Audiovox 8940

Audiovox 8940

PRODUCT SUMMARY:-

The good: 3G phone; megapixel camera with lens cover; speakerphone; 65MB of internal shared memory; Mini SD slot with included 256MB card; media player.

The bad: Some phone-to-PC file transfers via the Mini SD card have been disabled; no Bluetooth or infrared; limited MP3 playback options; no analog roaming.

The bottom line: Though it's missing some connectivity features, the EV-DO-equipped Audiovox CDM-8940 packs a solid multimedia punch.

Specifications: Carrier: Verizon Wireless ; Band / mode: CDMA 800/1900 , 1xEV-DO ; Talk time: Up to 240 min

General:-

• Product Type Cellular phone With digital camera / digital player
• Service Provider Verizon Wireless
• Width 1.8 in
• Depth 0.9 in
• Height 3.5 in
• Weight 3.9 oz

• Cellular

• Technology CDMA , EV-DO
• Band CDMA 800/1900 , 1xEV-DO
• Phone Design Folder type phone
• Vibrating Alert Yes
• Polyphonic Ringer Yes
• Voice Dialing Yes
• Call Timer Yes
• Conference Call Capability Yes
• Voice Recorder Yes
• Speakerphone Yes

Phone Memory:

• Phone Book Capacity 300

Messaging & Data Services:

• Short Messaging Service (SMS) Yes
• Internet Browser Yes
• WAP Protocol Supported WAP 2.0
• Included Services VCAST
• EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Yes

Digital Camera:

• Sensor Resolution 1.3 megapixels
• Camera Light Source Flash

Camera Quality:

It's a phone, so I don't expect much quality here, but the camera is definitely a disappointment. Here are some pictures taken at max resolution (1280x960) and 'high' quality setting with the 8940.

A reference picture was taken using a Canon PowerShot S70 digital camera. The reference picture was cropped and scaled to 1280x960 to give a best-possible comparison at the same resolution as the 8940.

Organizer:

• Alarm Clock Yes
• Calendar Yes
• Reminder Yes
• Calculator Basic

Display:

• Type LCD display
• Technology TFT
• Display Resolution 176 x 220 pixels
• Diagonal Size 2 in
• Color Support Color
• Color Depth 18-bit (262000 Colors)
• Multi-language Menu Yes
• Features Backlit , Wallpaper , Screensaver

Digital Player (Recorder):

• Supported Digital Audio Standards MP3

Connections:

• Connector Type 1 x Headset jack

Security Features:

• Phone Lock Yes
• Keypad Lock Yes

Power:

• Type Power adapter

Battery:

• Technology - Lithium ion
• Talk Time Up to 240 min
• Standby Time Up to 190 h

Reviews:
The Audiovox 8940, one of Verizon's three VCast multimedia phones, has an amazing feature list. It boasts a mini-SD slot, 1-megapixel camera, MP3 player, and a speakerphone. Unfortunately, these features aren't all up to snuff and don't work well together—at least not as well as we'd like.A fantastic cell phone we had the chance to review is the Audiovox CDM-8940, a phone that was designed to revolutionize the mobile phone market. Unveiled around 01/1/2005 the CDM-8940 functions under the networks CDMA 800 / 1900. Being of size 90 x 46 x 23 mm while weighting only 110 g, this item's size will satisfy its most skeptic users. The Audiovox CDM-8940 is equipped with a beautiful camera of 1.3 MP / 1280 x 960 px / 2X Zoom / Flash / Macro / Self-Timer / Video Recorder. This cell phone comes with a 1000 mAh Li-Ion battery, enabling a talk time of 3.50 hours and lets in standby mode about 190 hours.

Its creators incorporated a 64 MB memory, just enough a normal use! Adding to its internal memory you can increase it with external memory with miniSD memory cards. A cool thing of the Audiovox CDM-8940 is the speaker phone, which is useful in the car for example! The nice screen of this cell phone lets you insert wallpapers of 176 x 220 px. The gaming engine Audiovox CDM-8940 is running on BREW, having cool games to distract yourself! Unsurprisingly, being a standard in the industry, the CDM-8940 offers both services EMS and SMS messaging.

Additionally it has MMS messaging to send pictures and any multimedia file! The cell phone comes with a calendar which is well designed and Audiovox included a phone book with a capacity of 300. The prediction text tool is based on the T9 technology, being very easy to use. The data transfer uses the 1xEV-DO technology. The phone may be connected to a computer with a cable to exchange information