I’ve had my Samsung i320 for over 9 months now, and I have to say that I still love it! For thsoe that know what kind of gadget fiend I am, will be surprised. Usually by now, I’d be itching for something newer and better. I admit I was rather envious when the Cingular Blackjack came out. But I just didn’t think that the HDSPA or Wifi made up for the slower processor and shorter battery life. My friend Kenny is probably even more of gadget-afficionado. When I met up with him a few weeks ago, I wasn’t surprised that he had a Blackjack. With first hand experience, Kenny told me that the Blackjack’s problems were a horribly short battery life (unless he turned off HDSPA) and that the key-response was very slow.
A few days ago, I stumbled across Kooldesignz, which that lots of great looking (and free!) skins. Essentially designed for the Motorola Q, they also work great on my i320 (because the two devices have the same resolution and screen size).
Everytime I travel overseas, I turn off my unlimtied PDA data plan. And then have to turn it back on, when I get back to the US. The problems arise when speaking with Cingular Customer Service. Whatever system they use, don’t seem to be able to handle non-Cingular phones when it comes time to add/remove data plans. I’m not sure why that is, and when I mention “Samsung i320″ they always seem to go into a tail-spin. They don’t have an issue with me having a non-Cingular phone, they just don’t know how to enter it into their system. They insist on needing to know my IMEI number, and even their system doesn’t seem to want to register it.
Anyway, I’ve since learnt that you can move past this stalemate by telling them one of two things:
The second option (telling them that it’s a “Cingular Blackjack”) is the much faster and smoother option, but I’m not sure if I have an ethical dilemma with not being completely truthful…
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