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5.4

out of 10

ceecookie

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After using for almost 2 years - as problematic as it gets

Apr 11, 2008

Rating: 4 out of 10 (Mediocre)
Pros: What can i say? More of a eye candy of a design
Cons: Almost unusable state as it aged >2 yrs
Opinion:
I've been using the O2 Atom for almost 2 years.At first,it displayed minor and irrevelant bugs that didnt affect much of day-to-day usage.

That was then the previous ROM which was preloaded before i upgraded to the newer one(to date) back then.

Now,with the newer ROM - i really have to agree with the users here with their complains of problems and unreliability.

Anyway,with my Atom aging 2 years and up,it's almost unusable for everyday usage.Sometime for some reason the phone can decide NOT to process(sent) SMSes and even calls.
Instead the messages will simply stay in the Outbox folder while the calls are ended abrubtly as soon as u press the green phone icon.
Another user has also encountered this problem.

Then.the OS itself has it's share of glitches - sometime when u soft reset the Atom it cant even boot up properly.
And if u overload the button,the phone will go to "dead" mode ... Read more

rscenicbrava

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Easy to use and nice to look at

Nov 26, 2007

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: All the features similar to the desktop Microsoft with integrated SMS, etc.
Cons: To select the internet connection between Wi-Fi and GPRS
Opinion:
They should have simplified the connections type to the internet, with pop-up for user to select the available wireless connections. Other features are good.

Thanks

o2user

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Dissapointing on what i thought was a good phone

Oct 25, 2007

Rating: 2 out of 10 (Terrible)
Pros: nothing
Cons: ..jury still out but the verdict not looking good
Opinion:
Been having trouble with my O2 Life also Switched it on and it loads to the blue splash screen and does not go any further ... - soft reset - hard reset -- - taking battery out and putting back - call O2 technical support and they said to charge phone? THEN do the rom upgrade... This is wasting a lot of my time. I dont have time to waste trying to sort out problems with a faulty product :( let alone send the phone away by post for repairs to a repair centre and be without a phone. I checked a number of other opinions and reviews on the net and wow! seems im not alone.

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