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Samsung Tocco ? Mobile Office On The Go
Category: CommunicationAs a business man constantly on the go, I’m always looking
for ways to make my life both easier and more productive. As I continue to test the Samsung Tocco (also
known as F480), I’m only more and more impressed by the capabilities of this
phone. It’s fast becoming my mobile
office on the go.
For starters, you can view both PowerPoint and Office
documents on this phone with the built in viewer. The phone has BPP and Pictbridge so that you can even use the
phone for printing out copies of them.
I can use the phone to stay in full communication with my
clients and the office and I have a variety of ways to do that. I can obviously use the phone for making and
receiving calls, and the phone has full Internet capabilities as well. Since most of my clients prefer to
communicate using Internet technologies - whether it’s a voice over Internet
type of application, Instant Messaging or Email - accessing the Internet is a
business critical function for me to have the consistent and constant ability
to use. This phone has all of those
capabilities in spades.
The address book allows 1000 entries in memory, and there’s
228 megabytes of storage space, which is the maximum the address book will
store. There’s a MicroSD slot that
supports up to 8 gigabytes of storage.
Samsung has worked very hard at providing international
users with all the tools they need to get the maximum use out of this
phone. You can keep track of time
around the world with it. UK users will
find that there is even the Irish language available for use. You’ll also find a currency converter for
traveling.
It’s not unusual for me to find a good use for the video
recording in working with my clients, as well.
The phone can record and then send a video file or a voice memo message as
an attachment to my clients and my team.
There’s a Personal Information Management system not
including the address book. There’s a
calendar, a to do list, a memo book and a notes function. You can synchronize your information with
your PC or laptop using SyncML and you can use the pretty ubiquitous USB to do
it.
The camera takes photos in resolutions up to 5 megabytes. The phone has a built in Power LED light as
well as a built in flash. There’s a 4x
digital zoom and the phone has built in editing abilities.
The standard sized battery will last up to 3 hours on talk
time with up to 250 hours of standby time.
Essentially, this phone is one of the smallest offices I’ve
ever seen, because it offers much of the same capability that an office
would. It’s a beautiful, sleek
workhorse and I have yet to find a good reason to avoid recommending , so ? as
the saying goes ? it gets “two thumbs up? from us.
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