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5/30/2012

Nokia E75 Unlocked Phone with 3.2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Media Player, and 4 GB MicroSD Card--U.S. Version with Warranty (Ruby Red) Review

Nokia E75 Unlocked Phone with 3.2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Media Player, and 4 GB MicroSD Card--U.S. Version with Warranty (Ruby Red)
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I picked this phone up for my wife, replacing her aging E51. Overall, it's an improvement over the E51, despite it not being intended as a replacement for it.
She loved the form factor of the E51, and is willing to tolerate the added thickness of the E75 in exchange for the slide out qwerty. She wanted to do email and facebook on the phone, primarily, so the qwerty was definitely on the menu as far as she was concerned.
Build quality isn't as good as my E71, though it's pretty good. when working on the qwerty, it feels a bit cheap in my hands, though I suspect that's a common problem with phones of this genre. Application-wise, everything worked, except for repeated problems she had with the built-in Mail for Exchange support (Google Sync for Mail, Contacts & Calendar). This was positively awful. So unreliable, that we wound up purchasing a license for RoadSync, which has proven to be quite acceptable for her. This fact demonstrates that it wasn't a service-related problem, rather a software one.
Battery life is decent, though she's not a super-heavy data user. I'm pleased with S60 3.0 FP2's use of AP groups, allowing you to stack the home wifi above carrier gprs/hspa, which is a huge improvement over FP1 devices. Nice touch - it can charge over the micro-usb connector, a welcome change for Nokia devices.

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Enjoy efficient, broad-reaching mobile messaging with the easily pocketable Nokia E75 smartphone, which features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and quick three-step email setup. Made from the quality materials one expects from Nokia Eseries, the Nokia E75 also ships with the Nokia Messaging service, which provides access to the world's top personal email services (including Gmail, Windows Live, and Yahoo!) as well as access to access to over 90 percent of the world's corporate inboxes via Nokia's corporate email clients, Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler. It's ready to run on 3G networks here in the U.S. (850/1900 MHz UMTS/HSDPA), enabling fast downloads and streaming multimedia while on the go.
The E75 comes with a 4 GB MicroSD memory card, and it's compatible with optional cards up to 16 GB in size. You can connect to personal, corporate and hotspot networks via the integrated Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for browsing the Web and accessing files as well as connect to Voice over IP (VoIP) internet telephony services. And with the assisted GPS capabilities, you'll enjoy turn-by-turn navigation using the included Nokia Maps application (and a 3-month license). Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, digital audio/video player, stereo FM radio, and up to 5.3 hours of talk time.
Unlocked Phone This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider and it provides quad-band connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz). It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. This phone comes with a full manufacturer's warranty.
Additionally, this phone can be paired with 850/1900 MHz UMTS/HSDPA 3G networks in the United States (as well as 2100 MHz 3G networks found around the world, including in Europe and Asia). When paired with a compatible 3G network, you'll enjoy a high-speed connection offering a variety of feature-rich wireless services--from data connectivity to your office to multimedia streaming, and take advantage of simultaneous voice and data services. In areas not served by a 3G network, you'll continue to receive data service via EDGE network (depending on network compatibility).
Phone Features The Nokia E75 has a 2.4-inch active matrix TFT LCD screen (320 x 240 pixels) with support for 16 million colors, providing excellent depth when reviewing photos or watching videos. The face of the phone includes a standard alpha-numeric keypad as well as a five-way navigation pad, soft navigation keys, and send/end keys. Additionally, it has dedicated home, calendar and email one-touch keys. When you need to compose a text message or longer email, the full QWERTY keyboard slides out of the left side of the phone and the screen automatically rotates.
With this latest Eseries device, you'll no longer need to boot up a PC to get a full desktop email experience. The enhanced email UI includes folder and HTML email support, expandable views and sorting capability by date, sender and size, as well as the most commonly used email functions just a single click away.On top of email, the E75 also offers improved calendar capability--features such as the ability to create and respond to meeting requests--as well as contacts and task management.
The Nokia E75 comes fully equipped for easy-to-install and easy-to-use professional and personal email. People who use Microsoft Exchange at work can access their email using the Mail for Exchange mobile email client, which comes pre-loaded. You'll enjoy reliable real-time access to your email, calendar, contacts and tasks, as well as be able to download attachments like Word, Excel, Powerpoint or PDF files directly to the device.
Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server (additional charges or subscription applicable).
The 3.2-megapixel camera offers a wealth of high-end photography features, including an 8x digital zoom, LED flash, white balance modes, center-weighted auto exposure, multiple scene modes, and a self timer. The phone's main camera can also capture video clips up to 640 x 480 pixels (at 30 frames per second) at up to 1 hour in length, and it offers several adjustments including scene and white balance. Additionally, the E75 has a secondary, lower resolution camera on the front (QCIF resolution, 176 x 144) that can be used for making video calls (requires compatible network).
Take your media with you when you're out on the go. With the built-in RealPlayer software, you can stream and download your favorite content onto the phone, giving you access to the latest news, sports, and entertainment updates. Or sync up with your PC and play the music and movies stored on your hard drive. It's compatible with a wide variety of digital audio formats (including MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, and WMA). You can listen to your favorite radio programs via the integrated FM radio.
View web pages as they were originally intended with the integrated Nokia Web Browser, which enables you to zoom out to a full screen view of the entire page using the Mini Map feature. Find the section you want and then zoom in to the content you need. The text instantly adjusts to the size of your screen. The browser also keeps a history of your browsing so you can quickly get back to where you started.
The integrated A-GPS and preinstalled Nokia Maps help you explore and locate new places, whether in another country or just around the corner. With access to more than 15 million points of interest, you can locate and navigate to the most interesting sights, bars or restaurants wherever you are. You can also send map excerpts and routes to friends by MMS or save map screen shots to the gallery.

