SMS question - how easy is it? |
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 Nov 24 2002, 21:13
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 5 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 55  |
Hiya.
I'm thinking about getting the SPV - but can someone tell me how easy (and quick) it is when doing a text message? (SMS, not multimedia). Is there a shortcut for texting? Is it quick and responsive when typing the message? How many menus to go through to read one from the inbox? It's just that the T68/T68i were so poor.... Don't want to get my fingers burnt... Cheers for any opinions! 
-------------------- .:wob:.
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Nov 24 2002, 21:21
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,095 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Well, it's no Nokia for texting, from a keypad point of view, the ergonomics are average.
BUT You get MSN Messenger! How awesome is that? A real money saver compared to SMS... P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Nov 24 2002, 21:38
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 5 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 55 |
but how much worse?
yeah - messenger will be nice, but so many people will be using their 'normal' phones - kinda have to cater for the lowest common denominator don't you? could you tell me a bit more about SMSing? -------------------- .:wob:.
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Nov 24 2002, 22:19
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,095 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Sure, what do you want to know?
The biggest problem is the fact it doesn't correctly buffer keypresses... see BugTrack! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Nov 24 2002, 22:25
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 5 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 55 |
how quick is it?
is there any slowdown (ala T68)? how deep into the menu's is a 'write new message' function? how quick is it to select the number/person to send to? basically, what are the 'fussy' bits about it? i'm not expecting it to be perfect - i'd be bloody surprised if it was as good as a nokia, but that's ok. as you said - there's messenger! -------------------- .:wob:.
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Nov 24 2002, 22:31
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,095 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
No slowdown,
Write message function is 3 deep (actually not too bad - Inbox - New Message - SMS) Once you have input a word in T9 you can't reselect it, you have to delete and retype if you make a mistake. Other than that, pretty cool! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Nov 24 2002, 22:49
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 5 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 55 |
Thanks for the reply.
What about choosing the contact/number to send to? Is that ok? -------------------- .:wob:.
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Nov 24 2002, 22:51
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,095 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
The way of selecting contacts on the SPV is second to none, that's for sure.
Hard to describe, but if you wanted to select Paul, you could just press the numbers that have PAU on (3 keypresses), and it would list all matches. Very nice. Sending to multiple recipients is very easy too. You can also send to e-mail and SMS with one message. P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Nov 24 2002, 22:52
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,289 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Manchester, UK Member No.: 50 |
Choosing the contact is very easy, one button brings up your whole list, then it's the same as dialling someone's number - i.e. if you want to bring up Gates, Bill, dial "2(
 4(i)5(l)5(l)" and it highlights him.
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Nov 24 2002, 22:54
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 5 Joined: 24th November 2002 Member No.: 55 |
Ok. I'm sold!
Allowing for me to have an ickle tinker with one before parting with the dosh (yeah, like that'll matter - kid with a new toy!) Thanks again for the replies - much appreciatied. -------------------- .:wob:.
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Nov 24 2002, 22:56
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 195 Joined: 23rd November 2002 Member No.: 35 |
Since you can customize the frontscreen I would say any function is right there on the front screen. I just reconfigured mine for have the Inbox on the frontscreen showing SMS, MMS and MAIL counts and 4 permanent links with ico's to Slashdot, Google, MSN Messenger (the app) and Orange itself. Prob. changes tomorrow again ... but they thats the pleasure of the SPV ...
-------------------- Now this phone can only get better ....
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Nov 26 2002, 13:48
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 17 Joined: 22nd November 2002 From: Durham, England Member No.: 14 |
How do you personally customize the front screen?
I've managed the standard options and changed the wallpaper, but that's about it. Simon |
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Nov 26 2002, 14:19
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Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 783 Joined: 23rd November 2002 From: London, UK Member No.: 30 |
see the customisation section of this forum.
-------------------- I get my kicks from winding people up ;-)
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