Samsung today officially announced a touch-screen Windows Mobile handheld for Clear‘s WiMAX network, the Samsung Mondi. Since the Nokia N810 WiMAX went off the market, the Mondi looks like it’ll be the only phone-like device on Clear’s network any time soon.
The Mondi runs Windows Mobile 6.1, and it has a 4.3″ touch screen with a somewhat customized Windows Mobile interface that provides five home screen panels, including Web widget, favorite contact, program list and picture gallery screens.
The Mondi has a microphone and a headset jack, and it will work with Windows Mobile-based voice-over-IP programs like Fring. It doesn’t make calls over standard cellular networks, though.
I got to spend a few minutes with the Mondi. It’s made of a slick, black plastic, and closed, it just barely fit into my hand. When I slid it open, I needed to use two hands to type on it. The touch screen was big, and seemed responsive. The QWERTY keyboard, though, was trouble: the keys were very small, shiny, slippery and rectangular. Along with the touch screen, you can navigate with cursor keys placed to the left of the QWERTY keyboard.
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