"I got rid of my old PDA (Dell Axim Pocket PC) almost 2 years ago because I hadn’t been using it much. I found myself over the last year missing it and I made an attempt to use a Blackberry 7100g after the OGO (cellular text messenger) was discontinued on Cingular and was quite disappointed that the Blackberry wasn’t easy to use and didn’t show appointments on the home screen. I eventually eBay’d the Blackberry and switched back to a normal phone (Motorola L6 … a very good phone by the way).

I had been keeping an eye out for an affordable smartphone. A couple weeks ago Cingular the New ATT had their BlackJack made by Samsung make an appearance on their website in the form of refurbished units. I had read all the different reviews floating around that painted the BlackJack as a high quality device with one exception. It’s battery life is only so so. Then I read a little farther. Cingular/Samsung ship the unit with a second battery and a little charging unit that doubles as a carrying case. I thought “… hmm … I have pockets … it wouldn’t bother me to have an extra battery kicking around.”

I also thought: “hmm … do I really want to commit to a 2 year contract for my new data device?” I decided worst case scenario I hate the BlackJack I could always get an unlocked something or other to stick the SIM card in and use." Read the full review over @ PDA Live .

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