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To: carranza2 who wrote (16319)	11/2/2001 3:03:37 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: Ericsson T68 GPRS with HSCSD Arrives >> Shops running out of T68 Jørgen Berner Ross WAP.com October 26 2001 The sexy Ericsson T68 with GPRS, SMS, EMS, IR and Bluetooth does not come cheap. However, quite a few have coughed up close to EUR 600 to get their hands on the first models. In fact, a number of would-be T68 owners, pre-registered to make sure they were among the first lucky few. And the first phones are finding their way to the shelves as we write. 140km The phone has received good reviews in Swedish as well as British press. The interest is high. "T68 is the most frequent search word on our homepage," said Peter Bodor, spokesman for Sony Ericsson, who according to the Swedish net publication Ekonomi24, was told by a co-worker that a customer in Northern Sweden drove 140 kilometres to buy the T68. GPRS Anyone? At first T68 will be shipped in small volumes, but supplies are expected to increase gradually. Sweden is among the first markets to be supplied and other early markets include England, Switzerland, and Singapore, according to Bodor. Curiously enough, GPRS functionality does not seem to be the main reason for buying a T68. According to phone distributor GEAB, it is the sexy design and other functions that trigger the early bird buyers. << >> Review: Ericsson T68 Silje Beite Løken WAP.com November 01 2001 The new T68 from Sony Ericsson has it all - and more. T68 may very well be representative of a new line of phones from Sony Ericsson. The boxy look and pointed antenna are gone and the colour display with intuitive menu has arrived. Ease of Use The Alcatel One Touch inspired joystick from Ericsson appears for the first time on this handset. However, we may see it again on future models for it sure makes navigation much easier. The SIM cards slides in with no problems and you are welcomed by the new Sony Ericsson logo. The menu is well put together and all main categories come into view at a press of the joystick, functioning as a navigator as well as an Enter button. The colourful symbols in the menu make the menu system even more intuitive and you can easily check out all the T68 menu options without referring to the manual. WAP settings are all grouped together under one category and setting the device up for WAP browsing is a walk in the park. Synchronisation is equally easy to handle on the T68, which is equipped with shortcuts to both IR and Bluetooth. When it comes to text messages the T68 has the efficient and easy T9, which has become more or less a required feature for those eager SMS users. Design/Style At last, Ericsson has stuffed the antenna into the chassis. The upper part of T68 reminds us of a Nokia edition; an enlarged version of a 6210. The colours on the chassis are brushed gold, golden yellow, silver metallic and clay grey. The back of the phone is a lovely piece, in dark grey rubber for improved grip and wonderful curves that integrate the battery perfectly with the rest of the device. And it certainly lies firm in the palm of your hand while your thumb works that joystick. The clever joystick looks somewhat alien in the middle of things though. It ends in a flat top and is made of blue plastic. The other keys are curved and metallic and this really makes the joystick stand out in an unflattering way. The Yes and No buttons, placed on either side of the joystick are also differentiated from the other keys and have a very shiny metallic finish that I found slightly gaudy and tacky-looking. The T68 looks like a full six-pointer if you cover the middle part with your finger. However, I will give it only 5 due to the unfortunate contrasts in the Yes and No buttons/Joystick area. Vital Statistics - System: GSM 900/1800/1900 + e-GSM - Talk time: 3-13 hrs - Standby time: 165-290 hrs - Battery: Standard Battery BST-14 (700 mAh) - Weight: 84 grams - Dimensions: 10x4.8x2cm - WAP browser 1.2.1 (can be upgraded to 2.0 once available) - HSCSD - Imaging (EMS) - Modem built-in - Infrared port - Bluetooth - GPRS - Colour display - SMS, long messages up to 960 characters - Voice control - Voice memo - WTLS Class 3 (for encryption and confidential information) - Calendar - T9 WAP Browsing Colour display is bread and circus to the people. Even reading news via WAP is a treat and it gives that particular www-feeling, PC or PDA-quality. Wonderful, keep it coming Sony Ericsson! The text size can be adjusted to three sizes; small, medium and large. The large version is terrific if you tend to forget your glasses, and the small size is great if you like to read news on your phone but think it is a bit annoying to scroll the whole time. However, medium became my personal favourite. The T68 allows for 15 bookmarks. WAP Related Features The IR port worked fine with my Toshiba Equium 2000, but there is not much point in transferring a whole lot of files considering the lack of Office applications in the handset. T68’s Bluetooth abilities was tested against a colleague’s T39 and the two handsets hooked up like a dream. However, the Bluetoth transfer was not as easy and the T68 made some fierce noises while a sign informed us that transfer failed. IR and Bluetooth on handsets like this are clever solutions for the business card exchangers and eager gamers among us. Download the tennis game and imagine you are Kournikova and your friend can be Hingis as you serve in two player style. There are plenty of downloads for the T68 on Sony Ericsson’s site. SMS works easy and efficiently with T9 and you can send small pictures with the messages (EMS). The organizer is a traditional one which is uncomplicated and useful. The phone comes in a blue velvet pouch, just like expensive shoes come in soft pouches for quality keeping. We love it! Overall Colour display is the thing - everything is more Web-like when those colours are on the screen, and that may open users up to wireless services. Operators need to get users to use more functionalities than merely voice and the occasional SMS and it is devices like this that could make it happen. The small, golden and curvy handset is a milestone for Ericsson and introduces a new trend and an improved interface that we hope Sony Ericsson will keep on developing. << - Eric -

To: carranza2 who wrote (16319)	11/2/2001 3:12:25 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

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