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April 3, 2009 T-Mobile Memoir from Samsung The included 8 MegaPixal camera is a great move up the scale for cell phone use. With a suggested retail price of 499.99 and a $249.99 final cost after an instant discount of $200.00 and a mail-in rebate of $50.00 this is not a budget phone. That offer also requires a two year contract. In the Box Camera (Since this is what really caught my eye) Touch Screen The touch screen is very sensitive to input. It performed as well as any I have seen. The left side of the screen has a list of options (14) called Widgets. Only 6 can be displayed at a time. Flick the list to see the rest. These can be used where they sit or be dragged to the open area of the screen. Most will open easily without dragging. The Widget bar can be hidden by touching the Widget tab.
There are 4 four buttons at the bottom of the touch screen for the Phone, Phone Book, Web, and Menu. Touching MENU fills the screen with twelve (12) Icons. Some of these seem to be duplicates of the Widgets or do the same functions. Some Widgets do not appear here. This can be a little confusing. For instance the Widget that looks like a camera with photos under it opens a rectangle that gives access to a number of Services related to cameras like Flickr, Kodak Gallery, Photobucket, Snapfish, etc. This area also has an icon that takes you to the camera so you can use it. Touching the MENU icon at the lower right of the screen opens the 12 icon Menu list. Touching the Camera Icon here takes you directly to the camera. Pressing the camera button on the top right of the phone, when held horizontally, takes you directly to the Camera without any other effort. This is the easiest way to get to the camera. One example is the Weather Widget. Enter any Zip Code and get basic weather for that area. Click the arrow in that Widget and get today plus the next two days of weather from the Weather Channel. Flick it back to the left side and the current temperature is displayed all the time There is an Auto Lock option for the entire phone that can be turned off and on in the Setup area. It should be left on unless you are doing lots of work and moving between the phone and other items. Like a Telephone directory. Otherwise it will be locked every time you go back to the phone. Since I carry the phone in my pocket I always have the Auto Lock function ON. Below the touch screen are three buttons, Answer, Back, and End/Off. They perform the usual functions.
Adding Contacts, Email, and Texting
Bluetooth worked well with sound and file moving. For the most part I used the USB cable connected to the Lenovo R-400 ThinkPad loaner to add/move music, video, and photos. I paired the Memoir Phone with the LG Handsfree car unit and it worked perfectly. Storage Music Player The T-Mobile Memoir from Samsung (SGH-t929) has many more functions than I could cover here. It is a good phone with plenty of capability. The camera is excellent. If a camera is high on your list this is the phone for you. If you want a Smartphone for heavy business use this is not the phone for you. This camera showed me how good a Camera Phone can be. Click here on more info on T-mobile offerings
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