Eten glofiish M800 - user opinions and reviews
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- Design
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8.0
- Features
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8.2
- Performance
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8.1
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Has anybody had the same poor experience with the M800 as me? Took mine back after 2 days because phone would not work. Was told I had destroyed the phone software but was given a replacement.After one week the new appliance began to work intermittently then failed to charge. Went back for repair and took two weeks to return. Within two days again failed to charge. Back to Eten again who tell me there was nothing wrong, it just needed to be charged!
I have it back for 4 days during which time the locking mechanism has only worked part time and on one occasion the battery went from 95% charged to 10% charged in 5 minutes.
Either I am very unlucky or the product is rubbish.
- Barry
- 2008-05-03 12:55 n58Q
Just sent mine back. I had it for about a month. It continually would lock up the phone portion and would be unable to make a call. Randomly I would get voicemails from friends asking why my phone was off ... when I had full bars and the phone was on. Additionally, it would refuse to power on until the battery was removed/replaced.
All of that aside, the 64 megs of ram left the device very sluggish feeling, even after doing a clean install without all of the addons. The keyboard uses flexible material that seemed... cheap... to cover the keys. What this means is you need to push on the center of a key to get it to actually register.
Above all, the softkeys were unbearable. When they were on, they were way too sensitive, and would register the wrong command all the time (try to hit the right softkey and get the Home page to launch). Turning off the softkeys was easy, but needed to be done every time the device was reset (which needed to happen frequently with all the lock-ups) and turning off the softkeys leaves you with only 1 way to navigate the phone - making it hard to use 1 handed. On top of that, once the softkeys are turned off the software will keep letting you know via a reminder that you need to turn them back on. Very annoying.
Finally, the GPS seemed to take about 10-15 minutes to get a lock, even from a warm start.
In short, I would not recommend buying this phone.
- Shane
- 2008-05-01 01:07 xTJH
I had this phone not long back, but sold it shortly after.
Too many issues with this phone for the price. I puchased an i-mate ultimate for about £14 more.
Much better quality.
Check them out at devicewire.com
- Pride
- 2008-04-27 11:22 pKxR
Close friend of mine purchased M800. 2 days old was faulty, replaced by dealer. Following day new unit went completely blank, dealer advised to return to UK agent who repaired same,took a week. Repaired unit has failed again, blank screen,no power! Returned to dealer who advised that would try and resolve problem. Is there a problem with all Eten units or only the M800? Friend is at his wits end!
- Jimmy in London
- 2008-04-25 00:28 0Fet
The difference between this and the M810 is the screen resolution. This has the usual 640x whereas the M810 has the usual 320x.
This makes the M810 more stylish (in my opinion) and not as sluggish as the X800 or M800 BUTTTTT less res :( So it's up to individual to decide. Personally I like the high screen res. I can counteract this by not installing all the eten software and then only using the bare essentials. SPB Mobileshell 2.0 REALLY helps you love the higher res and rids you of sluggishness (a bit) -_-
- fikish
- 2008-04-24 04:21 xiI{
Does this have an fm radio? What is the difference between this and the M810??
- 2008-04-20 15:38 NaD}
I am starting to have a few issues with this device. It seems that there is an issue with hard reseting the device using the method I mentioned below.
When the message appears confirming the hard reset, you can either tap yes or no, it's default is no. However, when you try and select yes by either taping yes or using the thumb stick, nothing happens??!!
I think Eten need to release a software update, but for some reason the serial Number needed to register the device on the official website is not valid???!!! so I am unable to download any update, etc from them.
Eten do not seem to respond to any emails I send to them...:( so much for customer support.
I had less problems from my O2 XDA Mini S...
- Pride
- 2008-04-13 18:54 pKyx
The seeming lack of interest probably stems from the fact that this phone doesn't come up properly in searches. If you choose "all Microsoft" in Advanced Search, the M800 will not be in the results. Similarly, if you put QWERTY in the Free Text, the M800 will not be in the results. I contacted GSMarena about it a few minutes ago. I never would have known this phone was even here, but I met a person who actually has one and I was blown away. He told me he found it here, and I was stunned, as I am on here all the time and never saw it. Well, there you have it. Bad parameter entries, bad search results.
- Redbeard
- 2008-04-02 13:37 M{VC
There is a typo in the sofware manual on the disc and the quick start booklet that came with the phone.
It says to Hard reset the device, you need to hold down the Power button and the reset button together, release them together and then press and hold the call end button.
Well, holding the call end button wont work, you need to hold the 'O' button, then keep this held down until a message appears.
