An unusual feature is the ability to play DivX and Xvid videos, which is great if you want to store large video files on the Pixon and watch them on the go. You'll need to convert the files first, which you can do using the provided software in the box. We tested a few film trailers out and they looked excellent on the big screen.
Other features include a music player that's easy to understand and use. You can add a widget to the homepage to access the music keys easily, which is useful. Our only disappointment with the music player is you have to you use the provided adaptor to plug in standard 3.5mm headphones, which is annoying.
Performance
Battery life lasted over a day with moderate
use before we needed to recharge the Pixon. It obviously lasted much
less when we used the camera or the HSDPA -- you can save energy by
turning this off, but this will affect download speeds of course. It
also helps to turn the screen's brightness down.
Conclusion
The Samsung Pixon is an accomplished camera
phone that takes high-quality pictures in low light. Compared to the
Renoir we found the interface to be a little more refined, but overall
it's a very similar experience. As we pointed out with the Renoir, the
Pixon's touchscreen isn't the best out there and we think both
companies can do better.
We'd also like to see Samsung and LG produce an Android handset soon and hopefully combine it with an extremely responsive screen. As we saw with the Samsung i8510, which runs Symbian, a move towards a more open platform makes for a much better user experience and will ultimately help push these South Korean companies forward.
Edited by Nick Hide
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Emily Mellish 11 August 2011
Comment: can you use your nails to use the touch on this phone? i have a blackberry and i hate it, i want a touch screen but i always have false nails on, would i be able to use it?
Anna Waters 3 December 2010
Good: The Camera
Bad: People say the touch is bad?
Comment: Is the touch bad? Or is workable?
I am looking for a new phone , And thinking this one?
Should I?
HELP.
phph001 21 August 2009
Good: Excellent camera
Bad: terrible PC software, terrible operating system
Comment: The only decent point of this phone is the camera. I thought I would be upgrading when I changed from a Nokia N95, but what a disappointment. The Nokia has GPS, can be used as a mobile modem, and talks to Macs as well as PCs. The games are free. You can even make a phone call with it. With the Pixon, as soon as you get to one of those exchanges where you press 1 for this and 2 for that you take it from your ear and find the screen is already blank. You then have to press the screen to restore it, the hold button to release the available functions and then the screen again to bring up the keypad. Do these designers ever actually use their kit? The GPS puts you within a mile of your actual position, which may be OK in the Sahara, but is not a lot of use in town. One might as well not bother, which is what the user manual thinks, because the subject of GPS does not appear there at all. Nor does it mention the infuriating habit of the photo browser of sliding all the pictures rapidly past the screen if you tilt the phone slightly. Getting to the picture you want is a real pain. The PC suite software is the worst written bit of programming I have come across in a long time.
I'm going back to the N95. It's not got a touch screen and the camera is medium, but it is an excellent phone and the GPS does work.
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