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November has been a busy month for Cingular, which launched the Sync music phone and BlackJack Windows Mobile smartphone, both by Samsung, and then the eagerly awaited Palm Treo 680. My original intention was to review the Treo 680, but I decided there just isn't enough to say about it: it's no slimmer than its predecessors, and Cingular will have to pack better, user-friendly e-mail software into it if it's going to attract non-corporate types, or indeed anybody but Palm customers in search of a replacement to their Treo...
...still runs on the cumbersome, unresponsive Windows Mobile platform. Many Windows Mobile devices have crossed my path of late, and none of them have been worth discussing at length. No, the smarter of Cingular's offerings tend to leave me dumb. It's the Sync, a jam-packed regular phone, that has held my attention. It's not perfect, but it is the key to Cingular's next wave of phones-phones I'm quite optimistic about...
...love for this phone in fact has nothing to do with the music platform, though tracks do sound amazing through the Sync's hidden speaker. No, what I like best about the phone is its e-mail program. Easier to use than anything pre-loaded on the Treo 680 or the BlackJack, the Sync's e-mail manager requires nothing but your e-mail address and password for set up, and manages most major webmail providers, including the trickier ones like MSN's Hotmail and AOL's AIM Mail. You can even manage multiple e-mail accounts simultaneously. The interface...
According to a recorded message on a general student help phone-line...
...roll or heaving sigh from a barista disappointed at how I stumble for a half-second before rattling off an order. The joint’s attitude is nicely summed up by its counter-top sign, which depicts an all-too-cheery blonde chatting it up on a mobile phone. The following words are written alongside: “Hey! Cell phone-face! You’re out of line! Now! The Human Beings...