This is a really neat little device; the QWERTY keyboard is really good and it makes an excellent messaging device, but the lack of voice dial and speed dial *greatly* diminish the usefulness of this device as a phone. The old "phonebook index + #" trick is pretty useless since it only works with numbers stored on your SIM, and there's no way to know which number is at what index. On top of that, if you were to store your numbers on your SIM so you can use the really crude "speed dialing" others have alluded too, it doesn't store your entries as it does in the phone's memory, so the messaging features don't integrate well. What was Samsung thinking???? (My guess is that Samsung was asked by AT&T to specifically disable voice and speed dial functions to force customers to use AT&T fee-based voicedial feature.)
As it stands, this phone is downright DANGEROUS to use in the car. Sure you can use a bluetooth handsfree kit to receive calls, but to initiate a call you have to fumble through multiple menu selections to find the number you want, then initiate the call manually. While the device may have some neat new functions previously not available in non-smartphones, as a phone, it's just very cumbersome.
Other dislikes include:
- The nifty little widget bar can't be customized beyond disabling the standard widgets.
- No way to quick dial. This kinda falls in the "no speed or voice dial" complaint. There's simply too many steps to initiate a call. It's a real PAIN! My 2-year old Razor is light years ahead of this thing in terms of PHONE useability.
- I don't like the way it automatically locks the touch screen once a call is established. Makes more enabling the speakerphone more cumbersome.
On the plus side, the touchscreen implementation is very good. The QWERTY keyboard is really nice, and is the only reason I'm even keeping this phone. I just hate messaging using the standard phone keypad that much. Battery life is good, call quality is good, the Music Player works good. All that's needed to make this a top-notch phone is for Samsung to implement the basic functions that have been available for years on just about every phone out there.
As it stands, this phone is downright DANGEROUS to use in the car. Sure you can use a bluetooth handsfree kit to receive calls, but to initiate a call you have to fumble through multiple menu selections to find the number you want, then initiate the call manually. While the device may have some neat new functions previously not available in non-smartphones, as a phone, it's just very cumbersome.
Other dislikes include:
- The nifty little widget bar can't be customized beyond disabling the standard widgets.
- No way to quick dial. This kinda falls in the "no speed or voice dial" complaint. There's simply too many steps to initiate a call. It's a real PAIN! My 2-year old Razor is light years ahead of this thing in terms of PHONE useability.
- I don't like the way it automatically locks the touch screen once a call is established. Makes more enabling the speakerphone more cumbersome.
On the plus side, the touchscreen implementation is very good. The QWERTY keyboard is really nice, and is the only reason I'm even keeping this phone. I just hate messaging using the standard phone keypad that much. Battery life is good, call quality is good, the Music Player works good. All that's needed to make this a top-notch phone is for Samsung to implement the basic functions that have been available for years on just about every phone out there.
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