Samsung i5500 Corby Galaxy Europa
Be Cool, Stay Connected with Samsung i5500 (also known as Galaxy 5). This mobile is sleek and trendy with a ergonomic grip. Its asymmetric design adds modernity to the classic mobile form. You don't have to compromise your personal style. Phonebooks and calendars are all integrated and consolidated, so that you never have to search for a contact number and you never miss an appointment. Also, you can easily choose how they want to interact with people directly from the phonebook. Beside each name are shortcut links that connect to SNS, email, SMS/MMS for convenient communication. You will enjoy full integration of the Google, Outlook and Facebook calendar. What's in the Box : Standard battery, AC travel charger, USB data Cable, Headphones, Sync software and User manual..../ Samsung i5500 Corby Galaxy Europa / Distributors Electronic
- This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported.
- Network: Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz), 3G Band: 900 / 2100
- 16 million Colors TFT, 2.8 inches. Full Touch Screen
- Camera Resolution: 2 Megapixel with Digital Zoom
- Operation System: Android 2.1 (Eclair)
- Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS
- It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint
- This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported
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Great cheap Anrdoid testbed, good PMP : Samsung i5500 Corby Galaxy Europa
This is my first smart-phone, although I have used other touch devices like an ipod touch. The goal was to get something cheap that I could use my AT%T prepaid plan with.
First of all, as others have noted, the phone will arrive in some unpredictable eastern european language. In my case, I deduced it was Slovenian by looking up various random words on the display (apparently, "ponedeljek" means "monday"). Unfortunately, changing the language is not all that easy on a device you cannot read. Some languages like Spanish, it's relatively easy to sort out on your own. Slovenian is not that sort of language. I had to resort to a youtube video to figure out which parts of the interface to select. If you have trouble, I suggest you do the same.
Next up, I figured I'd try to upgrade the firmware to the latest version. Samsung website tells me to download and install the Kies software, which I do. It connects with the phone and tells me "this version of the device cannot be updated". Not quite sure what to make of that (does it mean the firmware is already updated? or does it mean I'm using eastern european device with US Kies? or is the firmware non-upgradeable?). Anyhow, the 2.1 firmware seems to work well enough, so I decide not to mess with it any further.
After this, I slipped the SIM card in from my cheap AT&T prepaid and verified that it was able to make phone calls. It was, no issues whatsoever.
As far as the general quality of the phone, it seems pretty good. It comes with a 1gb SD card for use with the camera, a charger (with US adapter), USB cable (very short), and headphones. Although a bit small, it fits in my hand relatively well and sounds decent. It passes the obvious tests for doing what a phone needs to be able to do.
I have to gripe a little bit about the touchscreen qwerty keyboard which feels a little small for my fingers. Tilting the screen sideways helps because the keyboard is bigger in landscape mode. It's easy to get a double-keypress; I wish there was a key repeat delay setting. It's also easy to hit the wrong key, but I assume that just takes some getting used to. The 3x4 keyboard for phone calls works fine and has nice big buttons.
Logging into gmail was uneventful. It took my user-id and password. Android marketplace works similarly well. I'm a little bit concerned about security. If I lose my phone, then suddenly someone has access to my email account? Email compromises are the gateway to getting every other service that you use compromised (at least anything that has a password-reset-via-email feature). Going to have to think a bit on that. Maybe disable the email and get my piece of mind back.
I try the built-in navigation app and it says "waiting for location" and sits there until the screen blanks. Not sure what to make of that. The built-in maps program does the same thing. Maybe it's confused because I'm not in Slovenia. Maybe I just need to give it some more time to get a GPS fix. GPS is enabled and the silly thing is sitting in front of a window. Don't know why it can't seem to figure out where it is.
Anyhow, I'm relatively pleased with it so far as it seems to be a good deal for the price I paid. I'm deducting one star for the product arriving configured with a random language which is something a non-technical user (or someone without access to youtube) might have some trouble with. This should be disclosed in the description, or better yet, the phone should ask for a language setting when it's initially turned on.
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