Features

• Integrates with your existing email mailbox and address, so you only have one inbox and one address to manage
• Quick and easy access to your address book, contacts, calendar, task list and memo pad
• Use your BlackBerry handheld to place and receive phone calls with an enhanced phone user interface
• Retrieve wireless information anywhere on the nation's largest GSM/GPRS wireless network
• Powerful wireless handheld-contains an embedded wireless modem, easy-to-use keyboard and backlit screen

Reviews (1)

Amazon is great.. phone is great, just say away from AT&T
WARNING: AT&T representatives ("Dawn: R361" and "Max: N360") themselves said during my troubleshooting (as detailed below) that I should NOT have bought through Amazon, and that they have received a barrage of complaints from Amazon buyers! I still really like Amazon, but they're integration with AT&T is non existent. People should not have to wait 2-3 days for service after they receive the phone. Buy the same phone on Amazon, but a different carrier. ... Read more

Features

• No prepaid minutes included. Comes with battery and charger
• Seven changeable backlight display colors to match your mood
• External Caller ID Display: know who's calling without opening your phone
• 2-way text messaging, 1-touch and voice dialing
• Charger included for powering up

Reviews (141)

Excellent!!!
This is my 5th cell phone.
This is the BEST!
Smallest,cute and perfect working.
Great many features, like speaker phone, answering machine, voice dialing, voice memo(record up to 10 minutes), send and receive text messages, T9 text input method(fast and easy typing), voice alert,etc.
Voice alert is very fun, record your own voice like "Pick up the phone or incoming call" anything you want and then activate it.
When you got incoming calls, your recorded voice will alerting you instead of ring.
I was record my 9 years old daughter's voice as "Dad incoming call" every time when I got calls I always laughing my face. also,all menu display with animations, it looks nice.
Polyphonic ringtone is awesome.
Press only one button to check balance, V-mobile will send text message within few seconds.

Some people complains about signal reception, but I think it's not the phone problems, they live weak signal areas, my phone reception is perfect than any others. You must check the coverage before buy this phone at virginmobileusa.com.
sound is loud and clear.
This is not color or camera phone, also no games.
I don't need them, phone is just phone,

You don't worry about monthly payment due date,feel so
comfortable.
Virgin Mobile customer service is friendly and nice.
This is cheap rate than any other prepaid service providers.
I'm going to buy another one later.

I have information about battery, $69 at virginmobileusa.com,
But, please check www.cellphoneshop.net, there is only $12.90.
Battery goes up to 5 days in stand by mode, not bad.

Only one minus is no roaming available, I wish roaming available in the future.
Nothing to complains.
Go buy and enjoy with your phone.
Thank you,

Extremely pleased with phone and service - A Great Find!!!
I've waited about 4 months or so before writing this review. I wanted to make sure I had ample time to review this product/service properly.

If you're looking for an occasional use phone, and not looking for a phone to spend hours a day on, this is one you should definitely be looking at. You must pay $20 every 90 days to keep the phone active, but when you break it down, that's about $6.67 a month. Compare that to a $34.99 plan from Verizon, that comes out to $45 after all the taxes and fees, and you got yourself a pretty good deal. And another great thing is you keep your balance, you don't lose it. When you add money to your account, your balance just builds and builds. Now and then when i build up a balance, I'll treat myself and just make some extra calls to friends on the other side of the country to chat it up. Oh yeah, no roaming charges, no long distance. Just that flat rate. 25 cents for the first 10 minutes talk time of the day, 10 cents after that. There really is nothing hidden, it's all spelled out really clearly. Text messages are 10 cents to send, but they are free to receive. Your friends and family can actually email your phone from their home computer, and it will arrive to you as a text message. And yes, this is FREE. Perfect for the wife/hubby/kids to kick you off a message during the day like "bring home chinese!".

Like I said, if you want a phone for emergency calls, and calls from the grocery store such as "honey, they don't have peppermint tea, anything else you want me to get instead?" kind of calls, this is for you. Virgin markets this toward the Teen/MTV crowd, but for us somewhat older crowd, this is a great find.

I bought this phone from Best Buy for $89.99 and I got a $20 gift card free with it. The one thing I hear most people complain about is reception. I myself, have never had a problem. The great thing about picking this up from Best Buy, is you can use it for a month, and if the reception is no good where you need to use it, just bring it back to Best Buy for a full refund. So there's nothing to lose.

I use this phone in New York - Rockland County, Westchester County, North Jersey, and New York City. The only place I've had reception loss is in some areas in Orange County. But as long as you're semi-close to a major highway, signal is very good.

The Vox 8500 phone itself is wonderful. It's the smallest cellphone I have ever seen, but calls sound crystal clear, and there is plenty of volume. I dropped the phone once, from pretty high up, on hard concrete. The phone is fine. No damage. It looks like a fragile phone, I was sure something would be wrong with it, but it works like new. NO problems at all.

Extra ringtones are $2 a piece, but normal users won't really care to add any rings to the phone. It's unnecessary unless you find something you really like. I added the Peanuts song (Shroeder's Theme) to my phone as my ring. There are plenty of useful rings that come with the phone, so like I said, no need to buy more rings.

I hope there's nothing I left out. I can't say enough good things about this phone. For casual users, at $6.67 a month, with no extra hidden fees, I'd say this is a phenomenal find.
Just buy the phone from a store such as Best Buy that allows a 30-day return policy so you can try out the reception where you live. If reception is good, and it most likely will be, you win. If it's bad, you take the phone back, get your money back, and no harm done. It's a no brainer!! Virgin Mobile rules!

Virgin Mobile
The Virgin Mobile Audiovox 8500 is a great phone. I did not purchase this phone from Target, but I had to let someone know how wonderful the phone is. It has great features just like the expensive cellular phones that you pay $30-$70 bucks for every single month. I had purchased my phone from the actual company. I am almost 29 and I have a home telephone, so why pay into a cellular phone every month? The Virgin Mobile phone is exactly what any person could bargain for. It's a must have, check this out- I live in another state and traveled through OH, KY, IN and all the way to IL and each state offered this service and I had no problem using my telephone. There are no roaming charges, long distant charges or anything.

MY VM PHONE
I love virgin mobile, they absolutely rock! You don't have to pay a bill or anything, you just simply top up! This phone itself is very very dependable! I literally have dropped it over 100 times and it still works perfect!! Hehe, I guess that isn't the best way to describe it, but it really is made well. The reception is great, and the features are awesome! Virgin mobile offers a lot of really cool things like MTV Ringtones that you can download right from your phone in seconds. I love my phone, the only thing better would be if it was a color screen and took pics, but it's an older model, so what can you do? THANKS VIRGIN!

I love this phone!!!!
I purchased this viring moble phone about one year ago, and it is awesome. I am seventeen and I hate having bills to pay, so it is so much easier on me. It would be easier on anyone. I just top up, add more money into the account, whenever i need to. If I dont use any minutes I dont pay anymore for the next month. This is just an amazing offer that I couldnt see anyone passing up! ... Read more

Amazon.com

Although not exactly on the cutting edge, the reasonably priced Motorola M3682is a good choice for basic voice calls and two-way SMS text messaging. The M3682is a relatively bulky phone and lacks some desirable features such as voicedialing, voice memo recording, or vibration mode, but it does have better-than-averageuser interface and menus. The standard headset jack enables hands-freeoperation, and the M3682 is bundled with a hands-free headset.

The M3682 is a single-band1,900 MHz GSM phone that, like allGSM phones, uses a removable SIM card to store your account information andphone number (our test phone was provisioned by VoiceStream Wireless). Weighing in at 6.2ounces, with standard NiMH battery included, the M3682 measures 5.4 by 1.9 by1.0 inches (not including its 1.25-inch stubby antenna), making it a relativelylarge, though still lightweight, phone. A flip cover protects the keypad, and itlets you view the backlit display, comprised of four 12-character lines and textplus status icons, and use the large control keys. The black case of the M3682doesn't feel as sturdy as other Motorola phones, but we had no problems whileusing it. Furthermore, the phone survived an inadvertent 3-foot drop onto acarpeted concrete floor.

Left and right menu buttons activate the phone's menusystem, and an OK button, located just above the menu buttons, selects thecurrent option. The C button clears the last entry, and an up arrow buttonlaunches the icon-based quick access screen, which lets you quickly select fromnine common operations such as locking the phone, calling voice mail, or lookingup a name in your phone book. The phone has 12 ringer tones with a separatevolume control menu (no volume keys), but no vibration mode.

The M3682's phonebook can be split between the phone and the SIM card, provided your carriersupports it. Up to 100 numbers can be stored in the phone, and potentially 55more numbers on a SIM card. Another 40 numbers can be stored in a restrictedcall list. In this mode, only the numbers on the list can be dialed. Enteringphone numbers is easy: just tap in the number and a unique descriptor, thenassign it to a memory location. The first nine memory locations can be dialedwith one touch--just tap and hold the respective key and the stored number isautomatically dialed.

As with all GSM phones, the actual features that areusable in the M3682 depend on the carrier's provisioning via the SIM card. Intotal, the Motorola M3682 supports caller ID, call forwarding, caller on hold,and conference calling for up to two other people. Two-way SMS text messaging with aselectable cell broadcast mode to receive alerts and notices from outsidesources is also featured.

Security features for the M3682 include phone lockand selective call barring of incoming and outgoing calls (if supported by thecarrier). You can also block your caller ID information from showing up on acall recipient's phone.

Since it lacks an infrared port, the only way to usethe M3682 with a PC or other device is via an optional data cable. No softwareis included for synchronizing phone book numbers with a PC.

The M3682's ratherlarge NiMH battery is rated for a maximum 210 minutes of digital talk time and105 hours of digital standby time. In testing, our sample phone held a call fornearly 210 minutes, and it lasted for 96 hours in standby mode. One of thephone's best features is its ability to use standard AA alkaline batteries,thanks to a special battery-compartment backing. You can also use single-uselithium-ion battery packs, but not rechargeable lithium-ion AA batteries.

Abasic phone for ordinary users, the Motorola M3682 scores high marks in ease ofuse, but lacks desirable features such as voice dialing and vibration mode.

--Testing and evaluation by Brown Consulting Associates, edited by Thom Arno

Pros:

• Low cost
• Can use standard AA alkaline batteries
• Intuitive menus and control buttons

Cons:

• No standard vibration mode
• Not Web-enabled
• Comparatively large

How We Tested Battery Talk/Standby Time

When reading our reviews, you should view the test results of mobile-phonebattery talk time and standby time as relative information only. Many variables,including carrier signal strength at your location, signal consistency(including incoming and outgoing calls), display and ringer settings, andbattery charging methods and history, will affect performance. When handsetmanufacturers and mobile phone carriers list talk-time and standby-time ratings,they usually include disclaimers about variable performance and often refer tothe times they publish as maximum times. Some quote expected battery liferanges, and in this case you're probably safe to assume you'll experience atleast the minimum rated range. Note that manufacturers of dual-mode digital andanalog handsets publish battery-life rates for both digital and analog modes, asanalog mode consumes much more power than digital mode.

