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Samsung T719 caught roamin'

by Michael Caputo posted Sep 27th 2006 @ 4:08PM

Just as the hype is dying down on that last SureType device, our pal Roc A Fella got his hands on T-Mobile's latest, the Samsung T719. This new addition to the family that uses RIMs BlackBerry Connect, and, as we know, features a rotating 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, quad-band EDGE, and 25MB of internal memory (sorry ladies and gents, no expandability memory here). One more live pic after the break -- probably worth checking out, this is a device we can stand behind.

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Pearl alternative? Samsung T719 now on T-Mobile

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 25th 2006 @ 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.]

Samsung SGH-T719 with SureType coming soon to T-Mobile

by Chris Ziegler posted Aug 26th 2006 @ 2:44PM

It turns out the 8100 / Pearl won't be the only device with SureType dropping on T-Mobile in the next few weeks. Samsung's curious clamshell, the SGH-T719 with BlackBerry integration and that love-it-or-hate-it SureType keypad, is now listed as "Coming Soon" on T-Mob's site. The 1.3-megapixel cam is nothing to write home about, but it's got Bluetooth and support for quad-band GSM plus EDGE -- not a bad option for road warriors that are, for whatever reason, morally opposed to smartphones but still like their email fresh and fast.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Hands-on with Samsung's T719

by Ryan Block posted Apr 6th 2006 @ 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)?

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Samsung's handsets at CTIA

by Ryan Block posted Apr 5th 2006 @ 6:00AM

So we're here in Vegas for the opening ceremonies of CTIA, which officially opens its doors tomorrow. We checked out Samsung tonight at the Official CTIA Press Rception; they didn't have a whole lot of anything to play around with that we haven't already seen before (the D807 and T719 were present), but we also caught a quick glance of the A930 from the last time we were in Vegas: CES. More hands on pics after the break, but unfortunately we couldn't snag the new T509 and there just wasn't a whole lot new to show you from Sammy (at least not right now, anyway).

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