BrightHand claims that the next version of AT&T’s BlackJack devices will be a variation of the Samsung i780 phone - which, incidentally, has a touchscreen.
Even though Ed Hardy is a very respected analyst, I feel that this will not become the next BlackJack device. I do not dispute that it may hit AT&T: but it probably won’t bear the BlackJack name as it isn’t a Windows Mobile Smartphone (a touchscreen-less device).
Even though the operating systems are named similarly, share their kernels and come from Redmond, they are fundamentally different from a user’s perspective. A person who can use a WMS will have huge problems handling a PocketPC and vice versa.
I saw this recently when a PocketPC user was ordered to attack a WMS device that I left behind unattended (long story why). The guy had huge issues launching applications and finding files - even though he used a PocketPC phone for years.
Customers usually expect phones from a series to handle similarly - the i788 could come to ART&T, but it won’t be the BlackJack III.
What do you think?
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I could definitely see AT&T transitioning the Blackjack line from WM Standard (non-touchscreen) to WM Pro (touchscreen) with this phone.
The WM Standard phones are a dying breed and Samsung needs to move it very popular Blackjack line to the world of touchscreen - the i788 is the perfect phone to do this with. It still keeps in line with the aesthetics of the Blackjack 1 and 2 but is forward looking with the touchscreen and myriad of new features. Also, check out myblackjack3.com for more info on the possible blackjack 3 release by ATT.
[...] contends that the SGH-i788 is in fact a very UNLIKELY candidate for the next Blackjack 3.The gist of TamWMS’s argument is Windows Mobile Standard (non-touchscreen) and Windows Mobile [...]
Hello,
thank you so much for talking back.
For now, I stick to my prognosis - but we’ll all know more soon ;).
All the best
Tam Hanna
[...] contends that the SGH-i788 is in fact a very UNLIKELY candidate for the next Blackjack III.The gist of TamWMS’s argument is Windows Mobile Standard (non-touchscreen) and Windows Mobile [...]