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I picked up this phone cheap...$200 refund off with 2 year lock in...My service is through a corporate account so I got $180 instant rebate. (so from $30-50 for the phone)...did the stay with sprint upgrade deal...

I just love this phone!

Now every phone has its strong points and weak points...it just depends on what you use a phone for.

I use the phone to talk. I don't care about games. ( it does have games)
I really wanted something so I could get current weather and radar images (been caught near tornadoes before...not cool).

I like being able to voice dial. I like having a scheduler/alarm clock.


So for those tasks it is perfect! I am very impressed by the voice dial option.

You train the phone to understand how you say numbers...that is the extent of the setup.

To call a number you hold the talk key (or the button on a earpiece) and the phone will ask you what you want.

If you say "digit dial" it will recognise that command and ask you for the number. you give the number normally, at the speed you would give to anyone...and it repeats back then dials.

If you already have numbers in your directory, then say "name dial" and it will ask the name of the entry...I had this same feature in my old 8500, but with that phone, I had to record each voice dial entry separately. With this phone it figures it out by itself...frickin amazing.


Things it doesn't have...camera...already have one...don't want one on my phone...and it is a security risk for certain jobs.
external screen...never had one, never wanted one.
pda features...I have a pda


If you are going to do extensive web browsing, then get a pda phone, but for important web browsing...including the realmedia weatherchannel weather briefing it is just fine.