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SIEMENS SL45. Mobile phone review
Review
To say that this is just a mobile phone, the language does not turn. In fact, we have an MP3 player, a full-fledged digital voice recorder, an organizer that is "friends" with Outlook, a portable storage medium, and plus a GSM 900/1800 phone. And all this in a compact, sleek aluminum case. However, let's go in order. Contents of delivery The SL45 comes in a translucent plastic box. Opening it, we find the following inside:
The set is great, everything you need is there. The instructions are well written, and the short brochure will appeal to those who don't like to read long descriptions. Headphones can be used as hands-free for listening to MP3, voice dialing or voice commands activate the player and voice recorder. If you have an MP3 playing and an incoming call comes in, the music is muted and the headphones can be used for a conversation. On the clothespin where the microphone and the control button are located, there is a headphone mount, and if you fix one of the headphones there, you get a traditional handsfree for one ear. And if you are tired of listening to music, you can fix both headphones, then they will not hang out. Smart decision. The only omission: there is no volume and rewind control on the clothespin. However, this does not cause any particular inconvenience. The crib, or cradle, has two connectors. One for charging, the other for communication with the PC. Communication with a computer is possible only when the charger is connected. You can charge both in the crib and by connecting the charger directly to the phone. The charger itself is small and handy. You can easily take it with you. A full battery charge takes about two hours. On the disk you can find software for connecting to a computer, for synchronizing with Outlook, and all documentation in electronic form. "Look and Feel" We take the phone out of the box. The stylish front panel and keyboard are made of smooth, pleasant to the touch aluminum. The back panel, which is also a battery cover, is made of plastic. The build quality does not cause any complaints: metal is metal. The antenna is small, in fact it is part of the case. It is impossible to accidentally break it, and it does not cause inconvenience. The SIM-card is fixed by the protrusions of the case on one side and by a spring-loaded latch on the other. Simple yet robust design. The phone fits comfortably in the hand, but working with the keyboard, especially with the bottom row, is somewhat difficult. On the contrary, it is a pleasure to work with control keys. What I liked the most was the location of the control buttons. The layout is reminiscent of older Nokia models. Working with this phone is much more pleasant than with the indistinct four rubber buttons of the S35i. The scroll button has four positions. Pressing down - and you get into the phone book, right - in the menu. You can also use only the scroll button to select menu sub-items. Very comfortably. The buttons are pressed clearly and have tactile feedback. One of the two control buttons can be set to any frequently used function. To lock the keyboard, press and hold the bottom right button. Auto-lock is also possible. On the left side of the phone there are buttons for turning on the voice recorder, an MP3 player and a double button for volume control. On the right, you can find the IR port window. In general, it's nice that Siemens has chosen such a layout for their new models. As a Nokia user, I was annoyed by the layouts of the younger Siemens models. But SL45, on the contrary, seemed even more convenient to use than Nokia 6210. Dimensions, weight, battery The phone is stuffed with a lot of various "bells and whistles", but, nevertheless, even taking into account the metal case, its weight is only 88 grams. The dimensions are no less impressive: 105x46x17 mm. Such a phone should be kept in a shirt or trousers pocket. In the front pocket, you generally forget about it. Pulling a cover on this "work of art" is blasphemy. The standard Li-ion battery has a capacity of 540 mAh. Claimed standby time 60 - 170 hours, talk time 60 - 240 minutes. In reality, with a moderate load, the phone works for two days, with active use - one day. Since the battery is Li-ion, the phone can be recharged at least all the time, without waiting for complete discharge. MultiMediaCard The main feature of SL45 is MultiMediaCard support. In fact, this is a compact size flash card. The standard delivery includes a 32MB card, and as an upgrade it is possible to install a 64MB card. By the way, exactly the same cards are used in PDA Palm m500 and m505. The best part is that the phone can work without a card. In this case, naturally, the voice recorder and MP3 player will not be available. In addition, the standard address book automatically switches to the book in the SIM card. On the left side of the case there is a hole through which any sharp object such as an unfolded paper clip can be used to remove the card. The card stores various system and user files. These are interface languages, bases for T9 predictive text input, start animations, address book, SMS archive, voice recorder recordings, MP3 music, and even a complete manual for the phone in PDF format in case paper is not at hand! Connecting to a Computer For connection, the crib supplied in the kit is used, for data exchange - a standard serial port (COM). In addition, there is an infrared port for the same purpose. The driver installs very smoothly even under Windows2000. After installation, a new removable Mobile device appears in My Computer. By clicking on it, we see the contents of the MultiMediaCard. Now, to record, for example, a song to MP3, you only need to drag the file to the MP3 folder. Nothing prevents you from creating your own folder and writing down anything you like there. That is, this phone may well cope with the transfer of small amounts of information. It should be noted that the file on the card cannot be opened immediately, it must first be copied to the hard disk. In addition, another button is added to the standard Explorer window, which allows you to convert files from the voice recorder format to WAV and convert SMS to plain text on the fly. What barrel of honey does without a fly in the ointment? A fly in the ointment in our case will be a slow data transfer rate, which rather spoils the impression. Writing and reading large files is an exercise for the patient. The kit includes the Siemens QuickSync application, which synchronizes the phone with Microsoft Outlook. How it works and how the Russian language is supported, unfortunately, I could not check. Screen The screen in this phone is large, has a high contrast and can display up to 7 lines of text. The entire built-in hint system is made in the form of hypertext and is somewhat reminiscent of working with WAP. Using it, I think, as well as WAP'om, will be quite convenient due to the large amount of information displayed. Amber-colored backlight turns off smoothly when turned off. There is