IBM THINKPAD T41 CENTRINO-1.4G ( 23731HU )

IBM THINKPAD T41 CENTRINO-1.4G ( 23731HU )

IBM THINKPAD T41 CENTRINO-1.4G ( 23731HU )
Manufacturer: IBM (Aap Misc Parts)
Product Type: Personal Computer

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Product Description
Introduce your on-the-go staff to liberating ThinkPad T41 notebooks with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology (select models). They're thin, light and can go unplugged for up to 9.5 hours when you combine the optional ThinkPad T40 High Capacity battery with optional ThinkPad Ultrabay Slim Li Polymer battery. Select Wi-Fi certified models even feature new 802.11a/b/g technology for exceptional wireless flexibility.Look inside and discover ThinkVantage Technologies and ThinkVantage Designs to help free up IT resources and decrease expenses. You'll see how to work more confidently and efficiently - and gain the time you need to focus on strategic goals.k inside and discover IBM ThinkVantage Technologies and ThinkVantage Designs to help free up IT resources and decrease expenses. You'll see how to work more confidently and efficiently - and gain the time you need to focus on strategic goals.

Average customer rating: 3.5

excellent phone
Good phone with some cons
All sizzle and very little steak.
Good looks and screen
All good, but if you don't charge the battery ....

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Samsung MM-A920 Phone (Sprint)

Manufacturer: Sprint
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000FMQLNS

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Amazon.com Product Description

This sleek clamshell phone packs a lot under the hood, making it one of the most powerful Sprint phones yet. Features include support for Sprint's awesome Power Vision high-speed data and media service, a 1.3 megapixel camera, advanced voice recognition, Bluetooth, a memory card slot, and music player functions. If you like to take your digital lifestyle on the go, the Samsung MM-A920 is the right tool for the job.

<b>Design</b>
The A920 boasts a big 176 x 220 color display with 262,000 colors. The outside cover of the handset features a supplementary 128 x 96 full-color display that can display pictures, time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. The camera lens is housed above this display while media control buttons are placed below. Up/down buttons are placed on the left side for volume control, while most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad. In addition to a 2.5 mm headset jack USB connectivity is provided, along with an included USB cable. The phone ships with a 32 MB microSD/TransFlash memory card, and you can place cards with up to 512 MB of memory in the phone's memory expansion slot.

<b>Calling Features</b>
The A920's internal phone book can hold up to 500 contacts, and the phone's picture ID system allows you to assign pictures and ringtones to your most common callers. The phone ships with 29 polyphonic ringtones, but for those times when you want to be discreet, there's a vibrating alert. A built-in speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear, and advanced voice activated dialing makes calling your friends, family and associates easy. Simply say the name or number of the person you want to call and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad. No prior voice training is needed. The A920's GPS location technology pinpoints your exact location when you dial 911 (where available). And lastly, because the A920 is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total handsfree operation.

<b>Messaging, Internet, and Tools</b>
The A920 is a messaging powerhouse, with support for Sprint PCS picture and video mail services. Shoot high quality pictures and video clips with sound and instantly send them to email addresses and or other Sprint PCS phones that are compatible with picture and video mail services. Or upload them to the Sprint PCS pictures Web site (sprint.com/picturemail) to create albums. You can also use the A920 to send and receive email, exchange text messages, or join a chat room. Plus, the A920 features an embedded SMS voice messaging client for quickly sending voice messages to other wireless users or any working email addresses.

The real power of the A920 comes alive with Sprint's PCS Power Vision services. Relying on Sprint's new EV-DO high speed data network, Power Vision allows you to enjoy full-color video clips or live TV of the latest news, sports, and entertainment from CNN, Fox, The Weather Channel, and more.

You can also stream or download music to your phone with Sprint's Music Store service. Download stereo-quality, digital tracks instantly to your phone. Choose from hundreds of thousands of full-length songs from virtually every genre. Select songs directly from the phone and listen to them wherever you go. Even download them to your PC.

And last but not least, enhanced 3D games, personalized news and information tickers, and downloadable screen savers and ringtones are also available through the Power Vision service.

Sprint's high speed data network allows you to browse the Web like never before while you're on the go. Check out full-color versions of popular web sites or purchase and download premium applications to your Sprint Power Vision Phone. You can also use the included USB cable or Bluetooth to connect to a PC, allowing Internet and email access on your laptop wherever you roam.

The A920 is packed with useful tools to make your life more productive and fun. A voice memo recorder lets you record spoken voice notes, and the phone also includes an alarm clock, a calendar with a to-do list and a scheduler, a calculator, a stopwatch, and a world clock. A PC synchronization application makes it possible to sync your phone's data with your PC.

