Samsung IP-830W Errors

With increasing frequency, I have started to receive some disturbing error messages from my Samsung IP-830w. I thought this would be a good forum to try to keep track of them. This entry will be updated from time to time with new messages I receive. It is not my intent to disparage the name of Sprint nor Samsung, just to point out the interesting messages displayed by this phone.

• March 06, 2007 -- CDMAdsatcmdp.c 806 Out of memory DS


• April 03, 2007 -- CDMAhdrutil.c 1048 Failed write item to NV HDRMC


• May 29, 2007 -- (This is not an error message, but a phone defect.) I changed the phone from ring mode to vibrate mode and left it alone. When I received a new message, the phone started vibrating and would not stop. Switching the phone back to ring mode, playing with settings, sliding the phone open and closed, and even turning the cellular radio on and off would not turn the vibrating off. Pulling down the little switch to turn the screen off did momentarily stop the vibrating. (It resumed immediately when turning the screen back on.) The only way to resolve the issue was to soft reset the phone.
  

Samsung IP-830W Initial Thoughts

Due to the current project I am staffed on for work, I am unable to have a cellphone with a camera within the building. Being a Sprint customer for the last 7 years or so and not having much desire to switch carriers, this left me with very few options for phones. Recently, Sprint finally came out with a Windows Mobile 5 phone without a camera - the Samsung IP-830W. The IP-830W is a dual CDMA/GSM phone (although the GSM portion is only usable with overseas frequencies). I've had the IP-830W for about two weeks now, so here are my initial thoughts.

The Good:

• Windows Mobile 5.0 - Being a mobile developer, it's great to finally have a Windows Mobile 5.0 phone.


• EV-DO - Major +++ - While stuck late one Monday at work, I was able to nicely stream the Giants on Monday Night Football using Orb.


• No Camera - I have always found cellphone cameras to be completely worthless and think it's a bad idea that Microsoft made them be standard on Smartphones.


• Slide Down Keyboard - I also can't stand keyboards that slide out to the slide, which is the reason I never bought a PPC 6700. I have found myself using the keyboard more than I thought I would.


• Regular and Extended Battery - Included in the box is an extended battery in addition to a standard battery.


• Easy Speed Dial Buttons - One of my major gripes with the PPC 6600/6601 was that if the particular number button was not held down perfectly, the speed dial would not activate. The IP-830W is great on this front.
  

The Bad:

• Not Mini-USB - Just great, another cable to carry around in my bag.


• On/off Button - I'm not liking the slider on/off button, although this is only a slight negative.


• Stick up antenna - It's just annoying to have a phone with an antenna again.

The Ugly:

• Unreliable Push Email - I've had problems with the push email constantly updating. I feel like it synchronizes when it feels like. Using AUTD with my PPC 6600 and 6601, this was never an issue.

Previous Windows Mobile Phones:
Hitachi G1000
Audiovox PPC 6600
Audiovox PPC 6601 (Bought when I needed to ditch the phone with the camera)

Here's a comparison photo of my current and previous Windows Mobile phones.
(From left to right: Hitachi G1000, Audiovox PPC 6601, Samsung IP-830W)