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Well guys, its been a while...and while i've been away i've, yes you've guessed it, bought another new phone! But this time for more serious reasons! My cute lil Sony Ericsson K510i (for those who've read the reviews hehe) was amazing, yet after spending 6 months in my daughters changing bag, it was so scratched and covered in rusks and pureed carrot that it wasnt even worth using. So i went on a mission...to find a flip phone! I wanted something chunky, yet hi-tech...and something that wasnt a Motorola V3. And this is all i could find. Not that im moaning, but when i first saw this, it reminded me of being 13 and wanting anything with flowers... but once i got my hands on it i was smitten...
When i first opened the
box (which itself is a snazzy lil gift box) i was amazed at the extras that came with it. Ok they're not exactly hi-tech, but a matching blue phone charm and headset is great in my books. THe USB connection lead is also included in the set, and is the same pale blue as the other accessories, but also doubles up as the charger cable. Which is good as i was well confused to see this little stumpy charger (which stupidly is black) with a cable thats about 5cm long! But if u attach it to the USB cable.......hey presto, you have a charger!
The phone is chunky, yet sexy, and will definitely survive a few trips down the stairs (yes i have dropped it already..twice..) The design of the handset itself is great, the buttons are where you want them to be, and you can change all of the top navigation buttons so they do whatever you want them to. In my case, in order to help me get used to the phone, i modified the nav. buttons so they were the same as those on my old phone. The buttons are quite spaced apart, and quite large, but very easy to get to grips with.
One thing that i must say is that the phone memory is a poor 1.3mb, but a 59.6mb MicroSD card is included. Although this might seem a good consolation, it makes it harder to send things to your pc. When i first used the software to connect my phone to the computer (which was a very easy process if i may say so myself) i noticed that i coulodnt view any of the files from my phone that were on the memory card. Meaning it seems impossible to transfer images from the MIcroSD unless you copy them to the phone memory first. As well as this it also means that music cannot be transferred as your average song is at least 3mb and the phone memory is 1.3mb. But if anyone has a solution to this (or maybe im just being thick) then please let me know!
The USB connection also allows you to to connect to the internet on your computer via the internet on your phone...this is apparently a wireless connection but to be honest i havent treid this out yet! But still a great idea if you're out and about with your laptop!!
The mp3 player is brilliant, it has everything you could need, and comes witha headset to allow you to listen to your tunes in private. However i was a bit annoyed that everytime i got a text or call, it would cancel the mp3 player completely and i would have to restart the song. There is a built in FM radio, but apparently you have to go and buy a separate headset for this..which personally i think is really stupid!
The bluetooth facility is really easy to use on this phone, and searches and connects easily with other phones. But bear in mind that on a lot of phones the default passcode is 0000, it isnt on this one!
The 1.3 megapixel camera is great, and has loads of cool settings, so no matter where you are, there's always a setting which will adapt to your surroundings, whether its night time, sunny or even snowing!
Although you can play downloadable games on this phone, it doesnt come with any...just an application telling you how to look fabulous in 5 mins....in my opinion a complete waste of space, so i deleted it.....but it leads me on to the MIRROR!! Wow, how cool! Press a particular key, and the screen fades away to give you your very own mirror, its brilliant! But please bear in mind that the keypad is still active when the screen is in mirror mode so be careful you dont accidently text anyone or anything!
This phone will set you back between £50 and £100 depending on where you get it from. Carphone Warehouse seemed the cheapest place for me to get it, at only £54.99, but then they told me they were out of stock..so were Woolworths. But i picked mine up online from Virgin Mobile for around £70 with £30 free airtime, what a bargain!
So would i recommend this phone? Um..YES...!! But i would say that, although the phone itself would be great for everyone...I wouldnt recommend this particular edition for you guys....unless you dont mind the funny looks when you pull out this lil number!!!
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when i downloaded songs on to my phone i got 10 on and i still have lots of space left. i downloaded it onto my micro sd from the pc . it did it automatically on mine!
by the way, a very good reveiw with lots of deatails!
Advantages: pretty, unique, girly, photo phone book, mp3 player Disadvantages: a little slow, only 1 game, almost impossible to see the screen outside in daylight
Advantages: it is stylish, girly and has a very useful compact mirror, it is also very easy to use Disadvantages: it is hard to see the screen in sunlight and the recorder is not very good
Advantages: it is stylish, girly and has a very useful compact mirror, it is also very easy to use Disadvantages: it is hard to see the screen in sunlight and the recorder is not very good
Advantages: pretty, unique, girly, photo phone book, mp3 player Disadvantages: a little slow, only 1 game, almost impossible to see the screen outside in daylight
Mar 2nd, 2007
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