It should be noted that the company Rover in the past year greatly expanded its range kommunikatorno-smartphone devices. If during the period 2004-2006, was released just six models, including the really popular can be called, perhaps only one - RoverPC M1, - then in 2007 alone, they appeared to eleven. There is nothing surprising in this, however, not, as multifunction devices are increasingly, and in great demand. If before the word "device" we imagined the amount of space in the green bank notes, but now there is a tendency to decrease or comparing the price tags and communicators advanced phones. Sector expensive toys with the stylus firmly engaged companies HTC, glofiish, Asus ... But everyone wants a simple human happiness, a little touch technologies, the future and the touch screen! A finance can not always. Or wish to spend big money when unknown exactly like a new device to its owner or not. Therefore, the company Rover came unusually wise, in my view, proposing a budget solution just for such occasions - RoverPC P6.
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No, no, do not think it's not a typo. By some twist of fate the old Pocket PC 2002 release bore the same name (here it is, the succession of generations!) As its advanced grandson. Well, it's even sentimental in some way. In order to avoid confusion, we specify that here and below RoverPC P6 we mean it is a new model. Not for whom no longer a secret that the device Rover Russian are only part of the assembly, labels and descriptions. This producer is working on the OEM-scheme, buying ready-made model of Sino-Taiwanese developers. Advantages of this policy are obvious: a very low price, the ability to organize a savings-quality service center, and the policy of "all in Russian" and "Made Institute Russia" will have a lot to taste.
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An illustrative example does not make you wait: i-Mate Jama is an actual clone RoverPC P6, and the price is at $ 80-100 above. An example of service and attention to the company's relationship to its customers is a forum on the official site of Rover, where your question is unlikely to remain unanswered, the service technician is rarely denied care. Furthermore, FTP-server is constantly updated with new drivers and firmware for the devices. At the time of this writing, the FTP RoverPC lay straight from the tin flashing, instruction in English (which is strange) to patching, the instruction to the device in Russian in PDF-format and SIM-manager (described below). Meanwhile, the unit is declared on the official website just as a budget: the average price in Moscow is 7500 rubles. And in that vein, we suggest you look at it closely and ask: is not it time already to go with their regular mobile phone into something more functional?
Title: - Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
- Processor: Samsung 2442B, 300 MHz
- ROM: 128 MB RAM: 64 MB
- Screen: 2.4 "touchscreen TFT LCD, 240x320, 65,000 colors
- Expansion slots: mini-USB, microSD (at this writing, supports cards up to 2GB, micro-SDHC is not supported)
- Wireless connectivity: GSM 900/1800/1900, GPRS slass 10, Bluetooth 1.2 (A2DP is not supported)
- Audio: microphone, speaker, polyphonic ringtones, Windows Media Player, Stereo
- Battery: Li-On 1020 mAh, Standby time: 150 hours, talk time: 4 hours
- Dimensions: 104.8mm x 53mm x 15.1mm Weight: 1979 (without batteries)
- Camera: Built-in 2.0 megapixel camera with no autofocus, no flash, available resolution: 1600x1280, 1280x1024 (SXGA), 640x480 (VGA), 320x240 (QVGA), 176x144 (QCIF)
Options: - Communicator RoverPC P6
- Storage battery
- Network adapter
- Stereo
- USB cable
- Stylus
- CD-ROM with software
- User Guide
- Warranty Card
Familiarity
The first thing that attracts attention - slips, passing around the screen, reminiscent of the boundary half-slider smartphone Nokia. And wants to move the upper part of the display. Alas, the hero of our today's review - a candy bar.
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The second thing that surprises, - Rover includes myself, without a declaration of war as soon as it was inserted into the battery. Thirdly, it was found that the buttons on or off, either on the upper end of the device or on the drop call button. Assisted instruction: it turns out that off button is aligned with the button lights out. To turn off the hold it must, according to the instructions, "a couple of seconds" (I quote verbatim). True, a "pair" the device went into standby mode. But the kid offered himself off, you had to wait exactly five seconds. Taking into account the budget model and its ability to replace a regular phone, it is justified (though maybe not very convenient) solution. It is no secret that many mobile users are used to enable and disable the device "red tube".
