Shun
12-13-2005, 10:10 PM
Finally get myself a Dopod 838, local model based on HTC Wizard 100.
It suck initially due to the PDA heavy UI, it even worst than the extremely inefficent S60 (IMO)! After a week of twisting, by reassigning buttons and enhancing with application, it finally turns into a usable phone, :)
The reception is solid, yet to see it drop below 2 bars till now, even in areas where my previous 6670 has almost no signal or 1 bar.
The voice quality is superb, much better than any phones I've owned or tried. Sound from HS850 bluetooth headset also sound much better than used with the 6670.
However, the music playback suck through the stereo speakers or the earphone. I lost my 2.5mm to 3.5mm adaptor, will be getting a new one and try out with my Sony earphone later, hopefully it will make the playback bearable.
The keyboard is nicely built, but the lack of lock mode indicators (eg. caps lock) is every frustrating... and it seems to have a undocumented number lock mode, which I still can't find the exact combination to activate it or deactivate it, I always get stuck in this mode... very annoying and stupid implementation!
Battery life seems to be great, I have been testing, twisting and using it for 3 to 4 hours daily, and have only charge twice in the 1st week of using.
Brought a SanDisk 1GB miniSD, works fine on it. Get all useful freeware from my old PPC 2003 based iPad to work on it too, :D
Lastly, many people are doubtful on the phone speed due to the slow processor. IMHO, it is not slow for most usage... application launching is a bit slow, but still acceptable, :)
It suck initially due to the PDA heavy UI, it even worst than the extremely inefficent S60 (IMO)! After a week of twisting, by reassigning buttons and enhancing with application, it finally turns into a usable phone, :)
The reception is solid, yet to see it drop below 2 bars till now, even in areas where my previous 6670 has almost no signal or 1 bar.
The voice quality is superb, much better than any phones I've owned or tried. Sound from HS850 bluetooth headset also sound much better than used with the 6670.
However, the music playback suck through the stereo speakers or the earphone. I lost my 2.5mm to 3.5mm adaptor, will be getting a new one and try out with my Sony earphone later, hopefully it will make the playback bearable.
The keyboard is nicely built, but the lack of lock mode indicators (eg. caps lock) is every frustrating... and it seems to have a undocumented number lock mode, which I still can't find the exact combination to activate it or deactivate it, I always get stuck in this mode... very annoying and stupid implementation!
Battery life seems to be great, I have been testing, twisting and using it for 3 to 4 hours daily, and have only charge twice in the 1st week of using.
Brought a SanDisk 1GB miniSD, works fine on it. Get all useful freeware from my old PPC 2003 based iPad to work on it too, :D
Lastly, many people are doubtful on the phone speed due to the slow processor. IMHO, it is not slow for most usage... application launching is a bit slow, but still acceptable, :)