DISQUS

ray · 9 months ago

i just got my memoir n im luving it! i love every single feature this phone has. my only disappointment is the battery life ohh n one more thing is the web browser. everytime i close the web browser it will back automatically to the home page not the website i left of...please give me a solution for that ;)

Bill · 9 months ago

How is the contact information entered? Will it connect to your Microsoft Outlook?

Brad · 9 months ago

I couldn't find a way to connect to Outlook, and with it not being a smartphone I'm not necessarily surprised. I believe there are ways to connect to Google but did not do the specific research to know for sure. The phone itself is pretty much limited to J2ME apps, so whatever you can find that will support Java is going to be your best bet.

sean · 9 months ago

My daughter recently got the memoir & she loves it. It has all of the fun features the teens love & very user friendly. In fact, I purchased one a few hours after she did. The best of all worlds, a phone, camera & GPS for me.

Brooke · 9 months ago

I just purchased the Memoir 8 days ago and needless to say... I'm sending it back!

Reasons:

#1 BATTERY LIFE IS HORRIBLE

The battery does not last like they say it will... Take today for example: It was fully charged at 10am... I made two short phone calls (less than 3minutes total) and sent/received about 120(I know that is a lot) text messages and my phone is now on its last bar and requesting it be charged... it is 3pm. I don't know about you but that is unacceptable!

I just came from having a Blackberry Pearl and with the same wear and tear... that battery lasted days!!! I'm so disappointed and sad that I will have to return it as I love taking pictures and was willing to fork over the $300 bucks for this camera (***IN A RECESSION might I remind everyone!!!) just to have it and whomp! whomp!.... This disappointment will be going back to T-MOBILE...

Picture Messaging:

EXTREMELY DELAYED... It will go to send the picture... and 5 minutes later let you know that it sent or failed(which happened many times).

Memory:

I have had several messages (atleast 4 so far) that let me know my inbox was full and I had to delete messages to continue... Weird that the inbox was full but outbox was just fine (never received one message to delete the outbox this entire time).... Very annoying!!!!

SCREEN FREEZING:

So far, I have experienced on 5 separate occassions.... the screen freezing when going from an incoming call back to the last screen.... I don't mind a delay but this was a scrambled screen as if it were broken-- when you are working on a touch screen... it gets pretty scary!


So for those of you who don't really use your phone and want the camera... I'm sure you will love it! But those who have a busy life style and are heavily reliant on technology for communication purposes... Stick to what we know works.... BLACKBERRY!!!

Tim-E · 4 months ago

I actually do not like BlackBerry's.... I believe they were quickly put together, and the software is nice and different, however simplicity is nice, too. BlackBerry's also require stupid agreements. I realize the Memoir does the same, but its not observably dumb like BB's.

D · 9 months ago

That's the SE Xperia by HTC.
Not the HTC Touch Pro.

James · 9 months ago

Great and detailed review. Although, I would have liked to see something about the 3G performance. I would still give this a 9/10 on the "James Scale". It seems I've already read too many negatives (not only from your review) to make this my new hone, upon return from deployment. "Damn you Samsung! You looked so friggin awesome too!"

ashley · 8 months ago

i just got mine the other day for a good price and i LOVE it. yes are some problems like the battery life and the freaking camera taking a minute but over all i think it is a great phone to have. not only for the phone use but also for the camera. i have token some many pictures with it already that it aint even funny.

i traded in my sidekick ID for this phone and i wouldnt go back. it was worth the money.

Samantha Toliver · 8 months ago

i just got mine like 3 days ago i mean the camera is great but i cant get the pics to download onto my computer and then i have several messages stuck in my outbox that are in the process of "sending" but it has been like 24 hours and i cant delete them so they are just sitting there and also since i cant get them to download i figured i would send them to my email like with my old phone but they come out broken up like they didn't fully load or something......so im thinking about sending it back...... : (

Fred · 6 months ago

If people took the time to read manuals and learn their device then things wouldn't be so complicated. The devices are made for the average user and if you can't figure it out take some classes on learning how to use technolong. It's really not that difficult.

Samantha Toliver · 8 months ago

can anyone tell me how to delete the pics in my outbox that didnt send!!!!!
it says "sending" any time i click it but it does not give me the option of deleting it!!!!!

Samantha Toliver · 8 months ago

ha!!! i figured it out how to get those messages outta my outbox that were in the process of sending but didnt i just turned my phone off and then visited my outbox and it allowed me to delete them so im happy but the usb thing still sucks and when i send them to my email they come out broken up eeeekkkkk

Mary · 8 months ago

I've had my Memoir for almost two weeks. There are things I love and things I hate. I bought it specifically because I had a foreign exchange student coming and wanted to email pictures immediately to her family. Although it showed that picture messages were sent and arrived, her parents said they got none of them. I tried emailing them to myself with the same results. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or if it's the camera. The same thing happened with the Audio Postcard feature, which I had planned to use a lot. I read the manual and followed the steps accurately, but minutes later got a message saying they didn't go through.

Any suggestions? Do you have to go through Flickr or one of those websites? It doesn't look like that when you are attempting to send a picture message. Help!

Like others, I'm disappointed in the battery life. And my old T-Mobile Dash could synch with Outlook, which the saleswoman told me the Memoir cannot do.

