Why not replace your regular phone? Updated web browser list
Written: Mar 20 '00 (Updated May 16 '00)
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Pros: Mini-browser capability, easy to use, light-weight, and great voice-activated dial-up accuracy!
Cons: Somewhat pricey.
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| spacepup's Full Review: Samsung SCH 3500 CDMA / AMPS Cellular Phone |
I recently joined the Sprint PCS network and chose the Samsung SCH-3500 as my portable phone. My decision to purchase the Samsung SCH-3500 model was based upon two reasons: I liked the look and feel of the Samsung SCH-2000 model that one of my friends recently purchased, and I wanted the wireless web capability.
Below are some of the phone's capabilities:
You can set the phone's roaming ability so that if you are outside of the Sprint PCS network area, you can choose whether or not you want your phone to automatically access other CDMA networks or analog cellular networks. Turning off the automatic access capability might save you some money in the long run, but it will limit your ability to place phone calls in secluded areas of the States that are not under the Sprint PCS umbrella. Note: The following area is a trouble spot I have encountered using the Sprint PCS network - Westchester / Hillside (watch out for analog connections in this area).
You can set different ring tones and volumes for message calls, voice calls, and roaming calls.
The phone can record 10 voice memos by pressing an easily accessible button on the side of the phone. However, each memo can only be up to one minute in length.
The greatest feature of this phone is its voice-activated dialing. You can set your phone to always ask "Who would you like to call?" whenever you flip open the phone and the phone always repeats back to you the name of whomever you spoke into the phone so that you can be sure that you are going to be calling the right person!
The phone has an internal phone book at lets you store up to 179 names and phone numbers. In addition, if you received caller ID information when you received a phone call, you can immediately save the phone number into your internal phone book.
If you are on a digital network, the phone can send and receive a fax or data file.
The special feature of the Samsung SCH-3500 is the mini-browser. Basically, you receive only the critical aspects of the available sites with most graphics removed. I can currently access the following websites:
- @SprintPCS
- Funny.com
- Yahoo!
- Barnes & Noble
- Amazon.com
- FTD.com
- Fidelity
- Afronet
- eCompare!
- EMAZING.com
- Bloomberg
- Dictionary.com
- FOX Sports
- Ameritrade
- GetThere.com
- MapQuest
- CNN
- The Weather Channel
- Infospace
- Phone.com
- Go2online
- Go2money
- Go2shopping
- Go2travel
- Go2scores
- Go2movies
- Go2news
I can also try to access other URLs, but have not tried to use that capability as of yet. Navigating through the mini-browser takes some getting used to, but if you use the on-screen choices to move about the web, you should have no problem catching on pretty quickly. You can also bookmark your favorite pages so that you don't have to go browsing around, wasting valuable air time.
The Samsung SCH-3500 weights approximately 5.5 oz. and can provide up to 2.5 hours of digital talk time and up to 45 minutes of analog talk time when you use the standard battery. Additionally, when using the standard battery digital standby time can be up to 130 hours and analog standby time can be up to 15 hours. The display screen has five lines (four lines of text and one icon line) and the phone uses a dual band: CDMA 1.9 GHz / AMPS 800 MHz.
I recommend this phone to anyone who wants to join the Sprint PCS network!
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 150
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