Smsung X497

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Michael BB - 05 Feb 2006 15:31 GMT

Anyone have any comments on this phone?

Reception, sound quality? Good bad indifferent.

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marx404 - 07 Feb 2006 01:54 GMT

Unless you want a base phone with some nice feataures but very many
limitations, skip this phone.

Pros: speakerphone, speed dial, MP3 ringtones, excellent battery life,
external display, fairly simple controls, side button to mute ringer, small
footprint.

Cons: Cingular doesnt support data cable for sync with PC, Only Samsung sell
this data cable which is $80. plus S& H, phone not compatible with most
online software, side button can accidentally be hit which will turn off
vibration mode and mute phone resulting in missed calls, 2 buttons must be
pressed AFTER call is answered to activate speakerphone which is awkward,
hardly any accessories available, only Samsung brand or compatible headsets
explicitly made for this phone will work, bad reception, dropped calls,
organizer is wimpy, only holds 25 entries per category (without a data cable
you can ony enter things manually, which sux especially if you need the
calander features).

my 2 cents: spend the extra money and get a motorola.

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Your Name Here - 07 Feb 2006 03:59 GMT

And which Motorola would you recommend?

As far as data cables I have them for each phone made, through
Datapilot, this way my sons Nokia, and samsung d357 is fully
supported. I was thinking of the X497 as a spare backup phone.

Thanks for you opinion.

Michael

> Unless you want a base phone with some nice feataures but very many
> limitations, skip this phone.
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> my 2 cents: spend the extra money and get a motorola.

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navywendy00 - 07 Feb 2006 12:20 GMT

my boyfriend and my mother both have this phone, and both of them hate
it. He upgraded with cingular from an old nokia to the samsung, and
wishes he had kept the nokia (even thought the keys dont work anymore!)
Both of them have complained that it takes way to many steps to get to
something simple (contacts, text msg. ext..) and my boyfriend
CONSTANTLY presses the side button which turns off the ringer/vibrate
mode.. i cant tell you how many times hes gotten his butt reamed for
that (hes a marine, not having a phone thats reliable is REALLY bad) my
mother has said that its hard for her to hit the buttons because they
are so small (shes 55) and that it isnt very user friendly (used to
have an LG from verizon). in my oppinion save your money and buy a
moto.. i just bought the v551 off ebay. i like it :D

Your Name Here Wrote:

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Your Name Here - 07 Feb 2006 12:58 GMT

And this helps me finding software HOW?

Thanks for your opinion though.

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> my boyfriend and my mother both have this phone, and both of them hate
> it. He upgraded with cingular from an old nokia to the samsung, and
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navywendy00 - 07 Feb 2006 13:16 GMT

the msg about hte cables wasnt there when i posted that.. sorry

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