Samsung Corby Speed CDMA Launched

[supernova 47]

no right price i already mentioned in post above . pl. check

[mehtasafal 0]

@Hitesh,

Can GSM phones be converted to cdma is there any way of doing so.

pls let me know as i plan to buy the samesung corby

Thanks a lot for all ur and other RIMWEBins' post, it has helped.

God Bless

[konquerror 21]

^^^No you can't convert GSM phones to CDMA...hardware is different...

[swapnil05in 2]

there are handset which support CDMA & GSM in same sim slot.

so there is a scope for developing C/g handset in a single sim slot.

Techies please illustrate if this is possible?

note: admin plz post it in the right place if posted in wrong place.

[mehtasafal 0]

Finally has anyone been able to find any software that can enable one to watch full screen videos or movies in samsung corby.

[mehtasafal 0]

Few more Questions:

1. Like blackberry, does corby have any feature where by the net can be on the entire day and i can check mails instantly as they come.

2. If yes then can i set up multiple mail accounts.

3. Can i read word doc, ppts, etc in this phone as the samsung site says that u can read doc and stuff.

Kindly let me know about these things as i m buying this phone for official purpose also.

[technife 3]

Thanks to suggestion from "me_saket";

me "technife", shall continue some relevant postings

here (on "Samsung Corby Speed CDMA Launched")

instead of the earlier topic "Blank Ruim Card".

A few lines copied here from the other topic, for continuity

QUOTE:

*** Did u got 10GB free?

NO. Not yet. The sequence of events on this so far....

15-03 Chased WW for 10GB-30days-free-offer activation. WW registered complaint and gave me a ticket number.

17-03 Follow-up with CC. CC says some problem (cant explain), please visit WW (familiar sequence ;-) )

18-03 WW cannot confirm a problem, hear me out, send email to somebody, advise me to check status via CC.

UNQUOTE:

30-03-2010:

Still following up about every two days with WW since 18th.

I have flexi-time-work these days and hence can afford to do this

10-minute act each time I drive past the WW.

Have been creating records, either ticket-numbers,

or getting WW to give date stamped chits having the ticket-number,

to confirm my visits to WW. May just be useful in case I eventually

consider it worthwhile and have the time and inclination,

to drag them to a consumer court for inefficiency.

BTW is NOT easy to get them to give you date-stamped-signed chits.

This WW appears to be following up with some internal mailid/department.

Fortunately still have still not lost my patience

(perhaps am MF'ed to a sort-of numbness on this already).

Cheers, TechNife

[technife 3]

Here are my Corby Speed experiences, from a device pov,

and with reference an earlier postings on this topic :

Have used the device now for about a month.

Got it for 9K, with proper bill, paid by credit card.

Yes the EVDO access works.

It works only after (a) you use OMH card in lieu of regular card

and ( service-provider backend enables broadband/EVDO access.

Had to chase Samsung to obtain the OMH card

because Reliance WW shops did not have an OMH card available.

Device has two signal-strength bars on display (top left).

One for 1X, another for EVDO.

The EVDO, when available, gives much better speeds than CDMA 1X.

Have benchmarked it a few times and it has ranged from 1.2 to 2.4 mbps.

Did those tests via a computer browser,

using the Corby-speed as the modem.

Have posted the speedtest.net results on the other topic on this site earlier.

The on-phone browser experience DOES NOT impress me.

I found it quite painful to use.

In fact the overall on-phone experience, to me,

reeks of IMMATURE SOFTWARE DESIGN.

Note that I am comparing it only with a lowly

GSM Motorola-Ming software behaviour (a Linux phone).

Am NOT comparing here with Symbian or Windoze phones ;-)

Even so I am disappointed with the Corby-Speed in terms of

its "usability".

IMMATURE SOFTWARE :

One big-bitch I have is that when you key in stuff,

the on-screen keyboard... a key, on touch, will blink,

will beep, BUT will not register the character of that key

or show up on the entry string. You have to hold your touch

until the character shows up on the entry string,

AFTER the blink and the beep. Aaargh !

