Siemens SX56 - Smartphone - GSM - touch - Windows Mobile - AT&T

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• ASIN: B00009R8S6
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,905 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 1977

Product Description

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Siemens’s SX56 is a combination cell phone, PDA, and Pocket PC, providing full functionality in a single device. Inputting text and navigating through menus is easy on the SX56’s large 4,096-color touchscreen. The Pocket PC platform enables users to use familiar Microsoft Office software, requiring little ramp-up time to get started, and an Intel StrongARM 206 MHz processor with 32 MB RAM and 32 MB ROM makes load times fast for a remote PC. GPRS provides a high-speed wireless data transfer at rates up to 40 Kbps for rapid text messaging and synchronization of the calendar, e-mail, contacts, and notes, and Microsoft Office documents (using Microsoft ActiveSync software) with a Windows-based PC. The SX56 includes an additional memory slot for creating more storage space and is compatible with several other accessories (sold seperately) that enhance its performance--a folding keyboard, a thumb keyboard, a USB cable, and a 2.5-millimeter stereo headset with a microphone. Other fun features of this phone include a built-in MP3 player, a memo recorder, and a short message dialer. The SX56 comes with a USB docking cradle, a carry case, a single-earbud headset, and an AC power cord. It is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time, up to 15 hours of PDA time, and up to 150 hours of standby time using a standard 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beware - no GSM850 coverage!, March 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Siemens SX56 - Smartphone - GSM - touch - Windows Mobile - AT&T (Electronics)

AT&T uses two frequencies for GSM service. Originally they only used GSM1900 but as the old analog and TDA 850 MHz networks are made obsolete they are being converted to GSM850. The SX56 supports GSM1900 (and GSM900 for roaming in Europe) but not the newer GSM850 service. As time goes on AT&T will enhance their GSM850 coverage but there are reports that they've done all they're going to do to improve GSM1900 coverage. So if you're lucky your service will be OK but if you have any signal issues with this phone it won't get any better

I have the TMobile version of this phone and it works well on the TMobile network since TMobile only uses GSM1900 across North America. But this SX56 version of the phone is sold "locked" to only operate on AT&T's network.

This is a problem with many AT&T GSM phones but it's particularly an issue with the SX56 because there aren't any suitable replacements (yet) with comparable functionality that support GSM850.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Phone PDA Combo, August 24, 2004

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David Sirbasku (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Siemens SX56 - Smartphone - GSM - touch - Windows Mobile - AT&T (Electronics)

I love my sx56, I have taken it everywhere, snowboarding, skydiving, beach, everywhere. Mine has never broken, in fact it is the sturdiest cell phone I've ever owned. Once I upgraded it to the Windows Mobile 2003 OS it was even better. All the cool standard software was great. Plus I added the Microsoft Voice Command software and can make calls to all my outlook contacts by pushing one button and saying "Call so and so home", you don't even have to train or record the voice commands, it does it all by voice recognition!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars what is better. Pocket PC phone or a smaller form factor?, February 5, 2004

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Luis Jose Salazar "lsalazar" (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Siemens SX56 - Smartphone - GSM - touch - Windows Mobile - AT&T (Electronics)

This is an excellent choice if you need to do lots of email and sometimes check attachments while on the road. Also good for sms and messenger, as it is easier to input text in the screen with the stylus than with the tiny keys of regular phones. But if your needs are more about reading email (not answering it) and having calendar and contacts synchcronized with your server or PC, a smartphone or any other new generation phone is a bettter choice because of the form factor. The big size is a price you have to be willing to pay for the luxury of working confortable in a bigger screen.

Agree with all the other reviews, the AT&T service is bad, but I have found that this phone has much better reception than the Orange smartphone and Motorola smartphones in the AT&T network.

If you are a frequent Intl traveler, be aware this is not a tri band phone... check the networks of the places you travel more frequently before buying this.