Samsung SGH-i627
Encyclopedia
The Samsung SGH-i627 is a smartphone
manufactured by Samsung
, and sold in the United States as the Propel Pro by AT&T wireless
. The SGH-i627 is based on the Qualcomm
MSM7201A ARM11
CPU, running the Windows Mobile
6.1 Standard operating system
.
Designed with a slider form factor, the SGH-i627 includes a full QWERTY
keyboard with center joystick
control.
It was designed out of efforts to combine the form factor of the popular original Propel with the features of the also very popular Blackjack II smartphone. Compared to original Propel being available in several colors, the SGH-i627 is only available in chrome, which was chosen to make it more appealing to business users.
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
manufactured by Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, and sold in the United States as the Propel Pro by AT&T wireless
AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., founded in 1987 as McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., and now legally known as New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., formerly part of AT&T Corp., is a wireless telephone carrier in the United States, based in Redmond, Washington, and later traded on the New York...
. The SGH-i627 is based on the Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...
MSM7201A ARM11
ARM11
ARM11 is an ARM architecture 32-bit RISC microprocessor family which introduced the ARMv6 architectural additions. These include SIMD media instructions, multiprocessor support and a new cache architecture...
CPU, running the Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
6.1 Standard operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
.
Designed with a slider form factor, the SGH-i627 includes a full QWERTY
QWERTY
QWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters appearing in the topleft letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in the...
keyboard with center joystick
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
control.
It was designed out of efforts to combine the form factor of the popular original Propel with the features of the also very popular Blackjack II smartphone. Compared to original Propel being available in several colors, the SGH-i627 is only available in chrome, which was chosen to make it more appealing to business users.