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4.5 stars
"Finally a TMobile phone I really love"
Pros: 8mp Camera (why I bought it)
Widgets/Desktop
Touchscreen
GPSCons: GPS can be slow loading
Summary: I have had this phone 3 days and I am very pleased. I bought this phone for the camera as I had a Sony Ericsson P1i, that phone had a 3.2mp camera that wasn't very good. I conducted a photo test with my Kodak 8.1mp digital camera and the Memoir, I was pleasantly surprised the camera on the Memoir turned out to have just a tad better quality. I know that earlier some blurry photos surfaced before this phone was released but I haven't had any blurry photos. The camera is packed with features which is very nice but the most important and yet perhaps most anal feature I was looking for, which the Memoir has, was a protective shutter to cover the lens.
Stuck with TMobile's email "pull"
Touchscreen on the widget bar can be difficult to scroll
No WiFi
Widget bar and Apps are limited to the what's on the phone
No separate headset and charging slot.
The widget bar is a handy tool but even more handy is being able to drag an app to the desktop (e.g. music player) to control it on the desktop. Scrolling up and down on the widget bar with your finger can get iffy as it can often open up an application when you're not intending to. The web browser is okay (html browser) but not my favorite. You can turn the device widescreen for more web space and the touchscreen is effective. You are limited to TMobiles email pull for gmail or any other web base email. It's annoying as it takes time to load and once that's loaded it's more loading for each email. The media player is great for video and music, I loaded a feature film mp4 I have for my iPod that's a .5gb and it played with no problem.
I do wish the phone had a separate headset and charging slot. If you use the supplied earbuds in a car or at home you won't be able to charge the phone at the same time. Battery life is adequate but using the camera extensively will drain it. Also nice, the phone has sensors so the screen automatically turns off when you hold the phone close to your head. Overall I am very pleased all the other standard phone features a phone requires can be found and work excellent. In the end I do hope Samsung does have an software update to open the phone up for more applications (google maps, etc).
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why would you describe it as anal?
thats the worst word to describe things ! -
If you go to Samsung-Memoir.com there are instructions on how to load Google Maps, MGMaps, OperaMini, and several games.
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