Boost Mobile BMSCP6760 Incognito Review

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(More customer reviews)I wanted a phone that had a large physical keyboard for writing mobile e-mail when I am away from my computer...but I did not want to pay Blackberry prices.
The Sanyo Incognito from Boost Mobile has a terrific, and very large physical keyboard, and Boost Mobile provides unlimited phone calls, unlimited internet, unlimited texting, and unlimited e-mail for $50 a month, plus $5 Texas sales tax...$55 total. Every six months, Boost cuts the price by $5, so after 18 months, my total monthly bill will be $35 for unlimited everything.
The Incognito is the perfect phone for writing e-mails. It opens up into a "mini" netbook, with a physical keyboard that is easy to use for fast typing. When opened, it works well as a speaker phone. I can use the voice recognition app to dial numbers or dial by speaking a name in my contact list.
I can easily read even lengthy e-mails on the Incognito's screen. The electric company sends me e-mails with graphs of my hourly electrical use. The Incognito can open those e-mails as a web page so that I can see the graphs. However, the Incognito does not have the ability to open a PDF attachment to an e-mail.
The included web brower is very basic, so I downloaded the more advanced Opera 5 mini web browser and installed it as a "Favorite" on my apps page. It plays videos from YouTube, but not from websites that use Adobe Flash (99% of the world likes Adobe Flash, but not Apple or Sanyo).
I have been able to view short (under a minute) videos from the New York Times, but attempting to download longer videos from the New York Times results in getting an error message. The Times is using different software than YouTube.
The "native" Sanyo web browser is rather clunky, but it allows adding a list of favorite web sites. So, if I don't want to take a few seconds to open the Opera web browser, I can just click on a site on my list of favorites.
The camera is very basic, and requires that the phone be opened to its mini-computer shape before taking a photo. The lens is positioned exactly where your fingers will be. All in all, don't bother trying to use the camera.
You can install a mini-SD card of up to 16gb to hold music transferred from your computer or to hold photos. There is no easy way to download music wirelessly...I suspect it may be impossible. I was unable to find a way to connect to any internet radio site, such as Pandora or LastFM.
When closed, the phone is dialed from an invisible touchscreen on the front cover. To make a call or answer a call, you release the screen lock and the screen lights up to display the numbers on a touch screen. The numbers vibrate to confirm your touch...a feature I turned off to save the battery.
The first week or two, it is irritating to have to remember to release the screen lock to answer a call. Eventually, releasing the lock will become more reflexive. The screen lock IS useful...no accidental dialing.
The Boost/Sprint signal has been strong, even indoors, in the Houston, Texas area. Voice quality is good through the earpiece and the speaker phone. When holding the phone to your ear, you must keep the lower part of the phone from touching your cheek or you can touch the disconnect button. You can prevent accidental disconnects by using the phone's menu to re-lock the screen automatically after a call is connected.
I recharge the battery every other night. If you like to watch You Tube videos, you will need to recharge every night.
If your primary use for a cell phone is mobile e-mail and you want a large physical kieyboard, the Sanyo Incognito from Boost is a good lower cost alternative to a Blackberry.
Amazon.com is the best place to buy accessories for the Incognito. I was able to buy the ORIGINAL Sanyo wall charger and a spare battery made by Sanyo for 75% less than the Sprint store. And, I found a plastic phone "protector" that snaps around the lid of the phone and over its back to protect it from nicks and scractches. It has a slightly "sticky" feel, which makes it easier to get a secure grip on the phone.


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Samsung Mantra Prepaid Phone (Virgin Mobile) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been a Virgin Mobile customer since they first started as a prepaid cell phone provider. I have been quite pleased with their service and variety of pricing plans. Unfortunately Virgin Mobile phones have never been the greatest, the only good thing is that if you buy a cheap phone, you don't feel to badly when it dies,gets lost, or broken. When my VM Slash phone finally gave up the ghost a few weeks ago I decided it was time for another upgrade. After doing a lot of research on the internet I decided to go with the Mantra. I like being back to a flip phone so you don't have to worry about locking the keyboard so you don't pocket dial. The phone it'self is still pretty basic, it comes with the nifty tip calculator which lets you divide the cost between the number of parties at your table. Call clarity is good. Reception is the typical Virgin Mobile, works in most places when I need it, but spotty sometimes in the more rural areas. The ring tones that come with the phone are typical Virgin Mobile, obnoxious...you will want to download some better ones which you can only do from the VM site. The games on the phone are all demos, but they look good on the screen so it might be nice to have a full version of Tetris which you can download from VM.
It is Bluetooth enabled which is a nice feature to have on a phone. The battery seems to hold a good charge for daily use, I can go 3 to 4 days without charging, but that is in standby mode, I am not sure how long it would last if you were a heavy user. The phone is very well behaved, I say this because my Slash would beep once a minute to let me know it was working (I guess that's why), anytime I had the ringer turned on. I never did figure out how to turn off the signal beep on it. The Mantra doesn't beep and also on the Mantra you can turn off the obnoxious start up and shut down sounds that VM deems necessary to put on all of their low end phones. The directory will support up to 500 entries and you can add up to 5 phone numbers per entry along with 2 email addresses and a URL address.
The camera is useable, not great but much better pictures than the Slash took. Basically I use it only to create new wallpapers for the phone and send an occasional pic to Twitpic
So far I am very pleased with the new Mantra, it's a good basic phone, not a lot of bells and whistles, but enough to make it very user friendly. Nice calendar and appointment scheduling, cool countdown timers so you can tell how many days till your anniversary, birthday, Christmas or any other date you might want to countdown to.
Watch for it on sale, Amazon had it listed for $59 same as the VM site... I bought it on sale at Best Buy for $49, and on Black Friday picked up a second one for my wife at Radio Shack for $29.
I would recommend this phone to anyone looking for a nice basic user friendly phone with picture and texting capabilities. It will browse the web also by the way, but you need to pay for a "data pack" at VM to use it. That I haven't tried.

