Great phone - BUT flawed service.
Written: Jan 04 '03 (Updated Jan 04 '03)
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Pros: Great palm integration and battery life. All in 1 wonder.
Cons: NO USB port. TERRIBLE Sprint/Kyocera service to fix major bug.
The Bottom Line: GREAT concept with 1 major bug, 1 shortfall (no USB) but ONLY get this phone if you can use Verizon.
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| keosky's Full Review: Kyocera QCP-6035 Smartphone |
Overall the integration of the palm capabilities into the phone is perfect (lack of USB port and cable accepted - so add $49 to your purchase for a home-grown solution). With nearly 1000 outlook contacts, plus multiple applications, in the 8MB phone, I still have 79% of memory free. Battery life is superb (5 days is 'real', plus sync cradle automatically drip feeds battery). I have had some complaints about my sound quality - but it's hard to say if that's the Phone or Sprint. Size is bigger than the trend - but you truly only need 1 item. No more phone pilot.
The biggest hit against the phone is a major bug (searching contacts from phone-mode forces you to reset every time you want to sync), that Kyocera can't help with (though acknowledge) due to contract limitations with Sprint, and Sprint are quite frankly impossible to deal with in a rational fashion - can't tell me if there is a bug, and if so which store can fix it. AND Sprint don't seem to see this as an issue! Plus when I call they ask me to tell them my sprintpcs website password to talk to them - real secure there. They then 'settle' for your social security number.
>> Note - bug finally fixed (very painful and long lead time) but was fixed. Overall phone works great - in fact I can ONLY now use a phone wiht Palm OS built in. Kyocera has still been very very slow with new add ons (USB to Serial traveling cable) and more importantly an update to this phone which works with Sprint adn/or in most regions. Poor execution can drive me nuts!
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Amount Paid (US$): 357 @Staples
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