Smartphone market may be, at best, perplexing - There are so many phones on so many of the plans of so many networks. Some good all-rounders while others what niche. We put the Samsung i617T in the last bracket.

If your priority is to impress your friends, and then forget about it and get the iPhone. If you live your life by e-mail, then BlackBerry is the best bet. If you want a keyboard-equipped Windows Mobile Smartphone, is a pile of options, and this may be one of them.

I617T in the top half is glossy and smooth, while the lower half of a big rough keyboard that clicks loudly. But the fact that he had not intended to clarify his is useability: large keys for typing much faster than any other phone, we used. There are also several buttons to quickly access, including the spinning wheel, under the screen. They are necessary as it is not touch-sensitive screen. In general use, we found it incredibly intuitive and quickly move through menus, and on the Internet.

Nevertheless, this does not let down by a small 6.1cm screen and a low 240 x 320 resolution. This makes me look dowdy and concisely and, although we could fly around quickly, looking at it for long periods of time was not fun.

Features decent, though, and include GPS, Bluetooth, camera and 100MB of memory (you can add more MicroSD-card). This thin, light and batteries too well. Comparable Smartphones Windows, as in the Palm Treo Pro, but it is better - but the substance - usually much more expensive. At $ 589 is the cheapest in its class and is free of charge up to $ 30 on Telstra’s Top effective, but not next G-priced plans.

If you can tolerate the small screen, something of great importance.