Well, the new E500 replacement has show its first bug. Today I wanted to send an SMS and found that the phone had turned itself off. That was also a problem with the first unit I had which was replaced.

Now I find myself checking the phone every hour or so just to make sure it is still on.

Bobby

The Everex 500 phone shut off again. This time I was in the middle of a conversation and it just shut off. Very annoying. The phone went dead and I tried to redial. A dialog box popped up and said, "The phone has been turned off. Do you want to turn it on?"

Don't trade in your Nokia for one of these things.

Bobby

This bug was intermittent and I was troubleshoot by removing some applications one by one suspecting that it could be caused by a third party application until I had to hard reset. But the same applications worked flawlessly with i-mate Pocket PC Phone. Anyway, Everex was stable for a while but then the problem reappeared again. As you said this bug existed in the same old model. Unfortunately these issues will only appear after using the device for a while.

For now I suggest you do the same and hard-reset your device and observe it for a while. It could work for you.

Thanks Mohd. I'll try the hard reset. This is really not a device that should be on the market yet. Either there is little or no QC involved in their manufacture or it is simply a beta model pushed to market by the accountants and marketing folks. If you are a businessman you do not have time to keep dealing with annoying bugs your phone, PDA or whatever you communicate with. I may soon go back to my trusty Nokia so I don't have to wonder if I am in contact with the world.

Bobby

I don't advise anyone to buy this PDA it is not worth it there are so many bugs. I used one then I returned it.

Don't waste your money.

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