So you like RIM's push e-mail service, but you find Blackberries too boring (or too big for your petite handbag, ladies). RIM's painfully aware of their unexciting reputation, and are trying to change their image, producing models that appeal more to the consumer-market, like the recently released Blackberry Pearl.

Another part of their strategy is making the mobile e-mail service available to other brands, packaging it as Blackberry Connect. Smartphones like Nokia's E61 and Palm's Treo 650 carry the service, and now Samsung joins the party.

T-Mobile has made a clamshell smartphone available from its online store. The t719 is different, since there's no QWERTY keyboard and it looks more like a phone than a business-like PDA. Text input is still facilitated by Blackberry's own SureType keyboard, which uses fewer keys than your average thumbboard, but allows fast typing.

The Samsung t719 costs $199.99 from T-Mobile, after a $50 rebate.

Portable PIM: With limited contact and appointment managers, and the ability to sync with a desktop, the t719 could also serve as a PDA.