Samsung Epix (SGH-i907) Review

After a little more than a year with my Samsung SCH-i760 from Verizon Wireless I've finally done it.  I made the move to AT&T for my wireless carrier (the hard part) and picked up the Samsung Epix for my phone (the easy part). 

First of all let me say this, I realize that everyone in the world (wide web) seems to hate Windows Mobile, but I just don't get why?  Is it the idiot proof phone OS that you're used to?  Absolutely not.  Is it the worst piece of unusable garbage that anyone has ever seen?  Absolutely not.  I've been using it for a good while now and I was a pro within about 2 days. 

But I must digress...

The Epix is everything that I wanted in a phone.  The aforementioned Windows Mobile (6.1), a Qwerty keyboard (that I don't have to slide, twist, or touch a screen for), GPS (that is not completely crippled), and of course all of the usual stuff like syncing with Exhange Server, etc.  The really cool feature of this phone though is the "optical mouse" that replaces any D-Pad type navigation.  This is a really sweet feature as it really makes it feel much more like you actually have control over what your phone decides to open for once!  You basically just run your finger of this optical mouse in the center of your phone and a pointer floats around the screen.  It really is something worth trying.

I do miss the Picsel Browser that came with the i760 but to be honest I didn't really use it too much.  It's so much easier to get information from sources that are formatted for a Smart Phone anyway. 

They keyboard is great, I've got big fat ugly thumbs but I can still type pretty quickly on it.  It comes with AT&T Navigator (must pay like $10/month) which basically turns it into a sweet GPS system.  You can also use the "My Location" feature on Google Maps Mobile but I'm not sure if that works without you paying your subscription to the man.  (If not, I think I saw a post about how to enable it on a forum somewhere, so Google it)

Overall I have been extremely happy with this phone and I plan on keeping it until another sweeter phone that I can't live without comes along :-)  Plus, just look at how awesome this thing looks!  This picture doesn't do it any justice at all, you really need to pick one up at your local AT&T store and give it a test drive.