Our Tests: We tested digital-mode talk and standby times with each phone.Prior to each test, we fully charged the phone's battery according to themanufacturer's directions. To test digital-phone talk time, we turned the phoneon, established a digital carrier signal, dialed a number in our test lab, and,when the call rang through, took the receiving phone's handset off the hook.When all went well, we didn't do anything else except record the time when thephone died. In a couple of cases, the phones lost the signal and dropped thecalls. If we were right there and could redial, we did so immediately andcontinued running the test. Otherwise, we halted the test, recharged thebattery, and started the test over. Assuming consistent carrier-signal strength,this test should represent best-case talk time. And it's worth noting thatseveral phones' talk-time performance significantly exceeded the manufacturers'ratings.

To test digital-phone standby time, we turned the phone on, established acarrier signal, and left the phone in standby mode. We checked the phone everyfew hours (for what was often days on end) until the phone finally cut out.Since no outgoing or incoming calls occurred during testing and because thephone was not moved, this method should represent best-case standby time, againassuming consistent carrier signal strength. ... Read more

Features

• Flip cover protects keypad
• Excellent menu buttons and navigation aids
• Two-way SMS text messaging
• Up to 180 minutes talk time, 180 hours standby time, with standard battery
• Includes Jabra EarSet, NiMH battery, and charger; $50 worth of airtime included

Features

• New color screen with the "classic" Nokia 6000 series style
• Mobile Internet capability
• Includes polyphonic ringtones, speakerphone, and an integrated stereo FM radio
• Phone book capacity for 300 contacts
• Receive messages with image, sound, and text

Reviews (111)

Great phone - poor sound quality. My wife loves it, I don't
A few good things I like about this phone are:

- It looks great.
- It's very light and tiny. Good for most people.
- It has all the latest features except for the camera. E.g web, java games, java applications, infra red, etc. No bluetooth though.
-Great battery life. Better than ... . Infact the best I have experienced so far. It has lasted with moderate amount of talk for 5 days. My other Motorola v300 (which is awesome phone by the way), lasts about 3 days with same amount of talk.

I liked everything about this phone but its sound quality. I am very very disappointed by the sound quality of this phone. Its awful. (that's why it gets only 3 out of 5 stars)

I have had this phone for a couple of weeks now. I had 3390 before this, and have also tried a couple of ... .

It's really light weight and small. Which is good for most people, but people with large hands beware. Stay clear of this phone.

The phone book is great. It lets you search by allowing you to type multiple letters. (very rare feature I believe). It lets you copy all your contacts, which served me well to transfer all contacts at once from my old SIM card to new. Do this before you disconnect your old service!

If money is no object, and you like flip-ups, and don't care about profiles, then try the ... . It is better overall. And, of course ... is the best.

Ultimate Phone for Mobile Life
I considered this phone (Nokia 6610), mainly because of my sister and the features. It is a great phone, if you are traveling all over the world, packed with wonderful features. Truly, I am quite impressed..!!

This is a very light phone - a little less than 3 oz, with long battery life (not as long as the new polymer technology). On an average, you would charge it once a week.

The hands-free speakerphone is quite powerful (like the Motorola phone, I used to own). I simply love this feature. In addition it comes with a sleek and powerful headset. The built in FM Radio is excellent for people traveling by public transport. If you buy the stereo headset, you will enjoy it much more.

The PC Sync feature is superb that comes with Nokia PC Suite software (with data cable or infrared port or bluetooth). No more hazzles of keying in all data, using the small phone keypad. Just maintain them (phonebook, calendar and to-do list) in MS Outlook or Lotus Notes and transfer data back and forth. Additionally, it has more fun stuff like more tones, wallpapers, screensaver, stop clock, alarm, java applications (chess, currency converter etc.)

The mobile text messaging, chat, picture sharing etc. other nicities, that you would enjoy. The MMS technology is very well integrated with this phone, which you will enjoy.

The built-in camera they offer these days is more of kids stuff. If you have a good digital camera, there is no reason to consider the camera capabilities of a mobile phone. However, if you are keen, you can attach a camera to this phone.

I have not yet discovered the internet features yet, which I will be doing soon. I felt that I should write this comment ASAP, as I am quite excited in using its features. I can recommend this phone to anyone, anytime.

Very satisfied with this phone
I'm going to keep this short.

I've enjoyed this phone. The speakerphone is very good. It's pretty loud. Listening through the earpiece (i.e. - using the phone as normal) can be a little low in volume. Depends on how loud your surroundings are, but I usually don't have a hard time hearing. The weight of the phone is nice and light and the size is small. Reception is great. The menu layout is classic Nokia, which makes it very easy. The standby time of the batter never lasts as long as the instructions will say it does. The supposed standby time for this battery and phone is 12 days. It will maybe last 6 days. Kind of hard to monitor that, though, because you always wind up talking on your phone some time in those days. Still doesn't seem to last as long as they say, though. Everything else is good. Like the external volume control. Don't like that T-Mobile has locked down some of the menu options, though, and don't want to have the software upgraded. Still allows me to use it the way I'd like to, for the most part. Infrared is a joke. I use bluetooth with my 3650. Wish this phone has bluetooth as well. I really enjoy the easy access calendar as well. Very helpful. Overall I'm very satisfied with this phone.

Nokia almost hits a home run
I've had mine for almost a year and it is a nice little phone. It's tough too, I've dropped it several times with no problems. In my humble opinion these features make this a very good phone:

-Speakerphone.
-No annoying antenna protruding.
-Compact, simple, and lightweight (very nice if you prefer to put your phone in your pocket)
-Integrated Radio.
-All the other standard Nokia features I've grown to love.

I'd give it 5 stars if only it had bluetooth and voice recognition dialing.

mixed
This product is excellent but unfortuantely i am having a defective piece and amazon doesnt have any more in stock for replacemnt and I want to settle only for 6610. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Compatible with T-Mobile service, the color Sidekick features a large 11-line color screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, the usual PDA features, and a wide range of AOL-based online services, in a device aimed at users who want versatility over portability in their "hiptop" computer. In addition to being a full-featured cell phone, the Sidekick also provides Web browsing on T-Mobile's national GPRS network, which includes access to Sidekick forums, contests, and a personalized homepage.

It also provides up to 6 MB of email storage, and users with AOL accounts (not included) can sign on and access, manage, and set up as many as three different POP3 e-mail accounts and use AOL Instant Messenger to chat with anyone on your AOL Buddy List. The device also sports a customizable address book that lets you give favorite contacts their own ring tones, blinking light, and their own caller ID picture, taken with an available attachable camera. The camera also works for taking pictures of just about anything else that strikes your fancy, for easy storage or emailing to other interested parties.

The Sidekick's PDA functions include wireless synchronization to your desktop, configurable notifications to alert you to important events and information, a personal information manager (calendar, address book, notes, etc.) backlighting, a clock, and a thumb control for the included arcade-style games Rock & Rocket and Snowbored.

Cell phone features include a text message indicator, voice mail button, voice mail indicator, volume select/display, and a signal strength indicator. Cell phone features include built-in paging, caller id, conference calling, call waiting and call hold, customer care, access to directory assistance, emergency calls, detailed billing, voicemail with message alert, call forwarding, international dialing, call restrictions, lock alarm, call timers, redial, missed call indicator, call log, any-key answer, auto-answer, auto-redial, speed dial, mute control, no-answer transfer, one-touch 911, vibrating ring, and differential ring. Its phone book capacity is 2000 entries.

Measuring 4.6 x 2.6 x 1.1 inches, the color Sidekick weighs 6.02 oz, and includes a headphone jack, hands-free headset, and a Lithium ion battery (average manufacturer rated talk time: 3.5 hours; standby time: 60 hours). ... Read more

Features

• Important note: It's required that you add the Sidekick Unlimited Data option to your service plan before you check out.
• To add the required option, you must add the Sidekick and a service plan, and then on the Accessories page, you need to select the Sidekick Unlimited Data option located under Service Options (this option is located on Step 3 in the checkout process)
• The T-Mobile Sidekick is the ultimate communication device
• A large color screen that flips open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard makes for quick and easy communication
• Stay connected with all your friends with unlimited e-mail, AOL Instant Messenger, Internet browsing, text messaging and mobile snapshots

Reviews (102)

VERY FRAGILE!
I had my Sidekick for 2 days before it broke. The major design flaw of this product is that the LCD crystal display is on the OUTSIDE of the product, giving the display no protection from bumps, drops, or other damaging events. T-Mobile charged me $70 to replace the device. (The Sidekick uses a smart-chip to save your information, which makes replacing the device easier if you do break it - simply swap the chips.) The Sidekick has a loop to secure it to a wrist cord (included) or a belt-bungee cord (NOT included) -- unless you plan to keep the SK on your wrist, you will need to find and purchase the belt-bungee cord for additional protection against dropping. If you're prone to dropping things, stick with the sturdier RIM device for paging/email or other phones for cellular service.

Also, the Sidekick is a bit bulky to handle, and it is not designed well to work as a handheld phone. Using the keyboard takes a little practice. Because the Sidekick is bulky, it requires a bulky carrying case. A leather case is included with a standard belt-clip; however, it isn't very secure as it can pop-off your belt, but it holds the Sidekick vertically. Other, more secure holsters are available for additional cost, but they hold the Sidekick horizontally - imagine having something on your belt that is over 4-1/2 inches long, 2-1/2 inches tall, and 1-1/4 inch thick hanging horizontally on your belt.

While the Sidekick is programmable with games and other programs, T-Mobile currently only offers a handful of options. Their greatest selection is of free ringtones, which is good, considering other services charge for them. The Sidekick also offers PDA applications, like calendars and address books. However, there is no current way to synch your current Outlook or other databases on your home computer with the Sidekick. Don't buy it if you're looking to replace your PocketPC or Palm.

For the Deaf community looking to upgrade from RIM devices or other pagers, one major drawback of the Sidekick is that it doesn't have a strong vibration feature. Unless you put the sidekick in your pants pocket, it is very easy to miss the vibration and, accordingly, miss your messages. Also, it doesn't give "reminder" notifications/vibrations, so if you miss it the first time, too bad. If you leave the Sidekick on your desk when working, it does have a nice visual, bright, color changing dial to catch your attention. The dial can be set to change colors according to the particular "ringtone" you select.

