Status Symbols are devices that transcend their specs and features, and become something beautiful and luxurious in their own right. They're things that live on after the megapixel and megahertz wars move past them, beacons of timeless design and innovation.
The Samsung BlackJack was my first "smartphone," and my first introduction to a phone with a full keyboard. Before that was a long line of Nokias, which I was fairly happy with. I didn’t buy the BlackJack, but inherited it in brand new condition, figuring I’d give it a shot.
The BlackJack was a Windows Mobile 5 phone with a 2.25-inch color screen (320 x 240 resolution), which at the time seemed gloriously, luxuriously giant and crisp. It was released in November of 2006, just...
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