VC’s Techie CockTail

Looking for a phone for my mom, which has to be a PHONE not anything else (like what it was actually meant to do) I narrowed down to Nokia 1100 / 1110,Motorola C118 and Sony Ericsson J100i. Nokia 1100 was the actual choice because of its one button answer functionality, as there was already a 1100 in the home, I decided to go for J100i. For my budget of 2,000/- Rs (45 US $).

At 79g, with a 96 x 64 pixels 65K color screen with blue backlight it looks cool & cute. Here are some of the pros & cons of this phone.

PROS

• Bright screen with bigger font which makes the no’s and text more visible.
• Ringtones are nice and loud.
• Compact & Robust ( Dropped it a few times with no side effects)
• Nice extras like Alarm Clock, Games, Stopwatch, wallpapers
• Green call key brings up Answered / Dialled / Missed calls without needing to go through all the menus
• Good standby and talk times of 3 1/2 days & 3 1/2 hours respectively

CONS

• Screen is not visible in sunlight
• Picture SMS & Mono – tones cant be received & sent like Nokia
• No speed dialling ( But pressing a no. key will take u to the corresponding starting letter in the address book)
• Keypad is like rubber and somewhat stiff.

And these are some of the points which can be pros for some and cons for some.

1. Phonebook capacity dependent on SIM ( SIM capacity is usually 250 nowadays)
2. SMS capacity – 30
3. Havent yet used the speaker phone facility so cant comment about it.

So people looking out for a Color phone to gift this HOLI here is the perfect gift for your near & dear ones……HAPPY HOLI !!!!!

written by Vignesh \\ tags: Sony Ericsson