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Perhaps the delays of the Spectec SDW-823 are related to adding 802.11n support.
Since late 2006, Spectec has been touting their MicroSD wi-fi card for Windows Mobile devices, and it has always been billed as 802.11b/g compatible. Of course, that was two years ago and the SDW-823 has not yet arrived. In fact, it’s been so [...]

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How Do You Dial 800-FLOWERS On A Smartphone?
Since the Samsung Blackjack and other Smartphones have QWERTY pads, they lose the standard letter-number associations that have been on phones for decades. Many phone numbers are published as letters, such as 1-800-FLOWERS, or 1-800-LIVE-LOB (Lobster Gram), which makes them easy to remember. However, that does you no [...]

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Will Wi-Fi Ever Be Available For Phones Like The Samsung Blackjack?
Unless things change, the answer is going to be “no,” at least for this Blackjack owner.
Spectec Announced In 2006
Around October 2006—more than eighteen months ago—Spectec was promising their SDW-823 MicroSD WiFi card.
Spectec’s SDW-823 MicroSD WiFi card product page still has no new information.
At that time, [...]

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AT&T Sends A New Blackjack
Over time, the Samsung Blackjack has become a bit of a burden for me. At first, I really liked it, but it has developed some troubles. It drops calls, gets poor reception, and decides to turn its phone radio off (almost randomly). Speakerphone and other problems compounded my frustration with it. [...]

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Earlier this year I upgraded to a refurbished Samsung Blackjack (from a Sony-Erricson W800i). After trading it in for another (refurbished) Blackjack that would take a charge, I was fairly happy with the phone. It had a full QWERTY keyboard, nice screen, and handled text messaging, web browsing, and email pretty well.
Over the last six [...]

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One disappointing aspect of the otherwise superb Samsung Blackjack is its lack of built-in wi-fi. It does have other internet support such as G3 and EDGE, so it can get the job done. However, not everyone can afford an unlimited data plan, especially since Cingular the new AT&T the old Cingular new AT&T insists on [...]

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