I really believe that if you have more than 1GB of songs, buy an ipod. The battery life for phones just doesn't cut it to use it as your single dedicated mp3 player.
Same with the camera. Phones now boast 2MP cameras as killer apps, but even your grandmother would be embarrassed to carry around a 2MP point-and-shoot digital camera. Hell, that uber-expensive Samsung a990 is trying to pass itself off as a digital camera with a paltry 3.2MP CCD. Once again, using your phone as a dedicated camera is not recommended.
I sound like a Sanyo apologist (which, I admit, I am) but the review is way too positive for other aspects of the phone to let the lack of external memory get you down. Not mentioned? The ability to use the music player in the background while you do other stuff, like surf the web, send and receive text messages, or play games.
They loved the M1's dual stereo speakers, claiming the put those on the m610 to shame. I assume that also is the same for mp3 ringers. Also, the M1 has a smaller internal screen, but (according to the article) allows playback in landscape mode while the m610 does not. Also, the strong signal strength, a Sanyo staple, was praised in the review as well.
I can understand the gripe about the camera, and the crampled keypad woes (Sanyo just doesn't seem to understand we gai-jins have bigger fingers - every Sanyo phone I've ever used has had an undersized keypad). I'll even mirror the sentiment that the lack of removable storage kinda sucks.
But damning the device because it attempts to become a great convergence device while still being a great phone, and it succeeds in only becoming a DECENT convergence device while still being a GREAT phone?
I still buy my phones because they're a phone first and a media player second. The m610 is sexy and is a better media device, but as a phone it is lacking. Wait until you're out in the boonies and trying to make a call; your m610 will be searching for a signal while Dan's M1 will be making a call. Sanyo didn't get it perfect in this case, but they came decently close. M1 over m610 any day of the week.
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I really believe that if you have more than 1GB of songs, buy an ipod. The battery life for phones just doesn't cut it to use it as your single dedicated mp3 player.
Same with the camera. Phones now boast 2MP cameras as killer apps, but even your grandmother would be embarrassed to carry around a 2MP point-and-shoot digital camera. Hell, that uber-expensive Samsung a990 is trying to pass itself off as a digital camera with a paltry 3.2MP CCD. Once again, using your phone as a dedicated camera is not recommended.
I sound like a Sanyo apologist (which, I admit, I am) but the review is way too positive for other aspects of the phone to let the lack of external memory get you down. Not mentioned? The ability to use the music player in the background while you do other stuff, like surf the web, send and receive text messages, or play games.
They loved the M1's dual stereo speakers, claiming the put those on the m610 to shame. I assume that also is the same for mp3 ringers. Also, the M1 has a smaller internal screen, but (according to the article) allows playback in landscape mode while the m610 does not. Also, the strong signal strength, a Sanyo staple, was praised in the review as well.
I can understand the gripe about the camera, and the crampled keypad woes (Sanyo just doesn't seem to understand we gai-jins have bigger fingers - every Sanyo phone I've ever used has had an undersized keypad). I'll even mirror the sentiment that the lack of removable storage kinda sucks.
But damning the device because it attempts to become a great convergence device while still being a great phone, and it succeeds in only becoming a DECENT convergence device while still being a GREAT phone?
I still buy my phones because they're a phone first and a media player second. The m610 is sexy and is a better media device, but as a phone it is lacking. Wait until you're out in the boonies and trying to make a call; your m610 will be searching for a signal while Dan's M1 will be making a call. Sanyo didn't get it perfect in this case, but they came decently close. M1 over m610 any day of the week.