Samsung i300
- b
- biren
- a6Z
- 20 Apr 2006
hi,
i have discovered a nice option to maximize the battery life of the phone.
with this option, u will get about 5 hours of music play, 2 hours of talk time and some change time for other activities with the standard battery and u can double all of the above time with the extended battery.
click start, go to settings, go to more, go to power management and change all the following.
backlight time - 5 sec
display timeout - 1 minute
display brightness - 1
and that's it. u got it. that will work like the charm and thanks to me.
- M
- Mikey
- IhX
- 10 Apr 2006
Had the fone a while the battery is rubbish, don't get more then 8 hours on a full charge and if ya play music expect it to run out within an hour!!!
It driving me mad at the moment, constantly charging it up, Beware!
- r
- random
- SkE
- 05 Apr 2006
can sum1 plz tell me if i have a dvd, how do i put the movie on the fone, how do i burn the dvd onto the computer. how bout pirated movies, do they also work
- m
- mackaby007
- mHd
- 03 Apr 2006
Had this phone now for a couple of weeks. Initial impressions:
Beautiful device to use. Build quality is superb, 2003SE is snappy with the 416 Mhz CPU, TCPMP (Movie player) plays all my Movies flawlessly (including AVI's, Ogg,MPEG's and WMV). Excellent display quality (best I've seen on any Smartphone except VGA screens on PPC's). Film playback is sharp & Crisp and scroling through lrge film files is fast and impressive!
I use the 3Gig harddrive to store several films (gimmick really!) and to store important files thus I use my i300 as a mobile hardrive and often use its 'MassStorage' USB interface to easily transfer data to and fro other computers.
Cons:
Because the hard drive literally zapps enormous amounts of power....I still use a memory card for software installs and other data i regulary access (reducing my use of the harddrive to preserve power).
The thin battery will get you through the day...providing you hardly use the phone!!(and I'm just talking phone calls)- Battery life is the worst I've ever experienced.
The fatter battery is considerably better and will last the day even with heavy usage (omitting hard drive use!!).
Truth be told, the abscence of wi-fi is now really starting to cheese me off as is the lack of available games software that actually is compliant with this QVGA device.
Still...I've kept my MDA Vario/mini S, whilst i test this phone out.
Depending on ones use for this device it will NOT suit all, but most who have one would not readily dismiss it as some have here. obviously they have had some bad experiences but mine is generally a satisfying one and I think I'll be keeping it and forsaking the 'wi-fi' and available games compatibility advantage the 'Vario' has over its more sophisticated cousin, the i300.
The i300 is sheer class to look at and use in person (if you have ever used PPCs) it feels like a phone with limited Pocket PC functionality. However that which it does immitate, it does well.
Final opinion:
Even though i like it, it does suit my lifestyle and needs, but I wouldn't recommend it is because the exclusion of wi-fi and 3G was not necessary and should have been included as standard. But the low battery life is utterly ridiculous and quite honestly unacceptable for most people.
The only workaround to it, is to limit the type of hard drive use and use a Transflash memory card in conjunction with the i300s' 3 gig drive.
- J
- Janet Jackson
- MWW
- 02 Apr 2006
Hey Bro! Shouldn't u b hiding away somewhere??!
Hi ppl! i got a phone just like dis, and i mainly use it 4 its vibration! It really turns me on...oooooh, aaaaah. Guess wot 4? hehehehehe...."....what have u done 4 me lately?...." Hey Jacko, give it bak to me, i want it NOW!!!
- M
- Michael Jackson
- MWW
- 02 Apr 2006
This phone's got a large capacity drive, but be careful if anyone drops it, it's gonna cost ya...anyway pity there's no FM stereo built-in...Samsung should have got rid off that card slot (who needs an expansion memmory when there's 3GB on-board!! Instead of that silly card slot, should have been one FM micro chip...wake up Samsung! STMicro has announced that chip agaes ago!!! Also the phone is a bit too heavy @ 121g, makes it huge near other designs, but overall its' very sexy! :P c'mon! c'moc! aww! Peace bros!
- T
- T-Man
- SkE
- 31 Mar 2006
how can u change the lang of this fone. plz can sum1 help. n also can u tell me the number of the button in the menu coz i dont understand this lang.thanx ppl
- V
- Vince
- MWW
- 30 Mar 2006
This phone is really COOOOOOOOOL! Only one thing that's missing! An FM tuner! Pity it hasn't got one installed, it would have been in my possession...shoot me, I'm a frequent FM listener!!! But overall it's S-U-P-E-R-B!
