seamaster97
04-20-2003, 04:26 AM
I bought the TG50 last week primarily because of the built-in keyboard. Paired with my Sony Ericsson T68i, I am now able to send and receive SMS on the TG50 via bluetooth with my T68i. Typing SMS on the TG50 is a pleasant experience compared with typing messages on any cellphone for that matter by tapping on the phone's numeric keypad. It's just plain inconvenient typing on the phone! To think that I've been handling SMS on cellphones during the last nine years! Shifting to SMS on the TG50 was a trip from hell to nirvana!
BTW, in case you're wondering what's the big deal about SMS, well, where I live is where the biggest users of SMS are! In fact, people use cellphones here not because of voice calls, but because of SMS primarily. Sounds funny? Not when you consider that sending a text SMS costs only $0.02 while voice calls cost about $0.17 a minute, or roughly eight times more expensive. SMS, for the last nine years, has been a cost-effective way of keeping connected with other cellphone users. The TG50 makes SMS handling a breeze.
Prior to the TG50, I was looking at the Nokia 9200, the 7650, and the 3650 as my next cellphone upgrade from my current Sony Ericsson T68i. I've always believed that cellphone + PDA combo products wouldn't work for me. Who would want to bring out a brick to send or receive calls in a world where most gadgets are getting smaller and smaller? Bricks just are a step backward IMHO.
The TG50 and the T68i beats any other combo phone+PDA for me. These two gadgets give me the best of both worlds. And, I choose to stick with my digital camera that's designed to do its job of taking images well rather combo products.
With the TG50 and T68i, bluetooth is a useful, daily use tech for me.
BTW, in case you're wondering what's the big deal about SMS, well, where I live is where the biggest users of SMS are! In fact, people use cellphones here not because of voice calls, but because of SMS primarily. Sounds funny? Not when you consider that sending a text SMS costs only $0.02 while voice calls cost about $0.17 a minute, or roughly eight times more expensive. SMS, for the last nine years, has been a cost-effective way of keeping connected with other cellphone users. The TG50 makes SMS handling a breeze.
Prior to the TG50, I was looking at the Nokia 9200, the 7650, and the 3650 as my next cellphone upgrade from my current Sony Ericsson T68i. I've always believed that cellphone + PDA combo products wouldn't work for me. Who would want to bring out a brick to send or receive calls in a world where most gadgets are getting smaller and smaller? Bricks just are a step backward IMHO.
The TG50 and the T68i beats any other combo phone+PDA for me. These two gadgets give me the best of both worlds. And, I choose to stick with my digital camera that's designed to do its job of taking images well rather combo products.
With the TG50 and T68i, bluetooth is a useful, daily use tech for me.