Originally Posted by
jim_uk:
“http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...-690036/review
If this is anything to go by the Pulse is one to avoid.
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I think the reviewers are being a bit unfair to the Pulse Mini. I have just bought one and it is better than is suggested.
It is a £99 Android PAYG, with six months free Internet.
The screen was bigger than I expected, it has Android 2.1 and access to the Android Marketplace. No e-bay app available for some reason, I am looking in to that. Their are third party ones.
I use the stylus for entering passwords, but find that if I use a supplied alternate keyboard in landscape mode, I can type fine.
Its supposed to be slow, but I don't really find that. Maybe I am quite patient. It seems to do things more or less straight away and the camera was OK. At least it has LED flash unlike the original Pulse.
I also don't mind the resistive touch screen, as I have never used a capacitive one. The headphones were fine and standard.
If your wife has fairly small fingers and is not accustomed to owning a Desire or IPhone 4, then this would be OK for her. People with really chunky fingers might have an issue with it.
It fits well in the hand, although I might get a case for it if, I am going to be putting it in my bag.
I was using Facebook last night and that's more than workable as well as the browser. Text on the BBC site scrolls fast with down finger swipes.
On the whole a lot better than reviewed. An added plus is the merger of T-mobile and Orange of course.