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Dopod 838

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6.5

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Not as great as expected

Apr 12, 2008

Rating: 5 out of 10 (Average)
Pros: Friendly QWERTY Keyboard
Cons: Bulky and thick, Poor Camera, Sluggish, Screen rotates by itself, MiniSD often undetected
Opinion:
I've had this phone for over 2 years and I can say I'm quite disappointed. First, it's too thick. Then the camera is so poor that when you put them into computer it looks awful. It only works best outdoor (though still poor compared to other handsets) but certainly not indoors. The phone is also very sluggish, making myself having to soft reset it over and over again (about once every 2 days). Sometimes it's also hard to answer calls or ignore them due to its sluggishness. MiniSD often rendered undetected, quite annoying for those who installed their programs in their miniSD (which most us do).

However, the keyboard is comfortable to use making it good to send e-mails and messages.


 

Attractive features but less effective day to day

Jul 22, 2006

Rating: 5 out of 10 (Average)
Pros: Nice features
Cons: Sluggish performance, Poor service support considering the high price
Opinion:
Bought this on the strength of the features and package. While the features are useful, the battery life is only just adequate, the unit is a bit too thick for easy use and there is
The keyboard has a nasty habit of slipping out just enough to flip the screen and inactivate the buttons - makes it difficult to answer the phone at times.
Price is too high for what you get.
When the screen got cracked I was surprised at the poor service that I received. The service centre is hard to find, parking is very inconvenient and the service staff were rude and condescending.

 

The Dopod 838 is a outstanding All-In-One business mans phone

Jul 20, 2006

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Excellent slide out keyboard, exceptional signal to noise ratio
Cons: Internal memory needs to be larger, Quality of the camera not what it should be.
Opinion:
After using Treo for a long while and having to contantly perform soft resets due to lock ups, this is a nice relief. I look forward to their continued improvements and enhancements.

 

Useful Pocket PC phone

Jun 22, 2006

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Keyboard that able to suite your finger, WM5, wifi
Cons: Slow processor
Opinion:
I like this phone. It solve all my business daily use in this tiny pocket pc phone.

I use GPRS all the time, I need to check and send mail. This keyboard help me a lot.
I no need to always open my notebook to done my task.

Slower processor means longer battery isnt it? So far i am alright with speed of the device.

This device seldom hang. This is weird, just slow but not hang. When the program is loaded in the RAM, it run fast.

 

STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!

May 25, 2006

Rating: 2 out of 10 (Terrible)
Pros: external keyboard
Cons: extremely slow CPU, hangs often, poor build quality, lousy camera
Opinion:
This is one of the worst PDA i have ever used. It is painfully slow so much so i have to do a soft reset every other day. It hangs often too. the screen will sometime switch to landscape mode eventhough i did not slide the k/b out. All this happened despite not installing any additional software. The build in camera also sucks big time with grainy photos. Buy at your own risks!!!

 

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