As far as the service itself, it seems to work well when I'm not in my house. The T-Mobile voice service has a reputation for not being all that great - and I now can see why. Signal strength in buildings varies greatly depending on your location. It simply isn't very consistent, even in a large metropolitan area like Washington, DC. It works well enough that I didn't cancel my service within the 14-day trial period.

a definate buy for those remotely interested.
I was super skeptical about buying a sidekick because of the relatively high price and because I've never used T-mobile before... I bought in and this thing is amazing. As long as you're in a decent coverage area (check the website to make sure) this device is invaluable. Its well worth the retail price if you're into gadgets and the like. It can do everything from surf the internet to function as an alarm clock. Another great thing is its essentially like having Aol Instant Messenger in your pocket. It also has its own email address where the mail is delivered directly to the phone. It's incredible.
In any event, if you're into gadgets this is great. If you're looking for a super-deep PDA, this probably isn't for you (though the included PDA functions are very useful. The calendar is very very nifty. You can set alarms for any day of the week and program it to happen every month, week, etc.)
All in all, if you're questioning whether it's worth the price: I'd have to say yes.

Poor Device but was a Great Idea
The danger Sidekick from T-mobile was a great idea on how a device should be made but the item was made poorly. I have gone through at least 10 sidekicks through my T-mobile warrenty and none of them have lasted over 2 months. The features are cool and up to date but it lacks in the quality of the device.

You'll Love It Until You Hate T-Mobile
Physically, it's like talking into a bar of soap, and voice reception isn't that bad, but I've found it worse than other phones. The email, web browsing, and instant messaging is slick! HOWEVER, and this is a BIG HOWEVER: The phones will break a little after a year, and this is where T-Mobile scams you. Think you'll get a new replacement phone? No way, you get used units with loose screens, wheels, etc. - it *feels* used. There's no kind upgrade program if your phone break, you're forced into repurchasing a phone at $300, and the customer rep says you need to repurchase all your downloaded apps and ring tones. At this moment my raw hate for T-Mobile has me boiling over to the point of switching providers and giving up features. It's not the phone, it's the company. And don't get me started on the rising cost in rate plans. While a cool piece of technology, stay away, stay away, stay away.

would be great if it weren't so fragile
have had to send back 6 of these recently. breaks too easily without any reason. network down all the time so internet can't be accessed. i wish it worked! i am so disappointed and will cancel. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Compatible with T-Mobile cell phone service, RIM's Java-based BlackBerry 6230 is a business-oriented phone, organizer, and communication device that works like a normal phone but also happens to give you e-mail access, SMS text messaging, and Web browsing along with everything you'd expect from an organizer--all in a single wireless handheld that supports international GSM/GPRS roaming. The 6230 uses a 160 x 100 pixel monochrome screen and comes with an easily attaching headset for convenient, hands-free conversation so you can read, type, or retrieve information while you talk.

The 6230 offers tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS networking and operates on 1900 MHz in the US and Canada (900/1800 MHz in Europe/Asia Pacific). GSM/GPRS networks grant "always-on" operation and let you maintain a virtual connection to the wireless network for data services. GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet-switched network designed for wide-area data communication, while GSM offers high-quality mobile voice services.

Calling Features

Hold the 6230 to your ear like a regular phone so you can answer it quickly, or use the included headset to talk while you read and type on the unit's backlit QWERTY keyboard. The 6230 fits comfortably in your hand as you send and receive calls worldwide. Its PDA format provides a nifty, thumb-operated track wheel for extra-easy dialing and menu navigation. The 6230 also includes an integrated earpiece and microphone, call-alert options (tone, vibrate, onscreen or LED indicator), and selectable font sizes.

Messaging and Internet

The 6230's embedded RIM wireless modem offers a variety of wireless Internet services, including e-mail with integrated attachment viewing. You can integrate the unit's e-mail with existing business e-mail accounts, existing personal e-mail accounts, or with a new handheld e-mail account. SMS capability lets you send and receive short text messages independent of an e-mail inbox, and you can use the phone's keyboard to quickly exchange messages with other SMS-enabled devices.

View e-mail attachments in variety of file formats (including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and Adobe PDF) and fire up the included Internet browser to visit Web sites, retrieve up-to-date stock quotes, read news, and check weather forecasts. Use the keyboard to punch in URLs, then navigate Web pages and follow links using the click-and-scroll trackwheel. (Check with your Internet service provider for availability and compatibility.)

Organizer

The 6230's BlackBerry Desktop software (3.6 or higher) works with BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, which are supported by Version 2.1 or higher for Microsoft Exchange or Version 2.0 with Service Pack 2 or higher for Lotus Domino. It also supports Java development platform based on open standards. When you're using the handheld, a browser, and software-development tools, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server's Mobile Data Service (MDS) grants always-on/push-based access to enterprise applications and information. Security features include password protection and keyboard lock.

Maximize your productivity through easy access to your calendar (manage and schedule appointments while you're on the go), address book (access all your important contact information wherever you are), and task list (add, edit, and delete tasks and mark tasks as complete). MemoPad lets you compose, edit, and delete important notes and memos, while a calculator lets you perform basic mathematical operations and conversions.

Vital Statistics

The BlackBerry 6230 is loaded with 16 MB flash memory plus 2 MB SRAM, weighs 4.8 ounces, and measures 4.4 x 2.9 x 0.8 inches. Its removable lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours digital talk time, and up to 16 days digital standby time. It comes with a USB cable for charging and PC synchronization, an international travel charger, a swivel holster, and a handheld stand. ... Read more

Features

• Built-in voice functionality - place and receive phone calls using the integrated speaker/microphone
• Integrates with your existing email mailbox and address, so you only have one inbox and one address to manage
• Quick and easy access to your address book, contacts, calendar, task list and memo pad
• Retrieve wireless information anywhere on the nation's largest GSM/GPRS wireless network
• Powerful wireless handheld device contains an embedded wireless modem, easy-to-use keyboard and backlit screen

Features

• Large color screen supports up to 4096 colors (120x160 pixels)
• Synchronize your Phonebook, Calendar and To-Do List
• Email Text and Picture Messages
• Voice Dialing, Recording, and Commands
• Phone supports wireless Internet and Java downloads

Reviews (39)

DON'T DO IT!!!
I really wish I had read these reviews BEFORE getting sucked into this phone. But I was tempted by the phone's cool appearance and a great deal from AT&T. Some deal. My complaints are the same as everyone else's:

1. The phone reboots for no reason in the middle of phone calls. FREQUENTLY.

2. Even when my signal bar is full, the people I am talking to hear nothing but static or the dreaded digitized "devil voice." And I hear about every third word they speak.

3. Using any sort of touch-tone menu (bank accounts, navigating through answering services, etc.) is annoying. Every time you push a button you hear LOUD static.

4. I'd estimate that 80 percent of my calls end up getting dropped if I'm on the line more than a few minutes. That is no exaggeration. And it is unacceptable. I have used this phone (or tried) all over Florida, so it's not just that my local signal is weak. I'd have more success with a walkie-talkie.

I bought this phone to replace my Motorola v60, which also had serious reception problems. But this hunk of junk was even worse. Enough is enough. Goodbye, Motorola, and goodbye AT&T.

PLEASE, save your money (and your sanity) and do NOT buy this product. Read the reviews for Nokia and others. I sure wish I had.

Man hands !
Switched to ATT GSM service. Got the Samsung x426. It was tiny and had only ridiculous muzak songs as ringtones. And they were inaudible. I had to return it.

Got the t721 and LOVE it. Loud, NORMAL ringtones. external display. Larger and more comfortable in a man's hand. Solid.

Down side: can't find anywhere that can send a ringtone to it. I've researched and found these phones aren't good at all at downloading much of anything (wallpaper, tones, nothing). Bit of a learning curve too, lots of features. Or rather, just complicated to get to some of the obvious things. It's like a PC in a sense. Boring, redundant features and icons, but works. Not like the Mac-like Samsung: intuitive, stylish, hip. Not a big deal though.

Amazon is great.. phone is great, just say away from AT&T
WARNING: AT&T representatives ("Dawn: R361" and "Max: N360") themselves said during my troubleshooting (as detailed below) that I should NOT have bought through Amazon, and that they have received a barrage of complaints from Amazon buyers! I still really like Amazon, but they're integration with AT&T is non existent. People should not have to wait 2-3 days for service after they receive the phone. Buy the same phone on Amazon, but a different carrier.

It's ok BUT..
overall this is a good phone, the menu is easy to navigate and it has great volume on calls,,, however, the ring volume really sucks, i often miss calls and have had the phone next to me,, dont have a radio on!

Solid Phone
I originally had a Motorola V60 (best ever designed) for years, I signed up for a new AT&T GSM plan and chose a Samsung 426 phone. I quickly realized I made a mistake and exchanged the 426 for the Motorola T721. I returned the 426 with no questions asked or any problems from AT&T.
The T721 has proved to be an excellent phone. It has a clean classic look, external caller ID, a traditional ringtone, clean keypad, and clearly distinguishable numbered buttons with good seperation. After you get use to the display icons, the screen is large with good contrast.
My only complaints are; takes awhile to turn on and the belt clip is a little flimsy, unlike the V60's. The T721 tends to spin too easily on the belt clip. Otherwise, the T721 is second only to the V60. ... Read more

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Although we have a slight quibble about this phone's overall performance, the Mitsubishi T250 is still a suitable phone for Web use. Its generous 10-line screen (8 lines of text) and quadmode technology, combined with AT&T's PocketNet service, makes for good surfing. And with a tap of the Mode button, you can toggle between Web and phone features. While the phone's processor seems a bit sluggish and its battery life isn't the greatest, if you are looking for data phone, the T250's Web features may whet your appetite.

The T250 operates as a quadmode TDMA phone for voice calls, and it provides access to Internet and data services over the CDPD network, a packet-based wireless IP network. It measures 5.6 by 2.2 by 1.0 inches and weighs 7.1 ounces including battery. Even though its design is reminiscent of earlier cellular phone models, the T250 is well balanced and highly portable. The battery clips on and off easily, and the headset jack is located on the right side.

The Menu and Express navigation keys are located right in the center of the phone. The Express key is also doubles as a shortcut to voice-mail and text-message mailboxes. As you scroll through menu options, prompts appear over the Left and Right Softkeys. You use these keys to execute any action displayed on the screen. Press and hold the Mode key to power the phone on or off; or press it lightly to toggle back and forth between voice and data modes. The T250 also provides Send, End, and Clear keys, and features a generally well-designed keypad.

The T250's 10-line, backlit-indigo screen is better than that of any phone we have seen, and it allows you to see your entire range of options without much navigation. The menu provides a standard set of options: You can log on to the Web wirelessly, set caller preferences, check on your phone's status, enable a variety of security features, access your phonebook, and more. While the menu itself is set up well, the phone's processing speed seemed surprisingly slow. We experienced sluggish reaction times with almost every task we tried, from scrolling through phonebook entries to navigating the Web.

The phonebook holds up to 99 names and numbers. You can manage your phonebook entries by assigning any of the four ringer melodies to them. (This way, you know who's calling by the sound of the ringer.) When we updated our phone book, we noticed the T250 alternated unpredictably between standard alphabetical entry and a T9 entry mode. Also, the T250's ringer was barely audible even at full volume.

