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Panasonic GD55 - Phone Review Micro-phone with the Panasonic GD55

02 January 2003
Written by Kinny Cheng


In Summary

This cute little phone from Panasonic does what it’s designed to be quite well - and that is to be a “mini phone”. Although, on initial impressions, the GD55 does seem to be extremely petite where one may probably deem it impossible to use, a change of heart may progressively set in.

At the end of the day, Panasonic’s GD55 isn’t what everyone may be after - but there are those who will succumb to its miniature design and become satisfied to what it has to offer. Not everyone needs to WAP at GPRS speeds or do voice recordings with their mobile phones. The GD55 satisfies the needs of a typical mobile phone in the mobile world of today, but probably not that of tomorrow’s…


Checklist


Panasonic GD55

Antenna Design External
Colour variants (available as sales package) Silver (reviewed unit), Pink, Red
Design (eg. flip / folder / slide / standard) Standard (miniature)
Exchangeable items (eg. covers / keypads)
Keypad backlight colour(s) Blue
Network bands supported GSM 900 / 1800 MHz (dual-band)
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz 
(tri-band - Taiwan version only)
Operating System / User Interface Panasonic proprietary
Screen type and size - External Full graphics, B&W LCD screen with
blue backlight (up to 4 lines of text
 @ 112 x 64 pixels)
Screen type and size - Internal
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)-IEEE**[ACA] 1.03 W/kg
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)-ICNIRP** n/a
Speech codec(s) supported FR / EFR
Usage - talk time* 96 - 474 mins
Usage - standby time* 78 - 230 hours
Weight (and dimensions)* 65 grams
(77 x 43 x 16.9 mm)
Connectivity options
Data support CSD
External memory card support
Games (1)
Handsfree speakerphone feature
Internal camera
Internal modem
Internet applications WAP
Java support
Keypad lock Manual
Messaging support SMS (canned, concatenated), EMS
Predictive text input support T9
Profiles
Service light
SIM application toolkit
Vibration alert
Voice functions
WAP / WWW browser details WAP v1.2.1
Audible alerts (during calls)
Display counters for data calls
Display counters for voice calls During and after calls
Logs available
Recent activity lists Calls (dialled, missed, received)
Graphics
Images
Java applications
Messaging (MMS)
Messaging (SMS-based)
Phonebook Up to 250 name entries
Third-party applications
Video clips
Composer / editor
Logos - caller group (exchange)
Logos - operator (exchange)
Screen saver (exchange)
Themes / colour palette
Wallpaper / background images (exchange)
Audio type (standard / polyphonic) Polyphonic (4-tone)
Composer / editor
Rhythmic alert
Ringtone exchange
Types of messaging tones available Built-in tones only (30+5)
Types of ringtones available Built-in tones only (30+5)
Unique ring signals for Line 1/2 (ALS)
Alarm clock
(once only)
Business card (exchange)
Calculator
Calendar
Currency converter
Internal phonebook
(Single entry per name)
Reminder / notes
Scheduler
To-do list
World time
Countdown timer
Electronic Wallet (e-Wallet) feature
Integrated FM radio
Stopwatch
Synchronisation (local PC)
Synchronisation (remote PC)
Others

Auto power-off feature


* As per manufacturer’s specifications (with supplied battery)
** NOTE: Measurement of SAR values differ between ICNIRP and ACA (IEEE) guidelines

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Micro-phone with the Panasonic GD55

Table of contents:

Overview (Page 1)
Major features (Page 2)
Problems/issues (Page 3)
In Summary/Checklist (Page 4)

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