(keitai-l) Re: Which AU model to get?

From: Tom Motoyoshi Kalland <tmk_at_infeline.org>
Date: 08/23/04
Message-ID: <41294A80.8020609@infeline.org>
Carlos Alberto Camacho wrote:
>>i just changed to the win phone w21sa
> 
> I narrowed by selection to that model, W21SA and the Sony W21S.
> In the end, I went with the Sony, for a few reasons.

congrats on your new phone. :)

> * I read alot of feedback on both models on a Japanese page, and the Sanyo
> seemed to have a greater amount. :)
> * When testing both models, it seemed to me that the Sanyo would make you
> wait a tad too long after setting something (ie the hoursglass would
> appear)
> * With the screen positioned in on the Sanyo, it seemed harder to realize
> you have mail. (The screen twists as you know,) I could be wrong on this,
> but it seemed logical to me.

i read a lot of content on my phone so the twist was one of the major 
reasons to go for it rather than the w21s (like, i can read web etc. 
with the phone folded, which is nice). i wish the side buttons were 
easier to use though.

> The radio feature of the Sanyo was interesting, but hard to test inside a
> metal
> building. The camera was also better but I suppose if you want really
> really high
> quality images, you can always get a digicam. 

i usually carry my digicam, but in cases when i dont its always ok as a 
backup. however, i have issues with how the camera is located. the lens 
is located in the corner, just where the strap hole is, making it quite 
difficult to take pictures with one hand (when you have it folded) 
without getting ur fingers or strap or both in front of the lens. :/

the radio is great though. i doubt ill use it on the move (always carry 
mp3 player), but as you can listen though the speaker it seems good for 
those days you chill in the park with friends and need some background 
noise.

 > The Sanyo also uses miniSD opposed to Sony's duoMem Stick. I wish Sony
 > would just drop this format and go with what the rest
> of the industry is using.

yeah, this has always bugged me with the sony products i have. to make 
things worse sony has a tendency to come up with multiple variants of 
memory sticks etc (like, my aibo has a special pink memorystick and 
refuses to read the normal blue ones).

> One thing that bug me on the Sanyo. It had a great OCR feature and
> dictionary, but Sanyo
> didn't really make this feature as benri as it could be. For example, in my
> lowely Toshiba
> phone, it has a dictionary, When you get a meaning, you can copy and paste
> it into
> your content. That is very handy!

you can do that. like, if i write a mail i can write the word, highlight 
it, look it up on the dictionary and choose "insert" or "replace" for 
instans and it pops right into your content - which is really great. the 
ocr, while interesting, it only reads ro-maji and is therefore somewhat 
useless for me as i would rather have a ocr dictionary for those times i 
encounter kanjis i dont remember (which is like _all_ the time).

one thing i wish i had from the sony is the jog-wheel. and i guess the 
sony has proper english dialogs, etc.

.tmk
Received on Mon Aug 23 04:36:44 2004