<b>Imaging and Entertainment</b>
As mentioned, the A920 features a powerful camera that can be used to capture and send video and still images. The camera also has an LED flash and a self-timer, as well as controls for brightness. Print pictures without using a PC by connecting directly with a PictBridge supported printer via USB. The phone's built-in media player lets you see and hear streaming and stored media, and it supports MP3, AAC, and AAC plus audio files. The phone takes gaming to the next level, too, with support for advanced, action-packed 3D games.

<b>Vital Statistics</b>
The Samsung MM-A920 weighs 3.8 ounces and measures 3.59 x 1.91 x .95 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of digital talk time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

excellent phone.......2007-04-14

I have had this phone for a year now, a great phone, the mp3 player is good too. the only real complaint I have is the delay in taking a picture with the camera, it is not instant,you have to hold the phone steady for about 3-5 seconds, this is fine for most pics but for taking pics of my kids, they dont hold still long enough

Good phone with some cons.......2007-03-27

PROS:
-plays mp3s, takes pics, phone all-in-one thus eliminating the need for these items separately, which is why i got it.
-on-board software seems fine.
-stereo speakers actually work well.

CONS:
-pic quality is of that of your average cell phone (so-so). Pic-taking is not synched properly with the shutter sound for some odd reason. For some reason, some of my pics haven't saved...
-cannnot transfer mp3s/files to/from computer or with any 3rd-party data cable; uses a transflash (t-flash) MicroSD card so you'll need to shell out more cash for a decent 1gb or 2gb MicroSD card plus a USB card reader.
-since you can't connect the phone directly via USB (again, remember - you have to use the SD card), there is no easy way to transfer contacts from old phone to this one or this one to the next.
-supplied earbuds fall out of my ears every 5 seconds. 1 side of the wired earbud cable is noticably much longer for some reason. This looks and is MORONIC. Don't have any idea whatsoever what they did this for.
-supplied battery life is DEPLORABLE. you'll simply need to buy the extended battery which is more money down the drain, plus the extended battery is much physically larger and extendeds outward making the phone look odd.
-no supplied car charger

In the end, it's still a decent phone, and there aren't (or at least weren't) a lot of solutions for cam/mp3/phone combos out there at the time I got it. For example, I still don't think you can get the latest in vogue RAZR with an mp3 player and I simply won't put up with a phone that doesn't have an mp3 player option anymore. It's a widely used audio format that requires little technology or physical board space to incorporate into a phone.

All sizzle and very little steak........2006-12-03

They advertise this as a multimedia phone, but at the rate it devours batteries, you'll want to think twice about using it as both a phone and MP3 player. I can't even imagine the batteries it would consume as a video player.
The camera is decent (not great) and as others have noted, it seems to actually take the picture a second or so later than the phone indicates. That's not a big deal, once you understand it. But still? How difficult would it have been to sync the shutter sound to when the shutter actually operates?

The most frustrating thing about this package is the 'data cable'. Apparently, this allows the phone to function as a modem. (At an additional subscription fee.) It will not allow you to transfer files back and forth between the phone and your computer. For this you need to use the transflash card. The procedure is to remove the microcard, insert it into the bigger card, then put that into your computer's card reader. Not a big deal. But again, how hard would it have been to engineer the phone to do this through the 'data cable'?

Personalized ringtones? You can rent them from Sprint, or you can use a 3rd party web service (You will pay for text and data transmission). You cannot install them from the data cable or the memory card. Forget about it - it's simply not permitted.

The good:
Attractively styled. The screen is bright and easy to read.
The so-so:
Reception. Camera.
The annoying:
Most of the extra features are designed for Sprint to shake some more money out of your pockets - Customer convenience does not seem to be a factor in Samsung/Sprint's design concept.

Good looks and screen.......2006-10-25

I bought this phone in exchange of my sanyo 8400.
There are few drawbacks.I am switching back to sanyo.
Pros:
1.Looks are very good.
2.The screen has very high resolution.Images are crisp and sharp.
3.The camera fun features are nice.
4.Media player is good.
Cons:
1.YOU CANNOT TRANSFER MUSIC TO YOUR PHONE WITHOUT BUYING A CARD READER/WRITER.Buy a card reader/writer for 10$ more.
2.The phone cannot be hooked to your PC except for going online.Which means ,except for the modem functionality your PC will not identify your phone nor can you do the data transfer between your phone and your PC.Yuk.
3.Reception is average.This phone does not have signal where my other phone had signal.

All good, but if you don't charge the battery ...........2006-10-24

I have this phone for almost a month now. The phone looks great, has this small trans memory card that you can use to load music into it, and to transfer the pictures you took to your computer. Most of the things are nice - the display is crisp, the ring is loud. It takes good pictures considering that its just a phone.

However the biggest drawback is the battery. It simply does not last a day. And if you talk as much as I do on the phone, this is definitely not the phone for you.

Update: The battery is really crappy. It has died so many times on me. I hate this phone and wish I had never gotten it.

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