ThinkPad R32 2658 - P4-M 1.6 GHz - RAM : 256 MB - HD : 20 GB - DVD - Win XP Pro - 14.1" TFT 1024 x 768 ( XGA )

ThinkPad R32 2658 - P4-M 1.6 GHz - RAM : 256 MB - HD : 20 GB - DVD - Win XP Pro - 14.1

ThinkPad R32 2658 - P4-M 1.6 GHz - RAM : 256 MB - HD : 20 GB - DVD - Win XP Pro - 14.1" TFT 1024 x 768 ( XGA )
Manufacturer: IBM
Product Type: CE

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The ThinkPad R32 notebook computers deliver the ideal blend of portability and essential features. These easy-to-use notebooks are perfect for frequently mobile users who want the mobile computing essentials, including a large display and removable drive bay in a lightweight notebook. The ThinkPad R32 notebook works right out of the box. Productivity and ease of use are enhanced for novices as well as experienced users. Ergonomic features include Access ThinkPad, Modular Ultrabay Plus and Access Connections that manage your connectivity environments by saving the settings for wired and wireless connections, and easily switching between them. The ThinkPad R32 notebook is compatible with peripherals and software products that run on other IBM systems.

Average customer rating: 2.5

An unreliable phone...very troublesome
awful, awful, awful
NEVER had a problem!
Junkity junk junk!
LARGE screen numbers, but battery life sucks, side buttons are touchy, voices echo.

Samsung PM-A840 Phone (Sprint)

Manufacturer: Sprint
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000BYGKAE

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Be heard with the built-in speakerphone and SMS voice messaging. Capture VGA-quality digital pictures and send them to compatible phones or email accounts. Free your hands and go truly wireless while working, or gather friends around for a group call. Enjoy a sleek and streamlined design with an antenna that's hidden inside. Send a voice message directly to a friend's phone. The message is recorded and goes directly to the recipient's inbox.

Amazon.com Product Description

With a VGA camera, dual displays, advanced voice-activated dialing, and a speakerphone the Samsung PM-A840 is great for folks who want to take advantage of Sprint PCS Vision services like picture messaging and mobile web browsing.

Design
The A840 features a traditional clamshell design with an internal antenna, and a large 128 x 160 color display with support for 65,000 colors. A supplementary monochrome display on the outside of the cover displays incoming call information, battery life, signal strength, and more. The camera unit is placed just above this display, as is an LED flash. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad. The phone also features a standard jack to accept universal hands-free headsets.

Calling Features
The A840's built-in address book can store up to 300 contacts for quick and easy management of phone numbers and email addresses. The phone also comes with 39 built-in polyphonic ringtones plus a vibrating alert. You can also match ringtones with callers to identify them, making it easy to know who's calling without opening the phone. A built-in speakerphone makes it easy to use the phone handsfree, while voice activated dialing makes calling your friends, family and associates as easy as saying their names. Plus, voice features are speaker-independent, so there's no need to train the phone to respond to any one person's voice. And because the A840 features advanced voice recognition you can say the phone number you want to call digit-by-digit. Or say "status" and the phone will respond audibly with the current signal and battery strength, as well as the phone's coverage. Lastly, The A840's GPS location technology pinpoints your exact location when you dial 911 (where available).

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
Because the A840 supports PCS Vision services, messaging features are robust. You can easily send and receive email, exchange text messages, or join a chat room. Support is built in for instant messaging clients from AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, so you're never out of touch when you can't make a call. Using the phone's still camera, you can take advantage of the Sprint PCS Vision picture mail service.

PCS Vision mobile Web services also let you check out sports scores, get your seven-day forecast, check your flight status, and stay up to date with the latest news. Experience full-color graphic versions of popular Web sites or purchase and download premium applications, games, ringers, and screensavers to your phone. T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built-into the unit-- a plus for mobile web and messaging users.

The A840 lets you work on the go with an integrated calendar, appointment scheduler, and a to-do list. The phone also includes a world clock, a voice memo recorder, a calculator, a memo pad, and an alarm clock.

Imaging and Entertainment
Get ready to take great pictures with the A840's VGA camera, which can shoot pictures at a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The camera also features an LED flash, plus a self-timer and brightness and white balance controls.

And if you need to pass the time on the bus or on the train, fire up a game on your A840. It supports 2D games written for the Java platform. You can also customize the phone's wallpapers and screensavers to give the phone a look that suits your style.

Vital Statistics
The Samsung PM-A840 weighs 3.28 ounces and measures 3.54 x 1.85 x .94 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 228 minutes of digital talk time. It runs on the AMPS 850/CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
A840 handset, standard lithium-ion battery, home charger, stereo headset.

Customer Reviews:

An unreliable phone...very troublesome.......2007-03-17

My wife and I both have these phones (soon to be past tense). They both did fine the first 8 or so months and then they developed issues with poor reception, turning themselves off when you close the clamshell, etc. Both phones have been serviced numerous times by the Sprint repair person who finally agreed to replace them with Sanyos. She said that she's seen lots of these phones in for service and would not recommend them.

awful, awful, awful.......2007-01-17

I've had this phone for about 7 months now. Here are my complaints:

1. Buggy. Sometimes it says I have 27 new messages when I only have 1. sometimes it says I missed a call from John when it was actually a call from Matt. Sometimes it just powers off by itself.

