and calendar, and stay securely connected with your office via Wireless Sync or ActiveSync. You'll be productive wherever you roam thanks to the integrated Wi-Fi connectivity for use at wireless hotspots and access to Verizon's BroadbandAccess Connect service (which lets you use your phone as a modem to your laptop).

Styled for performance, the i760 features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard on the side and a stylus for quick and easy navigation on the large 2.8-inch touchscreen. Other features include a 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, Bluetooth connectivity with stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion, and speakerphone.

Loaded with communication options, the Samsung i760 offers EV-DO, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity.

The slide-out QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to compose emails, edit Word and Excel documents, and send instant messages via MSN Messenger.

Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) This smartphone also is compatible with the following additional Verizon services:

• Verizon's Wireless Sync always-on email service, you can stay connected and get the job done while away from the office--without a delay and in a secure environment. Email is delivered to your device in real time across the National Enhanced Services Rate & Coverage Area, and you get the ability to forward large attachments via email as well as access both your personal and corporate emails on one device. Wireless Sync offers strong security with AES encryption (Advanced Encryption Standard) technology so that unauthorized parties cannot access or alter application data transmitted over wireless networks.
• With BroadbandAccess Connect, you can use your smartphone as a modem for your notebook when you connect the two using a USB cable--or open a Bluetooth connection--enabling you to access the Internet or your company intranet. The tethered modem capability is ideal when you're traveling and need to use your notebook to check email, access corporate networks, or download large files like presentations and reports. And with BroadbandAccess Connect, you won't have to buy an extra PC Card or other devices.

Phone Features
The successor to Samsung's i730 PDA phone, the i760 continues its predecessor's slide-out full QWERTY keyboard--but now it slides out to the side and provides a larger typing area. The phone's numeric keypad also offers a unique design, with the navigation scroll wheel placed at the bottom left (with soft keys placed above) and the numeric keys tilted at an angle on the right side. The large 2.8-inch touchscreen has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution with support for 65K colors, and it offers portrait and landscape orientation. The screen also features up to 17 lines of dynamically-sized text and adjustable backlight settings.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for mono and stereo headset, handsfree, serial port, dial-up networking, object push, file transfer, basic print, phonebook access and human interface device. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. Additionally, this phone comes with integrated Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g) for seamless movement between your corporate and home WLANs and open wireless hotspots.

It's loaded with a full range of Microsoft applications, incoluding Microsoft Office Mobile editions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, MSN Messenger Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile, and Windows Media Player 10 (for MP3/WMA digital audio playback and viewing of downloaded and streaming videos. (See more details about Windows Mobile 6 below.) It's also embedded with Picsel Viewer software, which supports a variety of file types--MS Office, Text, PDF, PNG and HTML--providing access to business-critical information in a seamless and graphically rich environment.

Other features include:

• Contacts offer up to 11 phone numbers and 3 email addresses per entry as well as work, home, and personal information locations.
• 1.3-megapixel camera with LED flash and video recording capabilities (up to QCIF resolution)
• Memory: 64 MB RAM/128 MB Flash
• MicroSD expansion for optional memory cards
• Stereo speakers
• Four application launcher keys (1 programmable)
• T9 predictive text entry
• Digital audio compatibility: AAC, AAC+, MP3, WMA (no DRM), ASF
• MP3 ringtones
• PIM organization applications: MS Outlook Mobile, clock, worldtime, currency converter, calculator, stopwatch
• 2.5mm headset jack.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung i760 weighs 5.29 ounces and measures 4.48 x 2.28 x 0.77 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time, and up to 150 hours of digital standby time. It operates on Verizon's 850/1900 CDMA frequencies and EV-DO data network.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile 6 adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars.

Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC.

Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file. This device runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional, which is designed for smartphones with touchscreens

With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

• Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
• With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
• PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
• After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.

Customer Reviews

Great phone!
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.

Great PDA *and* Phone
I replaced my Audiovox XV6700 PDA Phone and couldn't be happier. The XV6700 was a good PDA but a lousy phone. With the i760 I get the best of both plus a decent MP3 player and camera. I like the ergonomics with the combination of keyboard, phone number pad and the Start / OK / Call / End Call buttons. I have found it easy to adapt to and can do a lot of common actions without ever using the keyboard or touch screen. The Bluetooth and wireless work great. I don't use the keyboard a lot, but when I have found it more than adequate. All in all I am very satisfied.

Here are the things I don't like: 1. No charging through USB (what were they thinking???); 2. 2 GB limit on the micro SD card (which I've been told is a limit of WM 6); 3. I had to upgrade several of my applications to run on WM 6 (Pocket Quicken and Splashdata); 4. I initially had a problem using ActiveSync with USB (worked fine with Bluetooth). It took me a while to find out that I had to disable `Enable Advanced Network functionality' in the USB to PC setting.

4.6 stars.... great phone for the correct person
All right, I get to be the first to review this! I was lucky enough to be the first in this area to have this phone. It's been about 4 weeks now, living with this device. I've put up with the i-730 for almost three years, what a breath of fresh air. WM6 is great, the device is fantastic with one huge exception (Samsung, hope you read this)... The "end" button to hang up the phone is exactly your thumb rests when you naturally hold the phone with your right hand. I don't know how many times I've hung up on people so far. Please give us a software option to shut this button off. You really don't need it anyway. Otherwise, it's a great phone for people who require/want all the stuff WM6 allows you. Besides the pesky button, I love the phone. (PS, the camera really sucks, but it's a PHONE!)