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The Good: The blackjack is just a beautiful phone. Very slim for a smart phone of its time. The screen is large and bright. All of the side buttons are easy to get to and I have no trouble with hitting them accidentally. The keyboard is absolutely perfect. Nice responsive keys that you can feel "click" when you push them. MicroSD port is located on the side rather than under the battery, which I have seen with a lot of smart phones of this generation. All special function keys are clearly marked and easy to get to. The Bad: Not much to say here. The volume buttons on the left side are a little sensitive. I've found myself adjusting the volume while taking the phone out of my pocket. The MicroSD card is VERY difficult to eject. I don't plan on removing it that often, so not a big deal for me. The camera and speaker on the back of the phone protrude a bit. Functionally, this causes no problem, just looks a little odd. Notes on Windows Mobile: After flashing to AT&T's Windows Mobile 6, I find that several important programs got buried in the menus. If you haven't used WM before, when you access anything on the phone, it runs a process that does not close when you close the program. You MUST close theses processes regularly or your phone will slow done and eventually lock up! To end them, you have to go to the task manager. WM6 flash buried the task manager 4 levels down! The organizer, which contains the alarm, is buried 3 levels down with three sub menus! These are just rants on WM6; its not going to change, so we just have to get used to it. (May also just be AT&T's version of WM6, I don't have any experience with other carriers.) Summary: If you work in an office that uses Microsoft Exchange you want a Windows Mobile based phone. With Exchange automatically supporting WM for email access, why go with something like Blackberry that requires another server to play middle-man? If you are looking for a phone to connect to your office email and you don't want to spend a lot of money on the handset, this is the phone for you! Aside from the minor annoyances listed, it is a well-designed functional smart phone. Opinions will obviously vary, but the Samsung Blackjack is perfect for me!Read full review
It is taking a little getting use to. I have successfully unlocked it and upgraded to Windows mobile 6, which should open up some more applications. I especially like the keyboard and display. The 3G is fast enough for me. AT&T quickly put me on a $25 data plan which I had them change to the $15 plan. I have accessed ebay, igoogle, gmail, and Bank of America mobile. I wish it had a louder ring. I don't plan to use it for game-ing, nor to do a lot of text-ing--business and staying intouch. It has a port to plug in an external antenna--which few of the newer phones have. This is important to me because I often use it in remote areas. The battery seems to last for a long time on standby, but goes quickly when "on-line". The chargers and data cables work correctly.
After owning 2 Sony Ericsson phones for 6 years I found a phone for exactly what I needed. I have an At&T GoPhone account. I needed a Bluetooth enabled phone for my 2009 Ford Focus that came with the SYNC program. While I researched for a good used phone Sony Ericsson didn't quite measure in the customer service department. They were pushing me into a new phone that I would probably use only 20% of the bells and whistles. I had no need for texting, going on line, downloading MP3s, and other programs. I just wanted to make and receive calls. Samsung had a wealth of info for the Blackjack. There was the eHow website that had some very good tips for the Blackjack. One was I could turn off the 3G, or GPRS, network to save the battery. Plus I was hitting certain keys that would connect me to the 3G. I got a 2 year old phone that was a very good bargain. Samsung was a great buy.Read full review
I bought this phone for the PDA feature. The reception is not as good as my old (non-PDA) phone, but the calendar feature is very importatnt to me. It is very easy to access the calendar and set new appointments. The only thing I would like better is if it would list more upcoming appointments on the start up screen. It only shows the next one and only if it is the next day or sooner.
I buy this phone because is a cheap smartphone, so i you need internet and office mobile with a qwerty keyboard you can get for little money. The best of this smartphone is the software, windows mobile, is easy to use and you can install a lot of aplications. I dislike display size, is smaller than others smartphone, the number ubications on the qwerty keyboard and doesnt has wifi and gps. In my opinion, this phone is in a medium level of quality, is better than a chinese smartphone but is not better than Blackberry 8320 wich woul exactly the replacement.
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