Hands-on with Samsung's T719

by Ryan Block, posted Apr 6th 2006 at 10:45AM

We got a chance to take a good, long look at Samsung's new T719, their SureType-equipped slim flipphone with BlackBerry connect. The 1.3 megapixel camera and slim design are all well and good, but the keyboard is obviously notable for a non-smartphone Samsung device. The BlackBerry integration was so seamless it was actually invisible (emails just showed up in the unified email / SMS / MMS messaging app); the rest of the interface was the usual Samsung UI we've come to know and tolerate like. The handset itself? It was surprisingly light, solid, and the keyboard was bright and tactile. Plus, how can we fault a phone that had "Engadget" in the dictionary (or at least was able to predictively guess our weirdo name)?

Filed under: Handsets, Messaging, Samsung

Tags: blackberry, blackberry connect, BlackberryConnect, email, push email, PushEmail, samsung, suretype, t719

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A-Pow @ Apr 6th 2006 11:58AM

I'm confused. I see T-Mobile as the name on the phone inside the UI and then the phone is open and it is showing the Cingular name on the outer display? Is anyone seeing this? I might actually get one. It seems slick and I have really come to love all my Samsung phones.

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Google @ Apr 6th 2006 12:00PM

Its probably someone from Engadget using their T-mo sim card with the unlocked Cingular phone.

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wiz @ Apr 6th 2006 1:33PM

That last picture in the group isnt the same Samsung T719 phone.

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Young @ Apr 6th 2006 1:58PM

If you look closer, it's not the same phone. It's either a pic taken using the camera on T719 or mistakenly posted.

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Fred Hyke @ Apr 6th 2006 5:38PM

What, are they using Sony's naming scheme now??

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Steve Gregory @ May 8th 2006 2:29PM

This will be great for people with hearing loss! Most people that can't hear well, lived many years with good hearing. We long for a cell phone we can actually use! This phone will allow people to reach us by email...and we can call them back and voice a prompt reply. I hope this phone is sold with a "voice to text" option. People call a toll free voice line and leave a message, the message is converted to an email and sent to the phone, making it most easy to reach the hearing impaired person.

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Rich Brome @ May 8th 2006 5:45PM

That last photo is the Samsung D407.

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Ken @ Aug 26th 2006 9:15PM

well its coming out for tmobile and i for one will be getting one

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kiki @ Oct 19th 2006 1:18AM

does it have a flash for the camera or an mp3 player

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Kevin Wolfe @ Oct 28th 2006 1:52PM

It has a 1.3 MP camera and does reasonably good movies. Image quality is good. It's a fixed-focus lens that best between 2 and 10 feet. It has a flash that works to about 6 feet and a movie light this doesn't do much beyond 3 feet.

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John Tumminaro @ Jan 4th 2007 5:31PM

JJT-just bought one from tmo and am playing with it. don't have BBC setup but will soon. tried to cable sync with pc/outlook and overflowed the calendar (1200 items in my outlook cal)...it truncated. my outlook contacts syncd fine (400 items). can't use as a modem for pc with tmo BBC service. seems like i might keep it.

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