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Review: Samsung DoubleTime for AT&T

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Dec 24, 2011, 2:21 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Samsung hopes the DoubleTime will coax the QMD faithful to make the leap to Android smartphones. But is that a smart decision?

For fans of the quick messaging device (QMD,) there has been a drought of new hardware in recent months — at least as far as feature phones are concerned. Many of the QMDs have shifted to the Android platform, and that brings us to the DoubleTime, a sideways clamshell messaging phone from Samsung that attempts to bring Android not to the masses, but to the mass messenger.

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About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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Samsung DoubleTime

3.2" display 320 x 480 pixels
processor
1,200 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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