Other features include:
Email support: IMAP4, Mail for Exchange, POP3, SMTP, IMAP IDLE, attachments
Messaging support: SMS, MMS
Instant messaging with Presence-enhanced contacts
50 MB internal dynamic memory; MicroSD expansion support to 16 GB
Applications include PDF Viewer, Quickoffice (Quickword, Quickpoint, Quicksheet), ZIP Manager, Nokia Maps, Flash Lite 3.0
Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing
Intelligent input with auto-completion, auto-correction and learning capability
Micro-USB connector support charging, High-Speed USB 2.0
Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation, iSync, Intellisync, ActiveSync
FM radio (required wired headset to be attached); access to Internet radio
Ovi Files service allows you to remotely manage and share files stored on a PC, even when the PC is switched off
Supports Nokia N-Gage games service
The included high-efficiency charger reduces standby energy consumption to just 10 percent of the power used by conventional chargers
Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts), SPP (serial port profile)

Vital Statistics The Nokia E75 weighs 4.89 ounces and measures 4.4 x 1.97 x 0.57 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.3 hours of GSM talk time (4.3 hours on 3G), and up to 11.6 days of GSM standby time (11.25 days on 3G). It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as 850/1900/2100 MHz 3G networks.
What's in the Box Nokia E75, 4 GB MicroSD memory card, battery (BL-4U), charger (AC-8U), connectivity cable (CA-101), stereo headset (HS-43), user guide, quick start guide, additional documentation
Nokia Messaging Service Nokia Messaging is Nokia's consumer messaging service. With access to personal e-mail you can get Yahoo! Mail, Gmail and other email automatically delivered to your Nokia E75, with or without notifications. The E75 supports most of the existing Internet email accounts. You can use the email wizard to set up your email if you are using one of the popular free email services or if your email supports POP or IMAP protocol.Set up your email:
From the home screen, scroll to the E-mail wizard, and press the scroll key.
From the home screen, scroll to Start e-mail setup, and press the scroll key. To confirm your selection, select Start.
Allow network connection, and continue by selecting Activate existing e-mail.
Enter your e-mail address, and select Ok.
Enter your password, and select Ok.
After the wizard has completed, you can adjust the settings. Select Options - Settings - Mailbox settings.
Tips:
Use the Email key in your device to get quick access to your e-mails.
To open your default mailbox, press the E-mail key briefly.
To create a new e-mail message, press the E-mail key for a few seconds.


