Comments on: Sony Ericsson TM506 Specs http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/ Unofficial T-Mobile Blog, News, Videos, Articles and more Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sunburst Electric Guitar http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-64518 Sunburst Electric Guitar Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:25:25 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-64518 This is still a great looking phone, even with more and more competition out there! This is still a great looking phone, even with more and more competition out there!

]]> By: Gokool http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Gokool Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:42:35 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2197 Opera, Java, and TeleNav are included in the phone. Yes, although it doesn't say it, the thingy that opens when you click the "Email" link is opened by Opera Mini. This function is found under "Organizer" >> "Applications", not by clicking the t-zone button. Presubscription to T-Mobile web2go plan is required to visit webpages. The cheapest one cost $9.99 a month as of today. You can buy a day pass at $2.00 if you just wanna check it out before you make a monthly commitment. I find using internet on a tiny phone screen to be ridiculous and slow in addition to being expensive. So no thanks for me. GPS navigation with turn by turn direction is included in the phone although I don't know how you would make it useful in the car (attach it somewhere you can glace at the map while driving). And then the screen backlight goes off shortly so every time you wanna look at the map, you have to press a button on the phone so that the light will come back on? I guess you could just listen to the voice commands if it is connected to a bluetooth device or you could leave the flip open and turn the phone into speaker mode. I tried the app on a few times. I found the calculation time to be ridiculously long both times I have tried to calculate a driving direction to an address using this phone's telenav navigation. It might just be that where I live has a weaker satellite signal. I have a standalone TomTom in my car so this function on the phone to me is just a back up. I have not yet figured out about the wifi calling capability of this phone. There is no way of telling. The Samsung phone that came with my family plan found the network router at first power-on and asked for the network encryption key, and it was connected to the router once that was done. The Ericsson hasn't done anything like that and no where on the phone does it say anything about wifi. There is something about home network sharing or something in the menu but don't know what that's all about. Let me know if you guys do. So the speaker is pretty good on the phone itself. I found that out while I was trying to change the ringtone from the default jingle to something else. As for video and music, I cannot review yet. The phone did not come with a datacable. Ridiculous, right? So I cannot transfer music yet. I do not have a Bluetooth yet either. I ordered a cheapass datacable from Amazon and it should get to me within ten days or so. You can order the genuine Sony Ericsson datacable from t-mobile once you have logged on to your my.t-mobile.com and selected the phone that you have from the dropdown menu. I did not get this phone to watch videos since I have my 80 gig iPod for that purpose. There was a demo video of Sony Ericsson propaganda on it so I tried playing it on the phone. I wasn't breathtaken with the video quality or anything but I have seen worse. It could also be the video resolution of that particular demo video. I will let you know once I tried different videos after I get my datacable. Oh, wait, then I have to buy an M2 disk to add videos. Talk about nickling-and-diming. I remember I bought an HP printer for $45 and and it didn't come with a usb cable to connect it to pc. HP wanted to charge like $27 for the usb cable. I went to Big Lots and got it for $5. Anyway that's a totally different story. The phone all in all is pretty nice. Slim, and stylish. The keys are a bit harder than my previous Samsung phone and I am already feeling the "blackberry thumb" syndrome. The T9 language is easy to use, it allows you to spell and input the words that aren't found easily. The call is good. I like the voice command part of the phone. Once I have it connected to a headset (bluetooth or otherwise), the voice control activates automatically. Then you can say the "magic word" to make a call and then say the name of the person you want to call from your addressbook. This name must be already recorded when you recorded the phone number and other information of that person. The magic word function uses a bit of battery power, shortening the standby time of your phone. Also you can do the voice call (if the magic word is disabled) by pressing the little button on your bluetooth or the included (wired) handsfree set. Make sure that you record the names and other commands such as "answer" and "busy" with the same handsfree accessory you will be using to make voice dialing and answering. I suggest using the "Landscape" Mode in viewing landscape pictures or when viewing a video clip. This will give you a better aspect ratio viewing opportunity. Well, that's all guys. My fingers are almost hurting. I got the "amber" one and it is looking good. If you figured out about wifi calling on this phone, pls let me know. Merry Christmas! Opera, Java, and TeleNav are included in the phone. Yes, although it doesn’t say it, the thingy that opens when you click the “Email” link is opened by Opera Mini. This function is found under “Organizer” >> “Applications”, not by clicking the t-zone button. Presubscription to T-Mobile web2go plan is required to visit webpages. The cheapest one cost $9.99 a month as of today. You can buy a day pass at $2.00 if you just wanna check it out before you make a monthly commitment. I find using internet on a tiny phone screen to be ridiculous and slow in addition to being expensive. So no thanks for me.
GPS navigation with turn by turn direction is included in the phone although I don’t know how you would make it useful in the car (attach it somewhere you can glace at the map while driving). And then the screen backlight goes off shortly so every time you wanna look at the map, you have to press a button on the phone so that the light will come back on? I guess you could just listen to the voice commands if it is connected to a bluetooth device or you could leave the flip open and turn the phone into speaker mode. I tried the app on a few times. I found the calculation time to be ridiculously long both times I have tried to calculate a driving direction to an address using this phone’s telenav navigation. It might just be that where I live has a weaker satellite signal. I have a standalone TomTom in my car so this function on the phone to me is just a back up.
I have not yet figured out about the wifi calling capability of this phone. There is no way of telling. The Samsung phone that came with my family plan found the network router at first power-on and asked for the network encryption key, and it was connected to the router once that was done. The Ericsson hasn’t done anything like that and no where on the phone does it say anything about wifi. There is something about home network sharing or something in the menu but don’t know what that’s all about. Let me know if you guys do.
So the speaker is pretty good on the phone itself. I found that out while I was trying to change the ringtone from the default jingle to something else.
As for video and music, I cannot review yet. The phone did not come with a datacable. Ridiculous, right? So I cannot transfer music yet. I do not have a Bluetooth yet either. I ordered a cheapass datacable from Amazon and it should get to me within ten days or so. You can order the genuine Sony Ericsson datacable from t-mobile once you have logged on to your my.t-mobile.com and selected the phone that you have from the dropdown menu.
I did not get this phone to watch videos since I have my 80 gig iPod for that purpose. There was a demo video of Sony Ericsson propaganda on it so I tried playing it on the phone. I wasn’t breathtaken with the video quality or anything but I have seen worse. It could also be the video resolution of that particular demo video. I will let you know once I tried different videos after I get my datacable. Oh, wait, then I have to buy an M2 disk to add videos. Talk about nickling-and-diming. I remember I bought an HP printer for $45 and and it didn’t come with a usb cable to connect it to pc. HP wanted to charge like $27 for the usb cable. I went to Big Lots and got it for $5. Anyway that’s a totally different story.
The phone all in all is pretty nice. Slim, and stylish. The keys are a bit harder than my previous Samsung phone and I am already feeling the “blackberry thumb” syndrome. The T9 language is easy to use, it allows you to spell and input the words that aren’t found easily. The call is good. I like the voice command part of the phone. Once I have it connected to a headset (bluetooth or otherwise), the voice control activates automatically. Then you can say the “magic word” to make a call and then say the name of the person you want to call from your addressbook. This name must be already recorded when you recorded the phone number and other information of that person. The magic word function uses a bit of battery power, shortening the standby time of your phone. Also you can do the voice call (if the magic word is disabled) by pressing the little button on your bluetooth or the included (wired) handsfree set. Make sure that you record the names and other commands such as “answer” and “busy” with the same handsfree accessory you will be using to make voice dialing and answering.

