Eten glofiish X500+ - user opinions and reviews
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8.2
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8.2
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8.0
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- George K
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The phone is awesome, the specs as described (camera is good outside, poor inside). However, eten loads a whole bunch of software that occupies memory unnecessarily. You can get a modified ROM (not from eten) that cuts out all the extra software. I have 26MB free when i start up and I rarely have memory issues. I use WiFi, bluetooth, push email (using emoze), word, and medical software (PepID and others), and am very happy. No pauses in answering phone calls, though I used to have this problem before I got the "new" or modified ROM.
GPS is awesome... even works from inside my house if I'm near a window or skylight. Quick lock on and rock-solid. I use it with TomTom in Canada. I've even used some marine software on the boat.
Earpiece volume is too soft, though I just downloaded a patch for this that's supposed to fix it--can't comment on whether it works or not yet. I hope it does, that the main complaint I still have.
Speed is adequate. This is not a problem with the phone, it is WM6. It would be better with a faster processor, but these are just not available.
Battery life is OK. Without push email, 2 or 3 days with moderate use. With push email and moderate use, a day maximum. Usually OK if I charge every night.
VERY IMPORTANT: Anyone using WM6 needs a little program that automatically closes programs instead of minimizing them. There are many free ones. I use Magic Button. It also functions as a task switcher.
Have been using for 1 year now... extremely happy customer.
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- 2008-07-09 01:56
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- very bad phone
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> In reply to Dr. Mohamed Mustafa @ 2008-05-11 23:02 from SYvTvery very bad phone and don't buy this phone
i'am very disappointed in this mobile phone.
plz do'nt buy it.............
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- 2008-07-04 12:51
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- Dr. Mohamed Mustafa
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i bought it 9 months ago . i was really excited about the specifications written in user guide. but i am so disappointed with the funcitonality... you should be patient enough if you are using x500+ .... i'm so disappointed ... so bad functionality - very bad camera ... very small memory ... so so so bad as a phone .. it hangs when you try to cancel any incoming call. and very rapid battery consuming if you want to use any bluetooth options like hand free bluetooth system. i obligate to buy a new mobile phone. and i feel, e-ten deceived me and take my money for nothing
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- 2008-05-11 23:02
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- Andreas
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Hi
I am using it for about a year and it is/was a buisness tool to me. What we should deferentiate from a PDA is the Windows Mobile software itself (here the V.6). Yes, the WM6 has great possibilitites but what about the harware?
Well, it takes 4-6 seconds to connect once answering or giving a call which made all of my callers and receivers to be annoyed. I formated the device repeatedly but nothing was improoved. I lost many phone calls even if I answered them!!!! Moreover, the 64MB ram is BBS!!!! It is always full. You have to go and stop the running programs manually before using the camera otherwise you get the "no memory to run application" message. More than half of it is beeing used from the operating system itself. What I need for this phone is an 800MHZ processor with 256RAM and keep everything else in place.
And keep inmind that they do manufacture newer PDAs, all of them the same stuff!!! I really wonder why they are always making the same material and they do not upgrade the harware. The answer: For me and you to by always new products, to get the 400MHZ and then the 450, the 500 the 520 ect and in 10 years when the software needs will be for a 1.5MHZ they will eventually make my 800MHZ one.
I got another mobile phone (Nokia E51) just for calls and I kept the X500+ for the callendar and notes.
You cant even download a big email for gods sake.
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- 2008-05-04 15:42
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- non-sutisfied
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I bought 3 months ago . I was really excited about the specifications written in user guide. But I am so disappointed with the funcitonality... You should be patient enough if you are using X500+ .
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- 2008-01-18 00:11
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- atc123
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this device has great features but can't use half of then(specialy dial pad) because carracters are to small. When are we gonna get a device with great specs and great performances?
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- 2007-12-11 09:58
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- andrew
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This is not a very bad device. I've got it for 1 month now and it's ok for what i need it. Ok i guess anyone can read the specifications so i'll skip the good parts cause many features are great and most important high resolution screen.. if you wana buy a big screen phone/PDA buy VGA resolution cause 320x240 is simple to little and you;ll have that oldschool nokia aspect .. little dots on icons .. ok back to the X500+ bad aspects:
- bad camera .. ok it's preety good for outside cause it has a focus feature but for closeups it kind of sucks. When i buyed this PDA phone i read there MACRO feature so i said i can probably make pictures of text pages and later see them but no .. it's simply fuzzy no matter the settings. I've actualy been embarased by a nokia E50 camera .. even that made clear pictures of text pages
- another bad thing is that it has problems saving settings .. i mean it makes a lot of backups .. so many you actualy have to spend some time deleting them at one moment but has problems to memorise settings for instance in case of low battery i switched it off and then got a full settings reset .. buttons ringtones all ... don;t know if this happenes to all PDA's (never had one before)
- the last aspect i don't like(and i say again never had a pda before don't know much about this) is closing aplications .. it's like a symbian History menu .. stacks applications without closing them and uses all the RAM making you sometimes stop and go close them in the Memory menu. This thing sometimes makes other applications mallfunction especialy the camera or the Bussines Card Recogniser .. what i mean .. i says Out of Memory (so you can't make any picture) or can't recognise text ..
Nevertheless i am pleased with my X500+ didn't have errors restart jamms or thing like that the WI-FI is great no problems connecting what so ever. Phone is ok didn;t have any problems with signal .. not even in the subway ... sound is good if you wana listen music on it's speaker but most important and this is why i choosed it in the 1st place GREAT SCREEN RESOLUTION 640x480 simply the best. I've played on many PDA Phones and I assure you go for 640x480 cause 320x240 IS TOO SMALL.
