Sony Ericsson J230

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LaNDo
PF8
18 Jul 2006

is J230 support USB? from SE website,it said the connectivity supported are internwe (WAP) and fast port,which enable transfer from PC to phone.which 1 is true?

i asked SE staff,he said only J300 to higher models support USB

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vinodh
2n9
18 Jul 2006

mobile is exceptionally good. But in my mobile, if there is a slight disturbance around also other person cannot get anything i am speaking. i tested with other mobiles nokia, amsung, they are ok. but i dont know whether it is a problem with my mobile or with the model

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Hasan Sakrani
PGh
18 Jul 2006

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lakshmanan
P@L
09 Jul 2006

stero quality in headset is not good in my set, compared to one of my friend. change of mono/stero in radio options not different except slight increase in volume. fm broadcast here is stero.ask the service centre it is depends on the software revision and the phone is ok,he is telling. i am not satisified. can any one tell separate secret setting is there? display changes mono/stero, when i am changing in radio option.my friends headset changed with my phone, still same effect.
can any one tell TEMPO setting in composer also?

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pavan
PTm
07 Jul 2006

Dear friends! One good thing which I forgot to mention was that buying a non-camera phone is better than buying a non-camera phone of Nokia. This is so becos' u can upload ur choice of photos on SE's site member area and then download them to ur phone through gprs. Sound quality of SE is also good as compared to Nokia's. But still I am going to buy Nokia 6131 as soon as I found a suitable buyer for my SE J230i. Pray that I get rid of it soon.

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abhi
PSL
03 Jul 2006

Hi, i am using this handset from past three 3 days. The voice reception is clear, but the problem is other guy on the line cannot hear me properly... there is voice break... i dont whether it is problem with my handset.. do any one has this problem??????? and one more thing is.. i have observed that it has rebooted 3 times in a single day while listening FM as well as while charging. Any suggestion???????
Please let me know.....

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Sunny
ijp
30 Jun 2006

Naveen: In the mobile window where you type your numbers press RIGHT Navigation key to select PHONE BOOK or GROUP. by selecting PHONE BOOK you can easily add the number by NAME whatever you want. Hope this clears your problem. Regards-SUNNY-

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Anil Kumar
w4q
23 Jun 2006

I Want Sony Ericsson J230i Drivers. So from which websites i can download it. pls do so as soon as possible

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Naveenkumar
PTW
20 Jun 2006

I m using the phone from last two weeks. No doubt the FM is realy good. But I m facing some Problems while sending messages, you cann't use phonebook while sending messages. if you don't know the number you can't send the messages. so I can send the messages just to few numbers, coz i can't remember so many numbers. Speaker phone volume is not loud enough, same with FM on speaker.

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PJ
SkE
20 Jun 2006

I was very attracted about the FM feature and the price which is packed with a stereo headset as well. The cheap looks of the phone and display quality were repelling hence decided not to buy this phone

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Anonymous
PUP
16 Jun 2006

I m planning to buy J230i is it really good comapre to Nokia 6030 ?

While doing the comparision with J230i and Nikia 6030 i found battery talk time of J230i is really good.

pl guide me.

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Anonymous
Pv9
03 Jun 2006

the 6030 why? better design, more memory slightly better screen.

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Bob
mC%
01 Jun 2006

can anyone tell me if there is a way to change the speed dial entries,as everytime I delete the numbers that 02 supplied the phone with, it only retains my new ones until I switch the phone off and then when I switch it on again it has reverted to the 02 numbers again ?

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Anonymous
PZt
22 May 2006

this phone is positioned against nokia 6030 and not 1600 so don't try to compare the two.