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The slim Samsung Mantra flip phone for Virgin Mobile makes it easy to stay connected via voice, messaging and social networking while on the go. You get access to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace Flickr with the ability to view them all in one dashboard. You can also snap still photos with the included VGA camera and share with friends as well as popular social media destinations such as Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Photobucket, and more through Virgin Mobile's MyPix service.
With Virgin Mobile, you can choose a pay-as-you-go plan where you pay for just the minutes you use, or select from one of several monthly plans. Those who love to talk can choose the Totally Unlimited Calling for $49.99 per month, while messaging fanatics can choose monthly no-annual-contract plans that combine talk minutes and unlimited messaging--or just choose unlimited messaging with voice calls charged at 10¢ per minute (see more details on pricing below).
Offering a clear, simple user interface and a large keypad that makes navigating a cinch, it features external caller ID and dual color screens. Other features include Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices, speakerphone, threaded text messaging, bi-lingual menus (English and Spanish), and up to 5.5 hours of talk time.

Key Features
Full messaging suite including SMS text, MMS picture, instant messaging (IM), and personal e-mail.
Buddy Beacon lets you broadcast your location to friends and family and you can turn it on when you're feeling sociable or turn it off when you're not.
2-inch internal display (128 x 160 pixels, 65K color depth)
0.76-inch external screen displays incoming calls, current time/date, signal strength, and battery life.
VGA camera for still photos with 4x digital zoom and self-timer.
Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset and hands-free car kits.
Web browser lets you surf the Internet from your phone, with Mobile Search right on your home screen.
Get mobile alerts to entertainment news, sports scores, and other fun stuff.
Downloadable games, ringtones, graphics and more
Phonebook with up to 499 entries (plus 1 voicemail number) with up to five numbers, two e-mail addresses, two IMs, and one Web address per contact.
Displays last 75 incoming/outgoing/missed calls
Organizer tools including calendar, alarm clock, and calculator
Bi-lingual interface (English and Spanish)
TTY/TDD enabled
HAC rating: M4/T4

Vital Statistics The Samsung Mantra weighs 3.35 ounces and measures 3.8 x 1.87 x 0.69 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.5 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours (12.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA frequencies; 1xRTT voice and data capable.
What's in the Box Samsung Mantra handset, rechargeable battery, charger, quick start guide, user manual

Virgin Mobile Prepaid Pricing With Virgin Mobile, you can pay only for the calling time you use. You can choose a plan that's based just on minutes (with rates between 5¢ and 10¢ per minute, depending on the amount of minutes you buy). Or, you can choose a monthly plan with no annual contract--including the All-In contract plan with either 500, 1000 or unlimited minutes as well as unlimited messaging and data services. Pay-as-you-go users can easily Top-Up your Virgin Mobile account right from your phone. First, buy a Top-Up card at one of the thousands of retailers that carry them; or register your debit card, credit card, or PayPal account at the Virgin Mobile USA web site in order to add minutes to your account directly from your phone.
Additionally, you can choose from a variety of mobile messaging plans, which includes text and picture messaging, e-mail, and IM (via AOL and Yahoo!). Virgin Mobile USA's national coverage is powered by the nationwide Sprint PCS network.
Virgin Mobile contributes 5 percent of profits from downloadable content to The RE*Generation, its pro-social initiative to help homeless teens, as well as provides postage-paid return envelopes in every new package for customers to recycle old phones.

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Boost Mobile Mirro Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had it for about 8 months now. When I bought it I knew it was a cheap, simple phone and only needed it for calling, not entertainment. It was working great for the first few months, then suddenly one day, the phone stopped receiving incoming calls. I could only get texts and messages stating I had new voicemail, but no calls. Now, I could call someone and it would go through, but they couldn't call me. I called customer support and they had me reset the phone, take out the battery, turn it off/on, etc...still no fix. I've tried researching online and have come across others who are experiencing the same thing. The best answer I could find was that there must be a network problem, that it's not the phones. ??? Okay, moving on. I even tried to set the phone to forward calls to my Google number, but another setback, the phone doesn't have call forwarding. Anyway, that's my story. You'll have to decide for yourself if it's worth it or not, but I think one should pay a little more and get something better.

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