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(More customer reviews)This is the first time I have considered or used a watch phone.
I want to start out by saying the support behind this phone is far above average. I say this because my phone in fact broke down on me.
The people selling this out of Newport News, gave me the option of refunding or replacing and it won't cost me a dime. I am opting to replace and here's why.
-When the phone worked, it was great. It took a bit to figure it out because the user manual that comes with it is a little vague. A quick email with some direct questions cleared up all my questions and I started using all the functions.
-The first function is the phone itself. I used a Motorola H720 Bluetooth device with it because I hate constantly wearing a bluetooth device in my ear. The advantage this paticular ear piece has is it is instantly activated as soon as you open the mic boom. I like that, I can feel the buzz of a phone call on my wrist, look at my wrist to see who is calling, pull out my BT device, open the boom, hit the button and talk all in seconds.
-Most of the time, (at least 95% of the time), the reception was very clear. When it is not it was hard for me to say if it was the phone or AT&T. When the reception was not so good, you could still communicate with some light static. I've had Samsung phones that gave me far more heartache than that.
-Here is an advantage you don't normally think about. You can set the phone to a vibrate mode, it is sitting directly on your wrist. Your not going to miss a call because you couldn't feel or even hear the vibration, you will feel it every single time because it is directly on your skin. There is rarely a need to activate the ring tone. You will not miss phone calls and not disturb anyone by a irritating ring tone. That is the biggest advantage in my opinion.
-The camcorder; It works and it is easy to operate. I can't think of any practical use for that but that is just me. It is entertainment at the very least.
-The video player can be used to play stuff from You-Tube and other media sources, one thing about that is, you must download a program (free) to convert the video from almost any source to play it on your watch. You can download a movie if you so desired. You have to do that with your computer.
-The cameria; pretty much the same as the phone. It's easy to operate and the picture viewer is easy to use. If you can't view the picture, there are tons of free programs to convert the picture to a JPEG format which the phone uses.
-The link to the computer; It's easy! The cable that hooks into your power adaptor can be connected directly into a USB port into your computer. The watch will do several things but the two I myself have used it for was a mass storage device and to use the computer to provide power to the phone. I do not know if you can receive phone calls while hooked into the computer.
-The other way you can transfer data between the phone and computer is use the mini-sd card with an SD adapter (you have to buy one). That also means you can use more than 2GB of data but I never had the need to do so. It is far easier just to use the cable provided with the watch.
-The touch screen; I am not a fan of the touchscreen. This one feels more ruggard than other touch screens I have used in the past. Myself, I can use my fingers to punch in numbers and I missed a number maybe 1 out of 20 times. It was easier than I thought to use. If you hate touch screens, than this phone vs others has a keypad that you can use your fingers to operate. That as I see it can prolong the useful life of the phone. As the touchscreen wears out, you can use the keypad to accomplish making a phone call. If you buy a touchscreen only watch phone, I wouldn't think it would last very long. I am no expert on the lifetime of watch cell phones.
-So who wouldn't like this phone or couldn't get good use out of it? If you have small wrists, sorry the phone will go all over the place on you. I don't think you can go down to Walmart and get a smaller wristband for it but I could be wrong. If your eyes are bad and glasses don't help, forget it. You won't see a thing. If you have normal vision or vision that is corrected to normal, you should have no problem.
-If you are hard of hearing, forget trying to use the loudspeaker mode. Without a bluetooth device, you'll never really hear anything and you'll want to "hurt something" out of fustration.
-Remember, the advantage of this phone is to use a bluetooth and never depend on having to pull out a phone. All can be done in a quiet, polite mode. If you go to a lot of meetings, or work for the Army like I do, this has it's advantages. You can feel the buzz during a meeting look at your watch politely and make a decision if the phone call is important enough for you to leave the meeting or disrupt it. I just like the the fact that I don't have to pull out the phone to see who is calling. A quick flick of my wrist reveals that and just as quick I can pull out my Bluetooth, put it in my ear, and be talking before the answer mode picks up.
Anyways, if you are looking at this phone, I think it is the best one out there. It is also a unlocked, quad-band phone. If you don't know what that means, "here goes". That means, if you are in Korea, Japan, China or other places in Asia you can buy a sim-card and use this. If you are in Germany, or almost anywhere in Europe, buy a sim-card and you are talking. If you are in Iraq, this phone will work the same rules apply. Get it? It can be used almost anywhere.
The bottom line for those that skipped directly down is: "I like it and think it is worth the cost". Look around and I think you will find, this one is superior to the others that are out there.
Michael W. McFall
UPDATE 6/17/10:
I have my replacement phone. I really love it.
As far as the phone part and watch part goes, it works flawlessly. As far as the other features go, I am still learning it as I go.
One feature I really like is the fact I can put a picture on the phone's wallpaper and still have the time on it. Another feature that surprised me is that you can use the phone as a webcam. Think of how useful that can be using "skype" at the airport when you pull out your laptop and want to talk to your loved one. I really appreciate that feature and that changes the webcam feature from entertainment only to something I can really use.
The bottom line is this: The watch phone lives up to it's name and purpose. The advantage of a watch phone is, you never have to pull out your phone to see who is calling. A quick flick of your wrist and it's done. The second big advantage is you do not need to hear this phone. You can put it on vibrate and feel it every single time as it sits directly on your skin. Think of the advantages...
Warning: If you buy this, then get a bluetooth that connects fast if your not going to keep it in your ear. I have the Motorola H720. I can put it out of my pocket flip the boom and it is connected, "just like that". I love it!!! The bluetooth that comes with the watchphone really doesn't work in the way I just described. It is a stereo headset. I haven't played with it enough to determine how I want to use it.
The only thing I would change from when I first wrote this review is, the phone is far more reliable than I expected. When the first one broke I had my doubts, but this one really works and lives up to my expectations.
When they come out with an updated version of this, I plan to be checking it out.
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