The
rumored t739 Katalyst from Samsung has gotten official today for T-Mobile, shoring up a
Hotspot @Home lineup that presently features the lowly Nokia 6086 down in the basement and the
BlackBerry Curve 8320 up top. The t739 is the first slider certified for T-Mobile's WiFi-enabled calling service, giving it an instant dose of street cred among folks that love the UMA concept but can't stand clamshells. In fact, with a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a 220 x 176 display, the Katalyst is essentially a slider rendition of the t409 with the addition of a microSD slot. Yeah, we'd still like to see a little more meat in the lineup -- a 3.2 megapixel camera and 3G would get us to shut up, just as a fr'instance -- but in the meantime, we're always happy for a little choice of form factor. Grab it for a penny shy of $80 on a two-year contract.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jessica Ann Blaine @ Dec 10th 2007 1:01AM
A new wifi equipped slider is nice, but when is the 3g coming T-Mobile???
derX @ Dec 10th 2007 1:57AM
MY.
THOUGHTS.
EXACTLY.
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Seriously, if you cannot provide 3G service because the government's ridin' your spectrum, how about you provide for so data usage over that WiFi connection?
BTW, why must the specs suck so fiercely? The display: crap. The camera: marginal, at best. Bluetooth: Oh goody!, let's hope we have AD2P support, here...but, then again, given Samsung's terrible music player, it really wouldn't be too usual there, would it?
T-Mobile. You. Suck. Now. I used to love you, truly. But you have fallen so far behind, it's not even funny. But, then again, you don't care, not like I'm a customer of yours anyway or ever will be from the way things are going.
tnkgrl @ Dec 10th 2007 1:12AM
Yeah come on, T-Mo.. Give us a 3G+WiFi device with HSDPA+UMA and a 3+ megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash! Like a special T-Mo version of the Nokia N95 - then I'd be interested :)
john @ Dec 10th 2007 4:12AM
Yup. Anything other than a 3G announcement from T-Mobile is just pissing in the wind right now.
YSR @ Dec 11th 2007 11:36PM
I have used t-mobile since they were voicestream. I dont want to change service just for 3G or some one offering and phone with a rebate. You could just buy an unlocked phone, seems alot easier....right?