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[PaulOBrien]

My laptop has a built in SD reader, and the Mini SD (SanDisk) I bought included aforementioned adaptor... and it works a treat.

Hurrah

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[Blakey]

Simon Wrote:

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Yes, when the mini SD card is in it's adapter, it behaves exactly like a full size SD card, so it works fine in card readers  

Thanks Simon.  I can safely get one then.  :-)

Blakey

[PaulOBrien]

Not sure if the E200 plugin based homescreens work, i'll give it a go later, but i'm not optimistic

Kinks on AMG shown below, it's not a pleasant experience TBH, but it works...

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[weestian]

Heya Paul!
Thnx so much! again, It looks much better than on my E100, in which i could'nt even press the bandnames and such when loading up the page!
So this is great news to me, even though it might not be perfect!

Btw, how is the voice recording function? Does it still studder and miss bits and pieces while playing/recording? Soundquality improved?

Thanks again

Stian

PS! Any idea when the C500 will be appearing in Norway?

[PaulOBrien]

Not used Voice Recorder (ever) i'm afraid, and no idea when/if it's coming to Norway

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[kevlar]

Great review Paul. Quick question I don't think you mentioned, does the C500 poll multiple email accounts now or only the selected one as with the E200? this really bugged me with my E200.

Also you mentioned your plantronics M3000 no longer drops calls, this was fixed in the last E200 update thank God!

I am really tempted by this phone but the gaming bug has me put off for now, I play a lot of games on my E200. Also I'm not sure about the joystick, why can't they just give us a nice 8 way joystick and let you select between standard ( 4 way, best for phone navigation ) and gaming ( 8 way obviously ) in the settings?

Kevlar

[PaulOBrien]

I use Server ActiveSync (Exchange), so I couldn't tell you about e-mail accounts i'm afraid, maybe Gears or Brody can help out as they received phones yesterday...

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[foxy11]

paul, how long do u recon the games fix would take them?, according to the ppl my pre-order is with they were meant to recieve them today or yesterday, however orange have "held them as they arent completely happy yet". Just wondered what the chances of them rushing out an update were (i know its probably VERY unlikely).

The orange shop in Meadowhall (Sheffield) recieved an email yesterday telling them Weds 18th.

[mcolbeck]

The phone looks fantastic, it just sucks having to wait for one!!!!!

I can't understand why people don't just buy a game boy if they want to play games!!!

I dont know if its just me but the general design of a phone just seems to be all wrong for playing games.

[PaulOBrien]

Absolutely no chance of this fix being on retail phones - they are already built, shipped and ready to sell!

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[foxy11]

i thought it would just be a cop out answer to keep me happy as they hadnt delivered on the dates they said , I just wondered if there was a remote chance they were holding off till a s/w update was available. /me waits patiently

[kevlar]

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I can't understand why people don't just buy a game boy if they want to play games!!!  

The thing is I wouldn't go anywhere without my mobile phone, fancy a quick game? it's there with you. I seem to be carrying 3 things wherever I go, my phone, my wallet and the case with the front of my Alpine car stereo in. I don't want to carry a 4th item ( gameboy ) as small as it is. It's the same with music, we moan about the shortfalls of media player and someone says ' get an mp3 player '. No, it's a convergence device, so make it work properly!

just my opinion

Kevlar

[drblow]

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Nice, thorough review m8! I might even be forced to get one now just to see what the fuss is about!    Although, how on earth a release version can make it to the stores with such a massive bug that prevents you from playing games is beyond me.  
I take it from the fact that there is no mention of SD card problems, that there are none?  Does that mean that cards which you previously had problems with on an e200, now work OK in C500?

:oops: Yes, of course I forgot that the C500 takes the mini SD cards.

[Blakey]

Phoned 150 (upgrades) this morning.   A very confused sounding woman said that they had no prices for upgrades yet as the phone was not out and she had no idea when it was due.  She said as far as she knew it was due in August.   She said to check the web page for "update my phone" and see when it comes on there.

Not yet, is the answer.   :-)

Blakey

P.S.   I still say it won't be out till September.    :-)

P.P.S.    And even though I bought my E200 in June and have a year's contract and even though it's gonna cost me a fortune, and even though I should wait and see if people here think its any good when its released..... I just know I'll upgrade as soon as it's available.  :-)

[Rod]

Paul, great review, much appreciated.  

I have a question about the new orange homescreen which I love.  I assume it works very quickly because of the speed of the phone, is this the case? (I always thought the orange homescreen on my E200 had slight delays)  

Also, if you have an appointment does it show on the homescreen at all times or do you have to go down to calender plugin to see it?

[Taoski]

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"]That's right, a Java Engine is included - the intent Java MIDlet Manager from Tao Group.

Hooray!  My name in lights at last!  
I knew i had a place in SPV history somewhere....

Great review Paul - keeping up the good work as always..

Hope this phone comes as PAYG soon..... almost worth selling my Nokia 3400 for :wink:

[stevekay]

Paul very kindly sent me a copy of the T9 database that is on his C500...

The bad news is that my T9 Editor will NOT work with the C500 as it has adopted the QTEK version of the T9 database.
  
I've been trying to crack the format of this file for months with no luck as it is a very strange way of storing the words - In my opinion the E200 version is a lot better because a) you have 4K's worth of space, and the method for storing the words seems more efficient !!!

There is a CDB file (t9AW.cdb) that gets stored as well which just seems to have all the text that you entered in SMS, email (any text entry in fact). I can only guess that there is a process that picks this file up and dumps new words into the udb file, hence why the new words are not picked up on the fly.

Steve

[PaulOBrien]

I have a GBA SP, but there are plenty of situations where I want to play a game (generally just for a few minutes) and have only my phone on me.

I think this is probably a very common scenario...

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I can't understand why people don't just buy a game boy if they want to play games!!!

[PaulOBrien]

Not sure about the calendar situation, but the speed is fine, albeit not blistering.

I think most users will probably switch homescreen!

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Paul, great review, much appreciated.  

I have a question about the new orange homescreen which I love.  I assume it works very quickly because of the speed of the phone, is this the case? (I always thought the orange homescreen on my E200 had slight delays)  

Also, if you have an appointment does it show on the homescreen at all times or do you have to go down to calender plugin to see it?

[PaulOBrien]

Woo, the E200 homescreen DOES work on the C500, albeit with slightly different icons - see screenshot below!

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