It is a nice and lovely peice of equipment with major disadvantages.
Pros : Connects easily, not much technical information required, cool white finish
Cons : Rubbish battery [hardly lasts 2 hours max which is advertised], keeps loosing the network often, doesnot automatically reconnects ... Read review
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Cool Looks - Rubbish Inside
Advantages: Connects easily, not much technical information required, cool white finish Disadvantages: Rubbish battery [hardly lasts 2 hours max which is advertised] ...
It is a nice and lovely peice of equipment with major disadvantages.
Pros : Connects easily, not much technical information required, cool white finish
Cons : Rubbish battery [hardly lasts 2 hours max which is advertised], keeps loosing the network often, doesnot automatically reconnects to the network, poor sound quality, high bandwidth usage
More over on contacting Netgear, the support on this ... ...lot of Netgear products, but this is one big mistake according to me what netgear know. They are introducing an upgraded model which has a web browser laster this year. That might be worth the price and it might be a good idea to hold back and wait for the new product before christmas. The price also seem quite high. ... more
It is a nice and lovely peice of equipment with major disadvantages.
Pros : Connects easily, not much technical information required, cool white finish
Cons : Rubbish battery [hardly lasts 2 hours max which is advertised], keeps loosing the network often, doesnot automatically reconnects to the network, poor sound quality, high bandwidth usage
More over on contacting Netgear, the support on this is not very good. Normally I like and use a lot of Netgear products, but this is one big mistake according to me what netgear know. They are introducing an upgraded model which has a web browser laster this year. That might be worth the price and it might be a good idea to hold back and wait for the new product before christmas. The price also seem quite high.
Advantages: Would be great if it worked Disadvantages: Buggy software, buggy hardware, terrible support
I'm the unfortunate owner of this terrible product. The battery life is ridiculous. About two hours standby and one hour talk. You'll be lucky to talk for an hour, as it likes to reboot at random.
It no longer will automatically sign in. The people at Netgear tell me this is a Skype issue. I now get inverter whine whenever the backlight is on.
I purchased this phone hoping to be able to use Skype without using the computer. Also, it's nice to to ... ...the way they claim it does, I would be very happy. It can't log into most public WiFi hotspots, but my main use for it is at home - so that's a non-issue.
This phone is nothing short of worthless. I feel bad even selling it to someone. I wouldn't recommend this phone to a friend or enemy. ...
brianegge 04.01.2007
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