Something about D600
Today is my last early shift at work. From now it should be a piece of cake, first coming in, around noon. And saturday my vacation starts! This is so good.
It is not like we’ve anything planned for next week at all, but I reckon some quality time with the kids and Jane would be appropriate. Also I have a few projects of my own to maintain online, and I need to get more familiar with the features of the cell phone I bought this monday – a Samsung D600.
It is a very cool gadget, with lots and lots of great features and possibilities. The commercial running on tv really caps it in; output to your tv (great for showing everybody a short video, or an excel spreadsheet), output to the stereo (this is WAY cool! Deep and melodious (does this word exist?) MP3 playback in surround – in your phone.
Other than that the more obvious things like the speakers (yup, there is true stereo built-in), the extremely bright and crystal clear screen (320×240px in 1.4″ with a very high contrast makes is no problem at all, to use neither indoor nor outdoor, with direct sunlight.
Another thing that is great – and in fact has been undergoing a huge overhaul, compared to its precessor D500 is the software bundled. The Samsung PC Studio has evolved to 3.0 and sports a great interface, simple setup of everything. I have my cell phone and laptop connected through bluetooth, and it’s connected all the time, while I am home. The most impressive is, that it hasn’t disconnected even once, no matter where in our apartment (only 350 SF though).
Also the built-in 2 megapixel camera deserves mentioning. Compared to all other cell phone cameras I have tried (and there has been a lot, since this is what I work with), it is insanely great. Again, it’s not even comparable with the D500.
Of course there are some drawbacks, and even though I wont go in to a pro/con list, I still want to run through these. The camera isn’t protected as on the D500 – here it’s placed on the backside of the phone. Perhaps you remember the D500, that had it on the backside of the sliding part, ensuring that it was away, while carrying the phone in the pocket. Also the small amount of built in memory (only 72MB) is a main disadvantage. On the other hand, Samsung has ensured that you can expand memory, if needed, some of the real bad things about the D500. Using MicroSD cards, it’s possible to add another 512 MB storage.
Syncronization is a bliss. I use Microsoft Outlook 2003 and when I click Syncronization in the Samsung PC studio controlpanel, it comes up, suggesting my mail program, and I can mark what should be syncronized. Mails, appointments, notes and anything else. It can also use an individual database on an Exchange server, as well.
So to sum this up; It’s a really great phone – Much better than the D500, which was the best phone I’ve ever had!
