I just got an e-mail from the folks at Samsung, letting me know that Windows Mobile 6.5 is officially available for the Samsung Jack.  From the official Samsung upgrade page, new features include:

• Windows Marketplace for Mobile: Discover apps that unlock the power of your Windows phone, shop securely with confidence, and download instantly to your phone.
• Internet Explorer Mobile:  Internet Explorer Mobile 6 delivers the same high quality browsing and media viewing experience that you’ve come to expect on your desktop computer. If you can see it in Internet Explorer on your PC, you’ll be able to see it just as well on your Windows phone, whether the content you want is on YouTube, a game using Flash animation, or on a social site like Facebook or MySpace.
• AT&T Wi-Fi:  Automatic access to over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide is available on the Samsung Jack and is included in select smartphone data plans. This allows for fast and easy downloads of your favorite music, streaming videos, games, and more.
• Vlingo for Windows Phone: Instantly send a text or email message, call a friend, search the Web, open native applications and more, all by speaking into your Samsung Jack Windows phone.

The Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade can be downloaded at www.samsung.com/us/i637/windowsmobileupgrade6_5.  From the looks of it, there's a bit of time required to read through the necessary steps, so be sure to backup your information and grab a sandwich before proceeding.

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ive had this phone for a little over a week and i love it. the qwerty is amazing once you get used to it. the wi-fi works perfectly. very sleek and shiny. ver very very light and thin.
i would recommend this phone to anybody that likes windows mobile. the email app works great :)
over all great phone, if you like WM and thin phones this is the phone for you and its cheap ($99 on 2 year contract)]]>http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/samsung-jack.aspx?utm_source=Rss&utm_medium=CellPhone_samsung-jack&utm_campaign=PhoneDog7/16/2009 2:15:11 AMhttp://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-videos/samsung-jack-at-t-unboxing.aspx?utm_source=Rss&utm_medium=CellPhone_samsung-jack&utm_campaign=PhoneDog7/2/2009 11:20:00 AMPROS1

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The Samsung Jack showed up on our doorstep today, and it's quite the phone!  At first glance, the device looks great.  With design cues similar to the Propel Pro, the Jack sports a candybar form factor complete with a QWERTY keyboard, Windows Mobile 6.1, 256 MB RAM, 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, and video recording, among other features.

The screen is crisp, and colors look good.  I was pleasantly surprised at how snappy the device was - gone are the days of the Windows Mobile lag that characterized earlier devices running the OS.  Moving through the menu is easy, and the device offers a lot in terms of built-in programs - Office Mobile, Adobe Reader LE, and a neat little program called D-Day, which allows the user to initiate and store various countdown dates.  Thanks to it, I know that my birthday is 55 days away, and the Palm Pre launches in 10 days.  Definitely saves time; no more having to count down in your head (which, if you're like me, takes entirely too long).

The keyboard is comfortable, but small.  As a user with larger fingers, I did find myself making an error every now and then - nothing major, though.  Although a flash is missing from the Jack, the 3.2 megapixel camera took decent pictures when the light was right.  Based on early testing, call quality seems to be decent - though there were some preliminary issues with speakerphone.

The full review is coming soon, so stay tuned!


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It had subtly passed through the FCC's offices, and surreptitiously found on an AT&T rebate form, but as of today, the Samsung Jack i637 is in the spotlight.  Announced today, the phone will be available for purchase on May 19th for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.  The successor to the Samsung BlackJack I and II, the Jack will offer quad-band GSM, dual-band UMTS/HSDPA, a QWERTY keyboard, 256 MB RAM, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), 3.2 megapixel camera with the ability to record video, microSD card slot, Bluetooth, and aGPS.

The best part may be in the operating system - though it will launch with Windows Mobile 6.1, it will be upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5 upon launch.

Source: BGR
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