THIS PHONE HAS IT ALL
Written: Jun 10 '01
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Pros: many features,large screen, small, lightwieght,
Cons: expensive
The Bottom Line: If you have $180 and are looking for non flip phone and want to be on the "cutting edge" of technoligy than the TP2200 is the phone for you.
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| CP123's Full Review: Sprint TouchPoint 2200 Cell Phone |
Ive had touchpoint 2200 for the past 6 months and I have yet to have any problems with the phone(I cannot say the same with sprint's billing but that is another story...) The TP2200 is just the right size in my opinion I dont like flip phones to much and I do not like some of the smaller flimsy phones. But the TP2200 is a nice balance between size and bulk. The TP2200 screen is very large for a cell phone. This phone has just about any feature that you could want such as over 20 different ringers including vibrate(but vibrate supposibly wears down the battery faster) and if you think the phone does not already include enough annoying ringers you create custom ringers at Denso's website which is the company that manufactures the phone for sprint and you can also download some already made ringers there too for the pleasure of those around you,a speaker phone that is built into the phone that is actually pretty good, it has also has a planner, 3 different games(they are not that fun though even for phone games), it voice recoginition built in to it which is actually a pretty cool feature and it impresses people quit easily, it comes with a phone book that contains enough space that it would be impossible to fill unless you were to put everyone on the white pages on it(not that ive tried that or anything...it makes me feel popular),it has recorder in it so you can take notes or record any commantary that you might have about your busy life, speed dial,dual band, voice mail and countless other features built into it(some are actually usefull i think). The meat of this phone if will is that this phone is basicly based around the "Wireless Web" which is something that is just gaining momentum over here in the states but are cell phone using counterparts in Japan love it and there phones are several generations ahead of ours but you can tell your friends that you are a trend setter. The large screen is great for looking at the script pages on your phone(I do not recomend this activity while you are driving or doing any other activity that requires the use of your eyes/and or fingers)although the wireless web is in its infancy here and you can practicly count the amountof wireless web sites that are avialible but the number is increasing and that feature is one that I use more often than I call people(that doesnt mean that I have no one to call I really do)Although the wireless web in no way replaces your home computer for internet use and its blazing 14.4 modem is adiquite for the primative text web sites that are currently avialible it is sometimes convient to use the wireless web to check stocks, Aol instante messenger,sports scores,weather,email,move times,directions, and any other vital piece of information that you cannont live without. The TP2200 comes standard with a Lithium Ion Battery that gives you theoreticly 3.75 hours of continous talk time or up to 200 hours of continous standby time in digital and 25 hours of contious standby and 1 hour of continous talk in analog mode, I have never even come close to running out of juice so I cannot tell you how it actually performs in the real world(nor would I be able to give you an acurret represtaion of that)but there are many factors that determine the amount of battery life that you have like useing the vibration ringer and supposibly useing the wireless web uses more energy than normal calls but, agien I have had no issues with running out of life but another thing to note is that I rarly leave my phone on so obvisly I am not the person to ask about anything that remotly concerns battery life. I do not really have anything negative to say about the TP2200 other than I found it's $180 price tag a little pricy, when most phones are practicly given away by service providers granted that this phones is at a higher tier than most phones that service providers provide for nearly free or sometimes for free I still think $180 is a lot of money for something that is exposed to so much abuse. Another grievence I have with the phone and that has the potential to be health risk is that this phone rates very high on the amount radiation that is allowed to be ommited by cell phones. Although there is much debate over the severity of the health risks that cell phones posses it is still a factor that deserves consideration when looking at all cell phones. But with the exception of the price issue and the radation issue. I really like the TP2200 and would recomend it to anyone looking for a non flip phone.
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Amount Paid (US$): 180
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