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Anonymous
RKq
17 May 2006

I was on the look out for an entry/mid range phone with SPEAKER PHONE, 65K COLOR & POLY TONES. After going through the reviews on the Web, including those on GSMARENA, I shortlisted Nokia 6030/1600, SE K300/J300/J230 & LG G1800. At the end of the day, it was either N 6030 or SE J230, both of which are at the same price level & also boasted of FM Radio, in addition to my requirements.
Finally I purchased SE J230 today. My overall impression is that it is a big disappointment.
PROs:
Aesthetic looking compared to N6030.
FM Radio is Stereo, where as it is Mono in N6030.
CONs:
PHONE BOOK is said to have a max capacity of 500nos. However, the fine print is that each entry can have only TWO FIELDS, the Name & the Phone No.
DISPLAY is a big letdown. There are no animated Icons. Though the display boasts to be 128x128 & 65K color, it fares very poor when compared to instruments and is not at all satisfactory. I have noticed that Display in the Instruments from LG & SAMSUNG are very much more attractive.
SMS Editor. The choice of font type & size is confounding. You need to take great pains to read the messages. I have noticed this problem in an earlier model too, T190, if I remember correctly.
RING TONES are next. It is said to have 32 tone Ring Tones. However, there are only about 10 builtin ones and the quality is no great shakes either.
No COMPOSER.
No CALENDER display.
And finally the SPEAKER PHONE feature. There seems to be no convenient way to activate the feature, in the middle of a conversation.

Overall, I was left wondering, what on earth made me buy this instrument. In hindsight,
I feel, I should have gone for Nokia 6030, or alternatively shelled out a little more ie, about 5-5.5k and got a N6020 or Motorola L6 or L2.
Alas. Better Luck next time.

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mtjahj0
5xG
14 May 2006

Is someone compare SE J 230 with Nokia 6030? I want to know which one better for the radio quality, battery life en overall. Thanks

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Ammar
PSd
13 May 2006

WOW. What s beauty.
1- 65k STN Colors, Good Display just like TFT.
2- FM is Steareo.
3- Sound Quailty of FM is Superb.
4- Wallpaper Animation.
5- Possibly to Download Themes.
6- Memory is very Low.just 650kb. but its enough for pics, midi tones and themes.
7- Battery timing is good.
8- keypad is very comfortable.

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Mini
PFM
13 May 2006

can someone tell me is the FM mono or stereo? is this set better then N6030?
thanks.

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cezar
PB8
03 May 2006

another is that dont bash other SE's phones aside that k700 and k750 are only good phones... please i have a k300 and it is far better than 7260,6020,6820 and other s40 phones.
sound/camera quality?i have tested those phone and 7260 is blurred and sound is poor i can prove it.
7260,6020 are expensive too much compare to my k300 which is feature-packed with mp3 and 12 mb memory! i just add $28 and i have radio headset to beat 7260 radio.
k300 video is the best in it's class unlimited to memory compare to nokia 15-50 seconds...
joystick? you think SE's joystick is worst? then try 6600 and 3230 then find it yourself...

p-series cannot be overcome by n-series you stop insisting that nokia are the best smartphone makers here. full of buggs and errors and half a year before correcting it.. how rude... compare to p-series well developed even late very stable...
and other k/w-series are far more better than nokia's high end. in sound quality and camera and other stuffs. remember java is the supeior feature in SE (3D engine) compare to nokia's series 40 (sluglish)
i can post 100 reasons to make people stay away with nokia's phones and symbians those are just some...

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cezar
PB8
03 May 2006

asim i totally disagree to your opinion and please be not so rude in making opinions did you read the rules before posting?

this phone is the best low-end. do you think 1600 and other low-end phones of nokia are better? look closely if you think 500kb is too short then what can you do with the 4mb memory of the 1600,2310,2610 without GPRS,IRDA,USB,HSCSD,MMS or anything that the memory are worth to use for stuffs for that phone. you cannot even use the 4mb memory of it because basically it's nothing but a 1100,2100,2300 with a colored screen and radio only nothing more.
j230 has FM radio and GPRS so the 500kb is worthy that you can put stuffs on that phone you are bashing unlike nokia's expensive low-end phone still inferior to SE's low end

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