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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Ericsson / April 2004T610 shortcuts
Don't know if these are documented anywhere, but a couple of things I've discovered about my T610: 1) When the clock screen save is on, pressing + or - will illuminate it so tha you can read it, without actualy registering as a "key press" which would normally clear it. 2) Has anyone noticed the menu layout is the same as the keypad layout? I've seen the "left joystick" notes to enable quick access to the shortcuts, but this seems to take a long time for me, as it first tells me that me assigned 1st shortcut is not available, before offering me the shortcut list. A MUCH quicker way is to press the joystick then press 3. Settings is Joystick + #, Pictures and Sounds is Joystick and 7, etc etc... With the web button (RHS) and up joystick , could be configured separately!! Any more?? > With the web button (RHS) and up joystick , could be > configured separately!! My biggest gripe with this phone. Build quality, features, design, etc are all excellent but my Moto T720i used to let me re-order menus, add and remove shortcuts from the "desk- top" and assign different things to different buttons. It's such a simple thing to implement and I wonder why they did it that way. On UK Orange, I have a side button that takes me to WAP - I never use it. I have a joystick that does the same thing if I press it in, or go "right" - takes me to the main menu. "Down" takes me to the address book, "up" takes me to yet another WAP page (again, I don't use it) and "left" takes me to the first shortcut. So - three out of five joystick movements and one button are wasted for me. If they fixed that (got to be a simple firmware fix) and also gave me the option of NOT having the main screen go to the clock/blackout then I'd be 100% happy with the phone. As it is, I'm seriously considering giving it to the wife and going back to my T720i.  SignatureBryan Anderson <www.anderson-it.com > If they fixed that (got to be a simple firmware fix) and also > gave me the option of NOT having the main screen go to the > clock/blackout then I'd be 100% happy with the phone. Not trying to be a smarta$$, but I know it is going to sound that way .... You wouldn't be 100% happy with it then. You would be quite upset that the battery lasted less than one day on standby. > Not trying to be a smarta$$, but I know it is going to sound > that way .... > > You wouldn't be 100% happy with it then. You would be quite > upset that the battery lasted less than one day on standby. I know that argument - but at SE could at least make it an option. The phone has profiles....maybe an option in a profile would be how battery-kind it is. I would be happy to charge the phone each night (it plugs in next to the bed anyway) for a bit more useful standby screen. Example - there's three "states" that I see of the screen: the blacked out clock, the un-backlit but full display and the full, backlit display. I'd like the standby to be the un- lit full display and lose the clock/black-out. If that then gave me a day/two days use then so be it. SignatureBryan Anderson <www.anderson-it.com >> Not trying to be a smarta$$, but I know it is going to sound >> that way .... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > lit full display and lose the clock/black-out. If that then gave > me a day/two days use then so be it. What would be the difference? Un backlit, it would still appear to be a black screen. Thats all it is now, is an unback-lit clock. press any button (except the two +/- buttons on the side) and you are back to the full display. It is the same thing you would have to do if you had an un back-lit full display in stand by. I think what you are calling "unbacklit" is the dim full display screen. That screen is still back lit, just with much less power. What you see with no back light at all is what you currently see now. A screen that under most lighting conditions looks blacked out, but in fact is still displaying the image. There is no actual "black out" screen at all. > What would be the difference? Un backlit, it would still appear > to be a black screen. Thats all it is now, is an unback-lit clock. > press any button (except the two +/- buttons on the side) and you > are back to the full display. Okay - so there's two levels of backlight....the dim one that looks like it's not backlit and the full light. I'd be happy to have the dim one on all the time and lose half my battery life. The thing about pressing any button to get back to the full display isn't much good if you have the keylock on. Here's my case: the key lock is on auto, and the screen goes to the clock after twenty secs, then fades to black almost immediately. I know it's not black, but it's so dark as to not be able to see the clock. Now I want to see if I have a missed call or text....there's nothing to show me that [1]. So I press a key.....yes the screen comes back to life, but only to give me a message telling me how to unlock the screen....I know this! Granted, you do get to see the line of icons at the top of the screen but it's just another little niggle that I don't like. I would just have thought that as phones these days are mini-computers, then more and more could be user-configurable and I ought to be able to turn off the clock, turn off the auto-blackout, turn off the key-lock reminder, etc. I think I am in a minority - almost everyone I know still has Nokia phones and always have done. As far as I can see they are the least user-configurable phones out there so people are happy to accept that whatever the manufacturer decided, is the way to use a phone. Having come from the T720i which, although it had other faults, was far, far more configurable and so (for me) more useable, the T610 was/is a dissapointment. [1] what a missed opportunity. How about the red led in the joystick flashing if there's anything that needs attention....missed calls or texts, etc. SignatureBryan Anderson <www.anderson-it.com >> What would be the difference? Un backlit, it would still appear >> to be a black screen. Thats all it is now, is an unback-lit clock. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > like it's not backlit and the full light. I'd be happy to have the > dim one on all the time and lose half my battery life I wouldn't mind the option of enabling that also, but it would consume far more than twice the battery power to generate. > The thing about pressing any button to get back to the full display > isn't much good if you have the keylock on. Here's my case: the key [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > ought to be able to turn off the clock, turn off the auto-blackout, > turn off the key-lock reminder, etc. The phone definately has room for improvement on it's ability to be customized (or lack of <wink>) > I think I am in a minority - almost everyone I know still has Nokia > phones and always have done. As far as I can see they are the least [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > flashing if there's anything that needs attention....missed calls or > texts, etc. I fully agree that they should have the red LED blinking for missed called, voicemail, incoming message, etc. One would think it would be a simple firmware change, but apparently it isn't properly wired, or the engineers are too lazy to do it. >If they fixed that (got to be a simple firmware fix) and also >gave me the option of NOT having the main screen go to the >clock/blackout then I'd be 100% happy with the phone. As it >is, I'm seriously considering giving it to the wife and going >back to my T720i. The clock screen saver is a baterry saving device. It used less power to show the few "white" pixels around the clock than it does the whole unlit screen. - My wife's nokia 3510i does the same. I just wish the start up picture could be an animated gif raher than a static! > >If they fixed that (got to be a simple firmware fix) and also > >gave me the option of NOT having the main screen go to the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I just wish the start up picture could be an animated gif raher than a > static! I get them (standard item from Orange by the look of it) DPat >> I just wish the start up picture could be an animated gif raher than a >> static! > >I get them (standard item from Orange by the look of it) If you set the startup picture to another picture in "my pictures" and not to standard - it does not animate.... tried it several times here. Download an animated gif into your phone and try it... |
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