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The next step of dating is the search for a stylus. For users of the classic PDA with Windows Mobile as usual, that the stylus is near the top right corner. In an extreme case (Sony Ericsson m600, w950, P1) - in the upper left corner. In a medium kommunikatornyh devices now a tendency to place the stylus in the lower right corner, which is due to congestion of the upper part of the antenna and drugmi hardware blocks. It is not very familiar if you used a PDA for a long time, newcomers to the world of smart handsets used to be a lot easier. "Checkbox", or "tail", for which it is necessary vytaskivaat stylus from pencil-box, was so small that I had to force him pick out "the street". But telescopic (ie, sliding), the stylus is very pleased with the quality of performance: half stretched pretty tight stuff - very pleasing to the touch. Over time it becomes easier to remove.
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And so, our hero is on. The first thing, of course, add memory, or more precisely insert the memory card. I must say that this process is the case with RoverPC P6 must be taken carefully. In the first map of issuing a click, just fall out of the device. At the second attempt the flash drive is finally placed in the slot. However, with further exploitation of any problems with installing and removing the card has not been noticed, maybe something was wrong with the latch, we can only speculate.
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But the surprises have continued to crush me, finally after all these manipulations, RoverPC P6 simply refused to boot. Soft Reset did not help, juggling the battery too. Only after removal from the device memory card, everything went like clockwork. Guess about the reasons for this behavior is not very difficult when you read the instructions for the firmware: in fact the device at startup reads the information from the memory card and it tries to please. Sound familiar? .. For example, the times of our youth when we forgot in the floppy drive some floppy and the BIOS at the time of default, the first priority boot device was FDD ...
Ergonomics and Design
Probably someone will call the device unprepossessing, someone fails him in originality - everyone has their own beauty. For my taste, the device has received a very strict and did not like the fellow. First, the color. Compared with the same i-Mate Jama, painted in the "crocked" in light gray, P6 has a dark gray color that has not yet had time to pall.
Secondly, the rear panel is embossed, which is very unusual for the moment.
Most manufacturers make the back cover or simply to smooth (as a consequence - easily scratched), or use a nice material «soft touch». The back of the phone also features and two "legs", which is based phone, lying on the table. One of the "legs" - is the camera. Controversial decision, given that the camera has no shutter. But on the other hand, it is slightly recessed. Predict badly scratched it or not - will not. But that will scratch - no doubt arise. Thirdly, the corners with a soft beveled, which visually reduces its size, and block keys, made in a rather "crooked" way, too, is hardly bored. Especially because the buttons are separated with silver accents, drew the attention and prevent accidental pressing of adjacent keys. Silver trimmed as a speaker and an edge cell. In my opinion, it adds some spice to your phone.
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Case material completely mark, no fingerprints on it remains, quite resistant to scratches, moreover, the communicator does not slip out of hands at the wrong time. The only thing that the space around the stylus and the hole for the memory card will come out soon enough. By the way, the hole for the microSD. It is not covered with a cap and a gaping hole on the left side of the phone. Of course, looks not much, but let's imagine how many people would use such a communicator without a memory card? Unit. So that the door is in principle not necessary, and the smaller the device has detached parts, the better sleeping owner. Camera button and volume control is rather difficult to press by accident, at the same time they are sufficiently convex to the touch during the call volume adjust is not difficult. Settled down buttons on the right bokovinke phone, that is the thumb of right-handers falls clearly in the volume rocker.
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The upper edge is empty (I was on it so diligently sought the power button device), and the bottom contains a 2.5 "jack for a headset, a soft reset button, microphone and mini-USB port.