I suggest using the “Landscape” Mode in viewing landscape pictures or when viewing a video clip. This will give you a better aspect ratio viewing opportunity.
Well, that’s all guys. My fingers are almost hurting. I got the “amber” one and it is looking good.
If you figured out about wifi calling on this phone, pls let me know.
Merry Christmas!

]]> By: tvphil http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 tvphil Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:52:33 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2198 I didn't see any mention of the OS, is it Windows Mobile, Symbian or something else? I didn’t see any mention of the OS, is it Windows Mobile, Symbian or something else?

]]> By: Bryce Oneal http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2196 Bryce Oneal Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:49:14 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2196 i think it was awesome! i think it was awesome!

]]> By: Taina/Tainasgift http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2195 Taina/Tainasgift Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:59:21 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2195 Ok I'm gonna go crazy until this phone comes out...I talked to T-mobile just now and the lady said that this phone is gonna be wi-fi calling just like I stated above. She said she had training on the phone so she knew for sure that it would be wi-fi calling enabled. On the website....it doesn't mention it. The people that have the phone already say it does not have uma. So what's the deal? I would like an answer from someone who works for T-mobile(and has had training on this handset). Thanks. I'm tired of this crapy Nokia 6086 that has been replaced 3 times and still doesn't work. I have my wing but no free calls with that one. Ok I’m gonna go crazy until this phone comes out…I talked to T-mobile just now and the lady said that this phone is gonna be wi-fi calling just like I stated above. She said she had training on the phone so she knew for sure that it would be wi-fi calling enabled. On the website….it doesn’t mention it. The people that have the phone already say it does not have uma. So what’s the deal? I would like an answer from someone who works for T-mobile(and has had training on this handset). Thanks. I’m tired of this crapy Nokia 6086 that has been replaced 3 times and still doesn’t work. I have my wing but no free calls with that one.

]]> By: Taina/Tainasgift http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 Taina/Tainasgift Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:14:39 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2194 Oh so now your really the liar? Lol. I'm glad they have a pic now but why wouldn't they advertise the green one first? That one looks much better. Oh so now your really the liar? Lol. I’m glad they have a pic now but why wouldn’t they advertise the green one first? That one looks much better.

]]> By: Ran http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2192 Ran Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:22:09 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2192 Actually, I did see it on a link from somebody in the forums. Relax. ;) Actually, I did see it on a link from somebody in the forums. Relax. ;)

]]> By: Taina/Tainasgift http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2193 Taina/Tainasgift Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:13:45 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2193 Lol.No seriously it was there. It only had that is was a 2mp camera and one other detail. When I clicked on the "details" it kept taking me back to the main phone page and nothing would happened. Did anyone else see it? Or am I just gonna be the one that everyone thinks is crazy? If somebody here works for T-mobile could you tell me what happened? Lol.No seriously it was there. It only had that is was a 2mp camera and one other detail. When I clicked on the “details” it kept taking me back to the main phone page and nothing would happened. Did anyone else see it? Or am I just gonna be the one that everyone thinks is crazy? If somebody here works for T-mobile could you tell me what happened?

]]> By: Ran http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2191 Ran Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:10:32 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2191 Liar Liar, pants on fire. Liar Liar, pants on fire.

]]> By: Taina/Tainasgift http://www.tmonews.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Taina/Tainasgift Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:59:30 +0000 http://74.53.74.242/~killcps/?p=483#comment-2190 I can't believe it's gone now. I just checked it again and it's gone. That is so wierd. It said coming soon but it had no pic. It said Tm506. I can’t believe it’s gone now. I just checked it again and it’s gone. That is so wierd. It said coming soon but it had no pic. It said Tm506.

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