Great Combine! (Siemens SL45)

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Product:	Siemens SL45
Date:	18/08/01 (1017 review reads)
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Advantages: MP3, MultiMediaCard, rich complete set

Disadvantages: Price, low data rate

Is this simple mobile telephone? I think, that no. Actually we have: MP3 player, digital dictaphone, organizer, which is "friends" with Outlook, portable information carrier and plus to this also GSM 900/1800 telephone. And all this in compact, smooth aluminum body. However, let's be pass under the order.

Complete set of delivery

SL45 is delivered in a translucent plastic box. By opening it, it is possible to detect inside following things:
- telephone with MultiMediaCard 32Mb,
- standard Li-ion the battery 540mAh,
- charge device,
- instruction in various languages,
- brief brochure with trial functions,
- CD with software,
- stereoheadphones with a microphone and button,
- cradle,
- cable for connection to COM port.

The set is excellent, everything, that is necessary, is present. The instruction is written is explanatory, and the brief brochure is pleasant impatient, which do not love to read the long descriptions. The headphones can be used as hands-free for listening MP3 and even to use a voice set or voice commands for activation player or dictaphone. If at you plays MP3 and the entering bell arrives, music is muffled also headphones it is possible to use for talk. Cradle has two plugs: one for charging, second for connection with PC. The full battery charging lasts about two hours. On the CD it is possible to find software for connection to the computer, for synchronization with Outlook and electronic documentation.

"Look and feel"

Let's get the telephone from a box. The telephone looks stylishly; a forward board and keyboard are made from smooth, pleasant to the touch aluminum. The backboard, which simultaneously is a cover of the accumulator, is made of a plastic. The quality of assembly does not call complaints, nevertheless metal is metal.

The antenna small and, actually, is a part of body. Accidentally to break out it is impossible, and
inconveniences it does not deliver. SIM map is fixed by ledges of body on the one hand and trip - with other. Simple and, nevertheless, reliable construction.

The telephone conveniently lies in a hand, but to work with the keyboard, especially with the lower row, is inconvenient a little. With managing keys to work, on the contrary, it is very convenient. The scheme is most of all similar to higher models Nokia. To work with this telephone it is much more pleasant, than with muffled four rubber buttons in S35i.

Sizes, weight, battery

The telephone has a lot of various features, but, nevertheless, even with allowance of metal body its weight makes only 88 g. The sizes impress not less: 105x46x17 mm. To such telephone it is a place in a pocket of the jacket or trousers. Standard Li-ion battery has a capacity 540 mAh. The stated operating time in a waiting mode 60 - 170 hours, in a mode of talk 60-240 minutes. Really, for average density of talk the telephone works two days, for active use - one day. As the battery Li-ion, telephone is possible charge though all time. The time of full charging makes about two hours.

MultiMediaCard

Main feature SL45 is support МultiMediaCard. As a matter of fact, it is Flash card of compact size. Standard delivery includes 32 Mb card, and as upgrade the setting of 64 Mb card is possible. By the way, the same cards are used in PDA Palm m500 and m505. Most pleasant that the telephone is capable to work and without a card. In that case, naturally, will not be accessible a dictaphone and MP3 player.

Connection to the computer

For connection is used cradle, which enters into standard delivery of the telephone. For data exchange the standard serial port (COM) is used. Besides is infrared port for the same purpose. The driver is installing even under Windows 2000. After installation, in My Computer there is a new removable device Mobile. Click on it, we see contents MultiMed
iaCard.

What barrel of honey does not manage the spoon of tar? By the spoon of tar in our case the slow data rate which spoils an impression. Record and reading of large files is occupation for patient.

Screen

The screen in this telephone large, it has high visibility and allows seeing up to 7 lines of the text. All built-in system of the helps is made as the hypertext and something reminds work with WAP. To use to it, and WAP too, will be rather was conveniently due to plenty of a mapped information. The illumination has amber color and for turn-off smoothly go out. Here to carp there is nothing.

The quality of connection

Quality of a sound is subjective rather decent. The loudness dynamics has enough, however small stock of loudness nevertheless would not hinder. Sensitivity of phone also rather quite good. At least, within the city any problems did not arise. There is a plug on an external antenna that allows using the telephone with a rigorous automobile package.

Dictaphone and autoanswer

In difference from several seconds of a voice, which in many telephones name as a dictaphone, Siemens SL45 offers really rigorous solution. The time, which can be told in a dictaphone, limits only in volume of vacant place on MultiMediaCard. The hour of record takes about 1200 kilobytes. It is possible to record a sound both during a bell, and in a waiting mode. As to a mode of the auto answer, it represents not that other, as a voice box only realized by forces of the telephone.

MP3 player

As was already marked, the telephone has a possibility to play music in a format MP3. On a map some compositions are delivered which it is possible at once to listen to. Quality of reproduction of music is as at traditional MP3 player. However on standard 32 Mb card there is small place nevertheless. On a map is stored many service files, and for purchasing on it free still has only 16 Mb. It is possible to c
lear card, by deleting all unnecessary, for example, demonstrating and sets of languages of the interface. The second unpleasant moment is low velocity transfer information in the telephone. The file with one minute of music in stereo 128 Kbit passed about 3.5 minutes! And if in this time you will ring up, it is necessary to begin all at first. Perhaps, it is only defect of this telephone. So that those who hope to use this telephone as "full" MP3 player, I want to disappoint.

SMS - standard T9, games - whole 6, calculator, converter of currencies is as usual... and other features.

Today it is one from the most advanced telephones in the market. It has very many features, but price too high.

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