Rating: 
Summary: Nice looking phone,until you have to use it!
Review: I had to upgrade my old Nokia to this phone due to my new GSM plan,but what a mistake I made chosing this phone! Here are my complaints...
-quirky menus to navagate,and slow
-display cannot be seen in daylight
-static prone (both in transmission,and reception)
-and the newly discovered "Squeeling noise" which has rendered this 2 week old phone completely useless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...I also have to add that this phone was never dropped,or tainted with any animal,vegetable,or mineral! :) Do not make the same mistake that I did! Thank god this phone is still under the 30 day return policy!
Rating: 
Summary: Good reception, not much else
Review: I just got this phone as a free upgrade (?) from AT&T - I used to have a Sony Ericsson T68i.So here's how I compare the T226 vs T68i: + T226 has superior reception GSM. This is probably the only reason I gave it 3 stars. I had 0-1 bar at home with the T68i. The T226 consistently has 2-3 bars.
+ T226 has better ring sounds. This isn't very important to me, but it is a plus to some. - T226 feels cheap. They are both made out of plastic, but the T226 feels less solid.
- T226 has no infrared, no bluetooth. Just the keypad. Bleh.
- T226 stores fewer info per contact. When I transferred the data, a person with 5 phone numbers now has multiple entries, like John Doe, John Doe/F, JohnDoe/O. Not sure what the letters mean. In summary, the features of the phone are lacking, but it works at home, so I guess I'm happy with it.
Rating: 
Summary: Not Impressed
Review: I just received mine from ATT as a downgrade also. Why switch from a T68i? You got me. This thing has NO real features, no connectivity, limited calendar. Yes, we all know the T68i was an unreliable flop. This seems destined to try to beat it in shear uselessness. The only way to bulk load info into the addy book? From the SIM! SIM phonebooks are so butchered that you lose the relationships (i.e., rather than Office, Home, etc. being grouped under each user, you have 3-4 users with a suffix indicating the type!). Backups are impossible. It's almost insulting that they would replace a junk phone with a knock-off of the junk phone. At least now we know why it's free ... nobody who values the integrity of their data would buy this! The only thing of less value than the phone is the "customer (dis)service" provided by both ATT and SonyEr (in the future, I will have to avoid SonyEr like the plague -- I've been through 7 "rebuilds", each time receiving a phone that lasts just over a month before refusing to get on the network). Even as a free phone -- it's not worth it.
Rating: 
Summary: Pretty good phone, lousy service
Review: I love the phone itself. I'm not sure what phone the other reviewers are using, but it isn't the Sony Ericsson T226. First, the phonebook does NOT let you add just a name and a single phone number. You can add a name, three phone numbers, and an email address to each entry. You do NOT have to have mMode to add material such as ringtones and graphics. And I'm not sure what other reviewers mean by the startup screen being ugly... if it's they are referrinig to the screen that first displays when the phone is turned on, that's very easily changed in the settings. The claim that mMode is accessed by a single button, whether you want to use it or not, is a bit misleading... in order to access by a single button, you must hold the button down for several seconds. It takes a bit longer to connect, during which time, you can cancel it out if you don't want to use it. It's also easily deactivated if you decide not to use it at all. I do agree that the games are sort of silly, but then, I didn't buy the phone for the games. I absolutely adore my T226. It's tiny enough to fit in the smallest pocket, has many very useful features, and isn't an overly-complicated mess like some of the newer phones.
The service, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter. While the plan I signed up for is excellent, there were several issues during the first week that I had service. Solving these problems took more than a dozen phone calls, six emails, and two postings to their Customer Forums. The Customer Care reps seem to simply make things up as they go along, and every time I called, I received completely different answers. The reps were rude and knew virtually nothing about the products and services. In addition, there is something wrong with their phone lines, resulting in quality so poor that you have to ask the reps to repeat themselves several times before you can actually hear what they've said. AT&T is, by far, the worst company I've ever had the displeasure to contact, and I pray that nothing goes wrong with my service from here on out, because I dread ever having to call them again. Next time, I will go with the pricier plans offered by Nextel or Verizon (or even Sprint) before I'll ever choose AT&T Wireless or Cingular (the new owners of ATTWS).
Rating: 
Summary: T226
Review: I personally have not had any problems with this phone. I love the features too. My receptions been decent and I've not had any dropped calls. I've had this phone for about 2 weeks so hopefully it'll keep up, but I haven't experienced any of the negative things that the reviewers with low ratings had. The games are fun, the ringtones and recorder are nice.
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Summary: I bought this phone in a rush!
Review: i purchased this phone 2 months ago from at&t. the first 2 days i loved it. but then.... the games are boring, no camera, buttons are rediculously tiny, and bad reception. if u get this phone: beware televisions. everytime this phone gets around any tv it makes the tv start making this loud buzzing noise and it really embaresses me sometimes!
PLEASE dont make this mistake!!!!!!
TRUST ME PLEASE
dillan
Rating:
Summary: Great Phone!
Review: I really don't know why people don't like this phone either.
It's small, it's very affordable, the only feature it really doesn't have is PC/Phone interface. But, you can even buy a camera for it.
I would have probably made it a little bigger, I admit the buttons are rather hard to see in certain lighting, but, the screen (should you have the LED on ;) is very bright.
The reception is great for me as well, I usually use it in place of my home phone when I have minutes to spare!
Rating:
Summary: funny static
Review: I really like the phone, but I wish the reception was clearer. Also it does really strange things to my computer monitor and my television when it rings. It makes lines across my computer monitor and makes my tv hum. Also people calling me complain that it is noisy. The buttons are small, but I got used to them. I love the camera attachment, I use it all of the time, and it takes really good pictures.
Rating:
Summary: No Bluetooth, Incompatible with Salling Clicker
Review: I received this for free in the mail from AT&T. They asked for my T68i in return. I will not do this as that would be a downgrade. The T68i is great as it has Bluetooth and is compatible with Salling Clicker. This remarkable bit of software uses AppleScript to make the T68i an extension of my Apple Powerbook. With it I can use the T68i as a remote control device for many software packages on my Mac such as Keynote and iTunes. iSync downloads my addressbook and calendars from the Mac to the phone. When a call comes in I see the name of the person flashed on my computer screen. Without this functionality the T226 is useless for me.
Rating:
Summary: Poor Reception
Review: I recently bought the Cellphone through Amazon and Iam planning to exchange with another brand. The phone does not automatically picks up the signal when you hit the Signal Area from a No signal Area, you are forced to search for the signal through the browse for the signal option. The Phone reception is poor. I compared the reception with the same service provider but a different brand of phone , i found the other phone picked up the signal and Sony ericcson did not.
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