nothing to complain about here. Menu After pressing the "hang up" button, a screensaver with dolphins and an animation with a radar are shown for some time, symbolizing the search for a network, which, by the way, does not take much time. After turning on the phone, without asking anyone, it overtook all the numbers from the SIM to its memory. As it turned out later, not even in my memory, but on a MultiMediaCard card. The phone book, I must say, is decent, since the amount of memory on the card allows. In total, you can store up to 500 addresses with 14 record fields each. You can add a mobile, work, home phone, e-mail address, postal address and a bunch of other things. The menu can be accessed either by pressing the control button, or by pressing "right" on the scroll button. You can also go to sub-items either with the control button or by scrolling. The menu organization system is a multi-level hierarchical structure. Compared to Nokia, the menu is somewhat more confusing. You can enable the so-called quick menu. In this mode, only the most used commands will be displayed, which can be quickly accessed using the number keys. The only drawback is that the button on the numeric keypad corresponding to this function is not displayed on the screen. There is also a mode in which an icon and a caption will be displayed on each menu screen, like in Nokia. Connection quality The sound quality is subjectively quite decent. The volume of the speaker is enough, but a small margin would still not hurt. The sensitivity of the device is also quite good. At least there were no problems within the city limits. There is a connector for an external antenna, which allows you to use the phone with the car kit. Dictaphone and answering machine Unlike many phones, in which the recording of a few seconds of voice is called a voice recorder, Siemens SL45 offers a truly complete solution. The recording time is limited only by the amount of free space on the MultiMediaCard (one hour - about 1200 KB). Sound is recorded both during a call and in standby mode. Often, during a conversation, you are dictated a phone number or address. It is not always possible to find on what and with what to write. In our case, you can simply press one of the side buttons and record the conversation. Then, in a calm atmosphere, listen and transfer the information to another medium. Or another situation: you negotiate with someone on the phone, or you, God forbid, of course, are threatened - the recording can serve as evidence or evidence. The mode of the voice recorder itself is also convenient: you can record a lecture, an interview, a presentation, an excursion. Moreover, transferring sound to a computer is extremely simple. If the conversion mode is enabled, then by copying the file with the recording of the recorder to disk, you will get a regular WAV that can be played on anything. By the way, the demo London City Guide lasting 40 minutes is already recorded on the card. As for the answering machine mode, it is nothing more than a voice box implemented by the phone. A thing that is useful if incoming calls to the phone are free, as it allows you to save on checking your voice box. The only limitation is that for the answering machine to work, the phone must be in the service area. MP3 player As already noted, the phone has the ability to play music in MP3 format. The card comes with several songs that you can immediately listen to. The instructions say that files can be written to the card, but cannot be copied back to the computer. It's strange, but both worked without problems for me. The quality of music playback is like that of a traditional MP3 player. However, with a standard 32 MB card, there is still not enough space. The fact is that a lot of service files are stored on the card, and at the time of purchase only 16 MB remain free. You can clean up the map by removing everything you don't need, such as demos and language sets. The second unpleasant moment is the low speed of downloading information to the phone. A file with one minute of music in stereo 128kbit took about 3.5 minutes to download! In addition, if you get a call during the download, you will have to start all over again. Perhaps this is the only drawback of the SL45. So if you're hoping to use this phone as a full-fledged MP3 player, you'll be disappointed. Organizer Thanks to the large screen, using the organizer is quite convenient. The calendar can be viewed in month or week view. In the month mode, the picture resembles a regular calendar, in the week mode, the timeline shows the events scheduled for this week. Any event can be set to a certain frequency, say, a week, a month, a year, or certain days of the week. The function of a business card seemed convenient. By entering your contact details, you can easily send them to another cell phone or PDA via the IR port. Sound and vibrating alert Nothing out of the ordinary here. 39 call options plus 3 own melodies, as well as what is recorded on the MultiMediaCard. After ringing in Nokia phones, Siemens SL45 melodies seem somewhat dull and monotonous. However, nothing prevents you from writing your own melody. The call is not very loud, but sufficient. An interesting point: all melodies in the phone are stored in MIDI format. Vibrating alert on a medium power phone. Feels good in a jeans or shirt pocket. In clothes made of denser material - worse. In addition to vibration, the work of the vibration motor is clearly audible. SMS For phones of this class, support for T9 predictive text input is standard. In addition, there are custom message templates. The good news is that a lot of messages can be saved in the phone's flash card. Works receiving messages in Russian. As in the case of calls, T9 databases are stored in separate files, and if desired, they can be supplemented or updated. By the way, the T9 developer company, Tegic, has already made support for the Russian language in this system. Games There are as many as 6 games in the phone, and they are either logical, like Reversi, or two-dimensional labyrinths with a face running through them. Nothing extraordinary. In my opinion, the 35D maze and the well-known Minesweeper look more playable in the CXNUMX. Stopwatch, calculator, currency converter The stopwatch can remember intermediate values and work in the background. There is also a countdown timer. The calculator performs all basic mathematical operations and converts the currency. Conclusions Perhaps today it is one of the most advanced phones on the market. Not yet a smartphone, but no longer just a phone. The ability to play MP3, MultiMediaCard, a full-fledged voice recorder, a metal case and rich equipment make Siemens SL45 very attractive. The only drawback noted is the low data transfer rate, which makes it difficult to use the phone as a full-fledged MP3 player. Yes, one more "small" detail is the price of this device. However, it is quite consistent with the level of Siemens SL45. Author: Vitaly Shuravko See other articles Section Mobile Legends.
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