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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 9:00 pm
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Originally Posted by indo79
So I got my hands on the Dash yesterday and here is a quick review of my usage so far.

The phone is sleek, small and very nice to hold. I actually like the rubber casing, just feels comfortable. Also the screen is bright and easy to see. I did some registry editing already and will add more programs later tonight.

Functionality was very good. The RF is excellent, BT 2.0 beats my crappy old Moto E680, and battery life is very good. I spent all morning trying to get my GPRS/EDGE working to access web pages and it is still at 82%. Keyboard was a little small for my big fingers but I made like 3 typos in the past 18 hours so not a big deal. There is no push email but pull in emails every 15 mins from my gmail and office POP3 account.

The processor speed could improve a little bit as toggling between applications can take 2-3 seconds. The start up and shut down is also very slow. One thing that happened was I left the phone on overnight and when I woke up this morning, I could not connect to my email accounts. I had to restart the phone. We will see if that continues. Wifi works well too.

The only cons I see so far are the following:
-Possibly resetting the phone daily?
-Unable to access web pages using $5.99 TmobileWeb (will install a couple of cabs tonight to see if that changes anything)
-Unable to edit Office documents

Other than that, it is a great phone for someone who does not need to check email 24/7 but want the functionality of a Smartphone.

I think I will be keeping the phone unless more issue come up.

Are there third party programs that will let you read and edit office documents?
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