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Asus M530w

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Average User Rating

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5.7

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unable to perform in the class projected

Dec 16, 2008

Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)
Pros: slow, slugish and primitive
Cons: waste of money
Opinion:
the phone is unable to perform up to expations especially to ones used to nokia E class of HTC mobiles. It has slow connectivity when connected to PC is twice as slow as Nokia E51. Considering to features it is more like a big stone than a gadget. I personally am not satisfied with the performance.

 

good for work and biz

Aug 28, 2008

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: Light weight, slim , quite stable, relatively easy to use
Cons: can't read / write Chinese, not so user friendly, no google maps/GPS
Opinion:
I gave up my Nokia E71 for this and no regrets. Bought @ a good deal for SGD 399 at AAA in Sim Lim. Easy to use but can't read / write mandarin. Relatively stable for a WM device but when I tried installing CE Star on to it, the system constantly hangs/freezes and slowed down. I think this is much better than Nokia E71 (which sucks full time). MOre stable than Samsung Omnia. Keys are easy to press and spaced.

Would be good if it has google maps/GPS and more bundled software



 

Good for a first time Smartphone user

May 28, 2008

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: connectivity, keypad, slim profile,
Cons: battery life, menus
Opinion:
I've had this phone for 4+ months now and so far, my only beef with the phone is the fact that the USB port is now loose. This causes the charging process to be cut off inadvertently. I end up thinking I charged the phone for several hours, only to find out it was never charged. This even after I make sure I get the charging icon on the battery indicator. Also, I recently found an error message whenever I try to go to the Media Player library and it is not allowing me to create a playlist and manipulate my media files. I hope a firmware upgrade will solve this. Overall, I'd say it's a good phone for somebody who is getting a smartphone for the first time. But if you're somebody who's had a lot of experience with other smartphones, then you'll know better.

 

Good - after firmware pudate

Mar 11, 2008

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: wm6
Cons: battery
Opinion:
Ok - an update on my review - i installed the firmware upgrae that is on the Asus website and the phones seems to work fine now. Battery life is still weak.

With all of the products coming out soon this price has dropped and its a deceent all-around device

 

disappointing

Mar 9, 2008

Rating: 4 out of 10 (Mediocre)
Pros: WM6, design, size
Cons: battery, phone abilities
Opinion:
Just migrated from a Dopod C720W to this device. i like the form factor and the price, but i have 2 big concerns

- battery life. if fully charged i don't think i can get 1 day's normal use out of it. I estimate the battery be good for 12 hrs standby. Eg. midnight at 60%, 9am under 10% WITH NO ACTIVITY over the night.. horrible by todays standards

- phone calls hang. I'm not sure how to describe ehat happends.. the phone is still operating and the call shows as active, but the connection (audio) fails. Need to turn phone off to sto pthe call.

This is the second unit i have had - the fisrt could not read my sim card (or the M1 staff that had helped me). i will try to replace this tomorrow.

 

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