(UN) Official WebXpress 5800 Thread

**johncase3** · 05-17-2009, 07:59 PM

I picked one up at a flea market for kicks. Anyone else have one?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20401

Mini Review:

OS: Unknown, but it's attractive and very responsive
Camera: Not bad for cheap 640x480
Screen: 240x320 touch screen. Auto rotate by "sloshing".
Phone: Quad Band, dual SIM, fairly hot receiver. Clear calls. I have both my T-Mo and AT&T SIMs in at the same time, and can receive calls on either. Choose carrier after dialing for outgoing calls. Got data set up for AT&T, GPRS only.
MP3 Player: Ok, but limited to one folder - no subfolders seen - no media available to evaluate karaoke function.
Photo player: Again, limited to one folder. Auto rotate. Advance with finger slide. I.2 meg file size limit.
MP4 player: Auto rotate. I was able to convert some movie trailers for viewing. Jerky, but may improve with proper conversion settings.
FM Radio: Works, but tinny sounding with headphones supplied. Save stations in memory and add callsign or name.
Memory: MicroSD, comes with 2 gig. All media and java install to this.
Web browser: Functional, but fonts very poor quality. Horrid scrolling. Media streaming does not work. Unfortunately, Google defaults to Chinese version of page. Opera Mini works surprisingly well as an alternative.
PC transfer: By mass storage drive created with USB connection only.
Java support: Apps will load and install via the web browser. In addition, you can create a folder on memory card to copy jar files to. Select jar file with file manager app and java app installs. Any apps with streaming audio/video seem to hang.

The big issue that makes me sorry I got this particular phone, is that there are very few java apps that can be controlled only by touch screen. There is no way to force a virtual keyboard either I expect the touch screen apps will be more prevalent in the future. The apps I have loaded and working are: Weather, Sunclock, Opera Mini, Bolt (web browser), and Calc4m. All Java apps in Games>Java. No way to put shortcuts on main screen.

IMHO, with some tweaks to the included apps, better java apps, and a way to integrate and launch them, they are 90% of the way to a good cheap phone.

I have quickly run out of fun with this device for now, but Treo Pro (Sprint) is on the way.

**kawaiiangel** · 07-01-2009, 09:32 PM

hola! i just got this phone! how do u use this? upload music to this? change ringtone? and also put it on silent mode??

**johncase3** · 07-01-2009, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by kawaiiangel

hola! i just got this phone! how do u use this? upload music to this? change ringtone? and also put it on silent mode??

I am on vacation and don't have it with me. For music, just connect via USB and copy files to music folder.

**kawaiiangel** · 07-02-2009, 12:23 AM

o okay.. well thanks. also after uploading the music how do u put it into ur audio player.

**dj_spunk_rat** · 07-09-2009, 02:50 PM

This phone seems to drop calls after 3 seconds of talking all I get out is Hello and it says Processing and drops the call any ideas on the master reset code? I tried 0000 1234 and 9999

**munkala** · 07-09-2009, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by dj_spunk_rat

This phone seems to drop calls after 3 seconds of talking all I get out is Hello and it says Processing and drops the call any ideas on the master reset code? I tried 0000 1234 and 9999

1122 is usually the default code for Chinese phones.