Samsung Galaxy S II
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I'm getting one of these each for my wife and I later today. I have a couple of questions for those who have one of these already. The questions come about from things my current Samsung (Symbian based) can't do that my ancient Nokia could do 12 years ago. Does it have a call register that keeps track of the past several calls made to/from a particular phone number, including time made/received and duration? If I have several numbers for a contact, home, business, mobile, will I get a visual notification (different icons) for which ever number I am calling or receiving the call from? My Samsung i8910 doesn't have these basic functions and I don't want to get stuck with a shit phone again.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Myself and my wife got Galaxy Ace's a few weeks ago. Not sure what version of anrdoid i'm running but i think it's the one previous to the SII. Battery life is less than 24 hours without installing a battery saver, cause we've set them up for access to email , facebook etc... but then there's no point buying a smart phone if you're not going to use the 'smart' features. Phone book is a bit of a disappointment, one number per entry (as far as I've figured out so far). Additionally the amount of characters allowed in phone book names is very limited. There is a call log with times and durations for incomming and outgoing calls and texts.
Pete
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I find that wherever I live or work or whatever I drive in has plenty of electricity so that isn't really an issue.
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...and a pocket full of different cables... :laugh:
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Rage wrote:
Why are you asking about the features _after_ deciding to get them ?
Cause I haven't got them yet and they are small features that are not covered in reviews and manuals online.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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...and a pocket full of different cables... :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
That is one of the things I love about my HTC Hero. Standard digital camera usb port thingy. I've got loads of cables that fit it, at home, in the office, even the sat nav cable fits it in the car.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Rage wrote:
Why are you asking about the features _after_ deciding to get them ?
Cause I haven't got them yet and they are small features that are not covered in reviews and manuals online.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
OK, good point actually. That has always been my problems when buying mobile phones: either you had the opportunity to test it yourself, or you have to rely on what others said or what biased web reviews said. And then you buy the damn thing and discover that PITA feature nobody ever mentioned. Last time when my wife wanted to buy a phone, the guy showed her some models ... without the battery. She couldn't even try them ! Seriously, M.vendor, do you believe I will buy a 300€ phone without even trying it ? :mad:
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Myself and my wife got Galaxy Ace's a few weeks ago. Not sure what version of anrdoid i'm running but i think it's the one previous to the SII. Battery life is less than 24 hours without installing a battery saver, cause we've set them up for access to email , facebook etc... but then there's no point buying a smart phone if you're not going to use the 'smart' features. Phone book is a bit of a disappointment, one number per entry (as far as I've figured out so far). Additionally the amount of characters allowed in phone book names is very limited. There is a call log with times and durations for incomming and outgoing calls and texts.
Pete
Hmmmm, not sure if it'll be the same as I've got an S2 so may be running a slightly more recent version of Android but if you edit a contact can you see a (green?) plus sign and (red?) minus sign on the right hand side of the Phone Numbers? If you can, click the + to add extra numbers.
Rhys "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe"
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If it's a phone you want rather than a miniture computer, they don't come better than Nokia. IMHO.
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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I'm getting one of these each for my wife and I later today. I have a couple of questions for those who have one of these already. The questions come about from things my current Samsung (Symbian based) can't do that my ancient Nokia could do 12 years ago. Does it have a call register that keeps track of the past several calls made to/from a particular phone number, including time made/received and duration? If I have several numbers for a contact, home, business, mobile, will I get a visual notification (different icons) for which ever number I am calling or receiving the call from? My Samsung i8910 doesn't have these basic functions and I don't want to get stuck with a shit phone again.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
If I have several numbers for a contact, home, business, mobile, will I get a visual notification (different icons) for which ever number I am calling or receiving the call from?
You have a lot of lables when you're entering contacts. So yes.
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I'm getting one of these each for my wife and I later today. I have a couple of questions for those who have one of these already. The questions come about from things my current Samsung (Symbian based) can't do that my ancient Nokia could do 12 years ago. Does it have a call register that keeps track of the past several calls made to/from a particular phone number, including time made/received and duration? If I have several numbers for a contact, home, business, mobile, will I get a visual notification (different icons) for which ever number I am calling or receiving the call from? My Samsung i8910 doesn't have these basic functions and I don't want to get stuck with a shit phone again.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
I know you can multiple numbers per contact, I'm not sure about different rings for different numbers [within the same contact].
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Hmmmm, not sure if it'll be the same as I've got an S2 so may be running a slightly more recent version of Android but if you edit a contact can you see a (green?) plus sign and (red?) minus sign on the right hand side of the Phone Numbers? If you can, click the + to add extra numbers.
Rhys "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe"
Yeah, just checked and I can enter multiple numbers per contact. The conversion of my contacts from my old nokia created a contact for each number in each contact on the old phone, so I just assumed.
Pete
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I'm getting one of these each for my wife and I later today. I have a couple of questions for those who have one of these already. The questions come about from things my current Samsung (Symbian based) can't do that my ancient Nokia could do 12 years ago. Does it have a call register that keeps track of the past several calls made to/from a particular phone number, including time made/received and duration? If I have several numbers for a contact, home, business, mobile, will I get a visual notification (different icons) for which ever number I am calling or receiving the call from? My Samsung i8910 doesn't have these basic functions and I don't want to get stuck with a shit phone again.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Well maybe you still haven't your answer so I will answer shortly : Does it have a call register that keeps track of the past several calls made to/from a particular phone number, including time made/received and duration? : Yes If I have several numbers for a contact, home, business, mobile, will I get a visual notification (different icons) for which ever number I am calling or receiving the call from? : Yes I'm happy with S2 But i feel I should warn you about battery life: It doesn't go for a full day without charging even if you don't mess with smart features so be prepared to put an extra charger/cable at work/car. Also be sure to buy a screen protector film ( I regretfully didn't buy one till it was too late :( )
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Yeah, just checked and I can enter multiple numbers per contact. The conversion of my contacts from my old nokia created a contact for each number in each contact on the old phone, so I just assumed.
Pete
You can also 'join' those multiple coacts back together through the options menu. Hey, this is my first post from my S2, on an S2 thread as well... how odd :-)
Rhys "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe"
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I know you can multiple numbers per contact, I'm not sure about different rings for different numbers [within the same contact].
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
I know you can multiple numbers per contact, I'm not sure about different rings for different numbers [within the same contact].
I'm looking for different ring tones, just a different visual display. On my ancient Nokia Home number had a house next to the name, Business had a factory and Mobile had a phone. Not overly important, but when looking through the recently made/received list to call back, it's nice to be able to choose which one you want to call without have to hitn17 buttons to see what the phone number is you're about to dial.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
