Wednesday, February 20, 2008
11:23 by FoxTwo I think someone up there is trying to give me a big hint. A hint that I am not fated to own any Sony Ericsson device.
Some time back, I misplaced my bluetooth earpiece, which was a Motorola model H500. So, I had to go get a new one. A colleague managed to convince me (at the time) that getting a same-brand bluetooth earpiece is very much more preferable to me getting a Motorola again, justifying that since the devices came from the same manufacturer there should be zero compatibility problems etc etc.
So I went and got a Sony Ericsson HBH-PV702 bluetooth earpiece. Initially, I was wondering why it would "disconnect" by itself from the phone. It didn't happen too often, so I didn't really give it much thought.
Yesterday I had to send my SE phone in for servicing. So, I broke out my old Nokia 6280 to use as a backup phone, and I paired the Sony Ericsson HBH-PV702 bluetooth earpiece to the Nokia. It connected.
Then, it disconnected in less than 10 mins.
I reconnected, and again it disconnected some minutes later. This kept happening in a short space of time. The length of time it stayed connected is variable - could be as little as 10 mins, or as long as 3 or 4 hours.
Then it dawned on me - it must be the earpiece that's at fault, because I have NEVER had any sort of disconnects with the Motorola H500 before. NEVER. With any phone.
So in addition to not beeping me like how the Motorola would if it detected out of coverage, low batt, incoming SMS etc, SE earpieces suck at staying connected via bluetooth, EVEN TO A SE PHONE. And, the sound quality isn't anything to shout about either - I hear static when using it to talk, and yes it has "static" too when it was connected to the SE phone.
Ok that's it, I'm taking the hint and not getting anymore SE stuff.
When the phone comes back from repairs, I'll still use it till it dies a natural death (or when I get sick of it and get a new phone next year or something, whichever comes first). However, I'm definitely going to get a Motorola H500 earpiece again.
Good grief.
ps - today, the earpiece has auto-disconnected 4 times already, and it isn't even noon yet.
11:23 by FoxTwo I think someone up there is trying to give me a big hint. A hint that I am not fated to own any Sony Ericsson device.
Some time back, I misplaced my bluetooth earpiece, which was a Motorola model H500. So, I had to go get a new one. A colleague managed to convince me (at the time) that getting a same-brand bluetooth earpiece is very much more preferable to me getting a Motorola again, justifying that since the devices came from the same manufacturer there should be zero compatibility problems etc etc.
So I went and got a Sony Ericsson HBH-PV702 bluetooth earpiece. Initially, I was wondering why it would "disconnect" by itself from the phone. It didn't happen too often, so I didn't really give it much thought.
Yesterday I had to send my SE phone in for servicing. So, I broke out my old Nokia 6280 to use as a backup phone, and I paired the Sony Ericsson HBH-PV702 bluetooth earpiece to the Nokia. It connected.
Then, it disconnected in less than 10 mins.
I reconnected, and again it disconnected some minutes later. This kept happening in a short space of time. The length of time it stayed connected is variable - could be as little as 10 mins, or as long as 3 or 4 hours.
Then it dawned on me - it must be the earpiece that's at fault, because I have NEVER had any sort of disconnects with the Motorola H500 before. NEVER. With any phone.
So in addition to not beeping me like how the Motorola would if it detected out of coverage, low batt, incoming SMS etc, SE earpieces suck at staying connected via bluetooth, EVEN TO A SE PHONE. And, the sound quality isn't anything to shout about either - I hear static when using it to talk, and yes it has "static" too when it was connected to the SE phone.
Ok that's it, I'm taking the hint and not getting anymore SE stuff.
When the phone comes back from repairs, I'll still use it till it dies a natural death (or when I get sick of it and get a new phone next year or something, whichever comes first). However, I'm definitely going to get a Motorola H500 earpiece again.
Good grief.
ps - today, the earpiece has auto-disconnected 4 times already, and it isn't even noon yet.
Labels: bluetooth, cell phones, mobile phones
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
14:37 by FoxTwo Ooooo I can hear the outcry from SE loyalists from here already.
Yeah I've been a Nokia user for the longest time. So far all my phones have always been Nokias. However, last year when I wanted to get a new phone, I decided against Nokia (finally). Nokia had nothing really fantastic out at the time. All the phones they'd release up to that point had been buggy. Many friends of mine said their Nokia phones would "hang" or "auto-reboot" etc. One particular friend of mine even told me his N80 would auto reboot after every call, and also as soon as he took a picture with it.
Many friends around me keep persuading me to forget Nokia and go with Sony Ericsson because "the quality is better". So I succumbed (and also due to lack of interesting and reliable models from Nokia) and went for a Sony Ericsson K810i.
Initially I was pretty pleased with it. It performed flawlessly. No hangs, no reboots. Everything worked as advertised. I was wondering why I never got around to owning a Sony Ericsson until then.
Fast-forward 6 months later - present day. The keys on the number pad would quit working intermittently. Sometimes the volume buttons don't work too. THIS time, I really had to send it in to the "Sony Ericsson Hospital".
That got me thinking - technically speaking, Sony Ericsson's quality is worse than Nokia's. Every Nokia that I have ever owned, never had a single technical fault (other than buggy OS). I have never had to send any of my Nokia phones in for any sort of servicing.
