Monday, July 24, 2006

phone


Got a new phone with Tmobile and it was free. Here's the specs:

Technical Specifications

Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Form Factor: Block / Windows Mobile 5.0
Dimensions: 115 x 46 x 18 mm
Weight: 106 g
Antenna: Internal
Navigation: 5-Way Keypad
Battery Type: Li-Ion
Talk Time: 5.00
Standby Time: 192
Memory: 64 MB
Expandable Memory: miniSD

Imaging

Main Screen: 65000 colors (TFT)
240 x 320 px
External Screen: No
Camera: 1.3 MP / Video Recorder

Audio

MP3 Player: Windows Media Player
FM Radio: No
Speakerphone: Yes
Push-To-Talk: No

Multimedia

Wallpapers: 240 x 320 px
Screen Savers: 240 x 320 px
Ring Tones: MP3
Themes: Yes
Games: J2ME
Streaming Multimedia: Windows Media Player

Messaging

SMS: Yes
EMS: Yes
MMS: Yes
Email: Pocket Outlook
Chat: AOL / MSN / Yahoo!
Predictive Text: T9

Applications

Phonebook Capacity: Unknown
Calendar: Pocket Outlook
To-Do List: Yes
WAP: 2.0 / Pocket Internet Explorer
Voice Commands: Yes
Calculator: Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth: Yes
Infrared Port: Yes
High-Speed Data: GPRS (Class 10) / EDGE
Wi-Fi: Yes
GPS: No
PC Sync: Microsoft ActiveSync
Discussion: T-Mobile Forum

Pre-loaded with the Windows Mobile 5.0, the T-Mobile SDA provides users with the familiar appearance of Microsoft applications. Including both EDGE and GPRS high-speed connectivity, as well as integrated Wi-Fi, the SDA lets consumers stay connected. Having consistent access to email, calendar, and contacts with Microsoft Outlook Mobile, the SDA also includes MP3 capabilities, a 1.3-megapixel camera, and a miniSD memory card slot to save those important memories.

  • Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 software for Smartphone for compatibility with Windows Mobile applications and designed to match and transpose the Outlook desktop experience
  • Built-in 1.3-megapixel with video recording and playback capabilities
  • Integrated MP3 audio player via Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 and MP3 ringtone support
  • Conference calling with integrated hands-free speakerphone
  • Enhanced T9 predictive text for messaging via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), chat clients (AOL, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger), and email (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP)
  • Personal Information Management (PIM) features including Microsoft Outlook, Contacts, and To-Do List
  • Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free connectivity, Wi-Fi connectivity for hotspot access, and infrared port for synchronization
  • WAP 2.0 compliant Pocket Internet Explorer browser with EDGE technology for high-speed data transmission
  • 64 MB of internal memory and miniSD memory expansion slot for additional storage with optional card
  • PC synchronization via ActiveSync
Also I bought a 1 gb minisd from buy.com for 20 dollars after rebate. Although they are sending me a free one after I remain with tmobile for 3 months. So total cost of the phone was only activation: 35 dollars. not bad for a decent camera, music player, video player and wi-fi deal. It works really well with the mobile espn pages. I'm pretty impressed. In the 4 or 5 days I've had it it has locked up 2 or 3 times but i think it was more due to the extreme heat than anything else. also it starts to run slow due to opening up different programs (they keep running in the background just like regular windows) but luckily there is a task manager included so you just you need to close windows everyonce in awhile. Biggest perk: wifi and music player and cheap memory expansion. Biggest blow: small buttons. Although I got used to the button size after a couple of days its not really a big deal unless your a text nazi, which I'm not. Call quality is pretty good and I really like the speakerphone. there are better phones out there for sure but this has such good extras its hard to pass up, especially when its free. And i just had to ditch verizon has they make you pay for thinking about putting music on your phone. I've already made several file transfers and they went fairly smooth. I was able to access most web sites and all my email although several sites which require sequre logins I was not able to access: my college and my banking info. Anyway all in all its got flare and it will surely knock your socks off.

4 comments:

fijigirl said...

Sounds amazing, I'm thinking about ditching Verizon as well, but I'm not sure! Sweet phone tho!^^

Rachel said...

I'm definately switching... I need more minutes!!! Verizon's just too dang pricy... I was actually thinking of screwing the cell phone idea altogether and getting a landline for 10 bucks a month. It would really simplify my life... :)

Anonymous said...

i heard the news that you were t mobile now. jan ullrich and the rest of the t mobile teams would like to wish you congratulations on having a freaking cool phone too.

phil said...

looks like we're both on tmobile now. that's good to hear that we can talk to each other for free now. even though i have about 700 mins leftover every month.