Everything in its place, there is nothing superfluous or illogical. Battery compartment cover is removed is simple, but sitting tight. Let me draw your attention to the fact that the phone does not creak in the hands, parts fit tightly .. Under the hood is the battery, the characteristics of which are written in Russian, also has a date of manufacture. The sticker on the phone says that the device is made in Russia. Do not know about you dear readers, but personally my patriotic heart of this inscription is very, very flattered!
In the kid's hand went immediately. He is not inferior to modern phones either in size or thickness.
Due to the lack of keyboard screen is much larger than conventional phones. But less than counterparts in the shop - 2.4 inches vs. classic 2.8. On the one hand, it is an obvious advantage: the feeling that it's VGA-screen. On the other - fall into the stylus shaped as letters on the keyboard has become even more complicated, but about the finger-nogotochny method to the screen you can just forget it.
Screen
RoverPC P6 screen is very bright. By giving in shades rozoviznu. Turn off the backlight completely, you can not, can be adjusted in five steps of brightness. The lowest level in more than enough for all needs, but at night the screen even hurts your eyes. Pressing the red tube for two seconds off the screen altogether. And then miracles begin. Apparently, the device goes into power saving mode, because if at this point is a player, it shuts down. And if you bring out the machine from sleep mode, then windows media player will inform you gladly that the device memory card is inserted, whether to add all the music files to the player? .. So, if you want to listen to the player with the screen, then you need to enable disable the screen in Windows Media Player, or the player with such a function (eg, GSPlayer).
Performance
If we talk about installing the software, then I was put about 25 pieces. "Brake" on such a load device is not added, a number of different programs can run simultaneously. The only "polunesovmestimost" was listed with alternative ICQ-clients, such as QIP and mChat in particular. If the QIP, it puts quite a long time and takes a lot of system resources, then mChat freezes at the beginning of installation.Some time spent dancing with a tambourine around various versions of mChat'a, not in vain: the latest version although with bigger brakes, but still set at the device, after which he discovered a new bug - the program does not want itself to prikonnektivatsya Internet. Until I launched Internet Explorer, mChat to the server is not connected. However, both programs have worked in the end quite stable, so that in principle does not complain at that.
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Communicator is equipped with a processor, 300MHz, that in comparison with competitors puts it in a more favorable light. Usually in the typewriters of this class 200MHz processor installed in order to save battery power. Even in the now fashionable HTC Touch only 200MHz. At this point, whether the article in the forum, would have begun a massive flood. A third of fludiruyuschih effusively would argue that, well, what 200? Which 300MHz?!! Windows Mobile 6 just barely "draw" the CCP processor to 500MHz. The second third would fludiruyuschih indignant that the 200MHz Texas is not equal to 300MHz from Samsung. And the last third would have noticed that many people are not particularly versed in the art, buy a camera, focusing on the number of megapixels, buy phones, focusing on the polyphonic polyphony, so that the policy of Rover, have put 300MHz processor, more than a transparent and logical ... What is the point of view will elect dear reader, or propose their own, I know. "Enough is enough and that the disease is indicated, as well as much of its healing - god knows (c) M. Lermontov A Hero of Our Time" the processor speed and internal memory is enough for comfortable operation of all necessary applications. At the time of this writing, the communicator - alas! - Does not support SDHC, which means that the maximum amount of memory supported only 2GB. However there is a consoling fact: judging by the forums, Rover fairly quickly spreads updates. At least the driver for SDHC support for RoverPC N6 there. Unfortunately, the RoverPC P6 he was not approached. Agree, 2GB of memory - quite a shame if you use the device to its fullest, considering how cheap now faces a memory card. Performance We tested using the well-known Spb Benchmark.
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As can be seen from the table, our baby away from the record. But we're going to work on it, and not boast about the test results? And with most of the needs of the communicator handle without problems.
