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Summary: Nice and small but...
Review: It's a nice phone but for the price it doesn't pack a whole lot of punch. The one thing that upsets me most is that there is no way to edit/add different ringtones to the phone. Another thing is that I have to download 3rd party risky software just to change the background. Lastly no camera, no mp3, and a flaky graffiti pad. Too much to pay for it's tinyness.
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Summary: everything I ever wanted in a phone pda
Review: Just got it a week ago.
Ever since we are inseperable.
I bought more expensive gizmos in the past but never did I get attached to something this quick. It does everything I want very well. I need all my addresses in oneplace synced to My Yahoo, all my calender with alarms, my expenses and my to do list. It has call forward by sprint when Iam in areas where there is no reception or I should not answer the phone like the hosp. It is my pager also. Of course I would have liked to see who is calling on the cover but so be it. but it doesnt matter cause I would have answered anyway, so I set it up so when I flip the lid open the phone answers. I dont need a silly camera or blue tooth (what ever it is) to make me happy . This phone can be used by serious people for business with absolute reliability because of the second battery which I change everymorning as well as crystal clear reception. So If you have to be always availbale on the phone for business reasons This is the phone for you.
To me this is best thing after sliced bread
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Summary: Horrible software
Review: Just got this phone. Software will not load on an XP machine. Error I receive is Error -1607: Unable to Install InstallShield Scripting Run Time I am going back to the treo 600. A bit larger but it was up and running within seconds. Other advantages of the treo. - speakerphone
- camera
- vibrate
- external readout I hope sprint reads this review and fixes these problems.
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Summary: Good antique item
Review: Let's face it. 66MHz CPU, Palm OS 4, 4096 colors.
This is an old technology you should have already thrown out.
You don't want to buy it for next few years by spending $600.
Even if someone is trying to give it to me free, I would refuse.
These days if you want a PDA with phone, it has to be at least
200MHz, so that it may run the map applications properly
(not simply static map image viewer - I mean, zoom in, zoom out,
pan operations). Also, playing mp3 (with 66MHz cpu ?),
picture viewing (your family photos - with 4096 colors ?)
This Samsung I500 can be a good antique item at this moment
though.
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Summary: Best Phone I've Ever Owned
Review: Man, I love this phone. I've now had the phone for about three months and it is the best phone that I have ever owned. The fact that the phone is my PDA plus my cell is just wonderful. Everything is with me and accessable at all times. No need to fumble for my PDA and then my cell phone. It's just great. In addition, the color and resolution is fantastic. I would concur that the flip for the phone could open up a little more, but I've been on the phone for 30 minutes at a time and it was not uncomfortable at all. Thank you Samsung. Great phone.
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Summary: FINALLY!
Review: My old palm/phone combo finally wore out & I LOVE this new phone. As far as I am concerned, it is just perfect for my business - no excess "stuff" like camera/mp3, or whatever. I LOVE this phone! The first place I went didn't have it in stock, and neither did any of the local stores, so I bought a TREO 600 and absolutely HATED it - very clumsy. I returned it after 1/2 day and drove 1 1/2 hours to the nearest town to buy this great device (they only had 1 left). Did I mention I love this phone?
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Summary: Good Phone, Bad Sales Person, Bad Signal
Review: Ordered and got the phone in a week from Amazon. I went to Fedex to pick up cause I couldn't wait any longer. I Charged it and turned it on, but didn't get any signal. Next day, at the sprint store, I talked to the sales person about the bad signal. She told me it is because not activated yet. If it doesn't, she promised to exchange it with a better one. She told me that if they can't make it working, they will not charge at all except $35 activation fee. I let her do it and I didn't get a any signal at home. When I came back to the shop, the store manager was out on leave and no technician or person to exchange or money back. I was told to contact the other service center and call 1-800#. They asked me for $140 to cancel even thou the phone was not working at my area. Service people were nice, but they pretended they are listening to you. They just don't care nothing but the money. I will buy the same phone because it was the best phone I ever used, but I am not going back for Sprint ever. Be very careful with the sales people in the store.
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Summary: Missing some basic features, Samsung really dropped the ball
Review: The form factor is nice. The screen is bright. But at the end of the day, this is still only a Palm OS on a regular phone, operating separately, and not integrated. Despite what another reviewer has said, the Palm functions are not fully integrated with the phone. If I make an appointment with someone in my Address Book and attempt to put them into the Datebook function, the phone does not recognize this - it only cuts and pastes descriptive text (the person's name) from the Address Book into the Datebook appointment. I would expect a link from the appointment to the person's entry in the Address Book, wouldn't you? Let's say the day of the appointment arrives and for some reason I want to call this person (i.e. I'm running late). The way this phone works, I can't simply go to the appointment and click on their name in order to bring up their info...I have to exit the appointment in the Datebook, go back into the Address Book, look them up all over again, and find their number and call them. This is ridiculous and inexcuseable for something this expensive, with a 4th generation OS. Another ridiculous thing is that there is no plastic holster like there is even on the original flip phone, the Motorola StarTac. What is supplied is a leather case with a fold-over snap on lid that sticks way out, taking a decent-sized phone and making it bulky, difficult, and time-consuming to extract and take a call. We're talking basics here folks! These are just two of the very glaring shortcomings showing how Samsung has simply taken the i500 to the 10 yard line and dropped the ball. Two more are the lack of an LED on the outside of the phone so you can see who is calling without opening the phone, and a speakerphone. Come on! A business cell phone that doesn't have a speakerphone to use for conference calls?!?! It is because of the lack of these very basic (but necessary) features that I am considering returning this phone. Why should I pay $600 for a phone that doesn't have an external LED or speakerphone, I can't easily wear or take a call, and forces me to plod around back and forth due to a lack of thought and integration?
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Summary: the holy grail...
Review: The form factor is outstanding. Palm pda phones to this point have been clunky and far too compromised ergonomically. The i500 is the same size as most flip phones with all the functionality of Palm 4.1. The cool part is that the Palm o/s is fully and seamlessly integrated with the phone. For example, you can look up an address in the Palm address book and then tap the number to make the call. The color screen is vibrant and very easy to read in doors. Outside the screen looks washed but is still fairly easy to work with. Contrary to another review below, it has a 65K color screen. Colors are natural, smooth and have depth. Not exactly hi def but for a portable viewing device the quality is superior. The overall fit and finish exceeded my expectations and has that hard to define feel of a quality product. Very smooth and substantial feeling. When the phone is closed it closes with a satisfying thud rather than a plastic or tinny clap. It comes with the Blazer browser running at 3 g speeds. Think ISDN speeds with html capability. In other words, you don't have to view stripped down versions of websites. You get basically the same viewing as you would from a computer. Since it's running the Palm o/s there are literally thousands of applications that will run on it. For AOL users simply load AOL on the phone and you'll be able to read, write and instant message as you would from home or work. The intended market for this phone is the business user. As such it's a no nonsense product. No camera, mp3 player or other such add-ons. If you want these, Samsung's follow up product to this model may be the way to go. The only improvement I can think of would be an sd card slot for added storage. All in all a truly outstanding product. Nice work Samsung.
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Summary: The cell phone of all cell phones
Review: This cell phone is an awesome piece of technology. It's a cell phone, a palm, and has internet access. What more can you ask when your on the go. To me Sprint has excellent service and the connection is pretty clear. It's pricey, but its worth it!
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