2. Samsung and sprint have dealt with this really terribly. the phone is still under warranty, so I ought to be able to get a new one that works. I went to a sprint store to inquire about thsi and they sent me to a different sprint store (one that can deal with technical issues). that sprint store is very far from my house and was difficult to find. when i finally got there, the people there said that if I didn't purchase sprint's insurance (i didn't) they couldn't help me, and i should call samsung. SAMSUNG'S CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AWFUL. i called samsung and waited on hold for about 40 minutes. i talked to a technician who advised me to go to sprint. i told him that i had already gone to sprint, and that they told me to go to samsung. he said that if I really wanted I coud just send in the phone for a repair, but that they would have the phone for 15 TO 21 BUSINESS DAYS, and they would probably just update the software (which sprint could do in a few minutes). I asked if I could speak to a manager. I waited on hold for about 20 minutes. I spoke to the manager for about 5 minutes and he just said the same thing as the first guy. I decided to just send the phone in, but to do that, he had to transfer me to a technician. I waited on hold for 20 minutes and then gave up. The call was about 1 hour and 25 minutes total. I"m totally disgusted with samsung and sprint both.

NEVER had a problem!.......2007-01-15

I've never had a problem with my phone! Granted, the people who have, I understand. That said, the phone is compact, the sound is clear, the "bells and whistles" are just right...for me. I have 2 digital cameras already, so having a phone that doesn't have digital camera quality pics is no big deal. It works in a pinch when I need it. All in all, I really love this phone.

Junkity junk junk!.......2007-01-14

I've had this phone for just over a year, and my daughter has one as well. Since Sprint had a Buy One Get One Free (BoGo) deal going on it when we switched, we thought we were getting a good deal. Now we know why it was a BoGo, they wanted rid of the junky things! My number one complaint is that it constantly, and I mean CONSTANTLY shuts itself off. Hers does this too. If there'd be an emergency and I would need to reach her or be reached myself, chances are it's not going to work. It's the most unreliable phone I've ever had in my 12 years of owning cell phones.
In addition to the shutoff issue, the keyboard is very sluggish, it locks up a lot and has to have the battery removed and be rebooted, the side buttons are always triggering the voice mode (having it in your pocket and all of a sudden it says "Say a Command" can be very embarassing!), and the charger input has to be jostled just right in order to get it to charge. Every issue it has, the 2nd phone has as well so it's not just this phone.
On one good note, you can wash it and it will still work after drying out. I accidentally left it in my jeans pocket about a month ago. Unfortunately, washing it did not make any of the problems go away.
So, I guess if you want a washer safe piece of garbage that is totally unreliable then this is the phone for you.

LARGE screen numbers, but battery life sucks, side buttons are touchy, voices echo........2006-12-29

I've had my phone for about 12 months now, and I'd have to say my impressions of this phone are very mixed.

I bought this phone because I have vision issues, making small text difficult to read -- even with trifocals. Seeing how large the numbers appear on the screen immediately sold me on this model. Of the various brands and models available at my area Radio Shack (I live in a small town, so this is the logical "nearby" purchasing site in case of the need for customer service), the A840 was the only one to have this very appealing feature.

However, there are a number of downsides to this phone. For instance, like other reviewers, I've had voice echo issues. (This seems to be sporadic, and it's especially likely to occur if I'm talking to someone else on their own cell phone through a different carrier.) And, like other reviewers, I've had extremely limited battery life issues, with a powering off problem as the battery starts losing bars. (I can fully charge my battery overnight, yet have a mere half hour of talk time before my phone goes dead. Last night, in fact, my phone showed a full charge status -- but it shut itself off due to a low battery by the time I woke in the morning, even though I didn't use it at all overnight!)

Something I haven't seen in other reviews that is problematic with my phone is that the voice command feature tends to be touchy. Sometimes, it's an issue because I carry it around in my pocket. (I haven't found a good, form fitting case for it.) This was never a problem with my previous phone. Other times, the camera feature will engage without my realizing it; I'll first realize it when I hear the telltale camera click sound. The other day, my phone started in with its "Say a command" voice-activing mode while the phone was lying loose in my coat pocket. Earlier in the day, it did the same thing while in a side pocket of my purse. I must have bumped it somehow as I was walking. Whatever the case, the point is that it's a touchy phone. After the umpteenth time of this phone suddenly starting in with its "say a command" routine (as it sat on the floor in my coat as I was trying on clothes, no less!), I muttered back at it to "shut up!" Next thing I know, it replies: "Calling Nathan ______" (a friend of mine!). Grrrrrr! Suffice it to say, the side buttons that activate the voice commands and camera are S-E-N-S-I-T-I-V-E.

Two other issues mine appears to have: I've had problems with getting my phone to download games or ringtones. I don't know if it's a problem with me not knowing what I'm doing, or if it's my phone. My daughter has experience with downloading ringtones for other phone models, and she couldn't get this one to do it, either. However, it sounds like downloaded ringtones may not be audible anyway, based on other reviews I'm reading.

Unfortunately, I've had this phone too long to return it. Had I known others were having similar problems, I'd have contacted customer service about exchanging it for a different model months ago. (Better yet, I should have checked for owner reviews on Amazon before considering my purchase!) As things stand, I'm pretty much stuck with this one for now. I do plan to replace it with something else as soon as I get the chance. However, I also recognize that the options are pretty limited out there for cell phones that have such nice, clear (LARGE numbered) display screens. :-(

Bottom line, buy this phone with caution and be vigilant about looking for signs of problems early on, so you can return it if you have problems. Even if your phone appears to be a good one, you may have problems fairly soon after buying it. (Expect a short battery life, if nothing else!) Better yet, consider alternatives, if you have them.

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