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joel lee
10-10-2005, 05:17 AM
i just got a w800i two days ago. it comes with a 512MB memory stick and 32MB phone memory. as a walkman and camera phone it scores rather hi points, but scores very low in the handling of contact data



1 SEVERELY INADEQUATE MEMORY SPACE PROVISION FOR CONTACTS
i was utterly surprised to find out that only 500 slots are available on the phone memory for contacts, WITHOUT the possibility of using anymore of the phone memory or the memory stick.

having over a thousand contacts with my p900 unit, the syncronization process simply FAILED. this is utterly absurd when there is a lot of memory space that can be used.

why can't the user be given the ability to allocate the memory space according to preference. if 500 slots can be allocated, why not allocate 501 or 729 slots? just to illustrate my point.

2 CONTACT INFO CANNOT BE VIEWED UNLESS IN EDIT MODE
i cannot understand why it is not possible to view the information on the phone related to individual contacts without having to go into edit mode. it is just absurd. why cant the name be displayed with all the pertinent data without having to go into edit?????

3 SEARCH CAPABILITY TERRIBLY INFERIOR
even the simple phones of Nokia are able to find the contacts by inputting the first letters. in the case of w800i, only the first letter serves as a kind of search, everything else has to be done by toggling. what if i got a long long list of names beginning with a particular letter?

P900 etc has the ability to search the contacts based on any info inputted in relation to a contact ( from any of the fields or notes). why is this not even remotely possible with the w800i? does this phone's capability or incapability really indicate a downgrade move or trend?


QUESTION:
when can the software used with the w800i be revamped to allow users some decent ability to work with contacts on the phone?

REQUEST
would those who have similar or other problems with the w800i please confirm and expand this commentary on the w800i.

would those who can do something about this refer the matter to the persons or group that can do something about this.

appreciate it very much.

stranded with w800i till rescue comes

Joel Lee

haribolman
10-10-2005, 06:31 AM
1 SEVERELY INADEQUATE MEMORY SPACE PROVISION FOR CONTACTS

2 CONTACT INFO CANNOT BE VIEWED UNLESS IN EDIT MODE

3 SEARCH CAPABILITY TERRIBLY INFERIOR

QUESTION:
when can the software used with the w800i be revamped to allow users some decent ability to work with contacts on the phone?



Joel, Point 1: Agreed!

Point 2: Agreed again...I thought I was doing something wrong, because when I wanted to check a contact photo I had to go into edit mode and I thought surely you must be able to just view it normally. But alas, no!

Point 3: My unbranded Australian W800i allows multiple character search, so it is possible.

To answer your question, the new R1N software is now availalbe on SEUS.

brad
10-10-2005, 06:50 AM
3 SEARCH CAPABILITY TERRIBLY INFERIOR
even the simple phones of Nokia are able to find the contacts by inputting the first letters. in the case of w800i, only the first letter serves as a kind of search, everything else has to be done by toggling. what if i got a long long list of names beginning with a particular letter?European firware versions have multi-character search, you must have an Asian firware. From the main screen type > * < < * < * (directions on the joystick and star key) and go to Service Info > Software Info and tell us what software version you are running.

joel lee
10-12-2005, 02:11 AM
hi Brad. thanks for repsonding to my plea for some technical help.here is my software version:

R1L002
prgCXC1250174_CHINA_CR R1L002

LCD SW versions
Main display
Current:0

hope you could sound off my difficulties with the w800i to the right people who could do something about it.

thanks so much

Joel Lee