P.S. I'm sorry for spelling mistakes I'm not an advanced english speaker(writter in this case) and ofcourse this problems could be for my PDA not necesary for all the X500+ models you never know how on part could mallfunction in your model and do magic in another's :) . Hope this helps anyone intersted in this Eten X500+.
Oh yeah I totaly forgot I don't use the GPS on it but I've heard it works very well on it with the iGO maps and for anyone else buying it (OR ANY PDA PHONE) and don't plan in using GPS I can say only one thing RAM&PROCESSORS Mhz ARE NOT RELEVANT if you don't wana use GPS.
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- 2007-11-25 13:57
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- Anonymous
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I heard that most pda phone have poor phone reception than a non pda phone. Do anyone know that which pda phone have excellent good phone reception. My Eten X500+ can't pick up call if you are deep inside a building.
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- 2007-11-19 20:30
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- ivan
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Hi ! This device is extremely slow! ...and the camera is awfull. Batery need to be chrged every 6 hours:(((
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- 2007-11-18 11:17
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- Anonymous
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I have the ETen X500+ for a month. Everything works good except the following problems:
1. problem with the ppc phone speaker(I think there is a very common problem with the earphone jack; check out http://eten-users.eu)
2. phone reception is weaker as compared to my other non-PDA cell phone (My non-PDA phone can pick up call in a area with weak signal, but not the Eten)
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- 2007-11-18 06:18
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- Anonymous
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this phone is amazing. better than most pretty but impractical samsung, lg, motorola phones. it's a pity that the brand name eten isn't popular enough.
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- 2007-11-03 04:33
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- hkhc
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does anybody know how to get tomtom 6 installed on the memory card instead of main memory? can somebody also tell me what the hype is with tt6? it's not user friendly at all. i use iguidance and does a wonderful job. mapopolis is not bad also but a little old. waiting for streets and trip 2k8 to see if it's worth. hit me back if u help, i wouldn't mind trying out tt6 more if it's in my memory card instead of my main.
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- 2007-11-02 05:25
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- hkhc
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sorry, i forgot to mention that the camera quality can also use some work.
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- 2007-11-02 05:04
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- hkhc
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well, went thru the whole gsmarena when i was in the market for a new pda phone. it came down to two....iphone or x500+. i am a woman when it comes to phones so it's gotta be jam packed w/ features and good looks is a MUST. anyways back to the phone. PROS:
awesome screen!!!, can't say enough bout it. to those that don't think it makes a difference, it DOES!!!!LOTS!!!! best bang for the buck. at bout 500 bucks, u can beat this phone, built in gps, vga screen, TONS of prepackaged software, WM6, micro support of 4G (a patch file, easily located on net). CONS - definitely miss my qwerty. like to see a stronger cpu (not sure why ppc cpus are so behind in times..HEAT?) battery life is normal. not sure why everybody thinks they can get more for less but all ppc usually runs bout a day based on average use.
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- 2007-11-01 18:10
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- Anonymous
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I had the worse luck with this device , I have bought 2 of it
after about one week it stop charging then they said the mainboard is broken and that's not with the warranty so you have to pay about 300 us dollars
the other one after about 3 days it was inside it's pocket and in my pocket i had take it to answer a call and i realized that the screen is broken !!!
and also they want me to pay 166 dollars
is this fair ???
I think this device is really of bad quality
not strange made in china
I am going to trow them away if any one want to repair them and take them just tell me
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- 2007-10-31 10:57
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- Anonymous
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This is absolutely a beautifull device. The graphic presentation of the screen is just awesome. The voice command picks up very well, and most importantly the software supplied by eten is GREAT! This phone is definately worth the price!!
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- 2007-10-04 05:54
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- tango
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I was looking for a phone with GPS capability and came upon this baby.
While playing with in in the shop little did I know of the shortcomings of such a device if used as a mobile phone replacement.
Here goes, for the innocent.
No tactile dialing, you have to look at the screen to dial. Try this while driving and youre an accident on its way to happen.
To get to dial a number from contacts you have to press several times to reach the dial part.
You have no choice of which contacts you want displayed (Phone or SIM)
Active sync gives you no syncing options and cannot be disabled.
Unless your fingers are pencil sharp you need the stylus to do most basic functions.
If like me you are over 45YO forget it, you need glasses to see whats going on in the screen.
Out in the sun there just is no screen.
While you are talking on the phone, your ear will press screen buttons and open windows.
Once an app is on memory you have to manually remove it despite having shut it down. This means memory clogs down after some time and navigation software or the camera will not run and the phone will need reseting.
3rd party functionality apps like SPB phone suite, take up precious memory and dont really do much functionality wise.
The camera is a joke, with stepped zooming, terrible autofocus, hit and miss exposure and the focal distortion of a 17th century mirror. Not to mention that for some reason some of my shots turn up green.
The headset has no remote control capability.
The headset volume is minimal.
No little icon to see if the Bluetooth headset is logged on.
Windows media player is, well, ok for computers but on this device I would like to see Winamp.
Battery life is one day max with 4-6 5min phone calls and 2h of music, four to five hours if you play music continuously and use the screen.
The wonderful to the touch black color plastic cover will scuff after a few weeks in your pocket together with loose change or keys.
All in all this one month with the Glofiish has been a communication nightmare with a couple of brilliant moments of navigational enlightenment.
Whatever was I thinking when I bought a windows phone?
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- 2007-09-25 23:35
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