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- Thursday, April 01, 2004
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Microsoft SmartPhone! I've got a Orange SPV E200.
Despite having fantastic features, this is a very hard to use phone.
All the wonderful hardware is let down by a User Interface that is clumsy to use and buggy. Multiple button presses to get to basic operations, sounds that play LOUD when you set system sound level Low, Inability to stop the SMS incoming message tune (which has to be looong since it only plays once..) The Media Player turns screen light on when changing tracks (if in belt clip all this does is drain the battery more), and then turns light off while watching movies.. Bluetooth kills battery and is 7 keystrokes to turn on and off.. Phone Microphone stays on while using supplied handsfree headset. And so on.
There is also really good stuff, but it's negated by silly bugs and usability mistakes.
So, If relaxed operation is important to you, get a Nokia/Siemens/Lg.. But then you'll miss out on the cool functions...
Finally the Battery life is pathetic, 10 hrs of moderate use, claims of 100hr standby (from Orange NL) are not realistic in real-word situations.
