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Dopod C500

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Dopod C500
 
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List price as of May 7, 2007:
S$568
for a 2-year price plan

First Take

By Damian Koh

QWERTY keyboard mobile devices are a misunderstood lot. When people think QWERTY, they associate it with big, bulky and ugly-looking devices. Handhelds with full keyboards can look gorgeous and slim, too. Take the Samsung Ultra Messaging i600, Nokia E61i, Motorola Q q9 and the Dopod C730. ...

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Still my phone up to now



Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Very easy to use, has wifi and front keyboard, camera is not bad
Cons: It gets slow sometimes, no 3g and hsdpa
Opinion:
I am using this phone up to now and it helps me a lot with my work. I use skype and windows program. I recommend this phone for people who are always out and is not bringing their laptop. It is small but the features are remarkable.

 

Good!



Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Small very smart phone with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard
Cons: Don't come with chinese input softwear
Opinion:
have been using this phone for 6 month already.
happy with this phone soooo much.
msn live is working good.


 

Surprisingly amazed when I first got this Dopod C500 out of the box. It appears much smaller than what I thought. Imagine, a small phone with both keypad and a full qwerty slide out keyboard. That's unbelieveable but true.



Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: With both keypad and a full qwerty keyboard, you have a choice to explore both in different circumstances. For example, the keypad function appears to be more convenient while driving rather than a qwerty keyboard or a touch screen. Of course I'm not encouraging people to use their phone while driving but sometimes when it comes to emergency case when you need to make a call using a handsfree function, keypad is most convenient and easy. Email is easily configured and the wi-fi function is excellent.
Cons: GPRS connection does not disconnect automatically but manually. If you forget to disconnect each time after browsing the internet, the data transmission could cost you a bom.
Opinion:
I had been experiencing a disappointment from the old mini O2 and had stopped using a window mobile phone since then. It took me 2 years to overcome the resistance to any window mobile phones until I came across this Dopod C500. This phone comes in a size of a mobile phone yet with a function of a pocket pc and surprisingly a good quality mobile phone, comparable to any Nokia phones! I had been in the fear that the phone would hang or jammed regularly as the CPU specification of 200Mhz seems rather slow but after several months of usage which I would regard myself as a heavy user, it seems to have no problem to me. The screen that suppose to turn to horizontal when slide out qwerty keyboard might delay a bit but this is not a big deal. The function of this phone is friendly user particularly the wi-fi. After ... Read more

 

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