Runtime
Communicator is equipped with a rather big battery - 1020MAh. Full-charge time is three hours. That he was discharged in one day, you'll have a try. In conditions of Moscow MTS network, an hour of calls a day, two hours of Internet use, hours of Bluetooth, three hours of games and reading machine lasted about three days. More accurate studies have shown that: 18 hours 20 minutes the device can play MP3 (192Kb / s) with the screen at maximum volume (program GS Player, telephone module is active). 6:00 apparatus can rotate the video (240x320) at the average level of the backlight (the program TCPMP, phone module is active). 25 hours communicator stayed in read mode with auto-scroll to the minimum level of illumination (the program Haali Reader, the phone module is active).
RoverPC P6 as a multimedia solution
The first thing that attracts attention without any additional tests, it is the volume of external speaker. It is located on both sides of the chamber, which suggests the stereo. However, no stereo in reality. Despite this, the phone beeps, so that uninformed people can simply dropping it from the hands of surprise. At maximum volume is almost always hear a wheeze, but on the penultimate division of the sound perfectly clean. Vibration is felt not so much from a single block vibrator, how much from the speaker. For people who prefer listening to music in the company and used for this purpose devices such as Nokia 6233, 3250, RoverPC P5 will be a pleasant surprise. If we are talking about the vibration, I would say just a few words about it: no vibration. Feel it is unrealistic over jeans pocket, and a bag - even more so. Perhaps this should not be considered a serious shortcoming, given the volume of the speaker. And in a lecture at the university will be sufficient and weak buzz. Regarding the use of device as a mp3-player, there are no barriers to this no. Adapter from 2.5 "to 3.5" minijack on sale now in either saloon cellular at 100-300r. The operating system allows you to put any alternative Windows Media Player, set the equalizer settings and immerse yourself in the music world to the twenty hours that way ... Why? Battery can arrange you this holiday. Armature Earphones animal swing - alas! - Not in a position, but the Sennheiser PX200 or 630 Cresyn look in tandem with the P6 worth. Standard headset - not a bad decision for the first time for inexperienced users, it is quite loud reproduces the high frequencies, much desperately low, but the unit has a microphone, answer button and volume control .... Very disappointed not support A2DP profile - stereo BlueTooth headset. Perhaps in the future we expect a patch or a fresh release drivers to support this profile, as well as SDHC. Watching movies is also quite useful if you use TCPMP. 640x480, of course, does not pull the CPU, and everything converted to 240x320 movie, went without brakes locked up and no desynchronization of sound and image. Test results for video in various formats, you can see in the attached table. For comfortable viewing of the result must exceed 120%. To test the standard test videos were taken.
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Luggage
Many will say - it was better not to do it at all, as in Sony Ericson M600, than this unpretentious. You'll see - and the price would be even less has become. For my taste, the view is not entirely true, since the camera phone does not pretend to be highly artistic. Rather, it is a kind of notebook, diary. In the end, it can help us out in some cases:
- take a picture of his battered car in an accident;
- timetable for the store, the organization (of course, subject coverage, because the flash is in the apparatus is not provided), the price tag or just any thing you need to buy pre-deliberated;
- photo on the contact and various similar cases that do not require any artistic delights.
Agree, in the cult too 2Mpx iPhone camera without flash and autofocus ... to the individual characteristics include a very interesting fact: if you're shooting a vertical shot, then after saving the image is rotated in the horizontal plane. And vice versa: when photographing a horizontal image is automatically flipped vertically. Never faced anything like this. Of course, it's not very convenient "feature". A set of camera is standard for a device of this price range.
Videos can be shot in two formats: *. wmv and *. 3gp, allowing only one - 176x144.
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| RoverPC P6: Video sample (3gp, 144 x 176, 296 kB) |
Sample Photos
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| RoverPC P6: example photo (jpg, 1600 x 1200, 714 kb) |
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| RoverPC P6: example photo (jpg, 1600 x 1200, 349 kb) |
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| RoverPC P6: example photo (jpg, 1600 x 1200, 414 KB) |
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| RoverPC P6: example photo (jpg, 1600 x 1200, 374.4 KB) |
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| RoverPC P6: example photo (jpg, 1600 x 1200, 429.2 KB) |
Wireless communication modules
In view of the budget system, producers' cut "communicator Wi-Fi. For many, this is a serious disadvantage, but for them there are many other models for other prices. Therefore, to the point of "wireless communication modules" were BlueTooth 1.2 and the actual phone module.
