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The Samsung S60 device: 12 out of 10 sex factor

Started by Ewan · 10 months ago

I was just having a geekery chat with MIR staffer, Ben Smith. He was at the Carphone Warehouse Christmas Preview event and, amongst the predictable stocking fillers, he came across the new Samsung handset — the i8510 — which runs Symbian S60.
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  • Ricky Chotai

    10 months ago

    this is the phone that the n96 should be, it you mange to blag a tester please please let me have a play with it! It looks wicked! Very jealous of Ben!
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  • Ben Smith

    10 months ago

    Get in line Chotai :-)
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  • Ricky Chotai

    10 months ago

    Sorry Smith! :) Did they show you any other good handsets?

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  • Ben Smith

    10 months ago

    Have a read of my post :-) but in short... yes!

    http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/09/carphone_war...
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  • rafeblandford

    10 months ago

    Just to confuse things further there's an 8GB and 16GB [internal memory] variants. Carphone Warehouse is offering an upgrade from the 8GB version to the 16GB, but the upgrade is a microSD card...

    I think the 8GB is exclusive to CPW, whereas the 16GB is exclusive to Orange.
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  • Ewan

    10 months ago

    Oooooh my! Interesting times!
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  • Ben Smith

    10 months ago

    Rafe's word is law on this stuff, but I note CPW are only offering it on Orange or SIM free at the moment (now there's a thought...) and it appears to be the 8GB (plus 8GB memory card) variant. Obviously those sourced directly from Orange might be different...

    If this is their first(ish) attempt... Wow... think what they could do next.
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  • Kip Hakes

    10 months ago

    Indeed - this appears to be the phone the S60 device the N96 SHOULD be. Looks very sexy. My only grrr about the whole Samsung Symbian thing is that the Nokia apps don't like Samsung phones, so no Podcasting App, Nokia Maps, Internet Radio. Which is a shame. :(

    K
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  • nacho

    9 months ago

    Guys, how about the Samsung Omnia? Ewan, have you/anyone at MIR blogged about this phone? BTW... is there a search facility in MIR?
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  • Ben Smith

    9 months ago

    Search? Yes, over on the right under the 2 banners.

    Omnia? Yeah - I think I mentioned it in my Carphone Warehouse event write-up and I had hands-on that night, but IMO it's a mediocre WinMob 6 tablet device that requires a stylus but doesn't give you anywhere to stow it. If you want Windows in that form factor then it might be a contender, but it's nothing special.

    On the other-hand I was on the e-mail asking about the innov8 (silly name) as soon as I got home!
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  • Ewan

    9 months ago

    Top right under the ad, Nacho -- there's a search box!

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  • nacho

    9 months ago

    Cheers! Blame it on my short-sightedness
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  • nacho

    9 months ago

    Yes, the CPW event write up was the only I found about the Omnia.
    No, I don't want the WinMob, so the Omnia is crossed out of my wish list.
    Innov8? That's totally silly! LOL,. Just call it the S60
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  • club penguin

    1 week ago

    Just to confuse things further there's an 8GB and 16GB [internal memory] variants. Carphone Warehouse is offering an upgrade from the 8GB version to the 16GB, but the upgrade is a microSD card.
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  • worldofnokia

    9 months ago

    i have had 1 in the box for 2 weeks sim free im trying to sell but no takers yet!
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