The i760 has three buttons on the right side:
Button 1: Start Menu / Voice Command (long press)
OK button <not programmable>
Button 2: <not defined> / Camera (long press)
There is also a programmable button on the full-keyboard:
Button 3: Messaging / <not defined> (long press)

Edit: After looking at this more carefully, I should note that there is no way to set Button 2 short press or Button 3 long press. Perhaps a registry hack could do it, but the Buttons control panel doesn't allow it.

I never received a tracking number, but the phone came today. Charging up. Feel a little lucky for sneaking in before the "clamp down". Haven't done a thing yet; plugged it in 5 min ago.

The rebate gives Sept. 4th through Oct 8th...is that what the original pic that was posted said?

I also got a cradle. For those who had a i700, the cradle is similar. It is not collapsable like the i730. It is more a classic cradle with a slot for the spare battery. The interesting thing is that the cradle rotates for both portrait and landscape viewing. The bummer deal is that the cradle doesn't come with another charging cable. The only cable that comes with it is for syncing. However, the i760 itself comes with a USB to phone cable, so if you have a USB/AC adaptor, that would likely work (and not require another cord). I like to cradle at the office and just charge at home. Cradle is bulky--you won't want to travel with it.

The charger looks just like the one that charges my Samsung u620 (the new little Mobile TV phone)---I'll double check later.

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I went to Circuit City to the Verizon Wireless 2 days ago, and the guy had no clue what I was talking about till he remembered he got a new dummy phone in..actually 2, the 6800, and the i760 which he didn't know the name of it till I told him. We looked in the system with the SKU and found it was in the system but what was weird was that there was hieroglyphics in one of the space where the pricing codes go. Maybe the i760s fell into a Stargate and they just don't want to tell the public that that was the mistake they're referring to?

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I think he's calling you out!

I haven't noticed anyone post software version info yet, so here's the info from my phone. I think the first batch should all be the same, but add your info if it is different:

S/W Version:
PDA: S:i760.07 V.AH08.17233
Phone: S:i760.07 V.AH08
Eboot: 01.00

H/W Version H:i760.07 V.Q
PRL / ERI P:50855 E:00004
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g

When talking on the i760 my ear hits the screen is there anyway to lock the screen like in the old i730 I really liked how you could slide the phone to unlock the screen....Any help would be great.

ps..kinda feels like the same old i730 just in a new case anyone else think that?

It's going to kill me not to customize this for a few days, but I promised myself I'd give it a few days with the out-of-box experience to see how good a job vzw/samsung did with the default settings.

Since someone asked earlier, I'm seeing 33.37 MB free (21.11 MB in use) on startup. Storage is 60.23 MB free (4.23 MB in use).

Someone needs to make the voice command button lock and unlock the screen...So far I dont see anyway to change it..

Holding the * key locks the device.

Like the xv6700, you can use the "Device Lock" plug-in on the Today screen to lock the device. Not as elegant as the slide-lock in the i730, but it works.

One problem with this plug-in is that it doesn't lock the END key. I can't count how many times I've hung up on a caller with my xv6700 because I bumped the locked phone just enough for the END button to make contact.

I've also experimented with slide2unlock, which DID lock the END key properly. Sadly, slide2unlock seems like a neat idea but tended make my xv6700 unstable so it will be awhile before I give it a try on the i760.

Ya holding the * works wish you could unlock the phone the same way..it was nice having the phone always locked and just slide to unlock...Unfortunately sliding the i760 in landscape mode will not unlock the phone...

Oh you can be assured there will be tweaks forthcoming as soon as the rest of the people start getting theirs!

I am going to be messing with the registry tonight when I get home to stop those annoying "Message Sent" balloons from setting up.

Also, I have to say the camera and the built in software for it is amazing. Very unique to see how there is so many choices.

Look forward to the new forum on Tweaks and Fixes. So far I can't find a bug. Seems to be working effortlessly with no problems.

Thanks for answering my question concerning the memory usage stats. It looks like this phone will outperform a Sprint Mogul from what I'm reading. That is good ... because a Mogul was dog slow ... and left almost no memory for user apps.

Curious ... anyone try using VZ Navigator ... or any other Verizon app on the i760, yet? I'm hoping most of Verizon's apps are written in Java ... which I'd think would let the apps be easy to port ... like VZ Navigator, etc, yet I'm not certain.

Anyway, the app I'm willing to pay extra for ... for my wife and I (we are both going to get i760's) ... is VZ Navigator. I don't want my wife getting lost

Also ... how is the battery life? I used a Mogul ... and took it back because my signal at work wasn't very good ... so it drained the Mogul's battery like you wouldn't believe ... the battery didn't even last 3/4 of a day. My verizon signal at work is stronger ... so I'm hoping the battery will at least last 1 day. I'm okay charing the phone at least once

Anybody do any tethering via Bluetooth, yet?

Thanks

I haven't found a way to get at any installable VZW apps yet (i.e. no VCast). The Get Applications link on the Today screen redirects to http://mobile.handango.com/vzw-samr, which is not a valid page (at least not yet).

On a related note, I was disappointed that no search application was installed (neither Live Search nor Google). Nor does the phone include the new Windows Live replacement for Pocket MSN. Looks like VZW was willing to pay for Voice Command, but not any other Microsoft add-ons.

I asked this before, but I will ask again, is the 24th date for B2B customers only or everyone? Thanks,

~The Thrizzle

Is there a file you can copy from the i730 to copy all your contacts? I also had the same problem with the "get it now apps"

Sync your old phone with Outlook then sync your new phone with Outlook.

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My old phone will not sync anymore...

I think we should take this discussion out of this thread so I sent you a PM with a program you can run on your i730 that will copy all of your contacts/sms/mms/etc etc to your storage card, and then you just have to run the program on your i760 and restore from the back file from your i730, it is a pretty straightforward process.