Philips EXP-212 personal CD/MP3 player

Philips EXP-212 personal CD/MP3 player
Manufacturer: Philips
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Philips' innovation gives music fans easy access to the brilliance of the MP3-CD revolution. The wide range of Philips MP3-CD players harnesses the best of CD and MP3 technologies to give you new ways to enjoy your music - whenever and wherever you like. From pocket-sized compact players to powerful Mini Systems that pump out fat, crystal clear sounds. Any time you're ready to step into the world of MP3, Philips is ready to play the music.

Average customer rating: 3.5

Great phone!
Excellent for the price, despite 2 or 3 minor issues...
4 replacements later... still displeased
Nice Phone, not worth the hassle
Very nice phone (except for below average battery life)

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Nokia 6133 myFaves Phone (T-Mobile)

Manufacturer: Nokia
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000JWJG7W
2006-10-10

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Amazon.com Product Description

If you like the look and feel of Nokia phones, but you've been waiting for a powerful clamshell design, the wait is over. The quad-band Nokia 6133 packs a serious punch with support for EDGE data, dual high-resolution color displays, a 1-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD memory expansion, a music player, and a whole lot more. It's the perfect companion to T-Mobile service. It also supports T-Mobile's great myFaves service

Design
The 6133's super thin design houses an inner display that sports an impressive 240 x 320 resolution and support for 16.7 million, yes million colors. Meanwhile, the outside cover of the handset features a supplementary, 128 x 160, 262,000-color display that can display picture IDs, time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. You can even setup the external color screen to display a large analog clock.

The phone's camera unit is conveniently placed just above the external display, while the up and down buttons for volume control are placed on the left side, and a camera control button is placed on the right side of the phone. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's control pad, while an innovative press-to-open button allows for easy, one-handed opening of the clamshell device. There's also an input to accept universal hands-free headsets, and a USB port for transferring data to and from the handset. The hot-swappable microSD/TransFlash memory expansion slot is compatible with cards up to 2 GB of capacity.

Calling Features
The 6133 supports polyphonic ringtones, as well as video-based ringers so you can load your favorite video clips to alert you of incoming calls. Plus, with the phone's picture and ringer ID functions, you can assign pictures and ringtones to your most common callers. For when you need to be discreet, there's also a vibrate ringer mode. Meanwhile, speaker-independent voice activated dialing makes calling your friends, family and associates as easy as saying their names. The phone recognizes any voice, so you don't have to worry about pre-recording your commands. The 6133's phone book will keep track of all your contacts, and the address book capacity is only limited by the phone's 11 MB of built-in memory. Lastly, there's an integrated speakerphone for talking hands-free, and the phone's Bluetooth connectivity means that your favorite Bluetooth headset is fully compatible.

Other calling features include compatibility with T-Mobile's myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network--without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves.

Messaging, Internet and Tools
The 6133 is a mobile messaging and Internet powerhouse. With support for the MMS (multimedia messaging service), the phone can send picture and text messages, and when coupled with the phone's powerful camera, MMS opens up great opportunities for robust messaging. The phone ships with a built-in email client that supports POP3, IMAP, and SMTP protocols. You can even open and view email attachments.

Getting on the Internet is easy with the 6133. It supports the GPRS data protocol, as well as the high-speed EDGE wireless data service. When used with your carrier data plan and the phone's USB or Bluetooth data capability, the phone can be used as a wireless modem for laptops and PDAs. The phone is bundled with a mobile Web browser, too. Meanwhile, T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

The 6133 supports PC synchronization via USB or Bluetooth, which means you can manage and synchronize contacts, calendar and other data with your PC. Nokia's PC Suite application makes this process a breeze. A number of handy software tools are bundled with the 6133 including a voice memo recorder, a calculator, a calendar, a to-do list, and an alarm clock.

Imaging and Entertainment
This is where the real fun begins. The 6133's 1-megapixel camera takes great pictures and it can also capture video. And when you've got all the pictures you want on your memory card, you can connect the camera directly to any PictBridge-compatible printer for instantaneous printing right from the phone. The phone supports playback of streaming video in 3GPP format, too.

