Pearl alternative? Samsung T719 now on T-Mobile

by Chris Ziegler, posted Sep 25th 2006 at 12:32PM

We can't vouch for the quality of its keys, but Samsung's floated its own piece of SureType pie in the SGH-T719 clamshell, a form factor you'll not soon find in RIM's stable (at least, as far as we know), and it's now available on T-Mobile. As we reported earlier, the BlackBerry Connect-enabled phone comes equipped with a 1.3-megapixel cam, Bluetooth, and EDGE -- all features we expect in a garden-variety Samsung launching on T-Mobile, leaving the ridiculously easy push email (and matching oddball keypad layout) as its claim to fame. The $200 T-Mobile's asking for the T719 seems a touch steep to us, but then again, where else ya gonna get a BlackBerry flip phone?

[Thanks, Rob M.]

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, T-Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: blackberry, clamshell, flip, rim, samsung, sgh-t719, suretype, t-mobile, t719

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Phone Nerd @ Sep 26th 2006 12:26AM

The biggest problem with this phone (other than the BIG size) is that it doesn't have the great Blackberry browser and T-mobile blocks out the Java capabilites so you cannot use Opera Mini. Why spend the same amount of money for the monthly service to just get the push email support. Give me the Pearl, same price with way more features (HTML Browser, Mapping app with GPS support, MP3 player, the list goes on and on.

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gadgetgirl @ Sep 26th 2006 12:04PM

You are absolutely right about the browser and Java limitations, but the T719 size is not that different from the Pearl. It's just .05 inches longer, .12 inches thicker, and almost half an inch shorter. And, I suspect it will actually ring when it's in one's pocket...

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