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Monday, May 12, 2008 2:20pm
First Look: Samsung BlackJa...
For anyone who needs a low-cost smartphone that still offers advanced features, take a look at the Samsung BlackJack II smartphone. The BlackJack II may lack fancy features found in more expensive smartphones, such as a touchscreen, but its still more than functional. Since the BlackJack II uses Windows Mobile, it’s especially handy for synchronizing data with a Windows PC (but less desirable for Mac users).

Physically, the phone is slightly wider than other phones due to its use of a full QWERTY keyboard, which makes typing text far easier than other phones that require multiple taps on a single key to display a specific letter. Part of this keypad includes numeric keys, which automatically activate when dialing a phone number. If you need to type numbers while typing text, you’ll have to press a function key to make the phone type a number instead of a letter. Audio quality through the phone is fine although there’s an occasional hint of static in the background, but nothing that would interfere with a call.