Comments on: The Samsung i760 — Design and Features

By: Jack Cook

Jack Cook — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:04:30 +0000

Thanks for the kind comment Rob … very much appreciated.

I wish I had thought of that to try it when I had the unit for review. It is an interesting observation.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:58:54 +0000

Great review - most comprehensive one I’ve seen on the 760. I picked up the phone myself, and called the carrier to determine the status of the built-in GPS. There is an option in Phone - Settings - Services for GPS - either “Location On” or “911 only” that is used to trigger the internal GPS. According to the rep, if you have it in “Location On” and are using third party map services, they should be able to access the onboard GPS for location. Has anyone gotten this to work? I don’t use it enough to justify an external GPS, but for those rare times I’m on the road and want to do a Live Search (excellent service btw, http://wls.live.com ) with maps, I’d like to have it available.

By: Rob Fogarasi

Rob Fogarasi — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:25:27 +0000

Everything works great however I put a great deal of applications on my mini SD card and somehow it encrypted everything on the card. Now I can’t retrieve these applications. The encryption was not done willingly and I know the info is on the card since it tells me that the there is only about 1/2 the card available for storage. Something is very fishy!!! Great improvement over the i730…Much lighter and more capable.

By: Jack Cook

Jack Cook — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:47:17 +0000

Two very good questions.
For #1, Wi-Fi is probably the biggest consumer of power and if left on, will drain your battery. I think you need to be careful how you use it and if it is to be used for a long time, make sure you keep an eye on the remaining charge. In my two weeks with this device, I used Wi-Fi on numerous occasions and was quite satisfied with it. I never ran out of power but I did limit my use if I was not going to charge the device.

For #2, I’m not quite sure what you are asking here. If you are going to use Wi-Fi only, then the setting you will use for Wi-Fi will preclude using the data connection. If you go to surf, it will use the Wi-Fi connection if you turn it back on.

So, in essance, you will be happy with the Wi-Fi … it works well but it will drain the battery so be careful. The extended battery is a lifesaver BTW. As for data, if you keep it set for using Wi-Fi for internet, you won’t have an issue. It can’t connect to Verizons data unless you have it set to.

By: Yonatan

Yonatan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:15:56 +0000

Thanks for the great review. I have two questions that I am hoping you will be able to provide some insight on.

I am planning on purchasing this phone in about a week. I am not going to get the data plan and this leads me to two questions:

1) How badly does WiFi drain the battery on the i760? I’m assuming that I should keep WiFi off unless I am using it, but what kind of battery life can I expect when using WiFi?

2) I want to make sure that the phone does not dial up to Verizon’s data network and run my bill up. Is there a way to disable this feature on the phone itself or will I need to call Verizon and have them disable the feature on their end?

Thank you again for the great review.