Not a bad phone
Written: Dec 14 '00
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Pros: Light, Long Battery Life, Bells and Whistles
Cons: Voice quality patchy, Web service very patchy
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| palnu's Full Review: Sprint TouchPoint 2200 Cell Phone |
Oh I have resisted getting a cell phone for so long. Just another awful yuppie trapping - who wants the office to be able to get hold of you at all hours?
But the life of a travelling consultant made getting one mandatory, and Sprint seemed to have the best national plan that I could find, so I bought one of these puppies for $220. There's a $30 mail-in rebate that I need to mail.
It's really light, but fairly large compared to some I've seen. Also looks fairly shock-proof. What I really do like is that it will charge completely in under two hours, and seems to last forever.
Voice quality is good when you get a strong Sprint signal. I've found coverage to be really dodgy in Phoenix, one of the towns I travel to all the time. My roommate tells me I sound like I'm talking through a tin can on it - there again I have nothing to compare to.
Bells and whistles galore. Speakerphone (not duplex and really annoying). Voice commands and dialing (pretty cool), HUGE phone book - this thing must have more RAM than a Palm. Calendars, alarms, games, silly custom rings.
Being a geek I find the text messaging incredibly useful. You can receive short emails on the phone - wonderful for things like airline alerts. The Wireless Web feature looks cool, although I have about a 50% success in connecting to it.
All in all, a useful little toy. Now if I could just avoid giving the number to my colleagues.
Recommended:
Yes
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palnu
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Member: Neil Motteram
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