If mobile music is your thing, you can load up your MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, and WMA audio files and listen to your heart's content via the stereo headset jack. And don't forget about the games! The phone comes with a perennial favorite, Snake, as well as 3D soccer.

Vital Statistics
The Nokia 6133 weighs 3.95 ounces and measures 3.61 x 1.88 x 0.79 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 240 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Great phone!.......2007-06-08

I had an old "candy bar phone": Nokia 3390. I wanted an upgrade and the salesguy (who wasn't 'salesey' at all - thank you!) recommended Nokia 6133. It has lots of options when it comes to customizing your own phone the way you want it to look and sound. Easy to navigate and find stuff on it. I like it a lot. My family lives in Europe, so I use the cellphone maily for text messaging. I only call people here, on the cellphone, every now and then. Not much at all. I have always used the "pre paid plan" option, and it comes down to less than $5/month, since I had the plan so long and am at the "Gold Reward Level" now.
Nice on the go: close the phone and press the camera button on the side - and there is your mirror!
A neat little phone. Suits me great anyway!

Excellent for the price, despite 2 or 3 minor issues..........2007-05-24

What's great about this phone? First off, it has plenty of options and a really nice display. It has plenty of bells and whistles such as IM, games, web browsing, radio, mp3 etc. But what about the errors? It lacks the capability to turn your own mp3s into ringtones, I don't call this a huge deal but maybe some would. Also, the battery life is somewhat short on default however there is a way to double or triple it. I'm going to quote one of the other reviewers (BTW, I used these tips and they really help a lot!) "Power Saver" options (settings => main/mini disply, turn off screen saver, turn off kepyad, start-up and switch off tones etc.) in 6133, the battery started lasting around 4-5 days with moderate usage."

Considering that you can get this phone free off the web or for $100 in the store, I surely cannot complain.

4 replacements later... still displeased.......2007-04-30

CONS:
I have been in circles with T-mobile over this phone since January.
I am on my FOURTH Nokia 6133 since January and have had similar problems with all the phones. The phone has problems with reception and that causes an echo-y, Darth Vader, Chipmunk, Windtunnel sound for both caller and call receiver. I have been told everything by T-mobile that it is my account, the tower, the phone, the antenna, but all I know is that every 6th phone call will result in TERRIBLE sound quality.
I have also experienced an occasional problem with both text and picture messages locking up the phone (which is a known error in the phone)
The camera button goes off all the time.
Speakerphone is almost useless.
Battery life is not as good as advertised. I need to recharge everyday.

PROS:
Love the button to press to flip the phone.
Phone layout is great.
Good little camera
Like the built in-radio
(Sorry I don't have very helpful pros)

2 stars for style and features, -3 for whatever is causing all the audio issues.

P.S. I have used a loner phone between NOKIA 6133's and they worked fine, so it is not my coverage area...

Nice Phone, not worth the hassle.......2007-04-13

I purchased this phone less than 6 months ago, though love that is durable and has amazing features, it is very faulty. First, you can't do to much customization to it or it will shut off. And my lastest headache, "The SIM card registation failed", it does this all day long allowing me to miss calls. I loved the phone so much when I first purchased it I recommended it to a close friend and his phone has the same problems + he screen blanked out.

Very nice phone (except for below average battery life).......2007-03-14

I really like this phone. It is small, yet very powerful. I sync it with my outlook so it keeps all my contact, schedule, to do items and notes.
I replaced my IPAQ phone with this. It is very nice..
The Hi-Res screen is really nice and the speaker phone and ringing is REALLY loud.. Battery life is a bit short due to its bright large screen.
but I recharge my phone every night.. so it's no big deal..

As other reviwers pointed out, T-mobile put some restrictions on the phone so that you cannot access the web using third party software.
However, T-mobile also started to phase out access to the web using t-mobile web account ($5.99) starting March of 2007. So you will now need $29.99 plan to access the web. So even if you get firmware upgraded, your access will be severely limited. Who would pay $30 for slow connection with small screen web?

In summary.. very very nice phone..
but stay away if you need access to the web & e-mail.

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