- N
- N91
- SkE
- 29 Mar 2006
im gonna get this fone. but can sum1 plz tell me how much the battery life is. and also if ur battery finishes do u lose all ur memory like in i m8. is it hard to use. plz reply, thanx a lot every1
- N
- N91
- SkE
- 29 Mar 2006
wat format does this phone play:
mp3,aac,...?
- ?
- Anonymous
- MF{
- 28 Mar 2006
can u put sat nav on the phone and how dya do it??
- b
- balannear
- ibj
- 25 Mar 2006
guys do you know how to make the wm2003 in chinese mode..i mean change the language to chinese???
- m
- mr man
- MIJ
- 21 Mar 2006
stil wont let me play. can i convert it on my computer to mpeg2, mpeg4? which does the phone play?
- p
- paul
- mH0
- 20 Mar 2006
hi mr man
you cant get photo to name on the i300. as for your mpeg file you have to import it to media , ie search for new. it should then come up .
- m
- mr man
- pY5
- 19 Mar 2006
couple of things i forgot to mention. does anyone no how to set a picture to a contact, i.e. it comes up wen they ring? and i cant play a video ive added to the phone. its mpeg and it comes up on hdd wen on file manager but says i cant play - i have to open the application then add to library, but wen on samsung media and windows media wen i try adding it it isnt even there.
can anyone help, thanks
- m
- mr man
- pY5
- 19 Mar 2006
thanks to hatchet - i posted b4 confusd of how2 get mp3 as ringtone but its de simple. ok, for jay ill explain step by step. press start, press 0 (more), press 0 (more), go to tools, go to file manager, go to my items, go to my sounds, highlight your song then click left to check it, press left soft key (edit), go to cut, press back twice, highlight the two dots (title above is HDD), the press left soft key (edit), press paste. this will take a few seconds. then click home button, start, settings, sounds, scroll through available ring tones and it will be there. ps. you can set shortcuts to save time - my file manager is shortcutted under 5 for example.
on another note, anyone having trouble with the i300 freezing wen u turn it on, mine said alert not enough space then just froze, wel theres a simple solution to this so u dont need to return it. first of all perform a hard reset - turn off, take out and replace battery, then hold on button with 0, the phone will ask for a passkey and it is 1234 by default. after a few minutes it will reset but you will have lost all information, this is annoying for contacts, messages, etc, but to add all music agaen is very quick as it is not rely deleted just ready to be overwritten, if you understand. and to prevent this happening agen, ensure all applications/tasks are ended before turning off - this is essential. to do this press start, more, more, tools, task manager (like before i set a shortcut for this as u need to access it regularly). in task manager press menu, stop all. after all have been stopped your phone can be turned off and it shouldnt freeze. note - even when not turning off, applications should be stopped regularly to speed up the phone and to prevent it freezing.
hope this has helped
- j
- jay
- my0
- 19 Mar 2006
hi, can any one e-mail me with a step by step (button by button) guide on how to set my mp3s and different song files as ring tones! i just cant understand wat to do with wat people have put on here lol, i've bin stuck with the strange samsung ringtones! lol phones wkd tho! my batterys ok lol even my slim one is gd! ye if any one could do this i'll be so greatfull! thankx jay
- j
- joe g
- iLR
- 18 Mar 2006
it is a excellent phone and the features are very good. However they have stopped selling this phone at O2. Battery life was appalling compared to the D500 and D600!!!!!!!!
Maybe these problems will go with the I310!!!!!!
- h
- hatchet
- MSR
- 17 Mar 2006
to get mp3 as ring tone copy it into hdd. then go into sounds you will find it in there don't put the mp3 into any sub folders just directly into hdd i've done it with all the music on my fone works no problems
- p
- paul
- mH0
- 17 Mar 2006
ok, to get mp3 as a ring tone, place in memory , music . or on the memory card, my one did not show up as ringtone to use but if you stil press ok it did take it , i could only do 2. as for the hardrive , yes my one went , took it back and had to be sent off to samsung. still waiting , 25 april . dont want the phone but stuck with it ,less i want to lose my number . JUST DONT GET ONE . better phones out there.