Comments on: Requiem for a Phone http://www.gnuyen.org/archives/16 Pseudo-journalism at it's most mediocre Sat, 19 May 2012 21:45:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: nihkon http://www.gnuyen.org/archives/16/comment-page-1#comment-16 nihkon Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:16:03 +0000 http://www.gnuyen.org/archives/16#comment-16 Whatever you do, don't get a Motorola V400. They flashy adds drew me in a year and a half ago when it was the new hot thing to have. From day one the volume in the earpiece was low. After splashing it with a little water (oops) the volume in the earpiece is nearly inaudible. There are certain people I can't even talk to while driving without having to pull over and shut the car off just so that I can hear them. Good thing it has a built in speaker phone. :) Another problem I've had is my "3" button tends to stick, making text messaging a real chore. :( I wanted some customization ability, so I dl'd all the prog's needed to upload new ringtones, backgrounds, etc. Ever since then then phone just hasn't been the same. You know what. . .maybe all the problems are my own fault. lol. But it's your risk. Whatever you do, don’t get a Motorola V400. They flashy adds drew me in a year and a half ago when it was the new hot thing to have. From day one the volume in the earpiece was low. After splashing it with a little water (oops) the volume in the earpiece is nearly inaudible. There are certain people I can’t even talk to while driving without having to pull over and shut the car off just so that I can hear them. Good thing it has a built in speaker phone. :) Another problem I’ve had is my “3″ button tends to stick, making text messaging a real chore. :( I wanted some customization ability, so I dl’d all the prog’s needed to upload new ringtones, backgrounds, etc. Ever since then then phone just hasn’t been the same. You know what. . .maybe all the problems are my own fault. lol. But it’s your risk.

]]> By: Maro http://www.gnuyen.org/archives/16/comment-page-1#comment-13 Maro Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:07:37 +0000 http://www.gnuyen.org/archives/16#comment-13 I just got a Nokia 3230 after I got sick of my old Siemens C62's hardware and software being buggy / idiotic. Do not get a Siemens phone, they're all crap. The Nokia 3230 I got is a "smartphone" with a Symbian OS, thus software-wise it's flawless. In terms of hardware, well, it's a Nokia, so you can't go wrong there. The display is beautiful (really), the 1.2M camera is a lot of fun for taking random pics, and you can even record lo-res movies, which is funky for recording funky situations (like homeless people on Moscow Square, Budapest). I paid ~$400 for an unlocked/SIM-free one here in Hungary, which is kind of decadent, but it was worth it. I highly recommend it. I just got a Nokia 3230 after I got sick of my old Siemens C62’s hardware and software being buggy / idiotic. Do not get a Siemens phone, they’re all crap.

The Nokia 3230 I got is a “smartphone” with a Symbian OS, thus software-wise it’s flawless. In terms of hardware, well, it’s a Nokia, so you can’t go wrong there. The display is beautiful (really), the 1.2M camera is a lot of fun for taking random pics, and you can even record lo-res movies, which is funky for recording funky situations (like homeless people on Moscow Square, Budapest). I paid ~$400 for an unlocked/SIM-free one here in Hungary, which is kind of decadent, but it was worth it. I highly recommend it.

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