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Spectec MicroSD Wi-Fi Update

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Blackjack WM6 and Thanks AT&T

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Samsung Blackjack Update

December 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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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Micro SD Wi-Fi

June 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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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