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USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

10/1/2009 4:11:28 AM

which type of program files can i instal on it?
exe ? may be?!

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

9/19/2009 3:17:40 PM

Can the browser be tweaked to display a full page view or can Opera mini be installed without a problem?

dial*#6984125*#
select: network and call setting
select: connections
select: browser
then in the access name use: internet2.voicestream.com
scroll to proxy address and remove the :80

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

9/19/2009 3:05:05 PM

it can be tweaked by getting full html browser ill show you how to also in my next comment

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

9/19/2009 3:03:17 PM

if you go to the store you could ask them or ask customer care at 611

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

9/14/2009 4:38:24 PM

Good phone. The camera is great, even blown up/zoomed in; also it has autofocus. Not possible to change screen lock pics as of yet, also not possible to USB/bluetooth tether. Those are the two major problems. The widget bar is nice, being able to pull them off is pointless. Inbox holds 300-ish, i think. Don't get much 3G in my area, so internet is slow via EDGE. Browser is decent, Opera mini is better. Doesn't support 240x400 videos, so u have to deal w 240x320; black bars on each side. Supports mp4 & 3gp and for audio, mp3 and .wav (others obviously but these being the most important). Touchscreen txting is pretty fast w predictive input, but it lags a little, only real bad when sound is on for some reason. Haptic feedback also makes typing on touchscreen much easer. Freazing also occurs occasionally for me at least, esp when battery is low and mostly when deleting inbox/outbox. Must pull battery out. Music player is nice, and song organization is top notch. Easy lock function is ultra handy since its thin enough to put in your pocket. Front screen is also something thats important to me, and on lock, it shows time in large print, date in smaller print (ex: 09.14 Mon), and how many texts, missed calls, voice mails, and im messages you received. The arrow pointing to the unlock button is pretty helpful at first, esp in the dark as it doesnt stick out the side. Nice phone, esp for Tmobile.

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

9/12/2009 4:23:08 PM

you should ask tmobile customer care they give you great service

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

9/8/2009 1:27:47 PM

the behold is awesome but i wish it had a full qwerty keyboard when you bring the texting up

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

8/30/2009 11:40:56 AM

anyone can tell me that t919 has a radio player ????

USER REVIEW: SAMSUNG BEHOLD T919

8/29/2009 11:13:47 AM

PROSTOUCHSCREEN, CAMERA, PRICE, SPEAKER PHONE, WEB ACCESS, MY FAVE SERVICE, ONLINE SERVICES-BILL/MY FAVE CHANGES
CONS
GETTING USE TO "NO FLIP" DEVICE, NOT ENOUGH INFO REGARDING CAMERA/USB DOWNLOAD IN MANUAL-SPENT 2 HOURS ONLINE GETTING INFO.
SUMMARY
I ADORE THIS PHONE! PRICE - GET A DEAL WITH TMOBILE! (LOTS OF PKGS TO CHOOSE FROM)-AS LOW AS .99 ! SDCARD, USB CABLE COMES WITH PKG! SLEEK, STYLISH, TOUCHSCREEN IS GREAT! 5MEGAPIXELS! BEST OF ALL (FOR ME) TAKING PICTURES W/PHONE AND USING IDEAS FOR OIL PAINTINGS/MURALS. EASY AS PIE!GREAT FOR LOTS OF LAUGHS WHEREVER YOU ARE................

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

8/24/2009 2:16:25 AM
i think its because there's a possibility that your fingers touch the little circle dots at top. the 2 little circles are sensors. im pretty sure this is the reason...take your phone and when your listening to music touch or cover the two and see what happens. if its not that just get it checked out ok.

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

7/20/2009 7:39:27 PM
my samsung behold shuts off by it's self while i'm listening to music from the media player.Any 1 know why this is happening?

USER REVIEW: i love my new phone !

7/16/2009 10:50:31 PM
PROS*sexy design [i have the light rose color]
*touch screen is really responsive
*awesome camera/picture/video quality
*ringtones/music/audio sounds awesome
CONS
*only two things i can think of to KINDA complain about...

