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Comments on: Samsung B2700 Bound rugged mobile phone

But can you 

Posted Tuesday 24th March 2009 16:16 GMT

Connect it to your PC to upload contacts. I have a Samsung Solid and rather disappointed to find out it couldn't talk to my PC for contacts (let alone as a modem). As I only use the solid occasionally when I working/plaing in "extreme environments" that is a bit of an omission for me (I just put my main contacts on the sim though) . Mind you I now have a jesus phone in an otterbox case and it survived a 6ft drop onto a concrete barn floor last weekend.

wtf? 

Posted Tuesday 24th March 2009 16:39 GMT

Stop

Where's the innovation? A rubber grip does not give you balls, contrary to popular belief. This is just polishing a dessicated turd.....solar/hand crank charging? barometer/depth gauge/thermometer anyone? they could have made this a real all in one navigation device for about a tenner more of electronics.....

A complete waste of money. 

Posted Tuesday 24th March 2009 18:17 GMT

Flame

Since the phone is not sold as dust or water resistant if it breaks because of either you have to buy a new phone -- so you may as well buy any other and keep it safe.

I like it 

Posted Wednesday 25th March 2009 14:49 GMT

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Its a basic phone that will last.

And I like the sexy name.

Will Jennifer Tilley get one?

Re: A complete waste of money. 

Posted Wednesday 25th March 2009 15:14 GMT

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Got to agree.

For a fleeting moment, this could have been a contender to replace the rather beaten up old PAYG Nokia 6230 that I take with me when I go cycling - its been dropped, ridden over and, after a particularly memorable spill, broke a couple of my ribs when I landed on it but it's still going strong despite a huge chunk gouged out of one corner and a bloody great crack in the screen.

A rubber grip does not a rugged phone make, and most of the 'additional features' are complete bobbins anyway.