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4/05/2012

Samsung S8500 Wave Unlocked GSM Phone with 5 MP Camera, Touch Screen, Wi-Fi, gps navigation and Micro SD Memory Extention--International Version with No U.S. Warranty (Black) Review

Samsung S8500 Wave Unlocked GSM Phone with 5 MP Camera, Touch Screen, Wi-Fi, gps navigation and Micro SD Memory Extention--International Version with No U.S. Warranty (Black)
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There is so much to be said about this phone, so I will just break it down into different categories, lets begin!:Screen: The beset in the business, as good as the Retina display, all angles of this phone look good, the brightness is great, I keep the brightness level on 4 out of 10, and I am perfectly fine with that 24/7 be it night time or day time. Sometimes when it is really dark that is too bright (!), so I have to actually set it on 2/10, so just imagine what full brightness looks like, it is just an amazing display. I watched Avatar on this phone and I would argue it looks better then on the TV, and with the great built in sound (both external and headphone sound)this thing blasts. A lot of people complain, that this phone has poor sunlight legibility well I am here to tell you that there has been no problem for me, I live in Orlando, FL and the sun is out all the time and I can read it better then any other phone I have had before this, so no complaints here.Build: They did not skip anything with materials here, the FEEL is just great, you think it would be too thin but it feel just perfect, I had an N900 before this phone which was a brick, and this is a breath of fresh air. I have the all black model and it is very sleek, much better looking then the burgundy looking color that is shown in most videos on this phone. The back of this phone uses what appears to be a brushed aluminum look, but when you take the battery cover off, it is a solid piece of metal with no gaps anywhere, great job Samsung! Also this is one of the newer phones these days, which have a little door that blocks the charging port from getting dust/damaged.Multimedia: As stated I watched Avatar on this thing and it blew my mind. One thing I REALLY like about this phone, is that you do not have to down convert these videos, just put the video on your memory card, and the video player will automatically adjust the resolution which is very neat. The music player is also spectacular, this phone uses Samsung DNSE technology and the music really sounds great, better then my Gen 1 Iphone (actually MUCH better). When you hold the phone horizontal it shows CD's, what you do is you can scroll through the CD's and what is neat is the album art is on top of these CD's, so it feels like you are actually going through a CD collection. There are cool ways to browse albums as well, there is a circular alphabet dial that you touch and it takes you alphabetically to whatever letter you are looking for, once you let go it takes you straight to that letter to browse the albums. Also when you are listening to a song, one swipe across the screen (to the right) takes you to the next track and the swipe to the left takes you to the previous track.Internet Browser: The Browser is great, and shows flash! It has a control similar to the iphone, basically pinch zooming to go in and out. Also accelerometer mode work in the browser as well as the full on screen QWERTY. Not to mention scaling all of the sites perfect for viewing. There really isn't much to say here, other then the browser experience is amazing and that it is as good as anything out there from any other brand. Camera/Video: The Camera on this phone is one of the best 5MP shooters available on the market. It is VERY fast to shoot, compared to the many other 5MP camera phones I have owned, including the N900 and N97. It also has the new touted "Touch Focus" feature that is becoming a big thing these days, basically touch an area on the screen, the focus area will go align there, then when you hold down the snapshot key, it will focus exactly where you touch, I have tried this thoroughly and it is NO gimmick it actually works and works damn well. I took some pictures of a tree and made sure it focused up top, and sure enough the focus ended up there. There is also face and smile detection, the face detection worked just fine, the smile detection I have not tested that as of yet. Now for the video recording it is better then Iphone 4, there I said it. Don't believe me? Go on Youtube and compare it yourself, at the time of this writing this is the VERY best 720P recording phone, nothing is better, not even the Galaxy S no point in arguing, head over to Youtube and see the samples for yourself. Specifically go look at Mobile Burn's Samsung Wave Video's they show the power of the video recording on this thing. I plan on uploading my own video within the next week on Youtube, there is a slew of them already. Cons: All great things have problems, and so does this phone. The first problem I have, and someone has already touched on this is the fact that Samsung Kies is terrible, it is a great interface and looks good, but I have never been able to connect this to my phone. I always get some weird error that actually mentioned there is an error, it looks something like a regular error message you see when you use something on windows and the bar pops up. The second problem, is the APP store is NOT (at this time) available in the US that means when you access the app icon on this phone, it just takes you nowhere (stays at APP start up screen), what you are suppose to do if you own this phone in the US, to get apps, is download the app in Kies and then transfer everything to the phone. But clearly as you can see that is a huge problem that does not work for me, I run Windows 7 64 Bit by the way. Finally, the last and final thing about this phone that one of the reviewers touched on, (wrongfully so by giving it a one star) this phone does not support ATT OR Tmobile 3G. I personally don't care, Im at home 90% of the time and the N wifi is flawless with full bars always. I find 3G to be overpriced, but maybe this is just me, this thing has a great browser though as stated previously, so if you are browsing Wifi and looking for a phone with a good browser don't think twice.As you can see, the quality overall is really amazing and on of the best phones I have ever used, do not hesitate to pick this one up!

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