The evidence is all over Samsung's BlackJack II. With its glossy paint job, it displays, in reflective sebacious smears, every human hand that touches it. And at CTIA, with its 15,000 visitors, that's a lot of grease.
Granted, it's far from the only handheld to do this. But next to the original model, which had a matte finish, it's surprisingly revolting to behold. Maxtor made a last minute switch from glossy to matte on its new OneTouch 4 external drives: this is why.
Apart from that--and the loss of the jogwheel--the new BlackJack is good to go. I played with it for a few minutes and found it fast, fun and capable. WM6 is a pleasing step on from 5, and the other cosmetic changes, such as its metallic trim and brushed center dial, are further improvements.
It'll be about $150 for the holiday season with AT&T indenture. For more details, check out Jose Fermoso's coverage here.
