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Old BlackJack whacks new BlackJack II

By Greg Adler , PC World , 01/30/2008
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When manufacturers issue new versions of phones, the revamped devices usually rank higher than their predecessors. However, Samsung's BlackJack II sports only minor improvements, such as the addition of alphanumeric keys, and as a result its less-expensive predecessor outranks it in our chart.

Palm's latest PDA phone, the Centro, combines great design with EvDO support. It's also reasonably priced at $100--but keep an extra battery handy, because the handset ran out of juice after just 4 hours in PC World lab tests.

The T-Mobile Sidekick LX received a redesign. We found, though, that it works better as a messaging device than as a mobile phone.

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I will agree with youBy Anonymous on February 13, 2008, 5:42 pmI will agree with you Armand. While it is not incredibly better it is definately an improvement and in NO WAY does the BJ1 deserve a better raiting than the blackjack2...GPS...

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RE: Old BlackJack whacks new BlackJack IIBy Armand Welsh on January 31, 2008, 12:55 pmI would agree that the BlackJacl II is not substantially better, but with the faster processor, more RAM, more ROM, the added spin wheel, Windows Mobile 6, and built-in...

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