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Telstra EasyTouch Discovery

By Joseph Hanlon, CNET.com.au on 05 December 2008 01:04 PM

Tags: telstra, easy touch, discovery, phone, lesson


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    For people with limited dexter ...Hank Wyllie -- 15/02/09

    For people with limited dexterity or speech impaired and only need a mobile to SMS this is a progressive step. Although not ideal due the small menu button in centre is at least a big step in making mobile phones accessible instead of the tiny, tiny unuseable phones currentlly available. It's the best new phone I've been able to use! Go Telstra.

    The good: Good size, easy to use flip top, wide spaced buttons, good menu.

    The bad: Middle control button too small. Could be open design insted of flip.

    Worked well for a week then ou ...chris souter -- 04/03/09

    Worked well for a week then out of the blue it started taking photos all by itself and would not respond to key strokes so I cannot answer calls.
    Have to remove battery to stop but still carrying on- very offputting when walking past small children and camera goes off I must say!!!

    The good: looks good

    The bad: won't work

    As a "nana phone" th ...Sue Adlam -- 31/03/09

    As a "nana phone" this delivers the goods. I've had mine for 2 weeks now - it's my second ZTE phone and is a significant improvement on earlier models.

    The good: Keys are easy to see and use, and the screen resolution and clarity is great although the screen is almost impossible to read in strong sunlight. The camera is more than adequate although there's a huge lag between taking the shot and the shot actually being taken. Battery life has so far been excellent.

    The bad: Poor screen visibility in sunlight; camera lag; can't save the number from an SMS to Contacts (although you can do this for calls); you can't move back one level when using messaging.

    this is all very well, but I o ...Anne Richardson -- 15/04/09

    this is all very well, but I only have a CD drive.... what do I do? I can't connect the phone to the computer

    Not really user freindly and n ...Melissa Long -- 15/06/09

    Not really user freindly and not a phone I would purchase again

    The good: big buttonw

    The bad: cannot save numbers from SMS, hard to read in sunlight, cannot delete all the Telstra & bigpond crap that is installed in phone book, SMS and message beeps ONCE letting you know there is a message, pretty useless if you dont hear it as it may be hours or days before you realise you have a message (and this cannot be changed).

    I found The phones at www.seni ...ian -- 29/06/09

    I found The phones at www.seniorphone.com.au
    to be more user friendly, and easier for my dad to use. it also includes an SOS button incase he falls
    and is half the price at $179

    The good: fliptop

    The bad: quite expensive hard to use

    I only have cd drive as well s ...peter dahl -- 02/07/09

    I only have cd drive as well so can not connect to computer like my last one.

    saving from SMS Anonymous -- 26/09/09

    open message,view,go to options.open use highlight object,save contact

    message beeps Anonymous -- 26/09/09

    set a ringtone for ur messages so it rings like a phone call ( have a different ring to calls)

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