BlueTooth settings to the limit of simple and even frightening in its simplicity.For example, when a bunch P6 and Sony Ericsson K810i, Rover showed only two possible types of connections with a fairly elaborate names. And no you OBEX File Transfer, or anything like that. But as it turned out, the machine receives any files, so there is no cause for concern.
As we have mentioned, A2DP, this module does not support, however, sees as a normal stereo headset Hands-free. Serviceability checked, the flight is excellent.
The quality of touch with the conversation in general is very good. It all depends on what phone your interlocutor. In most cases, voices loud and clear, but repeatedly in the sound of voices present a kind of "wooden", or words were mixed in the porridge. Due to budget communicator "cut" and EDGE, as compared to Wi-Fi is really a serious loss.
But on the GPRS does not have to complain about yet. Operators, though expressed support for EDGE, really it does not work everywhere. And use the Internet, even over GPRS, still more comfortable on your device with a touch screen rather than on a normal phone.
Overview of the preinstalled software
On the official website Rover said that the device pre-installed mobile wallet Rover, WinRAR, view PDF files. The last two utilities have long been familiar to all, so tell you about first - mobile wallet - as well as about the very interesting features of the Rover, which are on the same site have not been mentioned, namely - Rover GSM Configurator and the SIM manager. Rover GSM Configurator - a small utility that automatically registers configure GPRS internet for your selected operator (supported by the MTS, Beeline and Megafon in Russia and Ukraine).
I like a man suspicious of this type of service (ever try to register WAP settings instead of GPRS with the relevant accounts and then), was extremely pleased to learn that there really are automatically set the correct settings. Although ... how to tell right ... Look at the screenshot:
Those who have already filled arm prescribing manually configure the internet, will notice that the access point for MTS no longer internet.mts.ru, just internet. Megafon and Beeline for Russia settings are correct. SIM manager was not preinstalled on your device, it can be downloaded from the FTP Rovers. Utility, as the name implies, lets you change the contacts on the SIM-card, copy to and from your phone and does not occupy much space. The interface is very simple, intuitive and friendly.
By the way, in the phone book to score the pin numbers through seven, and not through the 8, otherwise the number will not be determined. And if you have one and the same number in the device memory and the SIM phone defines a contact from my memory. Mobile wallet - pretty popular right now "trick." As far as she claimed - not judge, but she actively promoted to the masses. More about her can be found on this site Mobile Wallet.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I would like to mention a couple more features RoverPC P6, which you can find except on the personal experience yes the forums. How to make Hard Reset, the instructions are not written, except that from the Start menu. And if your device is not loaded? Suggests: need more than ten seconds to keep the stylus in the hole Soft Reset'a. On that charge the device can only be branded original chargers Rover, in the instructions, of course, written. But who believes that something? I did not even unpack the charge. As shown, quite wrong, because my five assorted Chinese zaryadok on 50-150r. Rover refused to charge. Thus, I was left with a fully discharged phone at work because of a computer USB-lace, of course, fully discharged device would not start. Holds have the same feature as in MP3 players Creative - they are charged only on the home charger. Craftsmen say something about the power supply to the "fifth leg" ... Theoretically I suppose that Rover will be charged from a home (complete), chargers, Creative or Motorola RAZR. So, RoverPC P6 fully justifies its budget. Before us is a regular contender for the replacement mobile phone. It is unlikely that this device will be massive, but given the cost and the opportunity to expand the functionality of the model at the expense of installing additional software, the communicator will find a buyer. We are in the completion list the strengths and weaknesses of the model.
Pros: - low price
- Good build quality
- long battery life
- external speaker is excellent quality and high volume
Cons: - BlueTooth 1.2 and no support for A2DP
- Use only the branded original chargers
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