Cat B100 - user opinions and reviews
- Anonymous
- fr6
how to swicth of the alert light?
- AnonD-436191
- 3I{
I use my B100 for kayaking. But the Sun reflections does it hard to read the screen. Any suggestions to improve.
- Anonymous
- CDp
HIGHWAY MAN, 28 Apr 2015great battery life. good solid heft. interesting ring tones. bullet proof - water proof ---... morehi can this phone whatsupp
- jeebub
- N7$
This is a cheap crap Chinese phone had it for two days missed over 38 calls it does not do what they say it does its just a phone to make and receive call its not for a business man phonebook memory way to small ringing way to soft the list goes on cat phones not good the Chinese jeep phone cheaper and way better not a rip off
- Anonymous
- ftb
You set emails under messages, this phone works fine, as long as you don't need whatsapp.
- Anonymous
- ftb
How do you get it to do email?
- Anonymous
- Hxb
Rugged User, 22 Aug 2014I have just purchased this handset which I felt was going to be a good decision - hmmmm! After... moreHi I have one question how is the battery life, I mean the talk time does it last the whole day or do you have to charge it up multiple times?
- cherokee
- UF8
Anonymous, 03 Jun 2015does it have email configuration?I have the Cat B100 and can confirm it does do email.
- Charmaine
- fjH
Mike, 03 Jun 2015Just got my CAT B100 last week and I'm over the moon with it.
Admittedly, it's a no frills ... moredo you still get this phone?
would like to buy my Father 1
because he cant come right with this
new phone that have touch screens.
How much is it?
Kind regards,
Charmaine
- Mike
- 3Es
Just got my CAT B100 last week and I'm over the moon with it.
Admittedly, it's a no frills bit of gear, offers hardly any of the fancy stuff a smart phone has and really isn't a pretty sight. But that's the point, it's for outdoor use where all that fancy stuff isn't needed, where you've other things to do than playing around with your phone.
For that it's rugged, water proof, takes a bit of hammering and has a real and precise keyboard that avoids fat finger syndrome. In other words a real man's mobile.
For those only used to smart phones the user interface might be a bit of a pain at first. But it's not really much different to land line phones and is in fact simpler to use once you've got the hang of it.
Apart from the rugged outdoor features my biggest joy is the huge standby time of 25 days. I've always hated having to remember every day to keep my smart phone charged.
A feature that I also like is the built-in GPS. Most dumb-phones don't have that, but I really think if you're going to have an outdoor phone GPS should be part of it. For this you can of course install the Google Maps App, but I like to be independent of having to load down the maps from the internet, especially when your in the wilds somewhere without an internet connection.
So I just loaded down OpenStreetMaps that I saved on my SD-memory chip. To read the maps you need a bit of navigation software. There's a whole load of free JAVA software on the internet for this, just Google "Navigation with Java Mobile" or something like that and you'll soon find a few websites offering advice, information and links.
There's a whole load I could still post here, but that's the most important stuff. As far as I'm concerned I don't really miss all the other things my smart phone has to offer, especially when I'm out and about.
- Anonymous
- fwe
does it have email configuration?
- mil_spec_tested
- LHH
I got what I wanted - a worry-free cellphone with green button, red button, contacts and life-long battery. Once forgot into my trousers and through the washing machine it went; 60 degrees Celcius with all the chemistry and still working fine. Drop, drown, forget and smash androids! Happy with it, regardless of the yellow font.
- HIGHWAY MAN
- jQS
great battery life.
good solid heft.
interesting ring tones.
bullet proof - water proof ------so far.
tiny hard to read weird yellow script on mini screen.
weird uk navigating menu.
b100 dumb phone - is what i wanted.
my samsung rugby is much more user friendly,
desent size script on screen, easy read.
bottom line: its really a coversation piece since most
people have never seen it before - wish i didnt either.
but i started with the motorola black brick phone.
then nokia.
then motorola star tek
have a whole drawer full - soon this b100 is going in
the "dead drawer" !
you asked ! you got it !
- AnonD-387542
- m2x
angel, 13 Feb 2015Can this phone take whats upno. It doesn't have Android OS or iOS
- Wizard
- m2x
AnonD-381917, 02 Apr 2015Hi all, I bought Cat B100 (in Slovakia), few thoughts about it. I had some work with imp... moreI think, that it is impossible to import Google maps in this phone. This isn't smartphone. This is very durable phone. This isn't full smartphone (like HTC ONE M8 or Samsung Galaxy)
- AnonD-381917
- MGH
Hi all,
I bought Cat B100 (in Slovakia), few thoughts about it.
I had some work with importing my contacts from Google.
The PhoneSuite Cat B100 5.4.1 accepts only vcf format (no csv), and only one-contact per one-vcf file.
So I had to split my multiple-contacts-vcf file obtained from Google into individual vcf-files (thanks to the VCFCutter tool).
To ensure local language preservation in loaded vcf contacts I had to switch phone language to Slovak. Importing of vcf-contacts into the PhoneSuite Cat B100 5.4.1 program works only by cca 10 files at once (I had more than 150 cvf files).
Big disappointment: imported vcf files were without addresses/pictures. Only name, phone number, date of birth. Addresses and other data are losts.
Another problem: I don't see option for importing Google Maps through the PC-connection. Mobile phone offers only per GSM downloading, what is charged. Maybe someone knows how to do that ?
Yours, Miro
- Moose
- vxB
Advo, 19 Mar 2015can dis phone watsup?There is no provision for Whats app and you can't download anything as far as I recall.
Nowhere to go to get it anyway.
Save your money and go for Android or Windows O/S. I own a B100 so I can vouch for its retardedness in this area!
- Yvete
- fjS
Rolandos, 17 Mar 2015I have this phone for 6 months now. very happy with itDoes this phone have WiFi and can it take whattsapp
- Advo
- fnp
can dis phone watsup?
- Advo
- fnp
Can dis phone watsup?
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