1) the camera takes a few seconds to actually snap and take the picture

2) when the phone is on lock and is on the screensaver mode, u cant change that pic., so ur stuck lookin at flowers or designs. lol
SUMMARY
i love my new phone, ive never had a hi-tech phone that had all these awesome qualities to it. i LOVE txting with this phone, the touch key board is amazing.

ARTICLE: Upgraded web2go for Behold and Memoir

7/11/2009 12:35:00 AM
If you want the Internet on your Behold or Memoir but don't want to spring $19.95 a month, web2go is your best alternative to a full-blown data subscription--especially if you already have messaging bundled with a family plan. As a helpful rep told me this morning, web2go is $9.95 a month and gives you high-speed Internet access for the first 10 Gigs of each month. After that, data is throttled but still available.

Web2go has been a bit awkward in the past and my wife generally avoided browsing on her Behold. T-Mobile recognized this consensus and responded by making web2go more touch screen friendly; requiring less scrolling and fewer clicks or taps to get to your favorite content (which will load faster, BTW). Dynamic RSS feed icons, customized weather, and um...horoscopes are included.

So, if you need a cheap data plan but were unhappy with web2go in the past, now might be the time to give it another shot.

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

6/18/2009 6:27:10 PM
i say that the samsung memoir is ALOT better than the behold. But there is a very hefty pricetag. For what it's worth though, I will probably go with the behold, the only diffrences are the 5 megapixel camera to the 8 megapixel, And the designs.

USER REVIEW: nice phone!

5/25/2009 2:22:19 AM
PROSgreat touchscreen, solid design very easy to use interface, nice camera, and a metal back cover, etc
CONS
wished there was more features, no wifi
SUMMARY
i picked up this phone after a contract renewal. big upgrade from the w490. the phone is really to use and learn. the design is solid and classy, does not feel cheap at all, and the battery cover lock is a one of a kind feature. The phone sometimes lags, and the browser is a bit baggy. also, the screen is hard to see in the sun texting on the onscreen keyboard is pretty smooth, save a button location. the bast part is it does not require a data plan like the g1, this phone is not a smartphone, but a regular phone on steroids, overall, great product

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

5/17/2009 1:05:15 PM
i got the phone back in december but i know someone that got it recently and it has better icons/features now

USER REVIEW: Love it!!

5/11/2009 6:48:53 PM
PROSIts a touch screen, and its awesome..
CONS
The only problem I've been having is when I'm on the phone and want to send a txt.. And changing the screen savers on the lock screen.
SUMMARY
I love this phone. Its so awesome and its about time t-mobile got something worth while. lol. But not only that the texting is pretty easy. U can tilt the phone side ways so that the display screen turns sidewyas, and if you do while your texting you get a full qwerty board.

The touch screen is pretty responsible and i'm pretty sure you can hold between 100-200 messages. depending on how much room is available on your phone and memory card.

But in all if you have some questions you can ask. :)

ITs awesome and worth the money!!

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

4/25/2009 6:50:07 PM
awesome phone! it is very durable and a solid phone. i dropped it once screen 1st on nothing happened to it. the best part is it has a METAL cover on the back. flagship anyone?

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

3/20/2009 11:18:05 PM
yea

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

3/9/2009 4:56:29 AM
Can i watch Youtube videos on the phone?

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

3/1/2009 8:27:21 PM
how do i connect it to the car stereo throught the auxilary plug?

USER COMMENT: Re: Samsung Behold T919 Espresso

2/23/2009 10:16:23 PM
i really want this phone...it looks very cool. ive heard its good.

ARTICLE: Breaking: T-Mobile and Samsung Crippling Web Browser on Memoir

2/23/2009 11:35:00 AM
Many thanks to the reader who sent this tip - with photos - in, even though it made my Monday morning a little sad. Looks like T-Mobile and Samsung are up to the same nonsense it pulled with the Samsung Behold in touting the Memoir's "full HTML Web browser" only to cripple the sucker by routing it through their new Web2Go servers. According to the tip and photos I woke up to, Memoir is configured out of the box to render Web sites in some sort of "compelling and intuitive" new WAP + format, leaving them somewhere between WAP and HTML, with anchor tag type links added up top against a T-Mo Magenta background. Blech.

