Review GSM-phone Siemens SX1

Package:

• Handset
• Battery
• Charger
• CD with Software
• Stereo headset
• USB-Cable (for synchronization)
• Manual

This device had caused a lot of rumors, myths, discussions and predictions right from its first announcement. It had its own fans and enemies. This unclear attitude towards the first smartphone from Siemens was predictable, since it was different from the competitors, different design, and different features. Let’s try to see what Siemens SX1 is after all, and what can it offer to its potential consumer. I’d like to make a short notice that the reason why this review is published only now, is because we were waiting for a new firmware to come out that would fix the most serious bugs. We had to use commercial samples with Firmware 5 (text input tests), and the prototypes were researched as well. Thanks to a big amount of time and long usage term the review turned out to be massive and comprehensive.

I offer you to return back to the main page after reading each part of the review; it’s easier to navigate from here. Some of the chapters can b e emitted, however the complete impression about this mobile phone can be formed after reading the whole review.

Summary

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• Design, size, keyboard
  • Text input speed on Siemens SX1
• The phone’s positioning, life cycle, price changes, advertising campaign
• The display
• External and internal memory, processor
• The battery, battery life in various conditions
• Camera and its software. Video
  • Examples of photos
• Operational system, advantages and disadvantages. Interface
• Siemens SX1 performance - calculations, graphical sub-system
• Data transfer, bluetooth, IrDa, cable
• Network applications - WAP, Opera, bugs in the encoding
• Menu and main functions
• Synchronization with PC, Siemens SX1 Data Suite
• Can a Siemens class smartphone replace Pocket PC?
• Impressions, conclusion

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Translated by Alexander "Lexx" Zavoloka(alexander.zavoloka@mobile-review.com)

Published —13 February 2004

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