More E71: SIP
Looks like the SIP is better than I have previously claimed. Incoming SIP calls are indeed appearing just like any others.
The problem I’m having seems to be with calls within the same VOIP service, and it’s probably going to turn out to be a firewall config issue.
On a quick call this morning there was a bit of breakup, but that was most likely due to interference on the 802.11g connection the phone is using. That sort of thing may simply be unavoidable, though a newer (better?) wireless AP might help — still using an early-gen Linksys WRT54G.
Now looking for a screen zoom tool that doesn’t come bundled with Mobile Speak and which doesn’t cost a small fortune either. Not that I’ve looked very hard so far.
Am noticing that the keyboard really is vastly superior to entering messages via a regular numeric pad. I can bash out a literate message pretty quickly without needing my glasses on to do it.
The interface does rather lack polish compared to Apple’s efforts, but it does work pretty well. Overall, if you’re looking for something that does OK with text but don’t need Exchange support, I’d say go for this. If you need Exchange support, my understanding is that this is still very much a “first generation” attempt at that, so you’re probably better off with a Blackberry. The Bold looks purty.
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disagree with the exchange sync!
Mine and my workmates’s has been going strong with no problems since we got the things.
emails work. contacts and calendars work.
the only thing i would change is how it displays embedded urls. but for keeping up with what’s happening in the work-world, the exchange sync’ing works really well