Scott Blomquist

I recently replaced my Samsung i700 with a Samsung i730. Verizon’s network continues to treat me well, except at work and at home. Oh, wait. Their reception is crap in the places that I spend 95% of my time. But at least when I’m hiking up to Melakwa Lake on Mt. Denny, I can phone ahead to my friends to ask how much further to the top. So, Verizon’s network that’s solid in all the wrong places aside, I absolutely love their customer service, and my phone. The phone routinely benchmarks an 800kbit data download speed, which comes in very handy for checking the web on the go. Its processor packs enough punch to play transcoded DVD movies (Office Space has been the only test project so far, but it worked great.), and hardware-wise it seems to have been designed with an upgrade to Windows Mobile 5.0 in mind. I admit that I heard rumors about a Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade for my former i700 for 9 months or more before it finally happened, so I won’t hold my breath, but I still harbor some hope for the future.