Comments on: My New Cell Phone

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:01:40 +0000

I just want a group from my computer, I don't want all my contacts transferred. I'll play with it later, but frankly, I don't know: the screen is terrible and so is the reception in my apartment (0-1, maybe 2 bars out of 5).

By: .tony

.tony — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:52:41 +0000

The Address Book has a Bluetooth button. Select it and only those contacts will move onto your phone. Have fun!

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:07:08 +0000

I fired up the phone today, played with some settings (the Date & Time settings are infuriating - all the "automatic" stuff is at the end of the list, leading you to set the Date & time and then have it changed on you as you change your time zone, Daylight Savings, etc.) and played with some other things as well.

I like it, but I only have 1 bar of coverage, and sometimes 0, out of 5. That's obviously going to be a dealbreakfer for me. I'm going to go outside now to see how the display looks in the light.

By: Jonathan LaCour

Jonathan LaCour — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:34:59 +0000

I am envious! I have a T68i, and I really love it. I use it with t-mobile's $20/month unlimited GPRS, and its great. I can connect to the internet at a reasonable speed anywhere that I have a cell connection with my PowerBook over BlueTooth... fantastic.

If you need any help setting up the bluetooth internet for t-mobile on your Mac, shoot me an email. Its not that hard, but it takes forever to figure out on your own.

By: Johan Svensson

Johan Svensson — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:16:58 +0000

I really like the T9 typing thingie. The word list on my Nokia 3210 was pretty clunky and cumbersome, but I learned T9 within minutes and I'm already pretty good with it. Yup, I like my T310.

By: Ryan Hale

Ryan Hale — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 04:08:27 +0000

Wow! Nice looking phone Erik. If I had a phone that was Bluetooth, I would control Keynote with it (not that I do presentations that much anyway). That way I could do the whole "Steve Jobs" thing where I can walk around on the stage. Besides the phone, I would need a PowerBook and look up how on TechTV.

By: charles

charles — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 03:59:59 +0000

well, he [howard chui] gives it good marks except for: "The only downside is that the T610 is a below average RF performer and will be a disappointment for anyone who frequents areas with poor networks signal." ... the thing is RF is pretty important.

By: Jon Gales

Jon Gales — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 03:33:26 +0000

That review at mobileburn.com was edited after a few days... Made more positive. Other reviews have been good. I've read a lot of bad about the T68i, but I've loved mine. Sometimes reviewers are "phone snobs". It got high marks from Howard Chui who usually has pretty decent reviews (very in depth).

By: Jon Gales

Jon Gales — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:50:44 +0000

Man I'm jealous... This makes two people that I know of that are getting the T610. Sony Ericsson's crack PR team promised me one back in March--still no sign. They said it's coming not too long ago, but I have no faith.

As for the chatboard, I have no idea. I want to say no as it doesn't show up on a quick look at SE's site.

Not sure how much you've used T9, but it can become second nature. Theoretically you can T9 faster than you can QWERTY, but I only know of one person that its happened with (I'm only about 20WPM with T9).

BTW, thanks for the kind words!

By: Mike Cohen

Mike Cohen — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:50:11 +0000

AT&T Wireless also offers GSM service here.

I originally got T-Mobile service with my VisorPhone, which I hated, so I ended up buying a Nokia 5190 to use with it instead.

After I got my 12" PBG4 I bought a Sony-Ericsson T68i and found that it was locked for use with AT&T and couldn't be unlocked to use with T-Mobile. I ended up cancelling my T-Mobile service and switching to AT&T Wireless. I find that their coverage is about the same, although when I travel AT&T seems more widely available than T-Mobile. That may be changing, since the last time I traveled with T-Mobile was last year.