cerebasan
05-17-2007, 12:21 AM
Here is my Upstage review. I previously owned a Treo 700wx and still currently own a Fusic. I was interested in the Upstage mainly as a good iPod replacement and was attracted to the candybar form factor.
I've owned the Upstage about a week and may add comments as time passes. Bluetooth stereo used is the Nextlink Spider.
First off, the box is well packaged. The accessories supplied are the travel charger, usb data cable, extended battery pack/flip case, corded microphone with standard headphone jack, software cd and manuals. Thank you Samsung for not burdening me with ANOTHER set of budget headphones. The case is a nice touch, combining protection with battery power, although heavy data users would probably purchase an even greater capacity if available. The data cable enables flash drive use with PCs or Macs, although one item I noted is when copying mp3s over it tends to copy the "shadow" mac zero byte id file as well, which confused the media player at times.
Reception is pretty much standard Samsung, that is to say, not as good as the Fusic or the Treo. With one or two bars frequently data will switch between vison and power vision. Does not hold a signal as well as the F or T, but is acceptable in most areas. Honestly, the internal antenna performs as well as I believe possible.
The media player appears to me to be the same as on the 610. No playlist functionality except in the music player. Volume over stereo bluetooth is acceptable although not iPod killing. No equalizer as in the Fusic but does not emitt white noise like the Fusic does with low volume speech.
Some Sprint apps work already with the phone, such as Sprint movies. Most do not, notably Sprint Navigation. As of today, there is no Sprint approved GPS solution, which in my opinion is a large oversight. Yahoo go is not available. Opera mini works fine, as does flurry. The podcasting client on the phone works very well when linked with the voiceindigo website. Allows streaming of podcasts over stereo bluetooth.
I haven't used the camera much, but even w/o a flash the pictures seem clear and much better than the Fusic and shutter speed is better than the Treo. Also albums load faster.
Overall I do like this phone. The touchpad is difficult to get used to but you will adapt to it. It is pretty sturdy other than when you push anywhere around the screen or on the screen you get a shimmer effect similar to touching an LCD. I mainly use this phone for surfing the web and multimedia, and it does both these things well. Frame rate on Sprint tv is fluid and better quality than the Fusic.
Hopefully this review brings you new information not contained in some of the other previously well written reviews of the Upstage. Feel free to post any questions in this thread. :wavey:
Cerebasan
I've owned the Upstage about a week and may add comments as time passes. Bluetooth stereo used is the Nextlink Spider.
First off, the box is well packaged. The accessories supplied are the travel charger, usb data cable, extended battery pack/flip case, corded microphone with standard headphone jack, software cd and manuals. Thank you Samsung for not burdening me with ANOTHER set of budget headphones. The case is a nice touch, combining protection with battery power, although heavy data users would probably purchase an even greater capacity if available. The data cable enables flash drive use with PCs or Macs, although one item I noted is when copying mp3s over it tends to copy the "shadow" mac zero byte id file as well, which confused the media player at times.
Reception is pretty much standard Samsung, that is to say, not as good as the Fusic or the Treo. With one or two bars frequently data will switch between vison and power vision. Does not hold a signal as well as the F or T, but is acceptable in most areas. Honestly, the internal antenna performs as well as I believe possible.
The media player appears to me to be the same as on the 610. No playlist functionality except in the music player. Volume over stereo bluetooth is acceptable although not iPod killing. No equalizer as in the Fusic but does not emitt white noise like the Fusic does with low volume speech.
Some Sprint apps work already with the phone, such as Sprint movies. Most do not, notably Sprint Navigation. As of today, there is no Sprint approved GPS solution, which in my opinion is a large oversight. Yahoo go is not available. Opera mini works fine, as does flurry. The podcasting client on the phone works very well when linked with the voiceindigo website. Allows streaming of podcasts over stereo bluetooth.
I haven't used the camera much, but even w/o a flash the pictures seem clear and much better than the Fusic and shutter speed is better than the Treo. Also albums load faster.
Overall I do like this phone. The touchpad is difficult to get used to but you will adapt to it. It is pretty sturdy other than when you push anywhere around the screen or on the screen you get a shimmer effect similar to touching an LCD. I mainly use this phone for surfing the web and multimedia, and it does both these things well. Frame rate on Sprint tv is fluid and better quality than the Fusic.
Hopefully this review brings you new information not contained in some of the other previously well written reviews of the Upstage. Feel free to post any questions in this thread. :wavey:
Cerebasan