If secure usage is one of your hot buttons, the T250's authenticated and encrypted data transmission, wireless fraud protection, and electronic locking features are sure to please. To enter this menu, you are required to enter your security code. Then, you can set different call restrictions, lock codes, clear any phone-book or call-log numbers, and reset your browser cache.

The T250's data port is located at the bottom of the unit. Using a standard data cable, we found it simple to tether the T250 to our PC. The modem installation procedure, handled by our computer, took less than five minutes, and the user manual is designed to walk even a first-time user through all the steps without fail. Once we were in sync, we could swap phonebook information, text messages, and e-mails back and forth. Except for the phone's generally slow response times, navigating the Web was enjoyable.

The T250's NiMH battery is rated for 120 minutes' digital talk time and 120 hours' of digital standby time. Our own battery testing produced somewhat mixed results. We could not confirm the talk-time rating, as we never got a call to hold longer than an hour despite testing in an area with strong AT&T service. The phone did last for five days in standby mode, but we noticed significant battery loss if we performed the simplest functions, and everyday calling drained the battery quickly. If you are serious about owning this phone, we highly recommend purchasing an additional battery for your peace of mind.

Unquestionably, the phone has the best screen we've seen and some technically advanced features, but the T250 seems to have as many quirks as it has advantages.

--Thom Arno

Pros:

• Best screen available today
• Web access
• Quadmode TDMA technology

Cons:

• Inaudible ringer
• Sluggish processor
• Comparatively fast battery drain

How We Tested Battery Talk/Standby Time

When reading our reviews, you should view the test results of mobile-phone battery talk time and standby time as relative information only. Many variables, including carrier signal strength at your location, signal consistency (including incoming and outgoing calls), display and ringer settings, and battery charging methods and history, will affect performance. When handset manufacturers and mobile phone carriers list talk-time and standby-time ratings, they usually include disclaimers about variable performance and often refer to the times they publish as maximum times. Some quote expected battery life ranges, and in this case you're probably safe to assume you'll experience at least the minimum rated range. Note that manufacturers of dual-mode digital and analog handsets publish battery-life rates for both digital and analog modes, as analog mode consumes much more power than digital mode.

Our Tests: We tested digital-mode talk and standby times with each phone. Prior to each test, we fully charged the phone's battery according to the manufacturer's directions. To test digital-phone talk time, we turned the phone on, established a digital carrier signal, dialed a number in our test lab, and, when the call rang through, took the receiving phone's handset off the hook. When all went well, we didn't do anything else except record the time when the phone died. In a couple of cases, the phones lost the signal and dropped the calls. If we were right there and could redial, we did so immediately and continued running the test. Otherwise, we halted the test, recharged the battery, and started the test over. Assuming consistent carrier-signal strength, this test should represent best-case talk time. And it's worth noting that several phones' talk-time performance significantly exceeded the manufacturers' ratings.

To test digital-phone standby time, we turned the phone on, established a carrier signal, and left the phone in standby mode. We checked the phone every few hours (for what was often days on end) until the phone finally cut out. Since no outgoing or incoming calls occurred during testing and because the phone was not moved, this method should represent best-case standby time, again assuming consistent carrier signal strength. ... Read more

Features

• Quadmode TDMA technology
• Superb 10-line indigo-backlit screen
• Web enabled
• Balanced design and construction
• Up to 120 minutes talk time and 120 hours standby time with standard battery; includes NiMH battery and charger

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If portability and convenience are paramount interests, and you don't need a phone for Internet access, the Ericsson A1228LX is worth checking out. This dual-band, trimode TDMA phone may lack voice-activated dialing and other bells and whistles, but it's an attractive, well-designed phone with solid call-management features at a tempting price.

The A1228LX measures 5.1 by 2 by 1 inches and weighs 6.1 ounces, making it a manageable, highly portable phone. The backlit display shows three lines of text, bright well-organized menus and a full host of indicators to keep you in step with the phone's operation. The A1228LX features Ericsson's intuitive Yes/No button navigation with a rocker bar that lets you scroll through menu options and call logs.

Built-in call-management features include a 20-number incoming and 40-number outgoing call lists, 25 ringer options, 99 speed-dial locations, one-button dialing for up to nine phonebook numbers, two separate credit-card dialing locations, and a series of call timers. The phone lacks a scratch pad memory, so you can't store phone numbers while you are on a call.

The A1228LX does have Short Messaging Service (SMS) and fax capabilities, with one-button callback for numbers embedded in text messages. SMS is a handy feature; we used our sample phone (provisioned by AT&T Wireless), to make a movie date and tell friends we were running a bit late. While not as advanced as e-mail, SMS is just as useful in many situations. Provided your service plan supports it, A1228LX also offers caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting, and other popular call-management services.

On the connectivity front, the A1228LX will sync with Ericsson's own phone-book manager accessory, as well as other PIMs. While the A1228LX isn't really designed to support high-end business use, it's a lot easier to manage your phone book and contact lists on the PC rather than trying to enter text on the phone.

The A1228LX is equipped with standard security features: a personal security code, keypad lock, and selectable outgoing- and incoming-call restrictions. It also includes voice encryption and authentication capability, which prevents airtime fraud.

Our sample's battery performance was admirable. The NiMH battery achieved four hours' digital talk time and 135 hours' digital standby time, which matched up with Ericsson's ratings.

While the A1228LX isn't the most advanced phone around, it's an attractive, straightforward unit with a price to match. If you simply want to manage personal voice calls and send text messages, the A1228LX can deftly handle both. --Thom Arno

Pros:

• Excellent display and navigation
• Exceptional talk and standby times

Cons:

• Not Web enabled
• No scratch pad

How We Tested Battery Talk/Standby Time

When reading our reviews, you should view the test results of mobile-phone battery talk time and standby time as relative information only. Many variables, including carrier signal strength at your location, signal consistency (including incoming and outgoing calls), display and ringer settings, and battery charging methods and history, will affect performance. When handset manufacturers and mobile phone carriers list talk-time and standby-time ratings, they usually include disclaimers about variable performance and often refer to the times they publish as maximum times. Some quote expected battery life ranges, and in this case you're probably safe to assume you'll experience at least the minimum rated range. Note that manufacturers of dual-mode digital and analog handsets publish battery-life rates for both digital and analog modes, as analog mode consumes much more power than digital mode.

Our Tests: We tested digital-mode talk and standby times with each phone. Prior to each test, we fully charged the phone's battery according to the manufacturer's directions. To test digital-phone talk time, we turned the phone on, established a digital carrier signal, dialed a number in our test lab, and, when the call rang through, took the receiving phone's handset off the hook. When all went well, we didn't do anything else except record the time when the phone died. In a couple of cases, the phones lost the signal and dropped the calls. If we were right there and could redial, we did so immediately and continued running the test. Otherwise, we halted the test, recharged the battery, and started the test over. Assuming consistent carrier-signal strength, this test should represent best-case talk time. And it's worth noting that several phones' talk-time performance significantly exceeded the manufacturers' ratings.

To test digital-phone standby time, we turned the phone on, established a carrier signal, and left the phone in standby mode. We checked the phone every few hours (for what was often days on end) until the phone finally cut out. Since no outgoing or incoming calls occurred during testing and because the phone was not moved, this method should represent best-case standby time, again assuming consistent carrier signal strength. ... Read more

Features

• Trimode technology
• Highly portable
• Well-organized menus and navigation
• SMS capable
• Up to 4 hours digital talk time and 135 hours digital standby time; includes NiMH battery and rapid charger

Amazon.com Product Description

Compatible with AT&T cell phone service, this factory-refurbished Sony Ericsson’s T62u is equipped to provide coverage on TDMA, GSM and analog networks, you can go just about anywhere and get reception. You'll also get voice commands, Internet access, EMS picture messaging, and more, all displayed on a large, 8-line black and white LED screen.

For calling, the T62u runs on GAIT technologies, which allow seamless roaming between GSM and TDMA networks and seamless SMS and Wireless Internet service on these networks. You'll also get call timers, redial, missed call indicator, call log, voice activated dialing, a dedicated voice mail button, any-key answer, auto-answer, speed dial, mute control, vibrating ring, differential ring, and a phone book capacity of 500 entries.

Organizer and Internet features include Bluetooth PC sync compatibility via Smartback accessory (sold separately), a calendar and contacts list that can sync with MS Outlook and Lotus Notes, WAP Internet access, e-mail, and EMS messaging, which lets you send, receive, and edit text, graphic and photo messages to and from you phone and compatible phones and PCs. The T62u weighs 4.48 oz. and measures 4.76 x 2.13 x 0.91 inches. Battery talk times are rated at up to 210 minutes and standby times are rated at least 210 minutes.

What's in the Box
T62u phone, battery, user documentation ... Read more

Features

• The Sony Ericsson T62u is a true nationwide phone. With coverage on TDMA, GSM and analog networks you can go just about anywhere.
• Organizer with Calendar, Contacts and Tasks
• Synchronize your calendar and contact list with your PC or PDA
• Voice-Activated Dialing and Voice Commands
• Phones comes with Enhanced Text Messaging (EMS) functionality

Product Description

The Samsung VGA1000 combines the functionality of a digital camera with the clear calls of a PCS Phone enabling Sprint wireless customers to instantly shoot, view and share photos nationwide in addition to making crystal clear calls on the PCS enhanced nationwide network. The Samsung VGA1000 is designed to support the PCS Vision applications and services, including downloadable ringers and games. Compact Clamshell Design - 3.5 x 1.9 x 1.0 and weighs only 4.5 ounces VGA-Quality Camera - Take a picture anytime and share it with family and friends instantly while on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. You can even attach a 10-second voice message and text a text message to your picture. Voice Recognition - Call contacts in your phonebook, dial numbers by saying each number ("digit dial"), play games, or start the browser simply by speaking into the microphone. Camera Flash - The integrated flash provides enough light to improve picture quality in many low-light environments. Polyphonic Speaker - 16-chord polyphonic speaker for a more musical result. Ringtones can sound like a small orchestra with several different instruments, and games have more memorable sound effects. ... Read more

Features

• This tri-mode CDMA phone comes with a large color display that supports 65,000 colors
• Comes with integrated camera with flash
• Equipped with voice activated dailing
• Supports wireless Internet (WAP 2.0) and text messaging
• Phone book can carry up to 250 contacts

Reviews (66)

Quite good.
I had this phone for about 6 months & I really never had any complaints (I swapped it for a Samsung i500 to integrate Palm & phone & therefore accepted the disintegration of phone & camera).
The build quality is good, the graphics (including the readability of the caller ID window) are very good & the ability to lock on and hold a signal are excellent (for a Sprint phone), as is the sound quality on both ends during a call. The other features are nice and about what you expect with a cellphone these days.
The camera though is another matter. I had an 8100 before this phone and swapped thinking that with VGA resolution, plus a flash, the camera would become a more useful feature. Well, it isn't. Quality (at least to my eye) on 9 out of 10 pics is still awful, storage is limited (who cares after a while?) and uploading and making these images useful (outside of associating them internally as screen icons for various callers) is a real challenge. In fact, let me go way out on a limb and say that despite the recent rage here and no matter how well received they are in Japan, camera phones here are a passing fancy.
Give me a phone (& a provider!) that works almost perfectly as a *phone* and I'll follow you anywhere. For the record, let me add that cellphones strike me as a largely unfulfilled promise; the quality of service has really made little progress in the last 10 years when compared to technology like broadband. Sorry for the rant.

nice phone!
Overall, decent. The LCD is nice and bright, and it's a good size too. I was surprised at how crisp the screen was. The display was nice and clear-- two thumbs up. I tried out the camera of course. The flash option is nice, but doesn't do as much brighting I hoped (I didn't try taking pictures outside, but I'm sure those would be 10 times better) Many of the other pictures stored on the phone seemed a bit dark as well. However, besides that, the quality of the pictures was really good. Also, there are options for different kinds of photos you want to take-- whether you are taking one of someone else, taking a self portrait, or doing a group photo. The phone is cute. Silver, flip phone, camera, color screen. It is by far one of the best in it's class. It is true that Sprint has high prices on service plans, and I've also heard that the customer service is lousy, but as for their phones, Sprint is holding the weight. Plus, the phone is free right now, so hey, why not?

