Once you're in the menu, each section is depicted using an icon and text. It's easy to understand which sections do what and nothing is overcomplicated. In addition to the navigation rocker, you have the option to designate the soft keys on the keypad to access applications in the menu by simply pressing one key.
Fortunately this simple interface is complemented by a few useful features. It has Bluetooth and GPRS connectivity, a WAP browser, an email client and a speakerphone mode. You can also send and receive MMS, SMS and email messages, take notes, record your voice, input calendar appointments, set an alarm clock, check world time zones and play Java games.
If you need to synchronise your S68 with your computer you can use the software provided to exchange contact data and Microsoft Outlook data. You can also access the phone's organiser and send SMS messages -- all from the comfort of your PC. We couldn't get it to work with a Bluetooth connection, but this may have been due to a problem with our Bluetooth dongle. Alternatively, you can use a proprietary USB cable, but you will have to buy it separately.
Our major niggle with the S68 is that the menu can be buggy at times, hindering the simple layout. It occasionally seemed slow to respond and crashed halfway through a text message, but this may have been a problem with our specific handset. It also only has 26MB of internal memory and no expandable memory slot. While 26MB is more than enough for simple phone tasks, using the S68 as a portable flash drive or MP3 player is not really possible.
PerformanceThe audio quality on calls is clear, with no distortion or muffling. We could hear people clearly and we could have a conversation without raising our voices.
Battery life is quoted at 300 minutes of talk time and 300 hours of standby time. We also found that since there were fewer features to play around with, we used the phone less and therefore the battery lasted longer.
Edited by Mary Lojkine
Additional editing by Elizabeth Griffin
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slavicd 25 March 2009
Good: Simple phone, good agenda of contacts
Bad: VERY slow, dies very often
Comment: I bought it right after it got in the stores. First I was well surprized at its audio quality - it had a good, loud sound. With time though I came up to see what I didn't like in it - it started to crash often (well every 3 days) and the battery life wasn't quite what I expected from a phone with no camera or second display in it. Te other thing that I did not like was it was slow!! You have to wait 8 or more seconds to call again if you've just cancelled a call - the most disturbing thing for me. The message archive - seems a very good idea but it's implemented poorly - it takes an INFINITE time to load the messages in the archive (I waited for around one minute for the message to change).
What I like is its ergonomity and style (althoug tired of it already and I'm buying another phone now)
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