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Samsung Jet: 800 MHz, 3.1” OLED screen, 5 megapixels and “smarter than a smartphone”

Categories: Samsung
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 8:36 AM

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The Samsung Jet (aka S8000) has just been announced by Samsung USA, and the title of the press release is a bit offensive: “Samsung Jet – Smarter Than A Smartphone.” What exactly does that mean? Samsung says that the device supports multitasking and has Microsoft Exchange support baked in, but what about applications and an app store?

I am impressed by the 3.1 inch WVGA screen (800 x 480 pixels) that supports 16 million colors. Samsung seems to be the only manufacture out there trying to get OLED into as many devices as possible. I have no idea what their “Dolfin Web browser” is about, and I urge Samsung’s public relations people to take a look at how Apple, Sony Ericsson and Nokia write their press releases because no easy to find spec sheet makes me one disgruntled blogger.

Luckily Phone Arena has a prototype and has posted a preview! They’re happy the device has a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack and microUSB port, surprised to see the browser supporting Flash content, and genuinely think the device will do well if it is reasonably priced. Wish I could tell you when it will ship and how much it will cost, but only Samsung knows that and they’re not sharing the details.

Watch Phone Arena’s video preview below:

Any Samsung device owners actually use and like the TouchWiz UI? I don’t see the appeal, but then again I’ve been a Nokia man for a long time.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Samsung Fan

    i used it and i liked it. Nokia phones suck–> Slow processor, not-so-sensitive touchscreen, boring transitions and funny designs. Samsung jet is better than nokia n97. about the applications, there are available widgets that are waiting to be downloaded by all users. i dont need a lot of those apps available in the market. samsung’s browser is nice.

  • JoaoP

    Bought one and i can say im happy about it. Some usability issues with the UI that could be better designed.

    8/10 in my opinion.

    • eric

      well…u have to be happy with what you got….coz nw u cannot change it!! hahaha :P