The T-Mobile saleswoman questioned why I would want this phone when the Blackberries are so much better, have more apps, etc. She has both. I'm thinking of taking the Memoir back and going back to my Dash or trying a Blackberry. Does BB have a phone that can send photos directly from the camera?

Looking for answers!
Thanks

nette · 8 months ago

The Blackberry Curve is awesome!!! yes you can send and recieve pictures from the phone . The Curve also has PUSH email (email pops up in mailbox immediately).
you can even have seperate folders for txt ,mms,and all email accounts.
The battery life is great in a course of a day i recieve/send over 200 txt. i also recieve at least 50 email and can still talk 1 0r 2 hours !
the cameras I have seen better but I have not one complaint abourt my Blackberry Curve 8320. as a matter of fact Blackbery are highley recommended!!
try the newer verson blackberry 8900 . log onto Blackberry.com it will give you all the details.
Blackberrys are for serious people that dont have time for nonesense of newer gadgets . GPS, CALENDER,CAMERA INTERNET BROWSER, VIDEO, ALARM, ETC.. just to name a few applications Plus blackberry hasan application store(google it).
once you go black ( berry,that is) you'll never go back. read reviews awesome.Thanks for memoir info was looking to purchase one as a present but never mind now.

sharimom4 · 2 months ago

I had a Blackberry Pearl before this phone and the pictures sent anywhere right from the camera screen. I am disappointed that I can't send directly to Facebook, would save time

jocelyn0909 · 5 months ago

This phone is legit! got it for graduation, and gave my old 6.2 MP camera to my mom. I love the music player, the telenav, the camera, but NOT the quality of the sound on the video mode. other than that, im so happy to have the phone.

bleedniris · 5 months ago

the 3G is actually really fast. i would say as fast as broadband on a regular computer. i've been able to watch streaming movies and videos off of youtube and other streaming sites on the memoir in a matter of a few seconds of loading.

Chris · 5 months ago

Ok, bad news for the memoir lovers... My memoir and I must part now because it keeps freezing... Won't allow me to applications I need... Can't make calls, nada... It's a really great phone until it starts having issues....

phonesreview · 5 months ago

Nice article. Thanks

annamo25 · 5 months ago

Just have to say, I've had my Memoir for just over a month and I love it! Yeah, the battery life isnt that great, but I also take TONS of pictures, text all day and am constantly on Facebook and Twitter. I bought a charger that works in the car AND in a regular plug, so that problem is solved! As for the people with problems sending picture messages, keep in mind of your location and where you are sending the pics. If you are sending an 8mp photo to someone with a not-so-smart phone, there will probably be problems.If you are sending photos while in areas with bad reception (not enough bars) this could also hold up your messages.

Aekero · 5 months ago

Eh, wanted this for a pure camera replacement....doesn't really come close.

Great pictures in ideal conditions i.e. good light, still shots. Action shots, not so much, that's if you can even time it right because it takes a full second to take the picture after the button push.

Night shots? Forget about it, with the shutter lag the flash actually goes off too early, so unless it's a very close shot i.e. self portrait, I end up with pretty much no light. Have tried adjusting "scene" to pretty much all of them, tweaked the settings, nothing really works to improve night time pictures for me. :(

tyl14 · 4 months ago

HI my name is i got the memoir 2 mouths algo im a phone geek and i know phones real well. Back to the memoir ok to be onest i love the memoir but their is1 things i dont like about it the camera is a littol slow like a 1.0 or 2.0,3.0,5.0 all the same but evry thing els i like. i think if you like the phone get for $580.00

Name · 2 months ago

I love the Memoir too, but I find the sound quality HORRIBLE> I have had to exchange it after 1 week and am considering exchanging it agian. All of my calls echo and the people on the other end have said that it fades out and they can't hear me. Any suggestions. I really want to keep this phone, but need better audio.

Gino · 2 months ago

I have att servic but a T929 sumsung unlocked. it will not do anything but use the telephone, cannot get into media set or out of the media, web t mobile default. so not very good. There should be a means to have settings work with any cell provider?
gino

kehinde · 2 months ago

my phone is not letting my set a background on it. like one of my pictures as a wallpaper. also it always says the file memory is full but i have nothing in them so it wont let me even send pictures messages. HELP PLEASE!!!!!

annamo25 · 6 days ago

I had this problem with the memory. Go to your local Tmobile store. They were able to help me out.

annett_09 · 1 month ago

I have a question i just got my phone yesterday and i been trying to figure out if there is any way i can delete the recent recipients when creating a new message?? is there a way in deleting that??

annett_09 · 1 month ago

i just got my phone and i like it so far but i just have a question is there any way that i can delete the recent recipients when creating a new message??

Arlii · 1 month ago

I got the Samsung Memoir about 4 months ago, and I enjoy it. I have had a bad rash with phones (Motorola is my enemy) but found one I can live with. The Memoir has only frozen on me once. The relay time is fine. The biggest problem I have with it is that the shutter on the camera will remain closed once in a great while. Great sound quality and good battery life for the amount of apps and what not.

Eri · 2 weeks ago

I have 3G service in my area and it work great. and the pages open full