Which Providers Will Carry The i550?
All indications so far point to the i550 being a sprint only device, as the i500 is.

What's The ETA?
The "Official" rumor, from phonescoop, cnet, and others is 4th quarter, but it wont be a surprise to see that timeframe come and go.

What Will the Street Price Be?
Approx. $650

How Does The i550 Stack Up Sizewise With Other Pda Phones?
Kyo 7135=3.97H x 2.43W x 1.17D
i550= 3.43" x 2.13" x 1.06"
i500= 3.42" x 2.13" x 0.85"
Treo 600 4.4" x 2.4" x 0.9"

What OS Will The i550 Have?
Palm OS 5.2

Will The i550 Have a 5-Way Directional Pad?
Yes.

Will The i500 Have Graffiti1 or 2?
PalmOne was sued for copyright infringment for graffiti1, and settled to discontinue graffiti 1 on OS5 and later devices, so the i550 will sport graffiti2, however there are ways of putting grafiti 1 onto an OS5 device.[/b]

Will I Be Able To Control The Camera/Videocamera/MP3 Player Without Having To Open The Phone?
Yes.

Will The i550 Have Built In Bletooth Or Wi-Fi?
No, it may be possible to add these features via the Sd/io slot, if our engineer Scott is up to the job!(He has said he will work on it!)

How Will The Processor Stack Up With Other Pda Style Phones On The Market?
i330, treo 300=33 mhz.
i500=66 mhz.
Treo 600=144 mhz.
i550=200 mnz.

What Kind Of Roaming Options Will The i550 Have?
As all samsung pda phones have, (and unlike the treo series)it will sport analog and digital roaming.

Will The i550 Work On Sprints Upcoming EV-DO High Speed Network
It's Unlikely, but still unknown.

Why Should I upgrade From My i500?
There Are A Lot Of New Features The i550 Will Have, such as
-Real SMS
-External 65k Color Hybrid OLED Screen-Full color graphic plus fixed time and status rows.
-324x352 Hi-Res TFT 65k Color Screen
-Sd/io Slot
-More Memory(64 MB, 32 User Accesible)
-"No Battery Backup Feature", afaik until this date every Palm pilot will lose all of its info if you drain the battery, however with the i550 everything will be stored on flash ram, so nothing will be lost due to a dead battery!
-Speakerphone
-Mp3 Player
-Megapixel Camera with flash
-Mpeg4 videocamera with sound
-Picture Caller ID
-Custom and downloadable ringtones
-Automated Programless Voice Command and Digit Dial, no need to program the phone to recognize what a name sounds like, if its in your address book, it knows what it sounds like.
-The hard buttons are now on the bottom of the flip, makong it easier to play games, etc. It displaces the graffiti pad, which will now be a tranparent pop-up pad, and will have a write on screen graffiti option.

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i330>i500>i550>755p>Centro.

Thanks for the info but I must ask, where did you get it from?

youre going to have to be more specific than that, which part do you want to know?

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One thing you could add to the list is Voice Dial.

any update on street release date here in the states?!

Everything.

I'm not saying I disbelieve anything you wrote. I'm just saying if we knew the sources where you were getting particulat information we could all judge for ourselves how reliable the information was. For example, hearing that the i550 will have a 200Mhz CPU from a published news release from Samsung is more reliable than hearing it from www.unsubstantiatedrumors.com.

But again, lest I be accused of starting a flame, I'm not saying I don't agree with you or haven't heard the same things that you wrote from other sources. I just would like to know where you git the information from.

its there-i snuck it in with the why should i upgrade from the i500 question.

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Everything written is well substantiated, while i dont have the time right now to go through each faq, i will at least show you your example of the 200 mhz processor.
1. Samsung employee, and pph user, rave posted here on 04/28, "I believe its got a Dragonball MX1 at 200Mhz"
2.pph user conceptvbs posted this cetizen.com picture
3.this phonescoop review

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My Palm phone evolution:
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Thanks for all this information! I bought the i500 in March, kept it for about 10 days, and returned it...heartbroken
The biggest problem was Sprint's shortmail. I could never get text messages and shortmails to stop popping up on the screen when they came in...i HOPE this is what you mean when you say "real SMS". Please let us know if you have time. Thanks Again

I think the FAQ should include the info that this phone is dead and will not be released (per rave's comments in other threads)-- so new visitors will not be fooled into waiting for this phone.

-R

the phone is not dead...i just got one a week ago here in the philippines...my friend was able to buy 2 units in singapore....

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This thread is about the i550, I believe you are referring to the i530.

im sorry... just wanna ask, what's the difference between the 2 models?

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i550-cdma
i530-gsm
as far as the i550 being dead, just look at the t608...

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What do you mean, I am not familiar with the t608?

t608 was sprints 1st bluetooth phone, it was "killed" by sprint execs, however due to the load uproar and petitions created for its release, sprint decided to do a limited release on it-only via telesales, there's no reason why this cant be done for the i550 also imho...

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i330

I understand that you currently have the i550. How do you like it? What's the latest news about the release date? Hopefully the rumors of it's "cancellation" are not true.

I330,

I noticed a message earlier that has to do with a link that was somehow realted to a Sprint PCS info site. I noticed you said that it was related to him and had a comment about that site. Is the info on that site not very reliable?

Also, do you think the I550 will be released? I would think that Samsung would not be very smart in not releasing a product they spent hug amounts of money developing.

If the I550 is going to be released, I may purchase an I500 now and then an I550 when it is released. If the I550 is not going to be release, I may just purchase a Treo 650. I am the person in charge of IT in our office and we have lots of Treo 600's and a couple Treo 650's. We only have one I500, but I love it. The size and functionality is great.

Let me know if you can.

Thanks,
Dan.

Is it just me or did anyone else click on that link to see what happened?

There's one born very minute according to PTB.

BB

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