On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:20:57 +0100, "cybuerke" <cybuerke@PLMgmail.com>
wrote:
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>The phone arrived just before mid-day as promised. The packaging was
>excellent, the outer box being over twice the length of the display box
>containing the gubbins. Not a dent or a crease to be seen, so kudos to
>Sipgate and UPS.[/color]
So far so good[color=blue]
> Just to knock the Teutonic efficiency a little bit
>though - my phone number was displayed on the outer box for the benefit of
>the courier, but it was in international format with a '49' country code.
>("Nein, nein, zer iz no Herr Cybuerke at zis nummer".)[/color]

Looks like Sipgate do not regard a customers privacy a great deal
can't see the phone number being displayed for the world to see being
down to UPS who in my opinion are the very best in the business, we
have had many deliveries and collections by them without complaint .[color=blue]
>According to the manual, the battery should go on charge for 8 hours, but
>inside the box was a Sipgate flyer forbidding me to use the phone until a 24
>hour charge had been applied.[/color]
I have had 8's and 12hr charges but never seen a 24 hr request .
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>Not a big problem in itself, but I'm
>wondering whether the reports of the battery being rubbish might have
>something to do with this?[/color]

More than likely[color=blue]
> There is no charging cradle, just a usb lead
>that plugs into a euro mains plug (that in turn plugs into a UK mains plug)
>at one end, and a baby usb connector that goes into the phone itself. The
>euro plug felt very hot after a few minutes, so I'll be checking on that.
>I've parked a smoke detector and a dry powder extinguisher nearby just in
>case. (Wotdya mean, paranoid?)[/color]

Now you have really put me of buying one only waited to read what you
have posted and very pleased I did on the other hand you don't get a
cradle with the Starcoms either although they are available at extra
cost .what really has put me of is the messing about with the euro
plug and having to use a UK plug also. I bought a radio scanner some
time ago that came with this sort of set up these where two great
massive contraptions the lot went back sharpish .
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>One more thing. I'm not yet ready to put in a SIM card, but I can't get
>past the WAP configuration part of the menu, so until a sim is inserted, it
>looks as though I won't be able to configure the voip part. I'll see if I
>can scrounge one to try.
>[/color]
Best of luck and I hope it all works out for you but I can't be doing
with " toys"that need all that stuff before one can use them my money
stays in the bank :)))) .