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The
M65 is a mobile "designed for consumers with an active outdoor
lifestyle" according to Siemens. In practice this means that
it has been designed with improved water resistance, shock and dust
protection. A protective metal frame and rubber shock absorber have
been added to protect against bumps and scratches. As well as protecting
the casing from scratches, this should also help to protect the
LCD screen from breakage. The rubber also protects the camera lens.
Continuing with the outdoor theme, an optional Bike-o-meter enables
the phone to be mounted on a bike's handlebars where it displays
cyclometer functions and other useful information for cyclists.
In
addition to these protective and outdoor features, the Siemens M65
is a well-specified modern phone, with a very similar specification
to the excellent Siemens CX65. Thes
include a VGA camera with an excellent video recording capability,
a high-quality TFT display (which can be seen clearly outdoors),
an integrated handsfree speaker and a good size memory. The battery
life is claimed by Siemens to be very long (300 hours standby) but
doesn't seem to live up to this in reality.
Overall
this is an excellent durable phone with a good balance of features.
We recommend this phone in preference to the Nokia
5140, although the M65 is a more expensive phone than the Nokia.
Features
of the Siemens M65 include:
- TFT display: 65,536 colours, 132 x 176 pixels
- Integrated VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) with
video recording
- Integrated handsfree speaker
- Polyphonic ringtones
- Messaging: SMS (with T9 predictive text), MMS,
email
- Downloadable Javaâ„¢ games
- Screensaver
- Alarm, stopwatch, countdown timer, reminder,
calculator, currency converter
- Programmable softkeys
- Vibration alert
- Connectivity: USB, RS232 cable, IrDa, fax modem
- Memory: 11.5 Mbytes
- WAP, GPRS
- Triband
- Size: 109 x 49 x 19 mm
- Weight: 104g
- Talktime: up to 5 hours
- Battery standby: up to 300 hours
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