Smooth, Fast, Stable
Samsung did a tremendous design job on this phone, the VGA1000 (for the Sprint PCS network). My soon-to-be-wife and I purchased identical phones a few months ago and decided to give them a test run. The design on this phone is subperb - it is small, elegant, and professional, while at the same time remaining trendy and up with the times. Its camera is one of the best out there, and the screen on this phone is beautiful. We've also found the sound quality to be delightful, and have been impressed with its durability as well.

The software is quite fast on this phone -- although the web browser is a bit slower than on Sanyo phones, it is plenty fast nonetheless. We also found the software to be quite stable, with very few of those problems that often come up with the "latest and greatest" PCS phones.

The only cons: Reception is poor compared to Sanyos when in the Sprint PCS network. That said, it seems to find a digital roaming signal BETTER than my old Sanyo 8100 did. It also has a strange quirk wherein you can punch a one-number dial and press talk, only to realize you pressed the wrong number.... so you press "end." However, as soon as you try to dial a different number, you find yourself calling the one to accidentally dialed to begin with if you didn't completely shut your phone. Not a big deal - just a silly quirk. Perhaps they've fixed this with the newer versions of the phone.

Overall, this is a great phone!

Great this phone and i know you will enjoy it
I personal own this phone and I believe that is the best phone that I have even bought. I found out that it works very well in my neighborhood and one the road to visit my family. I have used other phones but none have compared to this phone. I love the features that on the phone, like the camera, the voice dialing, the phonebook can hold up to 250 names, you can view the web on your phone and you can also use yahoo messenger on it so that way you never really have to take a huge computer around with you, you can just take your phone and do a lot of the same things. I have only had this phone for four months and have no problems with the phone or the service areas. I have even asked others to buy this phone and they have so I am recommending it to you also.

Good phone.
I was a little hesitant to go to a Samsung from my excellent Sanyo, but it was time to upgrade and this was by far the best value available to me. So far I have been satisfied by the phone. The camera is surprisingly good. Picture quality is about what you would expect from a phone. At first, I was disappointed with the battery life, but I've concluded that it was mostly because I was doing a lot of changing of the settings entering phone numbers into the directory. It seems though under just normal conditions the battery will hold up to the advertised stand-by hours.

My biggest gripe with the phone, as mentioned before, is that most of the perks are subscription based. If you want to use the camera function, you will need a way to download them. You can either pay $15 a month from Sprint to use their vision program, or you can buy a data cable. I stopped into the Sprint store and they said that Best Buy carries it for $80. A little pricey. Backgrounds and ringers run from $1-$2 and expire after 90 days (although you could probably get them for free if you buy the data cable). The backgrounds that come with the phone are not very good.

The functionality of the phone is about what you should expect though. I've found nothing that would keep me from recommending the phone based on the functionality of the phone, although the Sprint service leaves something to be desired. ... Read more

Features

• 256-Color Graphic Display
• 250 Contact Phone Book
• Bluetooth and Data Cable Connectivity
• Downloadable Java Games and Applications
• Equipped with Text Messaging and Internet (WAP) Functionality

Reviews (13)

THERE IS NOT ACTUALLY A WARRANTY FOR THIS PHONE
The warranty does not cover physical damage. This limits the warranty to software issues, and replacments on defective batteries. This does not include the earpiece popping off (which is a common defect), menu buttons that no longer work, and buttons popping off.

The information supplied indicates your phone repair is not covered under warranty. The repair fee is typically $110.00 but major repairs could cost $250.00 If your unit is found to be unrepairable, you will be charged a non-refundable processing fee of $25.00. The charge on your credit card will be from "Teleplan", Teleplan is a Siemens authorized Repair Center We accept VISA and Mastercard. Would you like to proceed with placing your repair order?

best phone so far
I have had 2 prior phones, a Nokia and a Motorola and the usability factor of this one is superior to both those. The colorful user interface is nicely designed and easy to navigate. The sound quality is very clear during calls and recordings. Great chioce of accessories.

Good overall
Color screen is OK, not great. Ringtones that come with the phone are all "song" types - not really any normal ringtones. I was able to download a normal tone - though it wasn't easy. Backgrounds are stupid (dog, car, martini glass, etc... and all drawn very simply). You can choose to not have a background or download others.

Keys are a bit too small. The voice memo key is on the side and always gets hit--bad placement of a feature that does not need to be accessed so quickly (or to have a key that can be touched once and start recording).

Connectivity is great with bluetooth and IRDA. Built in calendar is great and you can sync with outlook (contacts, appointments, etc...). Text message features are great. mMode is OK, not the best. Customizable soft key is definately usefull. Navigation through menu's is very good. One touch access to phone book is great. Ability to save contacts and settings on SIM card is great.

Phone doesn't ring very loud and the ear volume is too low.

All in all a good phone, just little things that could be better. Battery life seems to be fine and it charges pretty quickly.

nice phone~~
i've had this phone for almost a year and it works great for me. i always liked siemens' cordless phone cuz the sound quality was just crystal clear so i figured the cell phone would be awesome too. tho the size of the phone was my major concern when i bought the phone. I only wanted it to be small. at that time.. only the sony ericsson T68i and the Motorola T721 could compare to this. T68i just had too many problems. T721 was just huge!! and the software was just slow... it really takes like .5 sec to go through each click... this phone is fast! i'm so used to the menu now that i dont even look when i click...it never hanged up or anything... not even after i dropped it like 3 times...

the reception on this phone is great... i think it really depends on the carrier in different areas. in va t-mobile sux big times... the only cons for this phone are that the speaker phone doesn't work well at all. and the voice recording can not be set up as a ringtone as described on this site. also the battery life is tooo short... gotta charge it every single day.. but... it really doesn't take that long to charge.

what do you expect for a phone with that price? it has bluetooth too! not many people like morotola's menu and sony ericsson's menu is much more complicated than siemens... and the quality of their sound sux... every time i talk to a sony ericsson user i have to be like what? what did you say? DONT EVER COMPARE TO A SIEMENS TO SONY ERICSSON!

THIS PHONE IS BAD!!!!!!
i hate this phone. it has caused me so much frustration i can't even believe it and sadly, because i am a broke teenager i'm stuck with it. Let me describe what happens when the phone rings. I go to pick it up after its rang and when i press answer...boom! its off. neat trick. also it freezes all the time and it is incredibly slow. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE YOU WILL HATE IT!!! ... Read more

Features

• Full color screen supports 4,096 colors (128x128 pixels)
• Integrated digital camera
• Phonebook can carry upto 500 contacts
• Tri-band world phone - works in three networks on five continents
• Includes stereo FM radio, Java downloadable applications, speakerphone, and polyphonic ringtones

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The Ericsson Go Everywhere T18LX phone may not represent the pinnacle ofwireless technology, but it's a substantial, relatively lightweight phone thatis packed with personalized call management options. If you simply can't livewithout wireless Internet access, you will want to look elsewhere. But if youare looking for an otherwise versatile, feature-rich phone that can act as anextension of your office, read on.

The T18LX is a TDMA tri-mode phone thatoffers both dual-mode and dual-band capabilities. We were immediately impressedwith its solid construction, flip keypad cover, and efficient design. Weighingin at 5.4 ounces (including battery), the T18LX measures 4.2 by 1.9 by 0.9inches, not counting a stubby antenna that extends another 1.2 inches. Thismoderate-weight, ultracompact design makes the T18LX easy to carry. Its solidconstruction should also hold up well to a variety of daily traumas.

Theuncluttered keypad features yes/no buttons, which, along with the up/downarrows, allow for seamless menu navigation. The CLR button corrects mistakes andbrings you back to the main screen when you are done cruising the menus. Theflip keypad cover, side volume keys, and backlight and contrast controls add tothe T18LX's well-planned design and ease of use. However, the screen itself istiny--we mean, really tiny. While it's fine for making calls and even receivingshort text messages, any complex text entry or navigation would be unpleasant.Perhaps, then, Ericsson did us all a favor by not equipping the T18LX with aminibrowser.

The 250-name phone book has 10 group lists, including threecustomized lists. The 25 different ringers are standard. You can also assign aringer to any group, so you'll know right away if someone from work, school, or one of your friends is trying to get in touch with you.

As any goodcellular phone should, the T18LX supports carrier-dependent services such asshort text messaging (15 message capacity), caller ID, and voice mail. The "1"key provides one-touch access to your voice mail, and the phone allows for one- touch callback to numbers imbedded in text messages or pages. Standard 40-numbercall logs, both incoming and outgoing, are a useful reference, while the twocalling-card slots will prove valuable to anyone who makes a lot of long- distance calls. Other features that will please mobile professionals and otherbusy people are auto area, which lets you program a default area code, speeddial, one- or two-digit calling that corresponds to the positions of your phonebook entries, and super dial, one-touch access to your first nine phone bookentries. Auto retry, when enabled, repeats a call every 15 seconds for threeminutes if the cellular system could not connect the call. Throw in any-keyanswering, muting capabilities, scads of standard customizable tones and alerts,and built-in vibrating call alert, and the T18LX can do battle with just aboutany rival.

While the T18LX doesn't incorporate any truly unusual features,digging into the phone's options reveals some clever user preferences to playwith. The profiles menu lets you customize phone settings for nine differentenvironments, so the phone will ring quietly at work, or loudly at the airport.And, if your carrier supports it, system select lets you prioritize and selectthe systems from which you can obtain service. This can be especially handywhile roaming or if you have access to more than one mobile system. Normallywhile roaming, the T18LX first looks for service on a public network, thenprivate, and finally residential. However, system select lets you change thepriority of the system for which your phone searches.

