If I had a million Sony TP 2200's!
Written: Aug 03 '01 (Updated Feb 04 '02)
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Pros: Battery, styling, size, just about everything.
Cons: No talkie on base, voice command somewhat interprative,
leather case = dumb.
The Bottom Line: You "Schion, what's a good cell phone?"
Me "I'm so about the Sony TP 2200, it's not even funny."
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| schion65's Full Review: Sprint TouchPoint 2200 Cell Phone |
I purchased this phone form Best Buy, under the Sony's special 'Here's a hundred dollars, for no good reason" offer. So, I paid $150, got a $100 back, and a $50 gift certificate from Best Buy, yay!
This is an excellent phone, I've heard of reception problems, but never experienced them myself. The phone features voice command, web messaging, a cheese grater, good battery life, and some sort of tactical nuke launching ability (I kinda skipped that part of the manual). The voice command is very nice, though I did run into problem. I have an ex-girlfriend and a person that I was a little more than friends with, lets call them Jessica and Erica. My conversation with the TP 2200 went something like this.
Me: *activate voice command*
TP 2200: Say voice command.
Me: Call Erica.
TP 2200: Calling Jessica.
Me: AH! No!
TP 2200: Beginning transmission of embarassing personal information.
Me: NO! End transmission, end transmission!
TP 2200: Transfer complete, enjoy.
Me: Curse you!
Ok, I embelished a little, but it was disturbing, and it couldv'e been hella worse.
Other than that, it's nice to say, "Call home" and have it call home. Plus, I can put insults in for my friends names if they displease me, "Call F**Face", and it calls!
All the functions of the phone are easy to use and are completed quickly. The only thing I couldn't figure out, is how to save an incoming phone number, and load it into
a phone book entry. However, I've not completely read the manual. The manual is fairly helpfull, but for the most part, the interface is so intuitive, you don't need it.
I like it's styling, it's comfortable to talk on for long periods (three hours I've done)easy to program, carries well, and has that cheese grater. You can't talk with it on the charge base, and the leather carrying case kinda makes it look dumb, but other than that excellent.
Addendum:
Durability is apparently not a factor when making cell phones. I had this thing about six months and then the battery/cell phone connection got damaged somehow. I then had a new feature called, "Stupid phone shut off again.". It would power-off anytime pressure was applied to the battery, and since the battery is on the back of the phone opposite the numbers... I'm sure you can guess the 'fun' that involved. Additionally, the gents at Best Buy informed me that it, "wasn't an uncommon occurence" and, "we've been having a lot of those in lately, with the same problem". These comments lead me to believe that it's more a systematic problem then anything else. Cheers.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 150 sorta
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Location: Herndon, VA, USA
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The Irishman in Braveheart who says, "It's MY Island!". He's my hero.
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