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nothing till now. except for the tedious message process
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Posted: 2004-10-25 19:51:18
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I don't have the same probs as you Channy.
-camera in dull light
Ok, it won't light up your room but great for close ups
-quickshare sticker
What is it with you guys with stickers, do you pick at them or something?
-its aint really 1.3m
Where does it say that on the
website
-slow picture viewing
-undeletable sonyericsson files
What like?
-the rubber protective thing for bottom, not very good material but good idea
I've had no probs, to a little to get used to
-joystick, perfect upwards, crap downwards
????
-camera noise
Total agree
-not very good browser
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Posted: 2004-10-25 19:51:36
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I dislike the rubber port cover, and the bulge around the camera lense - wish it was more T630 thickness.
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Posted: 2004-10-26 01:37:40
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The only thing i dislike about the k7 is the build quality,and flimsy keypad.the battery life is poor to average,and the screen scratches extremely easily!not a bad cheap phone though.
This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2004-10-26 01:47:44
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DeLa, I wrote this list of software bugs that annoys me. Maybe it's useful for you:
The K700 is a good phone, if you look at the specs and the hardware. However, I can come up with many software/firmware details that makes other manufacturers like Nokia look like a better alternative. This is a list of the flaws I've found, somewhat ordered by significance:
* You can't use your own sounds for sms alerts, email alerts or instant messaging (wireless village) alerts. All of them use one of 6 built-in (lame) sounds. Ideally, you should be able to specify different signals for all of these three message types. Even better, you should be able to assign different sounds for different people in your contact list, just as you can with the ringtone.
* The Wireless Village implementation sucks. It doesn't frequently poll for new messages. It can take up to one hour before you receive a message sent by your buddy. You can't configure this. The workaround is to send message to your buddies, because the phone will automatically look for new msgs when you send one.
* You can't search for contacts in your contact book. If you have, say, 30 names starting with A, you have to scroll down to the one you want. You can't start typing the first two or three characters of the name to get there instantly. This makes the phone very inefficient if you have a large contact list.
* You can only have 4 shortcuts. In T610, you had a dedicated menu in which you could add many shortcuts to. In the K700, you can only use the four directions of the joystick. It's not even entirely possible to use the number shortcuts in the menus. For example, the data counter requires you to use the joystick to switch to another tab, which isn't mapped by a number key. You just have to use one of the 4 shortcuts for that feature if you use it often.
* I haven't yet found one Java game that supports multiplayer via Bluetooth. With the T300, T310, T610, T630 and Z600, you could challenge your friends with minigolf or five stones. In the K700, you can't. Not even against other K700 users.
Other small things that Sony Ericsson just haven't put enough thought into:
* It's not possbile to turn on the speaker phone before the call is connected. This is very inconvenient, as you have to wait until the other person answers before you can use your hands freely. Sony Ericsson, attach the feature to the Camera button above the volume buttons!
* It's not possible to zoom images stored in the phone. You have to upload the pics to the computer in order to tell whether or not it was a good picture. Nokia 6230 excels here.
* The phone book can't store the person's birth date. This would be very useful, especially if you could set the phone up to automatically alert you say 3 days prior to a birthday, as well as on the actual birthday. You would then have time to buy a present and not forget the day.
* It's hard to make a good background image, becuase the screen space is split up into parts that belongs to the current theme and the actual desktop background. You have to create your own theme (using PC software) in order to use the full screen space.
* Compared to how fast you can type messages in an old Nokia (using [*] key to switch to next T9 word suggestion and with a static word order), typing on the K700 is painfully slow.
* Since the battery discharges so quickly, why didn't they make it an option to use a less brighter backlight? I find the dimmed light when the keypad is locked to be perfectly enough for most situations. When playing games before going to bed, the current backlight is even too bright. So it would save both the battery and your eyes if you could dim the backlight a notch.
* It's not possible to change the font size as was possible on the old T300. The K700 has a brilliant screen, yet you normally have no means of showing more than 7 lines of text. Some Java applications and some web pages support smaller fonts, but you can't specify a smaller default font in the phone or in the web browser.
* You can specify to look for new e-mail messages periodically, but there's no way of automatically turning that feature off depending on the profile. For example, I don't want it to look for new messages when I'm home, only when I'm at work or whatever.
* You can choose among lots of date formats, but not the SI standard? Weird...
Despite all these firmware flaws, I like my K700. I just hope that Sony Ericsson would listen to their customers and fix their poor software.
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K700[ This Message was edited by: djst on 2004-10-26 11:44 ]
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Posted: 2004-10-26 12:42:28
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Have to agree with some of the points mentioned (even the one about downward motion on joystick!) but overall I'm happy with phone but havent had an equivelant Samsung or Siemens to compare with.
You mentioned Firmware may help some of the aformentioned problems, where do I download the latest?
thanks
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Posted: 2004-10-26 12:52:47
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On 2004-10-26 12:52:47, riktoner wrote:
Have to agree with some of the points mentioned (even the one about downward motion on joystick!) but overall I'm happy with phone but havent had an equivelant Samsung or Siemens to compare with.
You mentioned Firmware may help some of the aformentioned problems, where do I download the latest?
thanks
Welcome to Esato
You can, if your phone is a Sim FREE one get a Sunc station and use the
online update service. I dont have the link to hand but its on the forums in numerous places.
If you phone is Branded ( i.e to Vodafone, orange,02) you have to debrand it, Search for how to do this using total multi server.
You need a T28 SERVICE cable, and some credits, then you can update to R2L on the Total multiserver, and then update free from the SE online update when newer f/w come out.
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Posted: 2004-10-26 13:24:23
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I have both Z600 and K700. Comparing the two of them, I think the Z600 has a more convenient keyboard for sending messages (larger, flat keys) and a longer lasting battery. I have to reload the K700s battery each day because I listen a lot to radio and mp3s. The joystick indeed freezes all the time.
Otherwise, I found the K700 very satisfying, good picture and sound quality.
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Posted: 2004-10-26 23:14:48
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I dont like k7 design and the batt performance. I used t630, way better keypad and design imo, however the batt performance could be better of it aswell. The features of k7 are nice, but cam, mp3 etc doesnt count for me and made me to go for it.
This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2004-10-27 22:48:31
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I like it but it's not for me-no extended mem,so no mp3 so what's the justification for so much $?!
This message was posted from a T610
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Posted: 2004-10-28 00:05:45
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