Guest Paul [MVP] Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 It's been a long time coming, but the 3GB hard disk equipped Windows Mobile 2003 SE based Samsung i300 is finally available from O2 in the UK here. Sporting a 1.3MP camera, Transflash slot (aka MicroSD) as well as the internal hard disk and a cool scrolly wheel thing, the Samsung i300 is available for only £49.99 on a new contract. A very interesting inclusion on the i300 is Bluetooth A2DP, allowing those of us with Bluetooth headphones to enjoy wire-free stereo music... making this the first Smartphone handset to ship with this feature. Enjoy, and keep an eye out for the dedicated Samsung i300 area on MoDaCo coming soon! :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr Who Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 OK, I may be a bit drunk after the office party and I know a phone is a phone, not a camera, but 1.3MP, micro-SD and no WM5? Am I missing the attraction here? Is A2DP and a 3Gb HD meant to make this the phone that the Rokr wasn't???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest el_plebillo Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I want this phone, I have the SMT5600 and I am very Very happy with it. but, this one has :) 3GB storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MECX Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 hmmm battery life is rubbish apprantly (1day normal use) and no WM5, build quality looks brilliant tho, doesnt swing it for me tho. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Exodia Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 hmmm battery life is rubbish apprantly (1day normal use) and no WM5, build quality looks brilliant tho, doesnt swing it for me tho. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1 day?! Holy crap! LOL :) :D ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Socrates Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I want this phone, I have the SMT5600 and I am very Very happy with it. but, this one has :) 3GB storage. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But it's a hard drive which means power consumption from hell and more things to break. There are 2GB MiniSD's coing out shortly and 4GB should not be far behind. I think it makes more sense to upgrade to a c600/2125 or sp5 type phone and get all the other benefits like WM5, better screen, and settle for the 1 less gig for a while. The one thing on this phone that is totally cool, IMO, is the A2DP. Why HTC haven't figured this out yet is mind boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 MSFP will (Visto lawsuit allowing) be with us hopefully in Q1 next year, which brings... A2DP in the base OS! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MiG:uK Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 (edited) which brings... A2DP in the base OS! i would much rather use some good quality Shure E3C headphones or the Eytomic ER6i Headphones than pay £100 for some cheap tack BT headphones. i dont see the use in BT headphones, nor do i see the point in WM5. people cant even develop broadly for QVGA screens, nvm Windows Mobile 5. That samsung will be a good phone, and 24hrs for a MP3 player is good, and that is its purpose. an ipod lasts 15hours, yet people still buy in the hundreds. 24hours is good. Just my 2 cents. Edited December 16, 2005 by MiG:uK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr Who Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 i would much rather use some good quality Shure E3C headphones or the Eytomic ER6i Headphones than pay £100 for some cheap tack BT headphones. i dont see the use in BT headphones, nor do i see the point in WM5. people cant even develop broadly for QVGA screens, nvm Windows Mobile 5. That samsung will be a good phone, and 24hrs for a MP3 player is good, and that is its purpose. an ipod lasts 15hours, yet people still buy in the hundreds. 24hours is good. Just my 2 cents. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But unless I am seriously confused, this is meant to be a phone. I lived with a phone that only lasted a day (which is more like 16 hours of use, not 24) and it is a serious pain in the backside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadamehr Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 But unless I am seriously confused, this is meant to be a phone. I lived with a phone that only lasted a day (which is more like 16 hours of use, not 24) and it is a serious pain in the backside. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It only gets poor battery life IF you use the 3GB Hard Drive for storage. If you don't, you get much better life out of it. So to cover your post - use it as a phone only, and you do indeed get phone life out of it. Use it as an MP3 player via the Hard Drive, and you get MP3 Player life out of it. I can't see anything unfair with that mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MECX Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Sorry but 1.5 days under normal phone use is poor for a phone (about 40mins of calls few texts), you get 5 hours use from the MP3 player and thats using an MP3 player with a large buffer---stream from the harddrive and your looking at more like 2-3 hours max. see the details here http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-i300-en.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest louisg Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 (edited) Edited December 19, 2005 by louisg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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