This is the kind of wrong-sequence stuff I am saying when

I say "software is immature". Some stupid firmware designer

at Samsung does NOT recognise that the blink and beep are meant

to be user acknowledgements that can happen ONLY after their

darn system got the keystroke. Someone at Samsung who

approved this software must be really stupid or needs mentoring !!!

The Corby Speed model number is SCH-F339.

However Google-mobile-site thinks this phone as a SCH-F309.

So I guess either Samsung code has a typo in their firmware code,

OR they have slapped in some code from an earlier phone.

(No, I have not yet googled to find what exactly is a F309).

Google says it does NOT have any software/clients for this phone

(i.e Gmail client, Google Maps, etc).

One email which had a doc file attachment, when retrieved,

will consistently cause the phone to simply switch off.

Never could see that mail on this phone.

If you revisit a working email account-settings,

and just open the first email-id setting,

it will automagically update the domain names

within your smtp and pop3 settings, per email-id-domain,

without any warning to the user... and you keep wondering

why a working setting suddenly stopped working,

when all you did was to review the settings to

copy it into another new account.

The touch screen response is UNpredictable at times.

When you swipe to do a scroll something, it will get

selected... When you want to select something

it will just mildly oscillate as if ready for

a scroll request. Aargh ! So try again until the

two (you and the phone) agree on what is to be done.

I could not figure any cut-copy-paste feature on this

touch screen phone... The sadists at Samsung want

you go type everything each time you require it.

What a disaster for a touch phone !

Many many more such quirks and irritants, esp for those

who have experienced normal PDA-grade devices and phones.

I would continue using the Corby-Speed

(without choice becoz I have already paid my

hard earned money on this phone)

primarily for these functions:

(a) Make and receive voice calls

( Send and receive regular sms messages

© Use device as broadband modem for my computer.

(d) All else for occassional entertainment (or irritation). ;-)

Cheers, TechNife

[technife 3]

@Hitesh,

Can GSM phones be converted to cdma is there any way of doing so.

pls let me know as i plan to buy the samesung corby

*****

Your question can probably be answered via a counter

question which may be more easily be accepted and understood by

many non-technical persons too :

Can a regular AM radio can be converted to a FM radio ?

NO, not possible easily or affordably.

Can a regular FM radio receive a local MW (vividh-bharathi-type) broadcast ?

NO, not possible easily or affordably.

Can a CAR's petrol-engine be adpated to run on diesel ?

NO, not possible easily or affordably.

Can GSM phones be converted to CDMA ?

NO, not possible easily or affordably.

Mobile phones contain "wireless" electronics.

They also contain "computing" electronics.

This first part (wireless) is different for CDMA v/s GSM.

(users rarely interact with this part on a regular basis).

The second part (computing) is largely similar for both CDMA and GSM.

(ie display, keyboard, menus, etc which users intereact regularly).

The first part (wireless) is the problem ...

to convert a CDMA phone to a GSM phone or vice-versa,

easily and affordably.

Since the second part is always seen by users,

and seems rather similar on both CDMA and GSM phones,

it is reasonable for you ask such a question.

This is my understanding and way of explaining.

Other gurus on this forum who have better technical

understandings, please help correct my KISS

(keep it simple and stupid) explanation

is incorrect or drastically wrong.

Thanks, TechNife :-)

[avishekghosh 45]

buy it

Mate I have a question related to corby speed....are u recomend corby speed to me/others.........after using the set for few months???...is it worth to buy???what is the actual standby time & talk time now?.....other function like sound quality during call,network catching power,build quality,voice clarity,ringtone sound level,user interface,screen resolution & brightness-contrast...& also the touch responce...say few words about this matters soon....I am ready to buy this handset...& the last decission depends upon the corby users & reviewers on Rimweb....I am waiting for ur reply....

[Arun 795]

@avishekghosh: See "technife"'s posts in the last page above your post, good points there which covers most of your questions!

[bjagad 3]

I was quoted 9200 for a corby at a webworld including omh sim card is it the right price?

at web world it is around 9100 but elsewhere it is 8500 + 100 for omh sim. you have to decide.

