One step forward and two steps back

I must confess, I am perhaps a bit spoiled by my one like the years, Sony Ericsson C702.
In any case, I looked around for almost 4 years by an equivalent device and it obviously
now found. The delivery arrived on time, the anticipation was great. The phone makes a very solid and
stable impression. Unfortunately, it was the about it. The series of disappointments now took its course:
1. Phone number:
It includes the possibility of 500 entries. Each name can also be associated with only one number.
Best save the corresponding image with the name, you can assign it not otherwise, there is only one
List view. I have on my old cell phone about 125 Listings Post, some with mobile, landline and company number. It will
now 199 entries in the phonebook. There are the 500 fills up quickly, especially when even the dual SIM variant
Firmennumern added. I originally wanted to have only one phone in your pocket instead of 2. On the positive side only
Filter function on the initials. That works really.
2. Outdoor
The mobile phone offers some useful things for the "civilized" outdoor enthusiasts. This is the camera and the compass,
which should always be calibrated GPS is indeed great, but pretty worthless without an appropriate card. Latitude and longitude
are OK, after the distance measurement I am not yet risen (I was used to from the C702 something else). I have
calculate on the prairie no desire, the difference between the starting position and the actual position. This should
Part really can itself. A tracking function with plot I have not yet found.
The Satfix takes a while but then comes yet, some with strange messages, for example. that in enclosed spaces
a bad signal is (eh. I stand outside !!).
The torch requires an unlock the keyboard, very useful.
The emergency function certainly makes sense, but of course requires a mobile network. That it has become very rare in the Pampa.
There I recommend a radio or satellite phone.
3. Cell and PC:
I can not discover what is hidden under "syncpc" (indicated by PC synchronization in
Internet). A CD was not in the mobile phone and my search on the net was also very successful. Thereby, it is not now
possible to synchronize contacts and calendar with Outlook, for example.
In order for the XT-930 is likely to be uninteresting for the master craftsman. The need for rugged durability, where you
evening appointments that the woman has hammered into the computer, sync, so that they in the morning at the construction site
has. This means that the dual SIM function for private and corporate use is unreasonable. I can not populating handed.
4. SMS and data entry:
I'm maybe a little dated when I write the beginnings of sentences and nouns great. It is with the phone
absolute cruelty. You have to get used to it perhaps. In any case, the autocomplete is unlikely
work if the first letter is detached because you want to capitalize.
5. This and that:
Get more information on filenames, no thumbnails. This makes the search very difficult. The image viewer does not work
in subdirectories. The attached guide is abysmal, the slightly better on the net. Functions are not necessarily
positively accommodated. Calls via a user group are too complex (too many clicks required).
Video playback controls: ... oh well.

... And now the coup de grace:

I have a hands-free kit in your car. I get in contact via Bluetooth, but can not select a contact.
For this I have to take the phone back into his hand.

Conclusion:

A robust phone to make phone calls, ..... no longer. The software sucks and gets up to the ratios from 10
Years. The outdoor enthusiast gets a cheap cell phone with big buttons and put it in a plastic bag. A compass
and a separate good GPS with altimeter and barometer has always here with. There's really better. It would have a
really can be great device, the developers have invested some time and money into the software. The not yet
"Comparison app 'te" Outdoorfan (and because I can include with) but it should be worth that a cell phone on the market
is brought to a little luxury offers. And it is a reasonable camera, with which one the impression of 4000m
sometimes can show. I expect a 100 euros (almost $ 200) expensive Chinese instrument that, in addition to
is the easiest-to-use and mobile functions additionally outdoor capable. This went completely wrong.

I have returned the device and reactivated my C702 again. I'm probably too spoiled. :-)