Think different, not follow

Coming together in the SGH-i300

Hold your wallets everyone!

Ok, my visual spectrum has admittedly been narrow recently, choosing to focus only on Sony Ericsson phones. And I'm a little slow on such things because I am not a tech geek. But this thing caught my eye in today's Digital Life - a phone with 3GB memory!

Now with 3GB, that's only 1GB less than the expensive, good-looking but doing nothing else player everyone's getting crazy about. But that's being harsh, because the user reviews are not out yet on that expensive, good-looking but doing nothing else player. Hey, wait a minute.. if user reviews are not out yet, why is everyone clamouring for it?

Haiz.. you don't call them faddists for nothing.

The yet-to-be-released SGH-i300 not only plays MP3 and WMA, but AAC as well. So all the faddists out there won't be stuck buying expensive, good-looking but doing nothing else players. These faddists should also note that you can drag and drop files onto the SGH-i300 without going through any special software or interface. There's even a scroll-wheel so you won't miss your expensive, good-looking but doing nothing else player.

It runs on Windows Mobile (version unconfirmed), meaning that it is a smartphone as well. Ok, I'm not going to go into whether Windows Mobile is a good thing or not, partly because I think that depends on which camp you're on and mainly because I've never used it. Other features include a 1.3 megapixel camera, video recording, bluetooth and.. go find out yourself here, here and here. Heck, just google it yourself - this is not a tech site.

Bad things about the phone? It's hard-disk driven, so that's a little fragile. It's not exactly a tiny featherweight either. And too bad there's no radio, although with phones, there's always the possibilility of third-party add-ons. In addition, the price is not out yet. I won't be surprised if it exceeds one grand.

But still, the SGH-i300 is the closest we've come so far to a congregation of the phone, mp3 player, camera, video camera and PDA into an all-in-one gadget.

I've always thought Samsung phones are for gals, but I'll think different now. Of course, I'm not saying you should run out and buy it right after it is released - you're not a faddist after all. Always check the reviews first. ;)