With the Android smartphone platform gaining momentum as the number of handsets available expands, T-Mobile has introduced its own-brand low-cost touchscreen alternative – the T-Mobile Pulse.
The Pulse offers a pay-as-you-go route into the Google-powered smartphone world.
Starting at £179.99 in pre-pay deals (and expected to be free with contracts), it's the most affordable Android-equipped smartphone so far.
While HTC has made the early running as the main Android handset producer, manufacturers like Samsung and Motorola have recently joined the game with their own debut Android touchscreen phones, and a bunch of others, including LG, Sony Ericsson and Acer, are committed to releases in the near future.
The market certainly is about to get a whole lot hotter.
T-Mobile's own-brand Pulse is a handset sourced from Chinese mobile communications maker Huawei (best known in this country for supplying mobile internet dongles to the major networks). The Pulse is a T-Mobile optimised version of the HU8220, and is a slab design with a 3.5-inch touchscreen – the largest on an Android phone so far.
The T-Mobile Pulse may be the most affordable Android handset to date, but that doesn't mean a lean set of features.
It has HSPA and Wi-Fi high-speed data connectivity, is equipped with A-GPS satellite location-finding technology and supports a rich spread of video, music and other media functions, including a 3.2-megapixel camera.
Running on the Android 1.5 Cupcake version of the smartphone OS, it comes loaded up with the usual healthy set of standard Android applications and has plenty of functionality out of the box, including all the Google regulars.
In addition, users can, of course, augment the onboard software with application downloads, using the embedded Android Market application to browse apps online.
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codychase
November 10th 2010
5. Dear Joanne,
If you brought a bransd new, top of the range, laptop and then proceeded to download everthing with a download link attached chances are that your brand new computer will eventually grind down to a halt as it attempted to process the said applications. Android technology is relativly new, and you do have to make allowences when considering which applications you really need. I to am a Pulse owner and I to, after downloading numerous apps, experienced the system crashingl. However, after sorting through which apps i really needed, and those which I don't, have found that at around 10-15 apps installed the Pulse can process these without any problems. If after installing more apps you find that the performance is impaired I strongly recommend the deletion of unused apps. It worked for me I hope this also ends your own frustration.
Cody Chase.
P.S. If you do start to experience freezing up problems, DO NOT install anything before first removing.
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bocajuniors
April 5th 2010
4. Mobilniot e zver.
Brz protok na informacii, lesen za upotreba, instaliranje appl po zelba, baterijata e masina, izdrzuva okolu sedum dena so koristenje i surfanje, podrzuva wi-fi, prakticen, golem ekran za fotki. Mana mu e kamerata sto e slaba no sepak e toa mobilen telefon, a ne kamera za fotki. Na zvuk za muzicki fajlovi e super. I vredi za cenata za koja e ponuden
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aleksandar
February 14th 2010
3. mikiriki kazimi dali vredi da se kupi ovaj telefon
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mikiriki
December 1st 2009
2. Hello from Mihajlo,
Several days ago, I bought this T-mobile Pulse phone, because there was a really nice offer from friend of mine. I didn`t list the apps before buying, I didn`t check the camera...(what was I thinking...)...
There are a lot of apps that are working properly so far, bat the camera...that`s very sad thing. I tought, because the same number of megapixels (3.2, like NOKIA E71, that I have too), there would be the same picture quality....BUTTTTT....NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!!
I have NOKIA E71 too, this is the nicest phone (everything works properly and battery lasts long enought.
I want to ask anybody of You, if there is something (some aplication) like night camera or something else, please tell me, or give me some advice about T-mobile Pulse. I don`t wanna give up this phone without to give it a chance!!!!
I`m very thankfull!!!!!
Mihajlo from Macedonia.
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joanne
November 30th 2009
1. My name is Joanne, and i have just recently upgraded to the Pulse phone, because of the "oh so many cool applications". In truth, the camera if the only good thing about the phone, as well as the large screen.
I have downloaded 20 apps so far, and my phone had literally crashed, and wont even turn on any more. its dead. I can not believe this phone, which T-mobile recommended, is only 179.00 on pay as you go. the battery life is pretty ****, and you cant actually download any songs or videos from the T-mobile web site, because they keep saying my phone "not recognised by T-mobile".
Please help!!!
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