Motorola Timeport 260 Review

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Motorola Timeport 260
3.2 stars
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jailbird.'s Review of Motorola Timeport 260

11th Mar 2002

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    3 stars
  • Reception
    4 stars
  • Features
    2 stars
  • Style
    3.5 stars
Good Points

looks ok and the triband feature is helpful.


Bad Points

It is indeed difficult to store phone numbers compared to the Nokia's use number feature for all incoming calls and sms. You need to enter the numbers again in the phone book when you wish to store. It also does not store business cards sent by sms. Nor can it send business cards. If anyone knows how to do this please let me know :-) Thanks


General Comments

I just purchased the Timeport 260 mobile phone in Singapore yesterday as a result of my frustration with my Nokia 6210. The 6210 was a wonderful gadget to play and work with... except that it kept on hanging and failing. And finally, after just four months of use, it finally decided to die. The Nokia sevice center has had no success resurrecting it for more than 24 hours (it's still there in their intensive care unit - with all the technicians etc, it was a cute piece of junk).
Back to the timeport 260. It did not come with a manual - only 2 disks for the GPRS upload setup and the sync software. Unfortunately both do not provide for an interface with the Jornada 720 -which is the computer I use for IR when travelling (my Compaq 1700 laptop has no infrared port - expensive incomplete and worse of all runson Windows ME - never never buy a machine with Windows ME). If anyone knows how to make the Timeport260 work with the Jornada 720 please let me know. Thanks.
I tried downloading the user manual from the motorola site - try it - it doesn't work. You just keep on waiting forever for nothing - I hope those software people in Motorola could fix their customer service orientation.
The Timeport 260's itap feature would have been close to the nokia dictionary feature except that you need to press ok after each word, and that button is way up. Bad ergonomics.
In fairness, despite the cumbersome access to messages, the quick access feature which allows a user to assign buttons has made reading messages a lot easier. Quick in this case means two key strokes - the arrow button then the key number you assigned the read messages command to.
In the end if Motorola can only buy the software friendliness of the Nokia and keep the reliability it is reputed to have, the phone would be perfect.

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