The T18LX offers theusual security settings, including PowerOn lock, keypad lock, and lock dial,which limits outgoing calls to your specifications. SecurityCode, which lets yourestrict access to calling-card numbers and other functions, and erase all,which wipes out all your saved text messages, offer additional peace of mind.You can also restrict access to phone book entries, although you can't erase thephone book memory in one fell swoop. The T18LX also supports digital voiceencryption, to ensure that only you and the person you're talking to can hearthe conversation. This feature is carrier-dependent as well, so check with yourservice provider to make sure it is supported.

The T18LX doesn't feature aminibrowser, which may cause some to lose interest. However, you can use thephone as a wireless modem with your PC or PDA to swap phone book information, aswell as send or receive data faxes, upload or download files, and make Internetcalls on the mobile network. Your carrier and plan must support these features,but if they do, all you need to do is spend some time with the user's manual andyou'll be ready to use your phone as an extension of your office.

The T18LX'sNiMH battery is rated to last for a maximum of four hours digital talk time and80 hours digital standby time. In our testing, the phone held a call for 3.5hours, and ran for an impressive 95.75 hours in standby. The audible low-batteryalarm was loud enough for us to hear when the phone was about to die, and theincluded rapid charger brought the T18LX back to full power in just over onehour.

With its ultracompact design, highly customizable call managementfeatures, and vibrating call alert, the Ericsson T18LX is well suited forfrequent travelers and those who need to manage a lot of names and numbers. Ifyou don't need advanced features like voice-activated dialing or Internetaccess, it's a solid choice. --Thom Arno, edited by Tom Mace

Pros:

• Efficient design and navigation
• Highly personalized call management options
• Built-in vibrating call alert

Cons:

• Tiny screen
• Not Web-enabled

How We Tested Battery Talk/Standby Time

When reading our reviews, you should view the test results of mobile-phonebattery talk time and standby time as relative information only. Many variables,including carrier signal strength at your location, signal consistency(including incoming and outgoing calls), display and ringer settings, andbattery charging methods and history, will affect performance. When handsetmanufacturers and mobile phone carriers list talk-time and standby-time ratings,they usually include disclaimers about variable performance and often refer tothe times they publish as maximum times. Some quote expected battery liferanges, and in this case you're probably safe to assume you'll experience atleast the minimum rated range. Note that manufacturers of dual-mode digital andanalog handsets publish battery-life rates for both digital and analog modes, asanalog mode consumes much more power than digital mode.

Our Tests: We tested digital-mode talk and standby times with each phone.Prior to each test, we fully charged the phone's battery according to themanufacturer's directions. To test digital-phone talk time, we turned the phoneon, established a digital carrier signal, dialed a number in our test lab, and,when the call rang through, took the receiving phone's handset off the hook.When all went well, we didn't do anything else except record the time when thephone died. In a couple of cases, the phones lost the signal and dropped thecalls. If we were right there and could redial, we did so immediately andcontinued running the test. Otherwise, we halted the test, recharged thebattery, and started the test over. Assuming consistent carrier-signal strength,this test should represent best-case talk time. And it's worth noting thatseveral phones' talk-time performance significantly exceeded the manufacturers'ratings.

To test digital-phone standby time, we turned the phone on, established acarrier signal, and left the phone in standby mode. We checked the phone everyfew hours (for what was often days on end) until the phone finally cut out.Since no outgoing or incoming calls occurred during testing and because thephone was not moved, this method should represent best-case standby time, againassuming consistent carrier signal strength. ... Read more

Features

• TDMA tri-mode technology
• Protective flip keypad cover
• Intuitive menus and call management features
• Built-in vibrating call alert
• Up to 4 hours digital talk time and 80 hours digital standby time; includes NiMH battery, rapid charger, and belt clip

Features

• Highly customizable phone allows user to customize ring tones, graphics, and covers
• Large grayscale screen supports 96x65 pixels and 4 shades of gray
• Games include Space Impact, Bumper, Snake II, and Snowboard -- plus, user can download more via Java
• Phonebook stores up to 500 entries with multiple contact numbers
• Phone also includes Alarm clock, Calendar, Voice recorder (1 minute), Calculator, and Stopwatch

Reviews (7)

This phone sucks
I have had this phone for almost a year now and i have had nothing but problems with it and i think that it is a waste of time trying to use it.

Adjusting volume
Good battery life, but can only adjust volume when call is connected by pressing right and left arrow keys.

Their are better choices
If the phone hadn't been free, I'd be really mad. The reception is fair. Battery life, what battery life, I have maybe 20-30min talk time tops. Standby is several days, but I didn't get it to sit there. I'm not one to abuse my things, so they last. I've had the phone 10 months and the keypad is already failing, the front cover is coming loose and every once in awhile it will change screens on its own (really just sitting there on my desk). The fuctions onboard are very good, user freindly and useful. I don't play the games on it, I just use it to talk which is about 250min a month. Would I get another one No, but if its free and all you need is a emergency type phone this will do. I have to admit their are better choices out there.

Great phone for first time users
This was my first cell phone. It's great because it isn't overly difficult to learn how to use. I read the manual so I could figure out all of the capabilities of the phone. Very fun because the phone has capabilities to change faceplates, keypads, rings, and boarders along the screen of the phone. It has voice activated dialing, along with being able to store addresses, email addresses, and even has a year round calendar in it. Great sound, great reception. Overall i am very pleased with this phone. If you don't need anything fancy (color screen, flashy flip-phone image, internet, downloadable rings, etc), just to use as a phone, this is for you!

Good phone for it's price
I've had this phone for about 6 months, and I just now found out how to adjust the volume. It doesn't have wireless web, but recieves text messages if you sign up( this is with sprint). Overall I am satisfied with this phone, you can have fun with the interchangeable face plates and the backlight is pretty cool. This is a good phone for beginner cellphone user. I think I'm ready to upgrade. ... Read more

Features

• Phone features a rotating folder design where the upper half can be rotated, allowing the phone to be closed with the display facing out
• Color display with 260,000 colors (128x160 pixels)
• Integrated rotating digital camera with flash
• Supports wireless Internet and text messaging
• Store more with internal phone book that manages up to 250 entries

Reviews (3)

Not Quite What It's Cracked Up To Be
Yes, the camera function is nice. But not worth the
price they're getting for this phone, considering the
other drawbacks.

One, as another customer said, the reception on
this phone is terrible. The worst I've had on any
cell phone I've ever had, bar none.

The revolving face-plate makes the phone somewhat
cumbersome and the faceplate scratches too easily
in my opinion; especially when you actually USE your
phone and carry it with you at all times. Despite my
best efforts, my faceplate was scratched within
about two weeks and no amount of polishing has
helped.

It's hard to hear from this phone, something about
the design of the earpiece I feel like I've always
got the phone somehow in the wrong position on
my ear, but however I change it, I still can't
hear from the phone well.

Again as another customer stated, the phone takes
forever to do things. Definitely an exercise in patience.

An "okay" phone, but in my opinion not at all
worth the amount of money I had to pay for it.
I like Samsung products in general, but this one
could surely use some improvement!

Some serious shortcomings.
Pros:

Lots of directory capacity (300 entries) Voice dialing works well with most normally spelled names, but names that are not usual English words, abbreviations, etc. are not understood by the phone, and are unrecognizable when the phone tries to read back these directory entries.

The "Back" function works well for getting out of any menu drill-down.

Color display looks good indoors and in the dark (but not in sunlight - see below). Allows some user customizable functions.

Cons:

The phone seems to experience frequent reception difficulty including excessive audio clicking. The signal strength seems to read lower (less than two bars out of five) in areas of the city that were four out of five bars or better on my last phone (Qualcomm Q-phone). The phone has very choppy reception if the signal strength is less than two bars out of five.

The display can not be read in the sunlight - the display just goes dark. Shading the display with your hand does not help. The battery drains very fast (in approximately three hours) when the phone is open and the display is set to "Always Illuminated".

The phone is VERY SLOW to do things: over 25 seconds to boot up after turning the phone ON; five seconds to boot the camera function before you can take a picture (not good if you want to catch a photo-op that isn't going to wait for you); a very lengthy and complicated button pushing routine and more delays (50 seconds) before you can send a photo; yet more delays between voice input commands. They could have gone much further with user customizable features, display options, etc. For example: you can not add new Directory Group Names - you are forced to accept their four; no vibrate-then-ring option like the LG line of phones allow; limited choice of distinctive ring tones; powering the phone ON or OFF is accompanied by goofy music, which can be shut off to be silent, but I would have preferred the choice of a simple beep tone to provide audio confirmation. Yet they allocate menu space and allow endless options for marginally useful things like display background images and games.

All of the directory entries and all of the functions must be programmed through the phone's keyboard - very time consuming and awkward. The option of doing this through my computer would have been nice, not to mention the ability to save my settings there.

Not enough memory: only 300kB maximum photo resolution; you can not store many photos, so the phone runs out of picture memory soon and does not tell you this until you have taken one photo too many - which you then must erase; and you can not use camera zoom when set to high resolution.

The photo quality is terrible and the photos frequently lack proper focus, especially for up-close detail (like photographing a written page), and in dim lighting (the built-in flash is useless). This camera feature is really just a toy or a conversation piece. Do not expect to be able to use it for taking any real pictures. There is no IR or PC connectivity. If you do take a photo, you can not save it directly to your computer. At least with my service provider (Telus in Canada), you must upload the photo to their website or email it to yourself at a charge of $.25 per photo.

The phone seems to archive all of your picture captions which eventually causes a "This message is too big to send" warning to appear and prevents you from sending any more photos until you manually erase all of the archived captions (weird).

The keyboard illumination is poor. It uses a very dark blue light for the keycaps, which provides poor contrast in darkness. In addition, not all of each key is illuminated and some of the keycap letters are left dark.

There is no external display unless you want to flip the display around to face outward (and keep the display not illuminated if you want more than a few hours of battery life).

You must flip the phone open to power the phone ON or OFF - there is no external power button.

I find the phone to be a little too small. I would have preferred a slightly wider casing with a larger display (so that any name with more than eight characters does not have to scroll across the display), and a less crammed keyboard.

The casing is small and slippery. It could use some roughness or rubber to enhance holding friction.

The phone's manual is sketchy, and its index is light on topics.