Now, I own my first Sony Ericsson, and it decided to get sick and require a hospital visit in just 6 short months. To me, that shows Sony Ericsson make sucky phones, man.
Well I guess the next phone I own will not be a Sony Ericsson anymore. I'll just go see what's in the market at the time when I want to get a new phone. Sending phones in for repairs is very inconvenient - I have to break out my old sets, transfer data all over etc etc. Not to mention, getting used to the old functions again. Even now, when I SMS, I press the wrong keys because Sony Ericsson decided to swap the shift, space and punctuation keys around and completely different from Nokia's.
14:37 by FoxTwo Ooooo I can hear the outcry from SE loyalists from here already.
Yeah I've been a Nokia user for the longest time. So far all my phones have always been Nokias. However, last year when I wanted to get a new phone, I decided against Nokia (finally). Nokia had nothing really fantastic out at the time. All the phones they'd release up to that point had been buggy. Many friends of mine said their Nokia phones would "hang" or "auto-reboot" etc. One particular friend of mine even told me his N80 would auto reboot after every call, and also as soon as he took a picture with it.
Many friends around me keep persuading me to forget Nokia and go with Sony Ericsson because "the quality is better". So I succumbed (and also due to lack of interesting and reliable models from Nokia) and went for a Sony Ericsson K810i.
Initially I was pretty pleased with it. It performed flawlessly. No hangs, no reboots. Everything worked as advertised. I was wondering why I never got around to owning a Sony Ericsson until then.
Fast-forward 6 months later - present day. The keys on the number pad would quit working intermittently. Sometimes the volume buttons don't work too. THIS time, I really had to send it in to the "Sony Ericsson Hospital".
That got me thinking - technically speaking, Sony Ericsson's quality is worse than Nokia's. Every Nokia that I have ever owned, never had a single technical fault (other than buggy OS). I have never had to send any of my Nokia phones in for any sort of servicing.
Now, I own my first Sony Ericsson, and it decided to get sick and require a hospital visit in just 6 short months. To me, that shows Sony Ericsson make sucky phones, man.
Well I guess the next phone I own will not be a Sony Ericsson anymore. I'll just go see what's in the market at the time when I want to get a new phone. Sending phones in for repairs is very inconvenient - I have to break out my old sets, transfer data all over etc etc. Not to mention, getting used to the old functions again. Even now, when I SMS, I press the wrong keys because Sony Ericsson decided to swap the shift, space and punctuation keys around and completely different from Nokia's.
Labels: cell phones, mobile phones
Sunday, October 28, 2007
15:57 by FoxTwo
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung et al, have much better phones, with newer functions and features, than that of iPhone.
Also, you need to "unlock" the iPhone if you do get it. Once you do, there is not guarantee it'll work with the next "patch". Speaking of patches.. well, what do you expect from the manuafacturer, who makes computer OSes (Operating Systems) for a living? Yes you get PATCHES! Not only are people not miffed, they're happy?!
I have almost NEVER ever seen someone sending his phone in to the service centre just to get "the latest patch". Even when Sony came out with this "downloadable" patch system which the user can patch his own phone via the web, I don't see people doing that. Everyone tells me it's "leh-cheh lah". And now, they tell me the iPhone can be "upgraded", and they're happy about it. So, what isn't "leh-cheh" about downloading a patch for the iPhone over the web compared to one for another brand?
"The iPhone can play movies and music!"
Uhhh.. so can the rest.
"The iPhone has touch screen!"
Ehhh... The htc does too... so do the DuoPods, or any number of Pocket-PC based PDA smartphones. Want a new layout? Download a new skin for your smartphone!
"Can connect to Internet!"
Newsflash. Other phones have been able to do that just fine, all before the iPhone was ever conceived - all you need is a mobile data plan. Or if you own a wifi-enabled phone, you can just use a wifi hotspot.
Well, I'm not going gaga over the iPhone.... and I'm just curious why people are.
15:57 by FoxTwo
Why All The Hype About iPhone?
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung et al, have much better phones, with newer functions and features, than that of iPhone.
Also, you need to "unlock" the iPhone if you do get it. Once you do, there is not guarantee it'll work with the next "patch". Speaking of patches.. well, what do you expect from the manuafacturer, who makes computer OSes (Operating Systems) for a living? Yes you get PATCHES! Not only are people not miffed, they're happy?!
I have almost NEVER ever seen someone sending his phone in to the service centre just to get "the latest patch". Even when Sony came out with this "downloadable" patch system which the user can patch his own phone via the web, I don't see people doing that. Everyone tells me it's "leh-cheh lah". And now, they tell me the iPhone can be "upgraded", and they're happy about it. So, what isn't "leh-cheh" about downloading a patch for the iPhone over the web compared to one for another brand?
"The iPhone can play movies and music!"
Uhhh.. so can the rest.
"The iPhone has touch screen!"
Ehhh... The htc does too... so do the DuoPods, or any number of Pocket-PC based PDA smartphones. Want a new layout? Download a new skin for your smartphone!
"Can connect to Internet!"
Newsflash. Other phones have been able to do that just fine, all before the iPhone was ever conceived - all you need is a mobile data plan. Or if you own a wifi-enabled phone, you can just use a wifi hotspot.
Well, I'm not going gaga over the iPhone.... and I'm just curious why people are.
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