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Samsung SGH-i607 BlackJack Reviewed

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PC Magazine has reviewed the Samsung SGH-i607 BlackJack Smartphone which is connected to the Cingular network. 'The BlackJack connects to the Internet using Cingular's ever-expanding HSDPA network, which was in 50 or so metro areas at last count. It's nowhere near as prevalent as Verizon's EV-DO system, but it's catching up. Using the BlackJack as a PC modem, we got an average of 584 kbps downloads, which is slower than EV-DO (where we regularly get 700 kbps or above) but a lot faster than Cingular's national EDGE network, which the BlackJack drops to when it's out of HSDPA range. (EDGE speeds generally hover in the 90-120 kbps range.) The Blackjack also uses EDGE overseas, as opposed to the Cingular 8525 which can hit foreign HSDPA networks.

As a quad-band world phone, the BlackJack is satisfyingly loud, and voice quality is clear. Reception is also noticeably stronger than on the Cingular 8525. The speakerphone is on the back nearly approaches Nextel volume levels but annoyingly you need to turn the phone around to hear it properly; interestingly, that doesn't seem to affect how well your voice transmits over the microphone. Transmissions sound a bit hollow, but I've found that with all of Cingular's HSDPA phones so far, so it may be a characteristic of the network. I connected several Bluetooth headsets without a problem. There is no voice dialing, unlike on the Dash and Q.'

Read: Samsung SGH-i607 BlackJack - PC Mag

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