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Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...

 BlackJack II, or Samsung SGH-i617, is a smartphone

Smartphone

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 available through AT&T in the United States

United States

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. It is the successor to the Samsung BlackJack

BlackJack (phone)

The Samsung BlackJack, or Samsung SGH-i607, is a smartphone available through AT&T in the United States and Telstra in Australia.-Specifications:Specifications from the Samsung website:* Screen resolution: 320 x 240 px, 2.25 inches...

. Canadian version, SGH-i616 is marketed as "Samsung Jack" by Rogers and Fido. The phone has since been succeeded by the Samsung Epix.

The phone comes in black

Black

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, burgundy

Burgundy (color)

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, blue

Blue

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, & pink

Pink

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.

Specifications

Specifications from the Samsung website:

• Screen size: 2.4 inches
• Screen resolution: 320 x 240 pixel
  Pixel
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  s, 65K color TFT display
• Input method: QWERTY
  QWERTY
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   keypad with backlight and jog wheel
  Jog dial
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• Operating System: Windows Mobile 6 (can now be updated to Windows Mobile 6.1)
• Processor: 260 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 1710
• Storage: External microSD slot, supports up to 4 GB SDHC cards
• Voice Commands (When Updated to Windows Mobile 6.1)
• Flash Memory: 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
  Read-only memory
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• Modes: Quad-band GSM (850, 900, 1800, and 1900)
• Data connection: 3G
  3G
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   (UMTS
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
  
   and HSDPA
  High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
  High-Speed Downlink Packet Access is an enhanced 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity...
  
   at 850,1900,2100 MHz. Canadian version, SGH-i616 does not support UMTS 2100, only 850/1900, which makes 3G speeds not accessible in Europe) and 2G
  2G
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   (EDGE
  Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
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   and GPRS
  General Packet Radio Service
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  )
  • AGPS
    AGPS
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     on-board
• Bluetooth
  Bluetooth
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   2.0
• 2.0 megapixel camera
  Camera phone
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   that can take photographs and videos
  • Multiple resolutions: 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 176 x 144
  • 4X digital zoom
    Digital zoom
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  • Self timer
    Self timer
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  • Multi-shot
  • Brightness
    Brightness
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     level adjustment
  • No flash
• Supported video formats: MPEG4
  MPEG-4
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  , H.263
  H.263
  H.263 is a video compression standard originally designed as a low-bitrate compressed format for videoconferencing. It was developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group in a project ending in 1995/1996 as one member of the H.26x family of video coding standards in the domain of the ITU-T.H.263...
  
  , WMV
  Windows Media Video
  'Windows Media Video is a video compression format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft. The original video format, known as WMV, was originally designed for Internet streaming applications, as a competitor to RealVideo. The other formats, such as WMV Screen and WMV Image, cater...
  
  
• Battery: Removable 3.7 Volt Lithium-ion, 1,700 mAh, up to 7 hours of talk time
  Talktime
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   and up to 14 days of standby
• Size: 4.4 x 2.3 x 0.4 inches
• Weight: 3.52 ounces

Unpublished Features

• Upper indicator-light color meanings:
  • Purple: message sent/received
  • Blue: Bluetooth activated/deactivated/Alarm
  • Amber: problem with connection
  • Red: charging or battery low
  • Green: fully charged
• Home Screen Status Indicators:
  • 3G: connected to 3G service
  • E: connected to EDGE service
  • G: connected to WAP service
  • Wi-fi: Yes "Good quality"

External links

• Official Samsung Blackjack II site
• Official Samsung Epix site
• Reviews: c|net, phoneArena, Washington Post
• Resources: MyBlackjack2.com
• Resources: Samsung Windows Mobile support