Samsung A-600
This is one my fav. phones. the camera is A+. i use it as a digital camera, when i upload my pics you would never think it was from a phone. the screen is HUGE compared to aany other phone i have used. the rotating screen is a cool feature to have because it makes the phone stick out, but i really didnt use it much.

i didnt like how the phone was flimsy. it was nice when i got it but it got weak very quicly. also, i think it was my phone that was broken, but the games ran very slow. very slow. then sanyo 4900 ran a million times better and u can get that phone for pennies now.

also what i didnt like are little things u couldnt do- like re arrange the downloads. they were in the order u downloaded them. it has 1000kb of space, which was enough.

i think im going to switch to the sanyo4500, but i am skepticle. i know it has a VIDEO CAMERA, but it is much lower quality... plus the screen is bigger with samsung..

im not gunna get into recpetion becasuse that differes from state to state.. ... Read more

Features

• The first Pocket PC with a built-in mini keyboard
• Color display with 65,536 colors (240x320 pixels)
• Features large touchscreen for easy usability
• Built-in swivel camera always you to take pictures
• Operating system: Pocket PC Phone Edition (400 MHz Intel Xscale Processor / 32 MB RAM)

Reviews (13)

Hitachi G-1000
I read most of the reviews for this product and some do not do any justice. I am the proud owner of a Hitachi G1000 which I purchased in August, 2003.

1. I use the included Word, Excel programs on a daily basis, to avoid freezing, I purchased an SD memory card and runs with no problems. (I store music, photos, maps, Excel, Word pdf files, dictionary, accounting sofware, you name it.)

2. I find the phone ringer and earpiece volume adecuate. (some people don't)

3. Phone reception? I can say it's great. (Florida)

4. Works great with Pharos GPS antenna, Ostia sofware with maps and it works wonders with the Mapopolis GPS sofware.

5. The best part, if you are an active trader you can use MidCast applications to watch realtime prices. Selling and buying stocks on the internet has been one of my favorites using this baby.

6. It took me a while to learn how to use the exterior keypad and once you master this feature you are quickly writing e-mails and sending them with attachments. Great tool(toy) for any adult.

7. Complaints? Should had come with 64 MB RAM instead of 32.

Hitachi G1000 - best all-in-one
Pharos makes a direct-connect GPS antenna for this unit. Only complaints - still using PC2002 and the SPRINTPCS site does not recognize PIE as a valid web browser for downloading stuff directly. That's OK, I use other sites for downloading. I use Citrix client for remote LAN access over Sprint's network - best of both worlds; wireless web and total access at work. I seldom use the keyboard, but when I do it's very convenient. I use NYDITOT's screen resolution changer to view 800x600 sites (as well as other resolutions). Very solid performance. Speaker-phone and voice-command dialing are pretty good. Sprint's service is pretty solid. Doesn't work well with AirScanner, but it works well with every other program I have tried - eevn those that are quirky on Ipaq and Dell seem to run without complaints on the G1000. If you DON'T like the built-in keyboard, you may not be comfortable with the added-size this puts on the PDA. But the case is well-designed and works great. Camera is excellent (for it's size). This is definitely MY favorite - over the following I've had over the years: Handspring, Casiopeia, Ipaq, Dell both in form and function overall.

Glitz on the outside Piece of crap on the inside
I just replaced my second one of these. This second one never worked correctly but I didnt have time to take it in. It wasnt refurbished either. First off the OS needs to be upgraded but Hitachi is to cheap to authorize it. Let me tell you also that sprint is the worst cell company I've ever dealt with. (...) I wish I had time to go over all the problems with this phone. The only good thing about this thing if your interested is that everyone thinks your a star with this thing screw that I want something that last more than 2 months. Not to mention the camera sucks also

DON'T BUY A PHONE FROM SPRINT
As good as this PDA phone could be, it is not worth having to deal with the idiots at Sprint! After two weeks of trying to get Sprint to provide a working G1000, they have completely failed. And this is on the top-of-the-line phone they sell!

The first issue was that the phone is not carried in the walk-in stores, nor are any accessories. But the clerks are happy to make a bunch of false claims about what the phone would do before telling you that. Next was getting the first phone which would reset itself every 1-15 minutes. Despite this obvious fault that prevented Sprint from provisioning the thing, it took multiple calls to replace it. Then the replacement, remember their most expensive phone, also showed up with a fault that prevents connection to the Internet!

Fed up after hours on multiple calls to Tech Support with empty promises to "reprovision the phone over-night" I called Customer Service for a final time. Despite clearly stating I wanted a Senior Supervisor to handle return and cancellation of all my accounts, the run-around continued. After clearly stating what was needed and that under no circumstances to transfer me to Tech Services again, they transferred me right back to the idiots who had just said they couldn't figure out the problem!

I'm left looking for the number for the local Federal Attorney's office to file a criminal fraud complaint. Then working through my credit card company to retract payment. Completely incompetent can only begin to describe Sprint!

Don't buy this, or Sprint!
This can't be serviced by anyone! No parts on this discontinued joke of a PC. No Batt life andno more are avail. It is a lousy phone. Difficult to access the mem card for use in any apps except backup. SprintPCS can't service it and they were the exclusive authorized source for it. If you know how to get batts for this less than $60 email me. allenbarker@hotmail.com ... Read more

Features

• Large color screen supports 65,000 colors (128x160 pixels)
• Dual display lets you view images and text on the internal LCD and check incoming calls on the external display
• High speed GPRS phone with intergrated camera allows you to take and send pictures wirelessly in full color
• Choose from 25 fixed, 40-instrument polyphonic ring tones or customize your phone by downloading the latest games, ringers, images and more
• Includes battery, charger, headset and user documentation

Reviews (9)

A few hassles and a little buggy
Overall, I am pleased with the Samsung v206, probably only because I am not any sort of power user or a gamer. It is attractive to look at, the battery life is incredible, here in the Bay Area, I don't seem to have any problems with reception or dropped calls. However, the phone sometimes turns itself off for no reason. I called ATT customer service and they said this phone is sort of known for this problem, and they can't explain it. They offered a refurbished phone, but I didn't take them up on the offer. It happens roughly once a week, and I believe it's caused mostly by how I flip the phone open. I'm not rough with it, by any means, so I consider this (if it is the real reason) to be unacceptable.

A few other things I would change:
I can't understand why this phone doesn't have speakerphone. It costs enough.
Sending pictures is completely impossible.
You can't customize ringers and set them for individual caller id's.

This camera phone has super annoying ring tones
The thing that annoys me most is that there are no basic, simple ring tones loaded with this phone, and none that can be downloaded anywhere. I wasted time with Customer Service trying to get them to send me one simple ring tone - Samsung said that this is how AT&T orderd the phones and AT&T said that there is nothing they can do. Do you believe that there is nothing they can do?

It has a nice, colourful display and a cool look, so it has great visuals and works fine, with the exception that:

Incoming international phone calls with many digits aren't logged/stored in full, so you can't call people back because you're missing their last digits.

My first Samsung V206 crashed; AT&T Wireless shipped me a new one and it works fine. However, all the numbers I'd stored on my SIM card in the old phone were transferred to the new phone labelled as people's cell numbers, whereas I'd stored some of them as work and home numbers. I can't seem to be able to re-label them. Nothing earth-moving, but also annoying.

Cutting and pasting email addresses to move them between the camera options and the phone book options should be much easier.

And as with all camera phones, the image quality isn't great. Grainy at best in low-light situations.

Dat's all, folks. The phone is just alright; definitely overpriced. Get a cheap regular cell phone plus an ultracompact digital camera instead.

To help solve problems for some folks!
I have the Samsung V-205 for abnout 2 months. It is the exact same phone, but just for T-Mobile. Many complain that the only way they can get the backlight on the front to show the time is by opening up the flip so that the front light appears. But they complain that if they are like in a movie theater that it is too bright. The way you can view the front LCD light without opening the phone it is by pushing down on the button on the side of the phone for about 3-4 seconds. This causes the light to turn on.

Combines all the best features
PROS: Better than the similar Sprint model (A600) because of the external display without flipping. Farely good ajustable camera and sufficiant storage for pictures. Option to block caller ID. One button silent mode. Ablity to change/remove service light. Calling groups with specific pictures and ringtones.

CONS: The vibrate & ring alert option vibrates for a few seconds then rings. The external display screen only lights up only for an alarm, new message, or incoming call. Alarms do not have a snooze option.

The Best Phone in Barbados so far....
Hi, all I just bought my Samsung V206 phone and I just have to say it is the best one in my country so far (Barbados).
My complaint is why did they not enable software for the camera to zoom in and out and oh yeah i love the pixels on the camera.
I would tell anyone if they are looking for a great phone the Samsung V206 is the GREATEST.<... ... Read more

Features

• Large Color Display with 162x216 pixels (65,536 colors)
• Phone supports WML, cHTML (i-Mode), and xHTML (WAP 2.0) wireless Internet
• Quad-band GSM world phone is one of the first capable of roaming on virtually all GSM networks in the US and abroad
• Phone book can carry up to 500 contacts
• Comes with polyphonic ringers and other customizable features

Reviews (23)

An Almost Perfect Phone
I have had the NEC 515 for almost a week now, after having to replace a Motorola T721 that mysteriously went dead. I never really cared for the Motorola in the six months that I had it either; it creaked alot when you held it,and the flip and battery covers were cheap and wiggled alot.

While a little difficult to initally set up, you eventually find after about and hour, this was a great choice. The keys are highly tactile and have a firm feel to them. The sturdy flip cover locks in place when open or closed, and the battery is held motionless by an integrated cover. There is no external screen to display caller id, time, etc., but there is a multicolored LED that can be programmed to a certain color for certain callers. Personally, I feel that an external LCD is uneccessary, and is just susceptible to scratches. When fully open, the phone also accomodates to a larger man's face. I have always seemed to have a difficult time holding some of these matchbook sized phones to my ear, and the call recipient cannot hear me clearly since the microphone is so far away.

The signal strength is mostly 100%, and the antenna is built into the bottom of the phone, below the keys.I have found that if you can avoid touching this area while in call, you can increase your clarity.

This model has 2 processors as well, unlike most phones, which enables you to access its applications much more effectivly.

This phone is almost perfect, I will enjoy this item for a while.

Poor Service Provider and Very poor phone in my life
The service really sux. Half the time u can not receive the signals. The reception in the phone is very poor. Hangs in between you have to turn the phone off and switch it on again to make another call if it hangs in between a call. Till now i cannot figure out its due to the poor service provided by AT&T fellas or the worst quality of the phone. The customer service in AT and T is the worst i have ever seen in my life. I will rate the customer service as one of the poorest service in the world.
MY ADVICE IS NEVER HAVE A SERVICE WITH AT & T IN LIFE AND NVER BUY THIS PHONE!!! This is my personal experience. Still if you want to try. Then i cannot help fate playing in ur life!!!

Fully Features Phone, Looks Great & Great Price!!!
MY OPINION ======I must say that I am a Nokia fan and was weary of trying anything else. It takes a lot to please me, but when I got this phone I was happy right away.

For those that says it's bulky, well it's all your perspective I guess, yes it's a little longer than other flip phones on the market now, especially those tiny Samsungs. But I kinda like it because my sister has the tiny Samsung E105 which cost almost $300 and she drops it all the time, its hard to handle. I don't have this problem. The feel is great, whomever said it was cheap must probably want a $500 phone for this price. It's not cheap looking or feeling at all.

