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Good phone on its own. Bad company selling the phone.

Dec 18, 2007

Rating: 6 out of 10 (Good)
Pros: WM6, Battery, Form factor, plug-anywhere charging
Cons: UNDERPOWERED processor, Language issues for the Starhub version, cramped buttons
Opinion:
This little guy here has a nice traditional candy bar form factor of phones so you can squeeze it into your jeans together with all your mp3s and leave your zen at home.

Batter life is good. I talked 2 hours every night, sms about 30 messages a day, "pushed mail" via ActiveSync once a day and squeezed 3 days of use before I have to look for USB ports to juice him up again (and these USB-port are EVERYWHERE, just like TV-Mobile in Singapore).

Runs WM6 with HP interface. So Word, PPT and Excel comes with it. Nuff said about work on go, if you don't demand too much.

Symbian fans can get used to the UI fast, but lots more of menu-digging to get things done for new users who are used to Nokia Series 40. Programs needs constant killing to free up resources.

Processor a little weak here, maybe to conserve power (hence the good battery life). some MMS cannot come in, sometimes cannot send MMS, sometimes drop my call, sometimes cannot hear the other party... I blame the weak processor, maybe it's because its free (though I paid for it indirectly).

Buttons a little cramped. Got a fat thumb that may press up to 4 buttons during the routine speed-sms mish-mash. Make sure you tried the buttons at the shops before buying.

Now the painful part. I emialed Starhub why they gave me an Indian phone with no Chinese (read/send) when I am in Singapore. I thought they would offer their promotional items in good faith for MaxOnline subsription. I thought HP was a nice company too. I thought they do good CRM but left me in the cold to get Chinese support. I thought both of them value their customers. They can have me on once but they have lost me forever, and together with my future potential purchases/subscriptions from them.

In conclusion, personnaly, I won't get another HP phone anytime soon. But if you don't need Chinese, perhaps you can try this phone out. Just don't try the Starhub version if you need Chinese character recogition.