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chazza4eva 1 February 2012
Good: Nothing
Bad: Keypad won't show
Comment: I love the phone but I was using it one day then the keypad wont show now and I havnt changed any setting or anything? Can anyone help please
Niall Rochford Long 31 March 2011
Good: Nothing at all
Bad: Everything and is very slow
Comment: i would never recommend this phone as it is the biggest waste of money
orlandom1 22 September 2010
Good: Nothing at all
Bad: Operating systm, application design, support, email, screen responsiveness.
Comment: Stay well clear of this phone.
Richard Ellis 27 July 2010
Good: It's not Apple, RIM or Windows
Bad: Limited Email functionality, Vodafone 360 service, No Wifi
Comment: Like most things in life, it's all relative. I was given this phone by a friend who couldn't get on with it. I have to say, despite the annoying niggles, it is a vast improvement over the WinMo Omnia I was using before.
The lack of Wifi is annoying, but not the end of the world. The bluetooth works well and enables me to synchronise with my systems and also means I can use my phone as a modem, which is important to me. I was able to connect my Jabra headset with no trouble and my Ubuntu laptop exchanging files in under a minute. Transfer speed is acceptable.
The email system from Vodafone is not great, particularly as it only supports certain accounts. Despite my efforts and Vodafone support, we can't get it to support an external account, which means I am cut off from my office when out and about. It also doesn't sync mail very well, despite all the settings being correct. I could see mail on google, but the phone insisted I had none.
The contact manager though is quite good and prompted me to get around to tidying up my duplicate contacts. Similarly, the PC Suite is adequate for the job, without being fancy. Lack of Linux support on a Linux phone is odd, but not unexpected. The new version of PC Suite downloaded from Samsung works fine on Windows 7 64-bit
Battery life so far has been acceptable, with almost 4 days since it was last charged.
In use, it mostly feels quite snappy, although it is prone to fat finger syndrome on the interface, which is really nothing to write home about. It is basic and functional, but will never win prizes for innovation or beauty. Occasionally it is prone to going very slow, while it thinks about what it is doing,but I can live with that. The interface itself has some nods in the direction of its big brother Android, but is a little basic and uninspiring.
Having played with the Vodafone 360 service for a few days, with the exception of the Contact Manager it is virtually pointless. Why would I want to store all my personal data in yet another place? If I want to put my photos online, there are better ways to do it and I certainly wouldn't use it to backup.
The camera quality is acceptable. I have never been a fan of phones as a camera anyway, so its fine for taking quick snaps etc. If I want decent quality images, then I'll use a proper camera. Video is again acceptable bearing in mind this is a phone, not a camcorder.
drew85 22 June 2010
Good: Aesthetics, touchscreen, screen resolution, quick search, 360 backup
Bad: Poor battery life, can't run 2 things at once, layout of web browser, lack of apps, no flash, low resolution camera, slow processor, orientation change is slow, no wifi
Comment: Having previously owned a very efficient Sony Ericsson C902, which I unfortunately lost, I got an M1 through my insurance. Out of a handful of models, I was told that the M1 was the best to go for as I wanted something multimedia heavy for music, photos, video and web browsing. On the surface and on paper it seemed a great choice with lots of new features that were lacking on my previous C902. After a week or so, however, I began to experience flaws in the handset that massively outweighed the pros.
What I like about the phone: it looks great, feels good in my hand and is easy to function. The touch screen is responsive, browsing web pages is easy enough you can back up files online through the 360 service and it has a fairly decent screen resolution. The quick search button on the side of the phone is useful as it allows to search Google, your memory card, the online shop or Vodafone 360 in an instant. That's about where the good news ends...
Samsung haven't built a pc suite that can be used on Windows 7 64-bit and a lot of people don't think they ever will build one so I can't back up my data should my phone die or get lost. Even when I phoned Samsung, they said they don't know when one will be launched. Luckily it has removable memory in the form of micro-SD, which is very difficult to take in and out. My biggest annoyance comes with the music player. It sometimes takes 3-5 seconds just to skip track and that's with hardly any memory space taken up. I browse the internet on my phone a lot and listen to music simultaneously and like most people like to skip track once in a while. There is a drop down menu that can be accessed whilst using most apps to change profiles, pause a track or close the music player. Why they didn't put a skip track button on there is beyond me... to skip a track you must close the web browser, open the music app, skip the track then restart the browser to continue surfing the internet. Absurd....
The web browser has 2 main flaws - no wi-fi and the exit button is positioned in the top left, which is where the back button is for menu options within the phone so I find myself closing what I'm browsing when I simply want to go back a page. Very poor design and very frustrating.
The M1 comes with a built in maps app, which is truly terrible. Street names aren't visible unless you are zoomed very close and it is very, very slow at finding things and consider yourself lucky if it does find what you are looking for. The search engine is time consuming and it forces you to select the country each time you make a search and doesn't let you set a default nor can it work out what country you are in by itself. The only good thing about is that it uses gps and follows you whilst you move like the iPhone Google Maps app but that's only useful if you have a relatively good idea of where you are. It's probably the worst app I've ever had the displeasure of using. I downloaded two other map apps only to find they simply tell you where you are and can't give you directions ("multimap" and "where am i"). It's like having a tour guide tell you where are but not knowing where to go.
The choice of apps available on the shop are terrible and some are horrifically priced around the £5 mark for not a lot of app. The camera is a meagre 3.2MP and doesn't have a flash although the video isn't bad quality. The Sony Ericsson C902 by the way has the best microphone for video recording I've ever heard on a phone or compact camera. Even in noisy clubs the sound was so crisp and you could hear people talking even with a lot of ambient noise. The camera was also 5MP and had a flash.
The C902 is very different and out dated phone but I would choose it in an instant over the more modern Samsung M1. New is not necessarily better. The 360 back up and music store are great to use but that's not an exclusive feature of the M1. The M1 seemed to have the potential of being an incredible handset but it's the vast amount
tictactaylor 13 June 2010
Good: Fantastic media player, Java support, and video calling
Bad: Poor LiMo interface, no wallpaper on apps screen cannot customise easily
Comment: I purchased on Voda PAYG, it was a good deal at 80 pounds including a months internet etc. Would not be tempted on contract until the LiMo platform becomes a little better established. The hardware is of good quality, you have a 240x400 res display, so similar to a Cookie or Ku990 viewty in screen quality, sadly though this is a touch Capacitive screen, so no stylus input is possible. I have to say that the Cookie although resistive (not supposed to be as sensitive to the touch is just as good, if not better). The audio from this device is fantastic, contains by default a graphic equalizer, and reverb effects (unlike Android by default), so an audio treat. Video is good, but you cannot upscale your video to widescreen zoomed so 240x320 (sadly it's own default video camera setting too) video will be with borders. Now the main design aspect was the 360 component, well at present that is lacking, the 3d screen of contacts and synchronization with Voda server is A. Costly, and B. Not that good. The Apps home-screen has a black background and you are not able to position icons to your desired location on a wallpaper styled screen like android. However, you do have live widgets, weather etc, facebook though seemed to fail to synchronize. LiMo, the O/S for this phone looks a little dated, an upgrade may make this phone a LOT better. Hardware is good, software not so. Overall, I like this phone, but could not rely upon it to be my only phone.