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To: slacker711 who wrote (4982)	4/5/2002 10:30:41 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5390

re: VNUNET T68 Review Got to try one for about 30 minutes last weekend Wapping along at about 70 MPH using "i-stream". Pretty cool, but too small for my taste. Display was pretty decent color, even though I'd heard colors were kind of washed out. I'd rate it fair in bright sunlight. >> Ericsson T68 The T68 has a stunning array of features for the price. Price at time of review £500.00 (£425.53 ex VAT without contract) Prices: £179.99 (£153.18 ex VAT) with contract on BT Cellnet or Vodafone. Rating: 5 Stars Niall Magennis VNUNET April 5, 2002 vnunet.com The T68 is one of the first of a new wave of colour data mobiles, but there's a lot more to it than a pretty display. It supports both GPRS and HSCSD high-speed data transfers, together with Bluetooth connectivity. There's also a WAP browser and an infra-red port. POP3 email and worldwide triple-band support make the phone a good choice for travellers. The T68 is petite, measuring a mere 101 x 48 x 19mm (h x w x d) and tips the scales at 85g. GPRS has the benefit of being 'always-on'. The T68 has a theoretical maximum download throughput of 64.2Kbits/sec. In reality you're likely to achieve download speeds of between 18 and 50Kbits/sec. New to this model is a miniature four-way joystick. This can also be pressed inwards to select items in menus. It works exceptionally well except for one minor irritation: we found it a bit tricky to press in the joystick without accidentally moving away from the menu item we wanted to select. The colour screen, which measures 31 x 28mm (w x h), has an impressive resolution of 101 x 80dpi and can display eight lines of text using 256 colours. It's bright, and the text is very easy to read. Ericsson's menu system also gets a polish. Click the joystick left and you're into a menu listing nine icons that lead you into the phone's various features. Some of the menus can be a touch slow to appear but, on the whole, it's very intuitive. We were worried about the battery life of a phone with a colour screen, but the T68 performs well. In use we found the handset would quite easily operate for around three days of normal use from a single charge. However, if you make heavy usage of GPRS, battery life will be curtailed due to the extra transmission power needed to cope with the additional time slots. Prices: £500 (£425.53 ex VAT) without contract; £179.99 (£153.18 ex VAT) with contract on BT Cellnet or Vodafone. << - Eric -