 [Larger view] | PCS Phone Samsung i500 (Sprint)
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 So far, a great phone | |
| I've had my phone for about 3 months now. So far, I love it. I was sick of carrying my phone and my Palm Pilot around. So, when Amazon had a great deal on the Samsung, I purchased it right away. I looked at other phones like the Treo, but I was looking for a flip phone that was still small and had the PDA bulit in. I've had no problems with the phone. It works great and is easy to use if you are a previous Plam owner. The screen is bright and colors are good in my opinion. The graffiti area is a little small but I got used to it after a week or two. Actually, I installed JOT and I can graffiti right on the screen, this makes inputing data a little easier. I really love the voice dial feature, calls are a breeze. Open the phone, push the button, say the name and the phone does the rest. Great when I'm driving. The internet works good, I changed the dispaly to grayscale (4 shades of gray) and the speeds seem faster. Works great for checking the weather, stock quotes, sports scores. I can even check my e-mail at Yahoo. If you need a good alarm clock, you'll need to download software for that. I installed BIGCLOCK and that has worked great for me. Wakes me up every morning. I would give it five stars, but I wish it had an external caller ID and an expansion slot for more memory. A speakerphone would be nice, but I can live without it. One other thing, I wish the volume buttons and voice dial button were raised a little more. Maybe a rubber button? They are plastic and flush with the phone, I find it difficult to push when I'm trying to make a call with one hand and sometimes push the button above or below it on accident. Other than that, I love it. Word of caution. If you order the phone and want to activate your SPRINT service, you might want to take it to a SPRINT store. I've had some problems with customer service, especially long hold times (30 minutes or more?). It took 2 months to get my number ported after repeated calls to find out what was going on. Sprint did refund my first month of service to try and compensate for the delay? | |
 I Love this Phone | |
| I don't where that last reviewer is coming from--this is the coolest electronic device I have ever owned! I have had a variety of Palm/Handspring PDAs including a Treo 300 which was very nice but huge by comparison to this little guy--this is only 4 and a half ounces and fits in my pocket without me noticing. I have been very pleased with Sprint; it has been much better for me than Verizon. I cannot believe anyone would call the I500 old technology. Let's get something straight: this device is a PDA, phone and web browser in one unit and is smaller and lighter than most cell phones on the market. In fact, there isn't a PDA on the market smaller than this. Wouldn't size count as a technological advance? What it lacks: a card slot, but I can live without it for now. It is fast, has a beautiful screen, and does everything I need in a gorgeous small package. I have had it for a month and no problems. It sold out immediately and has been very hard to get until recently. The price has come down and will continue to drop--check it out! | |
| everything I ever wanted in a phone pda | |
| Just got it a week ago. Ever since we are inseperable. I bought more expensive gizmos in the past but never did I get attached to something this quick. It does everything I want very well. I need all my addresses in oneplace synced to My Yahoo, all my calender with alarms, my expenses and my to do list. It has call forward by sprint when Iam in areas where there is no reception or I should not answer the phone like the hosp. It is my pager also. Of course I would have liked to see who is calling on the cover but so be it. but it doesnt matter cause I would have answered anyway, so I set it up so when I flip the lid open the phone answers. I dont need a silly camera or blue tooth (what ever it is) to make me happy . This phone can be used by serious people for business with absolute reliability because of the second battery which I change everymorning as well as crystal clear reception. So If you have to be always availbale on the phone for business reasons This is the phone for you. |