- Pride
- 2008-03-27 11:34 pKyE
@ Steve J.
I'm not an expert but I might be able to answer your questions about 3D graphics and Weather the M800 might be true VGA.
I installed a program PHM Registry Edit that lets me look at and edit settings, drivers etc. If I knew what Folder I was looking for, then maybe I could answer those questions.
- Pride
- 2008-03-27 11:28 pKyE
@ Barry:
To lock the touch sensitive keys you need to press the 'O' button twice quickly to lock/unlock those keys. That button is found just below the volume keys on the left side of the device.
As for the 3D graphics and weather the VGA is true VGA,I need to investigate further on this.
- Pride
- 2008-03-27 10:57 pKyE
Pride, thanks alot for the second review. It looks like on average you are satisfied with the product. Glad to see you're not having any RAM issues.
Does the phone have 3D graphics acceleration? I hope Eten have enabled the video drivers.
Someone on the i-mate Ultimate 9502 thread said that all phones with VGA res screens are not true VGA but in fact quasi-QVGA! When I asked him to elucidate I received no reply. Is his statement correct?
- Steve J
- 2008-03-27 06:16 fuNY
Can anybody tell me how to lock the touch sensitive keys. I have a problem with them being far too sensitive
- Barry
- 2008-03-25 15:01 nUej
Can anybody tell me how to lock the touch sensitive keys. I have a problem with them being far too sensitive
- Barry
- 2008-03-25 11:56 nUej
Just posted an update, needs to be approved by a mod first so should be up soon...
- Pride
- 2008-03-24 01:03 pKyX
Branding is probably the reason Steve J.
Did not post anything because of the lack of interest in this phone (due to the number of posts here).
But as you asked...
If you have used a windows based device before then you will be right at home with the M800. (I used to have an XDA mini s).
The 2 mega pixel camera throws out some very good quality pictures, I was pleased with that.
It supports 2.5mm jack for earphones, although you might want to invest in some better earphones than the ones that come supplied as they are not the best quality.
Other things included in the box is a screen protector, a Glofiish branded leather case.
No memory card included as standard though so you will need to buy one.
Call quality through ear piece and loudspeaker is clear although they placed the speaker at the back of the device which was a strange place to put it as laying the phone on a table or chair will muffle the sound a little so for those listening to MP3's might want to place the phone face down.
They put a short cut RAM icon on the home screen so that you can quickly close any running apps.
The slide out Qwerty keyboard has a nice pale green glow to the keys when in use.
The entire keyboard is 'flat' (the keys are not raised) this might be a problem for people with chunkey fingers.
On another note it seems that an update for the phone is now available on Eten's site. For some reason I have encountered issues with registering My M800 on their site.
Now I have sent them 5 emails about this to all their departments but they have not replied to any of them so support for this device is very poor to non existant :(
- Pride
- 2008-03-24 01:01 pKyX
Come on Pride! You said you were going to treat us with a more detailed review in a short while. I have been waiting for a month to read it. What is delaying you??
I must say I am baffled by the fact that the M800 has generated little interest compared to the similarly specced i-mate Ultimate 9502. Even more absurd is the frenzy that has greeted SE's Xperia X1. It is not even out yet and has at least 35 times more reader's opinions and reviews than the M800. Could this have anything to do with the power of branding??
- Steve J
- 2008-03-22 10:22 fuNY
Hope everyone here knows that Capitel Wireless (H.O. in Delhi)Tel : 41053836 are the national exclusive distributors of ETEN in India. I bought my M700 from one of their dealers a year back.... Looking forward to the new releases:)
- Vishal Kapur
- 2008-03-03 11:21 vG60
Ok, arrived yesterday and ive had a little play with the M800.
VGA display is very crisp. It doesn't like the 3 network usim card much. Although I can make calls with no problems, it keeps displaying the network as Orange , O2 and constant changing to the roaming option.
putting an O2 sim in and it was fine, so it doesn't like 3 sim cards much.
Sometimes apps take 5 - 6 seconds to open even without any other programs running.
Battery life is not good moderate usage will give you about one days worth of battery power.
Speaker is not bad and is quite loud.
I felt that the touch sensitive keys are more of a hassle as they are easy to press by mistake, although they can be locked if desired ( I never really use them).
I will post some more a little later...
- Pride
- 2008-02-21 01:37 pJF{
if you want to buy the m800, then you might want to try devicewire.co.uk
its about £60 cheaper than expansys.
I've used devicewire before and they are very reliable.
Will post some points about it when it arrives in a couple of days time...
- pride
- 2008-02-18 15:12 mEke
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