Wednesday, December 03, 2008

$50 Upgrade to Samsung Blackjack 2

Hey! If you own a Samsung Blackjack 1 and on AT&T with phone insurance, then you can get a cheap upgrade to the BJ2.

Here is the deal. I owned a BJ1 (Blackjack 1) and it gave me too many problems. Here are some:
1 - the calendar could not make recurrent appointments, had to schedule each day day by day
2 - the D-pad moves too slow so it took forever to edit txt messages and emails (I mostly txt)
3 - intermittent loss of signal
4 - software bug where it dials but never connects
5 - keypad messes up when I type fast. To be fair, it is a very good keypad but it didn't last long.
6 - bluetooth is crippled
7 - phone has a bug where it would drain the battery if the keylock was activated by using top button
8 - no WM6.1 upgrade for the BJ1

I even replaced it once and the replacement gave me even more problems since it had on WM6.

Then I called Asurion at
18885628662, and bam! $50 upgrade to BJ2. The reason I will not be getting a BJ1 is that it has been "discontinued" they said. I'm not at all disappointed that it got discontinued since my BJ2 will arrive before the end of the week.

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