[bjagad 3]

Finally has anyone been able to find any software that can enable one to watch full screen videos or movies in samsung corby.

hi dear i tried day and night to play full screen videos (320x240 or 352x288), have searched all sites installed a lot of touch screen softwares but failed to do so. i m still hoping to get some solution for this. lets hope some one will find a solution some day.

thanks

[trupti18181 0]

Is it possible to check download speed on Samsung corby handset itself(without using it as a tethered modem and then measuring speed on PC/Laptop)?

[Harshal 11]

Are there any additional Widgets or other Software available for Corby Speed?

[amitnsonu 72]

I was quoted 9200 for a corby at a webworld including omh sim card is it the right price?

at web world it is around 9100 but elsewhere it is 8500 + 100 for omh sim. you have to decide.

Available for 8695 in EASYDAY (Bharti wallmart JV retail) and they are giving some 500 cash back (cond. apply)

so effective price is 8195

[mirajb 0]

Bought a corby speed on 25th of March. The battery life is baddddddddddddd. Took it off the charger at 9 am and by 5 pm the battery was dead even though I talked for about 30-40 min that day.

Added tel No. from UIM card first then from the old Phone book - Corby divided both into two sets i.e. from A to Z (UIM numbers) and then A to Z old phone numbers, search function only searched the old UIM numbers and if I had to dial a old phone number, then I had to scroll down to the second list. It was so illogical and ........

The internet speed was not fast although I was using the OMH card.

Faced a lot of problems similar to some of those expressed in the above posts and agree with someone who wrote that the software if immature on this model.

Went to Samsung service center today and they declared the phone DOA (dead on arrival)and have asked me to come again tomorrow and get the replacement letter from them.

The only reason I can think of for using this phone right now is the 2000 number phonebook.

I think that if Samsung had spent some more money on improving this phone (software, battery life etc) instead of spending so much money on the advertisements then this phone could have been much better than what it is. It looks good and on paper the specs are ok but ............

[mirajb 0]

Got the DOA for exchanging the phone. But had to go to the dealer from whom I bought the phone. He does not have it in stock and has asked me to call back after the 3rd of April.

[ankur1986 3]

The touch screen response is UNpredictable at times.

When you swipe to do a scroll something, it will get

selected... When you want to select something

it will just mildly oscillate as if ready for

a scroll request. Aargh ! So try again until the

two (you and the phone) agree on what is to be done.

Agree... Its very irritating... have to keep on selecting a menu item until it gets selected..

I could not figure any cut-copy-paste feature on this

touch screen phone... The sadists at Samsung want

you go type everything each time you require it.

What a disaster for a touch phone !

Even If cut, copy options were present, looking at the type of touch screen response this phone is having, it would have been impossible to select text..

[ankur1986 3]

Answer to ur third :

just dial *759#813580 and a menu will appear the go to HDR setting in which you will find Hybrid setting in that you can select EVDO only or 1x only or both(Hybrid) the phone will restart in the end.

Info Given By Bhavesh Jagad

Thanx a lot for the menu code.. was looking for it for months on internet.. thanx a lot !!!

Edited April 1, 2010 by ankur1986

[me_saket 73]

@ankur

did u got OMH sim from MTS???

[bjagad 3]

hi all

to all who are unhappy with corby (like me) here goes some good collection from my side. i have surfed a lot found about thousands of java applications and checked them one by one. i have only kept applications that are working on corby.

please post your comment

thanks

http://rapidshare.com/files/371040589/samsung_coby_bjagad.rar.html

[me_saket 73]

nice work

I was trying to search more advanced dictionary+ thesaurus.

But not able to download can u send me on email or

Tell me from where otherplace in can do?

Edited April 2, 2010 by me_saket

[bjagad 3]

nice work

I was trying to search more advanced dictionary+ thesaurus.

But not able to download can u send me on email or

Tell me from where otherplace in can do?

give me your e mail id i will send one by one

[dwaip 0]

hi all

to all who are unhappy with corby (like me) here goes some good collection from my side. i have surfed a lot found about thousands of java applications and checked them one by one. i have only kept applications that are working on corby.

please post your comment

thanks

http://rapidshare.com/files/371040589/samsung_coby_bjagad.rar.html

Hi

Can you please let me know how to open this. I was able to download the rar file but not able to decompress.

Thanks in advance

dwaip