Samsung Captivate i897

At&t's version of the Galaxy S. It has the 4 inch Super AMOLED display like the original Galaxy S but has a new look (Kinda looks like a blackberry storm to me ) Same Hummingbird processor, 5 mp camera but no camera flash. ships with android 2.1, it will be available July 18 for $199.99 with a two year contract.  There will also be other Galaxy S variations The Epic 4g on sprint, The Vibrant on T-mobile, and the Fascinate on Verizon.

so zoom in?

i don't see a need for a "mouse", i have one on my samsung moment as well as on my samsung intercept and other than for a few games (which will be unplayable without them, Evo failed there too) i don't use it.  it's honestly a waste of time outside of like 3 games...

send/end call buttons are not needed as long as there is a dedicated lock button (which the Galaxy S line does have)

Well, of course, the web browser's suck on the Eternity and Mythic, and the lag causes me to bump links alot.  Maybe a phone with a browser that doesn't lag as bad, it might be better.  I know I don't have the problem as much in Opera, its just the Media.net/Dolphin Browser where the issue occurs alot.

My contract with AT&T ends in february, but I'm eligable for upgrade now.  I thought about going over there and seeing if they give any kind of discount to fed ex employees, since you know it would seem AT&T ships everything through Fed Ex.  If its a good discount I may stay with AT&T and upgrade to the Captivate.  I'm still really considering switching to Sprint when my contract's up, but the Captivate gives me more reason to stay.

But on that note the version of the Galaxy S sprint's getting, the Epic 4G looks, well Epic!

bingo.

The Samsung Eternity II A597 was released to the FCC (and passed, btw) not to long ago last month.  The FCC didn't release any pictures, just a diagram of the little sticker behind the battery.  Maybe it'll have Bada or Android (yeah right - Samsung AT&T GSM smartphones have model numbers that start with I [but then again the model number might not even be finalized yet.  Example: the Samsung Impression was i887 before released, but was changed to a887]).  So TouchWiz 3.0?   

Cool thanks for the tips,  I may look into the corporate discount.  I'm still not sure what I'm going to do, as like you were, I'm wanting to see what other android offerings are out there.  And while the newness has wore off of the Mythic, I don't hate it, and I could easily go another 6 months - year pending it doesn't break or something. 

I'm still considering sprint too, mainly just because of the price.  ITs a $150 for me and my wife's family plan on AT&T, but It's only $120 on Sprint, which includes 1500 anytime minutes, unlimited mobile calling, unlimited data, and unlimited text.  Also there is no smartphone fee... there is a $10 fee for 4G phones, but even then me and my wife can bot have Evo's for less than what AT&T would offer us with dumb phones!

The main thing is I want a smartphone, an android phone to be exact, and I don't wanna pay more than I am now.  I'm also concerned about AT&T's new smartphone data plans...is 2GB going to be enough for everything Android can do? 

As for turning around and wanting a better phone, meh I know how it is with phones, and android is the new big thing, and phone manufactures are constantly trying to one up eachother.  That being said if I had a Hero/Droid Eris I wouldn't be complaining about it... heck my brother has a T-mobile G1, the original Android phone and I'm jealous of it!

...and any app you might want on the market but don't want to pay for can be sideloaded...