The New Phone Arrived Today
Saturday, March 31, 2007
My new Sprint UpStage phone arrived today which, being a Saturday, took me by surprise. I already had my day planned out so I wasn't prepared to play with it a whole lot. But I did snap a new pictures and carried it around with me for the afternoon.
The first thing I did of course was connect it to my computer and load myPodder onto it. Works like a champ! And I quickly discovered that not only will it download all of my podcasts, it will play them through the speaker so I can sit at my desk and listen without headphones... nice!
Beyond that, here are my first impressions:
- It's small... the smallest phone I've ever had. And thin. Almost too thin and light, but not quite.
- Flipping the phone back and forth is going to take some getting used to, especially when you are browsing on the big screen (okay, I played a little) but entering text on the keypad.
- The connectors are proprietary - it came with a special USB cable and a special headphone adapter... not what I would typically like in a phone, but its the same on my Mylo (non-standard headphone connection) and at least in that case the functionality supersedes my desire to only carry one cable.
- The battery wallet (sorry, no picture yet) is surprisingly light weight and does not add much bulk to the phone, although actually talking on it with the wallet attached seems awkward.
- The menu structure seems pretty much the same as the other Samsung phones I have owned.
- The navigation on the MP3 side of the device is going to take some getting used to. The center button is a real button, but the square around it is touch-sensitive. It seems they knew this was going to take some getting used to as the phone automatically boots into a tutorial every time you turn it on (it was easy to make that stop).
Labels: myPodder, Podcast Ready, sprint, Sprint Ambassador Phase 3, upstage
posted by Russell @ 11:38 PM,
2 Comments:
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At 7:32 AM,
Brent O. said...
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Whoa - I'm surprised you're willing to give up a real keyboard on your phone. That's the one thing that I'm going to regret when I leave my 8125 for the iPhone. Are you going to use the Samsung for email, or carry both that and the Treo?
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At 3:26 PM,
Russell said...
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lol... no way - too much twitter. i'm evaluating this phone as part of a sprint program. although, i do have a second phone i use for personal things, and for times when i want something smaller than a treo (and cheaper to replace) and this UpStage will probably replace that phone.
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