Sony Ericsson TM506 Phone, Black/Green
- Svelte, eye-catching clamshell phone in green and black well-matched with T-Mobile’s 3G network (available in select markets)
- Well-matched with T-Mobile’s MyFaves service–unlimited calling to your five most called contacts
- 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music; M2 expansion up to 4 GB; digital audio player
- Up to 9.5 hours of GSM talk time (3.5 hours on 3G networks), up to 250 hours (10+ days) of standby time
- Includes: handset, battery, travel charger, wired handsfree headset, quick start handbook
Amazon.com Product Description
With an all around eye-catching design, the compact and stylish clamshell Sony Ericsson TM506 for T-Mobile keeps you connected to your closest friends and family members with T-Mobiles myFaves. It’s also Sony Ericsson’s first handset supporting T-Mobile’s HSDPA 3G network (in select markets), which provides quick web downloads and multimedia messaging. With built-in GPS and Telenav Route-finder software, you can get turn-by-turn directions via voice and screen as well as see nearby restaurants, gas stations, and more. Other features contain Bluetooth for handsfree communication and stereo music streaming, a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, memory expansion via Micro Stick Micro (M2) media, digital audio player, and up to 9.5 hours of talk time.
The eye-catching, compact clamshell TM506 delivers an exceptional Web experience thanks to T-Mobile’s 3G network (available in select markets). |
T-Mobile Service
The TM506 operates on GSM 850/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile’s EDGE network (which stands for “Enhanced Data Rates for Comprehensive Evolution”). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is quick enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
It’s also well-matched with T-Mobile’s UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide quicker data speeds when accessing the Web or downloading content from the T-Mobile t-zones content portal. T-Mobile is currently rolling out its 3G network, and it expects by year’s end that its high-speed data network will be available in persons cities where a majority of its subscribers currently use data services.
Call your pet broadcast with T-Mobile’s myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most ordinary contacts–on any network, even landlines–without using any of your minutes. You’ll also get free domestic long distance and no digital wandering charges anywhere crosswise the US on all calls. (All myFaves plans require a two-year narrow.) Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Download cool new games, HiFi Ringers (real songs by today’s hottest artists), MegaTones (instrumental versions of songs), and wallpapers quickly, as well as stay connected via the Web, instant messaging, and email.
The sleek TM506 comes in silver and green models, each with an ebony black front clamshell. |
Phone Features
The Sony Ericsson TM506 proves that excellent things come in small packages. Its compact design fits into any pocket, purse or briefcase for consumers on the go. A thin outer show (1.1-inch, 128 x 36 pixels, monochrome) on the sleek ebony gloss clamshell allows you to glance at caller ID without having to open the phone. It also provides current time, signal strength, and battery life. The interior screen measures 2.2 inches, has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution, and supports a 262K color depth. The alpha-numeric keypad has a unique overlapping circular design surrounded by lighted accents and they have a rubbery feel for simple keying.
The phone has 32 MB of internal memory, which can be expanded via optional Memory Stick Micro (M2) media, up to 4 GB in size. The internal phonebook provides storage for up to 1000 contact entries, with up to seven phone numbers per entry as well as an email address, road address, and web URL.
The integrated Bluetooth technology (version 2.0) allows handsfree communication with a well-matched headset as well as the ability to chat files with another Bluetooth well-matched device. And, with the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of well-matched Bluetooth stereo headphones. Additionally, you can connect to your PC using infrared or USB.
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The 2-megapixel camera provides several resolution options for any saving for print or sending via MMS messaging. Other features contain a 2.5x digital zoom (for use at lower resolutions), panorama multi-shot capabilities, white balance and brightness adjustments, night mode, manifold color effects and frames, and a self-timer. The camcorder function of the camera can shoot in two modes: for as long as you have available memory for saving or a maximum of 45 seconds for sending via email or MMS. Share special moments with T-Mobile’s My Album online sharing as well as the phone’s video blogging capability.
The in-phone media player supports video and audio playback–supported audio formats contain MP3 and AAC–and it features playlists as well as shuffle and repeat modes. It also includes a “Music Mode” that shuts down the phone functions so you can listen on an airplane or anytime you don’t want to acknowledge calls. Meanwhile, Digital Mega Bass and stereo widening combine to enhance your listening experience.
The TM506’s built-in aGPS (helped GPS) navigation capability along with the Telenav attention enables you to everlastingly know your location get turn-by-turn voice-helped directions. It also provides the ability to add geotagging information to your photos so you’ll remember where snapshots were taken.
The phone offers a full range of email, text, and multimedia messaging options, including access to personal email viewed through the included Access NetFront web browser. It also supports RSS feeds, allowing you to use your phone to view up-to-the-minute news and other content from selected Web sites and blogs. Just subscribe to the feed and let it come to you.
