TamsWMS - the Windows Mobile Smartphone Blog

The Samsung i640v was covered just a few hours ago - now, I am proud to bring you even more news on Samsung’s QWERTY slider phones.

The fine folks at MobileBurn.com managed to get their hands on a white SGH-i620 for VidaFone Italy(aka GSM) - Michael Oryl generally was pretty happy with the box, citing the touch-sensitive controls as his main grief(inadvertent activation). He also claims that the i640 has a larger screen and a WiFi radio.

Get the full scoop here:
http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=4528

The folks at En gadget Mobile’s managed to get their hands on a Samsung WMS device for VodaFone. The box(dubbed i640v) is like a Treo 500, but has the QWERTY keyboard on a slider:

All those of you who hated the Treo 500v’s UI as much as I did should now squeak up in pain, as VodaFone chose to fuxate(aaah, sorry, grace) this box with the same ribbon interface:

Anyways, head over to Engadget for a few more pics!

P.S. A similar device is sold at WirelessImports for 500$.