Samsung SCH-i760 Review

Messaging:

Different message types are placed in a single menu: SMS, MMS and E-Mails. There is nothing unexpected here. If you do not wish to use the built-in QWERTY keyboard, then entering text is done by one of the following touch display methods: Block Recognizer, Keyboard, Letter Recognizer, Symbol, and Transcriber.
Other than using the slide out QWERTY keyboard, we believe that the on-screen keyboard is the fastest and most convenient way to input text, but if you train the other methods, they can also be quite handy. Combined with the T9 predictive system, entering text with the i760 is quick and easy to accomplish.

Located in the same messaging screen the option to add your E-Mail account (POP3 or IMAP) and to use it on your mobile phone. Windows Mobile 6 already supports HTML formatted e-mails. The client is very similar to the Outlook on a computer. You can filter your inbox to see just some results, reply to message or forward it to other person. The support for attachments allows you to download or send one, in addition to the text body.

Windows Mobile 6 comes preloaded with the mobile version of Live! Messenger (MSN). Your Windows Live account will be added in Messaging when you add your associated E-Mail account. This is the only Instant Messaging program that comes pre-loaded, so you will have to download AIM or other messenger programs that you wish to use.


Connectivity:

The Samsung i760 is a dual band all-digital Windows Mobile 6 Professional smartphone that operates on the 800Mhz and 1900Mhz CDMA Verizon Wireless network. Non-voice data, such as Web and E-mail, are transmitted using the fast 3G EVDO network, but it is limited to EVDO Rev 0 speeds.

Bluetooth Ver 2.0 is mainly used for connecting to other nearby devices, such as accessories (earpieces, car-kits, multimedia devices) and for data transfer (transfer of files to/from another phone/PC).

You can also connect the phone to a computer by using the included USB data cable, but you are required to install the included Microsoft Active Sync program on your PC first in order to achieve an easy synchronization between the phone and Microsoft Outlook.

With Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) you can connect to a wireless LAN network, use it as an Internet source, print, and view the shared documents and folders on your PC. This is the preferred way to connect to the Internet while at home, since it can be faster than relying on the EV-DO Rev 0 for the data.


Internet:

As with all Windows Mobile phones, the i760 comes equipped with Mobile Internet Explorer for HTML web browsing. It is recommended to open the QWERTY keypad to place the display into Landscape mode while viewing web site. Internet Explorer has the option of One Column View for avoiding horizontal scrolling, and in this mode everything is arranged one column below another, and therefore the original layout of the site is no longer preserved. When using Desktop View, the browser does not correctly display most sites, and they are again shown differently from a standard PC, which requires a lot of scrolling in both directions. Either way, it is impossible for the Mobile IE program is display web pages as they would appear on a PC due to the small screen size on the phone, but it is still a step-up from using a WAP browser.