Other features contain:
- Messaging: SMS text, MMS picture and video
- Email: From select POP3 email fiscal statement
- T9 extrapolative text entry
- USB connectivity with mass storage capability
- Organizational tools: calendar, alarm clock, tasks, notes, timer, stopwatch, calculator
- Speakerphone
- Well-matched with polyphonic and real-music ringtones
- Downloadable Java-based games
- Supports Chat ActiveSync for synchronizing your Outlook contacts
- Bluetooth version 2.0+EDR with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PAN (personal area networking), PBA (transfer contacts)
Vital Data
The Sony Ericsson TM506 weighs 3.6 ounces and measures 1.8 x 3.7 x 0.7 inches. Its 950 mAh lithium-polymer battery is rated at up to 9.5 hours of talk time on GSM networks (3.5 hours of talk time using the 3G network), and up to 250 hours of standby time. It runs on the 850/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as 1700/2100 MHz UMTS/HSDPA 3G frequencies.
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Now first, I am not a man who likes cell phones, and I don’t reckon much of men who do [see my review #28]. But I did have to get a new one, not really because of the problems with the ancient one, but because of the plot running out, and this seemed like the best of the “free” ones (on that, more shortly). I was pleased with the sturdy construction, the high signal quality, and the fact that it was associated with T-Mobile which I far prefer to anything associated with the evil empire of ATT. And in general, I would say that I have been very pleased with it. It feels nice in your hand, you can sit on it in your back pocket and it won’t break. There are gads of special features for the kids these days, but the regular broadcast will appreciate the syncing software which works far better than my ironically named Samsung Sync. I did find that the power cord that came with it was pretty junky, but the phone itself worked quite well. And it is simple to personalize and all that.
Funnily enough, my problems come from how attached I became to it. It not only downloaded all my appointments, and synchronized contacts with a T-Mobile server for me (very nice), but has an simple-to-use voice recorder. This has some drawbacks. Persons of us who get attached to a computer as if it were the “everything drawer” in kitchen (that is,we dump in all our personal stuff) don’t worry about confidentiality, because the computer automatically locks when you leave, and anyone prowling needs a password.
Phones don’t do that, and cell phones are the kind of thing you give to someone else for the day, adage “it’s okay honey, just call me on this and I’ll leave and pick you up.” That isn’t necessarily a problem for everyone, but let me tell you, it sure is if you happen to be dating a confidential detective!
Persons who’ve been following my reviews I reckon by now know that my huge rebound like turned out to be someone who was basically a bounty hunter. I do believe that at least at first she really cared for me, and we had some wonderful times together, but she had really looked me up because of a tip that she could make a quick bundle if she was able to get a touch out of me that would solve a company’s legal problems.
And that’s basically where the voice recorder came in; it wasn’t the key prove, but it was enough for her to bluff more out of me. The craziest thing is that the lead originally came from nowhere else than these reviews! In the process of really trying to clarify my relation to a product in order to give a full, open and objective review, I had dropped small bits of information that a creative person at my ancient firm place together. Now you might reckon that the odds of this are small, but in the candy business, we were very attentive to broadcast opinion and when one of your competitors gets slammed, you want to know who is doing the slamming.
I have to say, even though my resulting practical legal problems are extensive, it was the violation of trust that really disturbed me. Not that between me and my lady friend — I’m not so naive to reckon that there can ever be real openness in a boy-girl relation — but that between me and you, the readers. Persons reviews were written as a kind of channel linking my mind, and my experiences, to your mind. I tried to argue that these were a protected form of professional communication, such as that between a priest and a parishioner. The gray suits raised their eyebrows, but did look into it briefly. Apparently, even if it were similar, it isn’t protected if the priest tells the parishioner that he (the priest) committed a crime (though there’s no precedent). Figure that out! Here’s this guy working over time trying to keep broadcast on the honest and narrow, and he’s got less in the way of civil rights than the Tom, Dick and Harry’s of his flight.
But before I forget–the rebate issue. What do you reckon are really the odds that you’ll keep all the documents and prove that you need to really get your rebate? If you’re anything like me, you’re busy reading the manual and trying out all the features for the first few days, and by the time you remember to do the rebate, at least some of persons papers have walked away (or, in my case, finished up as state’s prove! Just kidding–I everlastingly lose these things). The more fun the electronic toy, the longer you delay and the less likely you are to ever see the money.
And the kind of Blackberry-like close relation that the TM506 can inspire with you is a bit addictive. It means you unnecessarily spend hours moving things around and adjusting them. Now that I am facing the serious possibility of jail time, it’s hard to imagine long stretches inside with no electronic gizmos. Certainly no one wants to hear your review of the mess hall! Perhaps I’ll write a novel. I’ve everlastingly wanted to write one. [60]
Rating: 3 / 5
Very dissatisfied with this phone and with T-Mobile’s customer “service.” Phone has inherent issues aside from problems that developed over time. Slow response time when key is pressed. Mine has cut calls when receiving a text message or voicemail. Top left soft key and center button stop working a few times a week. Have to turn the phone off to reactivate. Side button (when closed) doesn’t respond sometimes. Latest trick – all phone contacts are gone except for 5 faves. T-Mobile’s solution to anything? Master reset. Lose everything stored on the phone including all photos, unless you wanted them stored online, which I didn’t. Wedged with it for next year and a half. Will look for a new carrier then with better products and, with a bit of luck, better customer service.
