Cingular 8525 annoying power on delay and other - Also HSDPA!
After a couple days, I have found some quite annoying quirks with the 8525.
a. After the unit is in sleep mode (screen off), when you press the power button to wake it up, it takes about 3 seconds before the screen turns on. If you're on a phone call, and you've muted the conversation, it'll take 3-4 seconds for you to unmute as you wait for the display to light up.
b. The screen backlighting randomly turns off. This happens mostly while you're typing. The backlight turns off for a second and then comes back on, sometimes 2 or 3 times in a row.
c. Alt Lock - the ALT key to get to the symbols sometimes toggles on unexpectedly. This happens when typing email address and such, so that when you press the ALT then press another character, you get the @ symbol, but then all characters after that will have ALT locked so that you get a bunch of symbols. I thought it was my mistake, but it's happened over a dozen times now, and I'm quite used to the keyboard on my 8125 that I've used every day for the past year or so.
d. Constant key. If you happen to switch the screen orientation at an inoppurtune time, the enter key will continue to add until you either press the key again or re-orient the screen several times.
e. Call Drops - I've gotten many more dropped calls than on the Nokia E62 (cingular) or 8125 (cingular). it appears that this occurs quite often when you've locked onto a HSDPA/UMTS/3G signal, started a call, and it tries to hand off to GPRS.
f. Inconsistent keyboard backlight - the 8525 now has an ambient light sensor. When there is ambient light the keyboard doesn't light up. However, it can be fooled when there is not enough light to see the keyboard but a bit of light on the sensor. When this happens, no keyboard backlight. I guess I can tape over the sensor!
On a positive note, the device is MUCH QUICKER (except during power on) than the 8125. Also HSDPA allows you to make a call and use the data connection simultaneously AT THE SAME TIME! wooo hoo!
Battery life with ActiveSync enabled, 1 IMAP account sync every hour scheduled, and bluetooth on with about 15 minutes of talk time and about a dozen emails or 2 has so far been about 16 hours or so. Kinda disappointing. I will report after several cycles to see if it improves. Also, battery charging seems to take longer than the 8125. The BlackBerry Pearl absolutely ROCKS and charges FAST.
a. After the unit is in sleep mode (screen off), when you press the power button to wake it up, it takes about 3 seconds before the screen turns on. If you're on a phone call, and you've muted the conversation, it'll take 3-4 seconds for you to unmute as you wait for the display to light up.
b. The screen backlighting randomly turns off. This happens mostly while you're typing. The backlight turns off for a second and then comes back on, sometimes 2 or 3 times in a row.
c. Alt Lock - the ALT key to get to the symbols sometimes toggles on unexpectedly. This happens when typing email address and such, so that when you press the ALT then press another character, you get the @ symbol, but then all characters after that will have ALT locked so that you get a bunch of symbols. I thought it was my mistake, but it's happened over a dozen times now, and I'm quite used to the keyboard on my 8125 that I've used every day for the past year or so.
d. Constant
e. Call Drops - I've gotten many more dropped calls than on the Nokia E62 (cingular) or 8125 (cingular). it appears that this occurs quite often when you've locked onto a HSDPA/UMTS/3G signal, started a call, and it tries to hand off to GPRS.
f. Inconsistent keyboard backlight - the 8525 now has an ambient light sensor. When there is ambient light the keyboard doesn't light up. However, it can be fooled when there is not enough light to see the keyboard but a bit of light on the sensor. When this happens, no keyboard backlight. I guess I can tape over the sensor!
On a positive note, the device is MUCH QUICKER (except during power on) than the 8125. Also HSDPA allows you to make a call and use the data connection simultaneously AT THE SAME TIME! wooo hoo!
Battery life with ActiveSync enabled, 1 IMAP account sync every hour scheduled, and bluetooth on with about 15 minutes of talk time and about a dozen emails or 2 has so far been about 16 hours or so. Kinda disappointing. I will report after several cycles to see if it improves. Also, battery charging seems to take longer than the 8125. The BlackBerry Pearl absolutely ROCKS and charges FAST.
posted by vmok00 at 3:00 AM
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