Samsung i600 gets a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade

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The Korean phone maker has finally announced a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for its popular HSDPA smart phone, the Ultra Messaging i600. In a statement released today, the company confirmed that current users of its Windows Mobile 5-powered i600 in Singapore can bring their handhelds down to the Samsung service center at Plaza Singapura for a free software upgrade from October 13. As with any OS updates, users are advised to back up the information on their handhelds before sending it for the WM6 upgrade. The process of upgrading will take an average of about half an hour.

The upgraded OS is expected to sport several email enhancements including attachment downloads, using message flags in Outlook, improved scheduler function and better management of Out-Of-Office utilities.

Samsung also revealed that new units of i600 already installed with the Windows Mobile 6 OS will also ship to Singapore from October 13. This will retail at S$738, bundled with a 2GB microSD flash memory card and a Samsung Bluetooth headset (WEP170 or WEP185). The i600 with WM5 was originally priced at S$798 during its initial launch.

According to Samsung, the WM6 upgrade service and new WM6 i600 will be rolled out across Southeast Asia from October 13 till the end of the year.

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Its disappointing that the upgrade is just a face lift and nothing more than that. The upgrade does not contain Office Mobile and the Picsel viewer still does the job. There is no card wheel interface either. The only notable thing is that the performance has improved good bit. The operation is a lot smoother, but other than that, there are no additional features or improvements.

Posted by technor
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no card wheel home screen... whyyyyy?!?!

Posted by cy83r_optik
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to those i600 users who upgraded to WM6, any feedbacks? is it worth it to upgrade?

Posted by cy83r_optik
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I believe Samsung is launching i620 or i780 soon but nobody knows for sure when. Waiting patiently........

Posted by Jasontan
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There's always going to be something new on the horizon. If you feel the device meets your needs and the price is right, go for it. :-)

Posted by xiaoxiong
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I've been interested in the i600 for a while now but have refrained from buying it because I know it's been out for quite a while and was concerned Samsung had something new coming out. Does this upgrade to WM6 mean that they'll still be supporting the i600 for quite some time before they release new hardware?

Posted by Devlin
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