PROS ======The most striking thing about this phone is the color scree, it's like looking into a tv.

The menu, not at all confusing, and I came from using Nokia simple navigation for my past 3 phones. I never even went to the manual, figured it out after playing with it for an hour.

The ring tones sound great ... I had a nokia 3200 with polytronic ring tones and this is even better.

The graphics are wonderful. Very vivid and nice to look at. Overall the screen in the biggest plus, and it's a very big screen too which is what makes the phone a little bigger.

COMPARISONS ======It's funny I was reading one users opinion on amazon about this phone, they said they sold this and got the Nokia 3200, well I did the opposite. The nokia 3200 is a great phone, very nice features (you can read my review on it on amazon) but its so ugly, and talk about bulky. It's also wrapped in plastic. No!!! Lastly, the resolution on this screen versus the motorola, No Comparison!!!

Compared to the Motorola T720 & T721, they are a little shorter in height but wider, so I wouldn't say either is great in size. The outside display is nice I have to admit. The buttons on the Motorola are nices, they have silver around them, all that fancy stuff which wears off in about 3 months (I used to have the Matrix Nokia 8890 phone which was all chrome and silver, I had to replace the parts 3 times in one year cause it was frequently scratched or worn). So if you're going to be texting and using the phone alot, the buttons on this phone will take your longer. Lastly, the resolution on this screen versus the motorola, No Comparison!!!

Compared to the Samsung E105, I found the samsung to be more plastic feeling, of course if SIZE if your only concideration in finding a phone and outside display, well samsung wins then. But in terms of menu, functionality, and resolution, and tones ... this phone wins.

... Well those are all the phones I worked closely with and can tell you about.

CONS ======Again, it's not the smallest phone out there, but not by far the biggest or bulkiest. It's a good size.

I truly wish for an outside display, but wasn't willing to dish out $150-200 more for the NEC 525

It's true, its a little hard to find NEC accessories, but not on Ebay.

PRICE ======Sold my nokia 3200 for this, earned $70 for the transaction. Couldn't be happier. I think with a new plan you actually have to pay out of pocket, it's because of all the features that this phone has and the screen resolution.

OVERALL ======Lets face it, phones like computers come in and out so quickly. I've never had a cell phone for over one year. I think this is a phone which I will enjoy for a year, then off to another model.

For those giving this phone a bad rating because of poor reception ... check your carrier!!! It's not the phone. The dropped calls ... not the phone! I have AT&T in CA area, excellent reception. I had TMobile up until a few months ago, I found AT&T reception much better. I always have reception everywhere I go including inside malls, bathrooms, elevetors and at work.

P.S. Gave it a 4 for no outside display and little long length

terrible
confusing menu, and you can barely hear thru its ear piece...i would not recommend

Poor quality product
This phone is horrible.

1. Frequently it goes into "SOS Only" mode, which means that you can't make any calls or receive any, and you have to turn the phone on and off several times and even then it may not work. This happens over half the time the phone is on at all, it makes you miss potentially important calls and is highly inconvenient - what's the point of owning a phone if you can't make calls? My fiancee gets so frustrated that he's constantly threatening to lob it out the window.

2. Reception is very poor, even though I live in the D/FW metroplex where there are plenty of towers.

3. Frequently I won't receive messages (voice or text) until at least a couple of days after they were left/sent - this is especially inconvenient because over half the time the phone can't receive calls or messages anyway.

4. It's bulky, the displays are ugly, and there aren't many rings. These are all asthetic qualities which I find to be relatively unimportant, but are significant to some people.

Altogether this is a horrible phone. Certainly not worth cute polyphonic rings or a sleak design that's very cheap-looking once you really look at it. ... Read more

Features

• The T616 features a high-resolution screen with 65,536 colors
• Comes with MMS, which allows you to compose your messages using images, sounds and text
• Supports the Java and Mophun platforms, making the widest range of mobile games and applications available for you to download
• Supporting Bluetooth, infrared and cable, the T616 is fully compatible with any computer. Your phone books and calendars will stay synchronized and updated
• With a built-in camera and QuickShare software, you take pictures and store them on your computer or send them to friends all in a few simple steps

Reviews (111)

So close....
The T616 is a pretty good phone...sleek design, good phone functions, fun to have a camera included. But it has some limitations and questionable function choices. I would buy it again.

Likes:

Call quality fine.

Outlook sync works well.

Caller ID brings up picture of caller (once you assign a pic to the Contact's record in the phone book).

Nice design.

Can store lots of info about each contact.

Voice command dialing (in concept, haven't played with it enough to know if it works).

Dislikes:

Poor documentation for setting up bluetooth sync: I know computers pretty well, and although this was my first bluetooth device, it should have gone more smoothly. Too many gaps in documentation. Worse, AT&Ts website provides no help, the OEM for the sync software (Extended Systems) refers you to Sony Ericsson for help, and the Sony Ericsson help desk in Toronto was counterproductive. Their suggestion was to sync one record at a time! And they were rude when I suggested there was probably a way to sync all records at once.

Screen is very hard to read outdoors. This is probably the biggest flaw, and one which may be beyond the tolerance of many people...

2mb of memory is not enough. You can store a fair number of contacts (500-ish) but not enough pictures, even after deleting all the nonsense pics/sounds/themes they include with the phone.

The web browser function is ok on the sites formatted for the cell phone's screen.

The "Find Top Ten Best Near Me" function is hysterical. This will find the Top Ten, say, mexican restaurants near you, based on the position of the nearest cell tower, which is probably within a half mile or less. I was in Plano, TX and had it find the Top 10 mexican restaurants nearest me...there are probably 30 within 10 miles, but the closest it came up with was 15 miles away in downtown Dallas...even funnier, it was The Mansion at Turle Creek! The Mansion is easily the costliest restaurant in Dallas; it is famous for having invented "Southwest Cuisine" but it is as far from being a mexican restaurant as, say, Spago's is from being a NJ pizzaria.

Voice command - To be fair, I first programmed my voice commands in a noisy hospital waiting room. Since then, it hasn't recognized any voice command I've entered...so I need to reprogram it and try again.

Overall: [Excellent] phone with good features...and a bad screen for outdoors use.

Bluetooth is great, pretty, other than that... not much
This was my first non-Nokia phone, and I too returned it at the end of the 30 day AT&T no-questions asked return period. I've had AT&T for years, though this was my first digital. I've always had great customer service from them ....

T616 Positives:
- Beautiful looking, small, lightweight.

- Display has great color graphics and themes.

- Bluetooth synching my contacts via isync on my mac was fantastic. See below for limitations though.

- Bluetooth for internet access: My friend uses his to access the internet via his Powerbook. When I saw that was when I wanted to buy this phone! But he has Sprint with unlimited data. AT&T doesn't offer an unlimited data plan. I imagine with AT&T internet access could get pricey.

- Fun taking my friends photos (yes, grainy, but fine for a phone) and and assigning them to their contact info so that their photo would turn up when they called.

- Good loud rings, sounds great though the first ring is softer.

- AT&T customer service and return policy.

However, other than that, this phone was pretty limited:

- It took quite a bit of manipulation to get my mac's address book fields matching (several syncs to see what went where and reorganizing the contacts on my computer that were going into the phone) and it does not store addresses. Limited length on what you can save in the Calendar or transfer from iCal. Not a PDA replacement by any means.

-The keys are so small (and this phone was the same dimensions as my last phone) I was constantly hitting the wrong ones. Forget texting or trying to enter an appointment.

- Display: Tiny display fonts very hard to read. Agree with other reviewers too that its unreadable in daylight.

- Slow response time. I like that you can press the joystick to select (rather than having to use a different key like you do on Nokias), to search for a name in a big contact list is slow... it hestiates between each step.

- You have to have it positioned exactly right on your ear to hear what the other person is saying, so each call is this moving around the phone to get it just right. Once you do that though, the sound quality is crystal... but what good is that if you aren't getting your calls or can't make them?

- Battery life. I am a very light user and had to charge it every other day at least. Other phones I've had could go many more days.

- I couldn't get the phone to send pictures to anyone. Friend on Sprint couldn't get his photos to send to me either. Couldn't figure out how to bluetooth them into my computer but didn't try too hard.

- Navigation system is counter-intuitive, though I was using this phone for 28 days and read the manual. To lock the keys if the phone has to go to sleep requires pressing a key to wake it up, then clearing what you've pressed, then pressing two more keys. Everything took more steps than my previous phones, and in the end the annoyance was too great.

- Reception was awful compared to all my previous phones. Sitting side by side with someone also on AT&T digital, their phone (Nokia 6800) got two bars and mine was red with no service. This was in LA, NY and Boston metro areas. Sometimes it would tell me I had service but then suddenly I would get three calls that had gone to voicemail, some of them from hours earlier. Never had this happen before on other phones.

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Small but Feature Packed
This is a good phone, not the greatest I've ever had but the service is good in Oklahoma and Texas. I've only had problems becasue I dropped the phone one too many times beyond that its a great phone. The camera on the phone does exactly what it needs to its a camera phone not a digital camera. The bluetooth in it is great with Macs and Pocket PC's enabled with bluetooth. The phones features can not be beat.

Good one
As far as i now this is one of the best phone from sony ericsson. Its compact and very easy to use.

Pros: It has a good battery life, I charge my Phone once in two days. You could talk for 10 hours max. The Menu is the best i have used so far and has a lot of cool feautures . The joystick navigator heps you navigate without seeing the screen. It has almost all the feautures you would want in a phone. The voice control is amazing as it could recognize all my commands but beware it sucks the battery to death in a few hours. It has got some cool themes. It also charges pretty quickly. The reception is clear on plain open grounds but looses power in buildings.

Cons; The camera is a big joke. As it is with all high resolution colour display ,its very difficult to view in sunlight. The internet Mmode button is placed in a wrong postion that triggers the net now and then, unless you lock the keyboard. The ring tones are pathetic, I could find only one that i could hear.It has an old phone ring tone which is kinda cool. You could download new tones and wallpapers in a jiffy. The reception is not that powerful. The browser is kinda diificult to get started with.

The bottomline : Buy it , its a good deal , but choose a good carrier. If i have to buy another phone , i would buy T616 again
but not with AT&T.

Great phone except for PC connectivity
I bought this phone for my wife (she wanted something small and cute) - she loves the phone and size. I decided to get a Nokia 6820 for PC syncing (with Outlook) capabilities.

Pros:
+ size
+ bright, crisp screen
+ bluetooth
+ camera is not bad

Cons:
+ Contact manager does NOT have addresses
+ phone ringer too low
+ syncing with PC using Sony Ericsson's software is a tough process - its a mess trying to make the phone be recognized by the software (at least for me it was and I a software engineer working in the IT field for over 7 years) ... Read more