Wonderful phone.... (Ericsson T39m)

Member Name: joegan

Product:	Ericsson T39m
Date:	12/06/02 (319 review reads)
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Advantages: Small, Excellent SMS capabilities, Looks great

Disadvantages: Signal sometimes not as good as it might be, but generally no problem

I LOVE THIS PHONE!

I won't go over the features that have been mentioned in the other reviews, but one thing has been omitted- a feature that is unique to this phone, and is an *amazing* timesaver once you get used to it.

On the left hand side of the T39 is a slider bar- during texts, if you slide it up and press a key, it types the second letter on that key (simulating pressing it twice), and if you slide it down, it types the 3rd letter. Sounds awkward, but believe me, I can bang out a text message faster than anyone using Predictive Text or just plain old pressing the keys a million times. To the reviewer that said you have to wait for the cursor to appear before you can type the next letter- that's nonsense- you can type away, and the phone catches up- the only proviso being if you want the first letter on a key twice in a row- eg. 'neTTing', then you have to pause.

I went without my T39 for two weeks, and borrowed a friend's Nokia- I was so put off by having to go back to the old way of typing texts, I didn't bother at all. Predictive text was good, but not as fast as on the T39 with the slider.

Bravo to Ericsson for this little feature- it's a God-send!!

Add this the other features already mentioned- tri-band, GPRS ready, send POP3 emails etc etc, I won't be changing phones for a LONG time!! If you are thinking of bying one, then do. You won't be disappointed.

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