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 HTC 8525 MDA PDA/Mobile Cellular Phone Cingular $119.00 Network Works with Cingular, T-Mobile and other GSM network providers world-wide. UMTS / GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Status Available Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh Stand-by Up to 200 h Talk time Up to 5 h Dimensions 113 x 58 x 22 mm Weight 176 g Type TFT touchscreen, 65K colors Size 240 x 320 pixels, 42 x 57 mm - Handwriting recognition - QWERTY keyboard Type Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3 Customization Download Vibration Yes Phonebook In shared memory, Photo call Call records Yes Card slot microSD (TransFlash) - 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM - 400 Mhz Samsung processor GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps HSCSD No EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps 3G Yes, 384 kbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 Infrared port Yes USB Yes, v1.1 OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE) Games Yes Colors Silver, Black Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video, flash; secondary QCIF video call camera - Video call - Pocket Office(Word, Excel, Outlook) - Java MIDP 2.0 - Voice memo - MP3/AAC player - Video/audio album - T9 - Built-in handsfree MSRP: $699.99  Motorola MOTOROKER E8 Unlocked Phone with 2 GB Memory, MicroSD Slot, 2 MP Camera, and Media Player--International Version with No Warranty (Black) $299.99 I got this phone free when I signed up with T-Mobile, and have since replaced it. Overall, I found this phone disappointing. My main problem with it is that it does not have an actual keypad-- rather, it has a flat surface that is touch-sensitive. I found this clumsy and awkward to use, and never got used to it. The phone itself is a bit bigger than you might expect. Annoyingly, the keypad lock doesn't cancel when you're getting a call, so you still have to fumble with the hold switch when you're trying to answer the phone. My phone gave me repeated error messages quite often because it had trouble synching to the network. The display also quickly became faulty, and the backlighting unreliable. Possibly my model was just a bit defective. The firmware gets very laggy if you don't turn the phone off every few days, and start-up is always very laggy, even when the phone is new. I did not use this phone for its music playing capability, so I can't comment on that. A few nice things about the phone: You select recipients of texts by checking boxes down your address list, which makes it easy to message many people at once. Also, the phone comes with a leather sleeve and a good pair of earbuds. For the reasons named above, I would not recommend this phone.  Samsung Shift a177 Prepaid GoPhone (AT&T) with $50 Airtime Credit $99.99 I love this phone. I've been wanting a pay as you go cell phone with a mini typewriter/computer keyboard type keypad. It makes texting easier and faster. You don't have to press the number 2 key 3 times to make the letter C or the number 7 key 4 times to make the letter S. This phone has a loud earpiece/speaker. The part where you put your ear is also the speaker when you put it on speaker phone. It may look little but it's plenty loud enough. When I have mine on speaker I put the volume down to 5 and it's still loud enough for me. When I have it where I have to put it up to my ear, I keep the volume at 7. The 7 has nothing to do with the phone and everything to do with my hearing. Those are the volume levels I keep it at. You can adjust it and find the volume levels that work best for you. The ringer is also loud. I keep the ringer on mine set high as it'll go--7. With the ringer volume set at 7 I can hear this phone ring in another room. Now about the signal strength on this phone. I have 3 Motorola pay as you go phones, 2 use A T & T and the other uses Boost. They all 3 have crappy signals. I thought it might be Boost with the Boost phone but the 2 that use A T & T are almost as, if not as bad as the Boost phone when it comes to poor signal. Then I got this phone and I realized what the problem was: Motorola sucks. It's not Boost or A T & T, it's Motorola. I have yet to find a place where this phone has a crappy signal. Maybe I should try the mall. My Motorolas never would get enough signal to work in the mall. I even bought a signal booster for one of my Motorolas. Didn't help enough to count. I'd see other people walking around in the mall talking on their cell phones. I'd wonder how they did it. Now I know: They had good cell phones. This Samsung is a good cell phone. It must be part Timex. I've dropped mine a couple times since I bought it. If those 2 drops hurt it, I can't tell it. To me, it's still working as good as before I dropped it the first time. I'm gonna end this review with a rcommendation. If you want a good pay as you go phone or a good cell phone with a contract and monthly bill, then I highly recommend this phone. 5 stars is not enough. |
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