Transitioning to 3595 from 3390

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David S Chesler - 27 Oct 2003 03:26 GMT

T-Mobile offered me new Nokia 3595s, one on each line, for signing up for a new year.
Nothing was particularly wrong with the 3390s, but the batteries, and maybe the sound,
were getting a little worn. I like the separate Pickup and Hangup buttons -- no more
accidentally hanging up on a caller with a double-tap.
Otherwise I could take it or leave it.
I don't do data-over-phone beyond receiving text messages like Breaking News alerts.
Maybe I shouldn't be using the 3595...
I made good use of per-caller ringtones with the 3390. Apparently there is no
Ringtone Composer for the polyphonics? (I haven't found it; haven't finished
studying the manual.) Is there?
Any quick-and-dirty way to get just a handful of "standard" ringtones (that is
the same old that came with the 3390, and the 51xx before that?)
I had Logo Manager and a data cable, though I never got around to using it. Is
it any use to me now?
I'm thinking I'll sign up for a 30-day trial of T-Zones, to download enough to
bring my new phone to the level of utility of the old phone -- again, is there
a cheaper or easier way to achieve that?

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Carl. - 27 Oct 2003 05:47 GMT

I was disappointed with the 3395. The 3390 was a good no-nonsense basic
phone. The 3395 has a poor display and not the greatest polyphonic ringers.
The keypad is silly (I like the send/end too, but the numbers--blech), but
the appearance isn't as annoying as the fact that the poor mechanical design
makes the 2 key flakey.

I can't find the ringtone composer either (looking at interactive demo on
Nokia page). You could compose one with your 3390, send it to yourself and
shut the power off and switch the SIM card to the 3595 before the message
comes back (did that to get my favorite home-made ringer on an 8290).

> T-Mobile offered me new Nokia 3595s, one on each line, for signing up for a new year.
> Nothing was particularly wrong with the 3390s, but the batteries, and maybe the sound,
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> bring my new phone to the level of utility of the old phone -- again, is there
> a cheaper or easier way to achieve that?

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Group Special Mobile - 27 Oct 2003 21:56 GMT

>I was disappointed with the 3395. The 3390 was a good no-nonsense basic
>phone. The 3395 has a poor display and not the greatest polyphonic ringers.
>The keypad is silly (I like the send/end too, but the numbers--blech), but
>the appearance isn't as annoying as the fact that the poor mechanical design
>makes the 2 key flakey.

The 3395 is the *same* phone as the 3390 with a WAP browser. The 3395
was never offered through VoiceStream or T-Mobile, but was offered
through cingular. OTOH if you meant 3595 that's a whole different
phone that has a color screen, WAP and polyphonic ringers. Which one
do you mean?

>I can't find the ringtone composer either (looking at interactive demo on
>Nokia page). You could compose one with your 3390, send it to yourself and
>shut the power off and switch the SIM card to the 3595 before the message
>comes back (did that to get my favorite home-made ringer on an 8290).

There is no ring tone composer on the 3595.

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Carl. - 28 Oct 2003 02:52 GMT

> >I was disappointed with the 3395. The 3390 was a good no-nonsense basic
> >phone. The 3395 has a poor display and not the greatest polyphonic ringers.
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> phone that has a color screen, WAP and polyphonic ringers. Which one
> do you mean?

Er, yeah, the 3595. The one the OP was talking about.

> >I can't find the ringtone composer either (looking at interactive demo on
> >Nokia page). You could compose one with your 3390, send it to yourself and
> >shut the power off and switch the SIM card to the 3595 before the message
> >comes back (did that to get my favorite home-made ringer on an 8290).
>
> There is no ring tone composer on the 3595.

I believe I implied that.

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