Guys, "full HTML" means full HTML, and it's what the people want. Leave the WAP formatting to Webmasters, okay? They know what they're doing.
The upside here is that it looks like the same hack that freed Behold from the chains of T-Mo's proxy server will also work on Memoir, giving you full access to the phone's Web browser. Memoir appears (from the photos) to ship with the same browser as Behold , and it's not a bad browser for a featurephone. An easy-to-follow hack will route you away from the Web2Go sever and out into the full Web, and according to our dear reader/viewer, the hack works on Memoir just like it does on Behold. S/he even included a few before an after photos as proof: PhoneDog may be missing an image or two in the "after" shot, but it's rendered more or less as it should be, and without that annoying magneta header.

Note that AT&T's Eternity ships with the same browser as Behold and Memoir but is fully ready to rock the big, bad HTML Web right of the box. I never thought I'd say this, but score one for AT&T and shame on you T-Mo. Or T-Mo and Samsung. Or whoever's behind this evil plot.

Here's another shot of another Website in "Web2Go" format, and a shot of the Admin screen that lets you change the server setting. I'll be sure to try this out myself and report back just as soon as I can. In the meantime, thanks Dear Reader ... and big ups for including a cameo of D12 in the background of your pics!

ARTICLE: My take on Samsung's Behold (T-Mobile)

1/5/2009 4:45:00 PM

Pros: nice look, friendly camera interface, 3G, 5MP, good touchscreen, functions as USB mass storage device.

Cons: poor web browsing, GPS is limited to bad bundled app or freebie downloads; no Google Maps.

I wanted to get my wife a new phone for Christmas. We are T-Mobile customers, so I called in and said I was looking for a good camera phone that had a full QWERTY; soft or physical. The agent immediately recommended the Behold, and pointed out that it comes in a rose color (pink). My wife likes pink when used tastefully, and this flavor of the phone does look feminine and classy.
I had seen a few reviews and forum posts saying that the "full HTML" browser was a disappointment, and that the 5MP cam spec was a bit misleading. With this in mind, I ordered the Behold. And this is where the difference between a happy and cheated customer lies. From what I've heard, T-Mo made a huge mistake in the way they marketed this device.

I never saw a Behold television commercial until after I had the phone. I don't see anything in the ad I watched online that misrepresents the handset. But apparently, the combination of terminology and image portrayed in various media came together to give people an inaccurate impression of the Behold. And full web browsing is not an appropriate term.

My wife loves the phone. So do I, really. She can get around just fine with her finger, but can use a stylus to play Bejeweled. The web browsing sucks, but she doesn't use it anyway. The question is, would she use it if it were available? Well, the server hack didn't work for me, but I'll keep tinkering. She does use IM and email, so I don't want to cut her data plan. $24.95 is a ridiculous fee for just those services, though. The $9.99 Web-2-Go has a data cap with an overage limit of $15. I would switch to that, but T-Mo says, "No-go." It's one of the two Behold data plans or no data at all, I'm sorry to say. The GPS isn't very good either. But again, she's just not interested in it.

As a media player, my wife loves the Behold. It sounds great with or without phones, and the screen looks darn nice. The camera is actually very cool. It may not be top-of-the-line in terms of image quality, but the photos look good to me - good enough for 4 X 6 prints. The interface is great, and I love browsing the photo gallery by tilting the phone and feeling a satisfying click each time a shot slides by. I think the panorama mode works well and is a nice touch.

Taking pictures is a true pleasure after using my G1. One feature that makes Behold a great camera phone is the smile mode. With this enabled, you get everyone together and press the shutter once. The cam takes care of focus and lighting adjustments. Then, you tell everyone to smile, hit the button again, and the picture is snapped almost instantly. This eliminates my number one complaint regarding camera phones. Most pics I take with a phone end up with everyone holding a fake half-smile; sick of waiting for my cam to snap.

In the end, I think the most important factor in purchasing a Behold is knowing its limitations. If you want a solid phone with a strong cam, good touchscreen, fun interface, and sleek look, you may love the Behold. If you want an Internet powerhouse, you'll hate it.

My verdict: Big thumbs up if matched to the right user.

USER REVIEW: G

12/28/2008 12:28:53 AM
PROSG
CONS
G
SUMMARY
the phone is just awesome its small cool and i mean it has wat i need