Who needs WiFi if you've got that fast a data connection? Of course if you're not in a 3G coverage area or one that will be blanketed soon, the Dash is very attractive and WiFi will definitely come in handy. You can use the phone as a modem if you wish over USB or Bluetooth if your carrier allows tethering.
It measures 2. The display is the best we've seen on an MS Smartphone to date: most everyone who sees it compliments it immediately. It has great color saturation, strong sharpness and that "something special" that sets it apart. First thing, change that boring T-Mobile wallpaper to a photographic image and you'll see what we mean. Since the Motorola Q was the only landscape MS Smartphone until this month, you'll find that some apps, mostly games, don't support it.
But that should change quickly now that we have 3 hot landscape models on the market. The Dash makes a good portable music player using the standard Windows Media Player 10 Mobile or your favorite 3rd party application. Sound quality is good through the included Merry Electronics brand stereo headphones with inline mic. The bad news is that the Dash, like most recent HTC phones, uses a proprietary audio connector rather than a standard 2. But at least you get the stereo headset in the box: Cingular left that out of the Samsung BlackJack box.
The Merry headset included with most recent HTC devices , sounds pretty good with decent bass and no shrillness on the top end. We were pleased with the Dash's audio quality when using the included headphones. The phone supports Bluetooth stereo headsets and headphones, so we tested it with Plantronics Pulsar stereo Bluetooth headset profile and it worked well. The Dash has Bluetooth 2. You can turn off that annoying new network found" notification if you wish, and set the WiFi radio to automatically turn off if not connected for a specified period of time.
HTC's Com Manager shows access points in range and indicates whether they use encryption and their signal strength. Range is good for a device this small and we managed 45 feet from our And you may have to tell IE not to automatically detect network settings if it doesn't manage to connect when switching to or from WiFi. We generally haven't been fans of HTC's cameras which lagged behind the feature phone competition. The Cingular 's 2MP camera is an exception and it takes quite good photos.
The Dash takes photos that are better than last year's and the year before that HTC camera phones such as the SDA and MDA, but the photos still aren't as good as those taken by the better 1. But they're not horrid either, so don't panic. Colors are decent, with an occasional purple bias see the black Chevy SSR which acquired Zune -like secondary color highlights with the help of the Dash.
Bright sunlight leads to whiting out see the pool photo below but under medium indoor or outdoor light, the camera does pretty well. It handles low light better than many Nokia camera phones, even the high end ones. The 1. It has four quality settings, a time stamp option, four color effects and 5 white balance settings including auto. You can take video in up to x and MMS videos. We've been quite pleased with the Dash and HTC S's battery life, which lasts about 2 to 3 days of use without Direct Push email which eats up any Windows Mobile device's battery.
The mAh Lithium Ion is supposed to be good for up to 5 hours talk time and we got about 4. Lets face it, if you only talk on the phone and don't use the PDA features, you probably didn't need a smartphone anyway.
We used the phone surfing the web on EDGE for 45 minutes per day, talked on the phone 20 minutes per day, did several PIM lookups each day, reviewed a Word and an Excel document, watched a 6 minute short video stored on a MicroSD card, surfed with WiFi 20 minutes per day, checked email once every 30 minutes 9am -6pm and listened to MP3s for an hour per day. The Dash lasted us 3 days. If you use Direct Push and set the phone to notify you of each new email, expect 2 days on a charge.
By PDA and smartphone standards, that's good. If you use the phone less perhaps you don't check email frequently and surf the web for 30 minutes or less per day then you might manage 4 days on a charge. That's better than the Samsung BlackJack, though the BlackJack does even things about a bit by providing a second battery and spare battery charger. It's most definitely better than the Motorola Q. It's sexy, it's slim and light. The display is phenomenal, multimedia is good by MS Smartphone standards that means video playback is bearable and as usual audio is quite good and the phone offers a good mix of business practicality with entertainment value unlike most BlackBerry phones.
We really like the Dash's rubberized coating and novel good looks, not to mention the keyboard which had us typing quickly and accurately in no time. Which is better? That depends on whether you are or would like to be a T-Mobile customer. Pro: Great design: slim, light and sexy. The rubber coating feels good and helps keep the phone safe.
Fantastic display and very good keyboard for a device this small. Good battery life. Extremely reasonable with a T-Mobile contract. An amazingly small yet powerful business and entertainment device. Con: No separation between keys will bother one-handed uses who don't always look at the phone while typing.
Web sites: www. Screen size diagonally: 2. Resolution: x landscape mode. Battery: mAh Lithium Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. Claimed talk time: up to 5 hours. Size: 4. Weight: 4. Please download and follow the below update guide. We would recommend a Nextbase SD card for guaranteed functionality within a Nextbase product. This is symptomatic of an SD card failure. Please check that your card is not larger than GB and has a minimum U3 class. Please remove the SD card, then press the reset button on the underside of the Dash Cam.
Then, without the SD card inserted, please turn on the Camera. Does it now start normally? If so, then the SD card has either failed due to lack of formatting or is not compatible for Dash Cam usage. If the Screen Saver is enabled on the camera, the camera's screen will turn off after 30 seconds of recording. The camera is still on and recording indicated by the flashing red LED , it's just the screen that's been turned off black.
This is used by certain drivers to prevent distraction. This will allow the camera to act as above with Screen Saver, but instead of just a black screen, the vehicle's current speed will be displayed instead. By signing up you're agreeing to our terms and conditions. Select Model. Series 2 Accessories Support.
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