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My very first post and I get to introduce a new phone! Unveiled at this years CES Show in Las Vegas, the i830 has taken a back seat to the Palm Treo 700w and Motorola Q’s publicity. This may be because Samsung choose to stay with Windows Mobile 2003 SE instead of going with the new Windows Mobile 5.0. Also missing is wifi that was found in it’s predecessor the i730. But the i830 has improved it phone capability by going to a quad band (GSM 900 / 1800 / CDMA 800 / 1900) with cdma2000 1xEV-DO High Speed Data transfer. Here’s the run down:

Technical Specifications 
Network: GSM 900 / 1800 / CDMA 800 / 1900 
Form Factor: Slide / Windows Mobile 2003 SE 
Dimensions: 132 x 71 x 15 mm 
Weight: 183 g 
Antenna: Stub / Extendable 
Navigation: Touch Screen / QWERTY Keypad 
Battery Type: Li-Ion 
Talk Time: 3.50 
Standby Time: 180 
Memory: 128 MB 
Expandable Memory: MMC / SD 

Imaging 
Main Screen: 65000 colors (TFT) 240 x 320 px 
External Screen: no
Camera: no

Audio 
MP3 Player: Windows Media Player 
FM Radio: no
Speakerphone: yes
Push-To-Talk: no

Multimedia 
Wallpapers: 240 x 320 px 
Screen Savers: 240 x 320 px 
Ring Tones: MP3 
Themes: yes
Games: J2ME 
Streaming Multimedia: Windows Media Player 

Messaging 
SMS: yes
EMS: yes
MMS: yes
Email: POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP / Pocket Outlook / BlackBerry 
Chat: Pocket MSN Messenger 
Predictive Text: Handwriting Recognition 

Applications 
Phonebook Capacity: 
Calendar: Pocket Outlook 
To-Do List: yes
WAP: Pocket Internet Explorer 
Voice Commands: VoiceSignal 
Calculator: yes

Connectivity 
Bluetooth: yes
Infrared Port: yes
High-Speed Data: cdma2000 1xEV-DO 
Wi-Fi: no
GPS: yes
PC Sync: Microsoft ActiveSync

It was rumored that the Samsung i830 would be available from Verizon by January 10th, but it has still not made it to their website. They still have the i730 priced at $499.99 with contract. Verizon is highly promoting the Treo 700w so we will have to wait and see when the Samsung i830 will be released.

More information visit: http://www.samsungi830.com/