Rating: 1 / 5
Terrible bluetooth connectivity. I used the same bluetooth headset on other SE phone with no problem and this phone just refuses to maintain a stable connection. Also, this is the only SE phone that doen’t allow you to sync your contacts and calendar with a Mac PC. The menu is extremely slow. You press a button and it takes about two seconds for a touch to show up and I dont have that much media on it. Overall a below average SE phone. Wouldn’t recommend if you are looking to upgrade to a better SE phone.
UPDATE 7/23
Forget about texting, it is a nightmare! How dumb for them to place the power button right below the # key. You use the # key 99% of the time to enter a space when you text. And because the power button is right below it, you will accidentally hit the power button, at times shutting down your phone. I would lower the rating to one but I’m too huge of Sony Ericsson fan to do so.
Rating: 2 / 5
T-Mobile offered us a free TM506 when, several months after our narrow expired, I articulated a strong desire to cancel the T-Mobile service. It was really really ‘free’ – no narrow obligations at all, only an incentive for us to keep staying as T-Mobile customers. That wasn’t excellent enough for me so T-Mobile then made me an offer I couldn’t refuse – the TM506 AND unlimited calls for half the monthly fee of their normal plot. Again, no narrow commitment. In view of the fact that my wife is a huge talker, I took the offer. In fact, I even took a 2 year narrow to prevent them from raising their fees for the next 2 years. The plot is called ‘loyalty reward’ or a touch like that. After a couple of months on it, we are very, very pleased.
Now, the phone:
Surprisingly, this is a VERY excellent flip phone. And you can see the specs at the Amazon page. I see no reason to type a full or a partial list here. In view of the fact that it is replacing a Razr, I would say that it takes the traditional classic Razr design one step farther to make a sleek, sexy and functional but not ostentatious ‘day-to-day’ phone. A touch that’s a pleasure to use but you are not likely to grieve its loss if lost – our ancient Razr Stylus was literally eaten by our dogs and my wife was so attached to it, she couldn’t use another phone for several days.
Still, subjectively speaking, I like the very bright screen, the simple to navigate menus… well… after you take some time to learn them, the many options. Unlike some of the more sophisticated ‘phones’, this one is really a phone, in the sense that the things it does best are truly ‘phone ‘ functions. Yes, it has a camera and yes, you can play music or games on it but when you reckon of it you reckon of a phone with many enhancements rather than a computer or an email device you can speak into – did I mention that it takes voice notes?
For a phone, there are two things I don’t appreciate:
- the speaker volume is way too low
- the charger/earphones boundary is proprietary
Making myself the devil’s advocate, I would say that the speaker’s low volume preserve the impressive battery time – and any bluetooth headset will work with it and that the proprietary boundary reduces the need for two interfaces on the phone, one for the charger (USB?) and one for the earbuds but, still, I see how not everyone would appreciate this.
As for my rating, this is pretty much as excellent as it gets when it comes to free phones being offered without a narrow to loyal customers. Persons who wish more bells and whistles and are willing to pay for them, the TM506 won’t offer a lot but if all one wants is a phone with some added distractions, this is it.
It’s 4 stars mainly because a the low-volume speaker (a PHONE feature) and for the proprietary charger (a PHONE feature again). As far as the free phones go, it’s highly recommended.
Rating: 4 / 5
Broadcast who are thinking of buying this product, don’t listen to the guy who gave it 3*s. This phone deserves 5*s.
Pro’s: It has GPS. A really nice camera. Sleek design. Media player. It works with any computer (I have a macbook and my ancient phone didn’t work with Itunes). Bluetooth is SO quick. Has 3g. Has plenty of memory (If you have the M2 stick). Quick texting, REALLY quick. No broken keys when you text. (Like the ancient Walkmen). Sturdy phone. (Dropped it 5 times and left it outside in the rain and it was still excellent). Camera is AMAZING. Quick email. It’s cool how you can control your computer with bluetooth. Speaker is excellent.
Cons: Huh? Why can’t you zoom in on 2 megapixel????? It cost money to look at email and send email. Fingerprint magnet. WHY CAN’T YOU GET THE BATTERY CASE OFF?? IT’S IMPOSSIBLE! Cost’s money for GPS. The part where you plug in to your phone to charge, is hard to pull out. Signal recording isn’t all that excellent.
Well, that’s all I can say about this AWESOME phone. I would recommend it to whoever is reading this review. Excellent phone, buy it if you can. (I bought this phone at the T-mobile store because it is only $20.00.
Rating: 5 / 5