Sammy i780

I was trying out the Samsung i780 pocket pc phone few days ago, and was really amazed with the form factor, and the speed of this little gadget. It resembles my current Treo 680 a lot, in terms of the size and QWERTY keyboard (something I can't forego now ever since using the Treo!), although they keys are slightly harder to press compared to that of the Treo. It's thinner and much lighter in hand.

It boast a 320x320 square screen, hence sharper and nicer display compared to all other PPC phones which only have 320x240 resolution. But this also means it has an unconventional screen, therefore might risk 3rd party software incompatibility! Already there are people who have tried it out saying program like Skype for PPC ain't looking nice and malaligned when used in this i780.

The speed is very much faster compared to any ppc phone to date. Partly due to the latest processor chipset, and partly also because of the 128MB ram it has! The camera is a 2.0MP one, but it is quite sharp taking an indoor picture; and there hardly is any shutter lag (my previous ipaq rw6828's camera is painfully slow in terms of shutter speed! gosh!)

Didn't have a chance to try out its 3.5G capability, but I presumed it should be ok. And also I didn't bring along my iTech clip BT headset to try pairing with this Sammy.

All in all, I like this ppc phone a lot, and will be getting it quite soon - once Samsung can figure out how to do a hard reset in this unit (a well known issue currentl)!! :)