http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/ Engadget Comments for Samsung unveils "world's thinnest" 6.9mm phone http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
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Seriously though, I've always thought it kind of strange that they design modern phones to fit in your pocket/purse, instead of designing them to be comfortable to hold and talk into. ]]>May 8th 2006 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
And still with a good camera too!]]>May 8th 2006 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/No Samsung phone is supported, as far as I know, right (which is a shame, with T-Mobile offering the t509 in the U.S....

Correct me if I'm wrong, please.]]>May 8th 2006 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
When you Yanks either build or design the cool phones, you can have them first!

(Not really - I have no idea)]]>May 8th 2006 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
Does it support A2DP and Mini SD or something similar?]]>May 8th 2006 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
You know the market is in bad shape when 90% of cell phone reviews say something like, "The Good: There's a camera, so I can snap pictures to post on myspace. The Bad: Call quality isn't that great."

People! Make a phone that's a good PHONE. The video camera, MP3 playback, 11" screen and full QWERTY keyboard just add to the bulk and the subtract from the battery life.]]>May 8th 2006 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
They wait 3 months, drop the price to pick up the stragglers, and release an update. So that technophiles will upgrade. Thus spending more money.

It's how businesses make billions of dollars, American dollars.

Are you part of the machine or just an observer? ]]>May 8th 2006 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
I don't know about Europe and Asia, but Russia gets all the cool phones (including for-Russian-market-only Nokia 8800 Black) because people don't have to ask questions like "who will carry this phone?". We just remove the SIM card from the old phone and put it into the new one. That's it.]]>May 8th 2006 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/US carriers pretty much dictate which phones are out there. US markets have been very difficult, especially on high end devices.

Another factor is the radio technology used. In US, CDMA is still very dominant and Qualcomm with it's patent portfolio keeping competition away. ]]>May 8th 2006 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
Man, that's totally thin.]]>May 8th 2006 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/I just got a t509 last week and while it took some fiddling, I got it to sync contacts using OnSync, nada on the calendar though :( I expect that things will get ironed out once enough people have them and push for functionality. I've got to say though, it's damn thin and I don't know how much thinner I'd want it. I've had it in my front pants pocket all day and just remembered it was there. Quite handy. Now if only I could get opera mini to run on it...]]>May 8th 2006 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
*SNAP*

Oops! Oh well; even cell phones have insurance nowadays, don't they?]]>May 8th 2006 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 8th 2006 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.samsunghq.com/content/view/255/5/]]>May 8th 2006 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
I bet you 5 bucks that the GUI is MUCH better than anything Motorola can shell out. I mean seriously, Moto needs to hire a new software team or something. That or put Windows Mobile 5 for smartphones on it - now that would be something.]]>May 8th 2006 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 9th 2006 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/May 10th 2006 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
The interface is pretty cool and works very well. Not too much battery life but I dont use it that much.

I am still looking for a way to sync the calendar and contacts with my mac. Anyone have any ideas? Onsync doesnt do it yet.

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Thank You]]>Mar 22nd 2007 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/samsung-unviels-worlds-thinnest-6-9mm-phone/
Thank]]>Mar 22nd 2007 3:56AM