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bico
Joined: May 19, 2003
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From: Stockholm, Sweden.
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@mers: Thanks a lot for your excellent review. Informative experiences. Interesting reflections.
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jep900
Joined: Apr 10, 2004
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great review ,well i got mine today and all i have to say is wow.wot a phone,its like a baby p900,file managers mp3 etc.a score out of 10 woud be 9.5.cos its a bit slow and video isnt brill but i will let se off as its new firmware.
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Snook the crook
Joined: Jul 01, 2004
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Great review, can't wait to get my k700 now...
edit: removed pricing question and requested it be posted in the general discussions forum as this thread if for user reviews only now.
thanks!
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vanquish
Joined: Mar 20, 2003
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amazing review. i recently had a go on one! it looks really large in the mag but it is really small!!!
great phone. but i have to stick with my p800 - but hey, the p800 is the original smartphone!
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engineer
Joined: Jul 02, 2004
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I would like to share my experiences after a few days of painful testing of the k700 synch-options. And, why I just decided to bring it back to my dealer:
1. since years I'm using SE phones (T39, T68, T610) and always successfully used XTNDConnect to synch with Outlook via Bluetooth.
2. first disappointment was that SE now decided to give up on XTENDCOnnect and use homegrown Synchstation. XTENDConnect could e.g. synchronize contacts based on a category filter, Synchstation can't. Well so finally I will have to create a new contacts folder in Outlook holding those contacts only which I want to have on my cellphone. Clumsy.
3. Baseline of my testing: synchronisation doesn't work with McAffee Virus scan being on a PC. Simply disabling it or terminating the process won't be enough. You will have to deinstall McAffee from your PC to make the synch work.
4. I tested under W2k with Outlook 2k. Used 2 different PCs. One equipped with a Belkin PC dongle, later with an infrared adapter. The other one had a Logitech Bluetooth hub. One PC runs McAfee 7.0, the other one V 8.0.
5. Yes, all Bluetooth or infrared connections became active, COM prots were set correctly, phone & PCs got paired successfully etc. I'm using this now since years and think I did not do anything wrong.
6. In ANY of the configurations described above, the following happens: phone and PC connect, SE Synchstation window pops up (it wouldn't if there was no connection), after ~10 seconds a McAfee popup appears asking to allow or reject a script to be executed, said yes, and Synchstation fails and ends, without synchronizing.
7. according to McAfee support the script shield can only be removed by removing the complete McAfee installation, which I a.) don't want to do and b.) on at least on one of the 2 PCs I can't because it's my company's PC
This is very frustrating, and I already found some hints in the web about similar troubles with P900/P800 synchronisation, and there still seems to be no reaction/resolution from SE.
AS it's essential for me to have my about 350 contacts in my phone as well as my calendar and action items, I think there will be no other chance for me than to keep my T610...or choose a different vendor?
Shame. The K700 seems to be a nice phone, otherwise.  |
engineer
Joined: Jul 02, 2004
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McAfee testing continued: now I managed to turn McAfee script stopper off (it works - opposite to what the support told!) and get the same result, just without the McAfee window popping up.
I think now that I mistakenly suspected McAfee and the SE SW just is buggy.
By the way I just tried my SE HBH-60 with the K700i - guess what it doesn't work. Gets paired & known but BT connection always breaks down. Same HBH-60 works fine with the T610. My other BT headset Motorola HS810 works with the K700i AND the T610.
Seems like their own products don't really work with each others.
I'm increasingly thinking I'll bring the phone back now and wait for a more stable release.... |
nemisis2004
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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I am goin to purchase this phone later today but I would also like to know how long video can be taken for and is it clear etc.
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JAGUY85
Joined: Oct 17, 2003
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From: Jamaica
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I believe I read it could record as long as you have sufficient memory. Need that clarified. With respect to the video quality. It is rather good based on what I have seen and heard. It's better than It's rival the Nokia 6230.
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willy_chen
Joined: Jul 09, 2004
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From: Dominican Republic
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hey doesnt this phone look a little cheappie inside when u take out the battery? i mean, plastic??? what color is the light of the keys? pink or purple? |
etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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My keys are white.
It looks more plastic inside than phones like the T610 because the plastic is a shiny black colour. If it was white like the T610, it would probably not feel that way.
All in all though, the K700 is definitely more well built than the T610, it doesnt creak when you press on the case at all on mine ! 
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jakester2000
Joined: Jul 09, 2004
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From: London & Gillingham, Kent
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Good reviews. My K700 turns up next week!. I'm particularly interested in the bits Ive read about putting movie clips and episodes ont he phone. When it turns up I'll add my thoughts! |
Del
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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From: Kent, UK
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On 2004-07-07 11:32:55, nemisis2004 wrote:
I am goin to purchase this phone later today but I would also like to know how long video can be taken for and is it clear etc.
Thanx in Advance
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Yes you can video to the full amount of memory in the phone 
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willy_chen
Joined: Jul 09, 2004
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From: Dominican Republic
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im probably getting this one when i get to hong kong on day 28th, its quite an atractive phone + you can use mp3s as ringtones right? |
Del
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On 2004-07-09 18:17:58, willy_chen wrote:
im probably getting this one when i get to hong kong on day 28th, its quite an atractive phone + you can use mp3s as ringtones right?
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Yes you can
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engineer
Joined: Jul 02, 2004
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Final information on Outlook-Sync problems:
Just for fun, I tried the the old XTNDConnectPC-software that came with the T610 (!). Guess what - sync works without a problem. Of course some of the new fields in the k700i are not supported but everything else gets transferred properly.
Baseline: I tested synchronisation with Outlook on W2k via Bluetooth-AND IR connection on 2 different PCs, with both a Belkin USB BT-dongle and a Logitech BT hub, with all firewalls off/on and with McAfee and Norton AntiVirus off/on. The phone gets recognized and connected, but using the SW that comes with the phone (SE SnycStation), it never worked.
Using the same configurations but the old XTNDConnectPC software, everything worked. For me it's clear now that the current version of the SE software sucks.  |
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