Samsung i760 hits VZW online tomorrow, stores on November 2nd

Samsung_schi760That Windows Mobile 6 Professional with the slideout keyboard, the Samsung i760, becomes available online tomorrow for Verizon Wireless customers. You’ll have to wait until November 2nd to slide into a store and find one. $350 after contracts, rebates and promises of not gobbling up tons of bandwidth with the EV-DO radio nets you an i760. Aside from the keyboard and offset numeric keypad, there’s your typcial array of features and functions: Bluetooth 2.0, 1.3-megapixel cam, WiFi, microSD slot, 128 MB of flash ROM and 64 MB of RAM.

The one thing I really don’t understand here: I think we heard news of this phone very late last year. Why so long to wait for the actual product? This device would have had much more impact if it saw the light of day six months ago. Not trying to bash VZW here and I understand there’s tons of hoops to jump through for testing and getting new devices out the door. Still, it’s hard to get excited about the i760 when the Tilt is available for AT&T and the new HTC Touch is hitting Sprint on November 4th. Another example: Engadget Mobile says the XV 6800 is coming sometime after the i760. In my opinion, that device is overdue by 9 to 12 months considering how long ago we saw the XV 6700.

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