One year on...

I still have this phone! I have been using it since I got it and I still like it. I think it's a really decent phone (especially for the price) and my father also bought one. I don't understand why this phone has had almost no support from Vodafone and I don't think they sell it anymore despite it still, a year and a half on, seems to have features to rival newer phones.

PC Assistant

For anyone who's interested, I found the PC Assistant on the Vodafone website (took them long enough!) anyway, here's the link http://www.vodafone.co.nz/personal/help/device-support/vodafone/vodafone_715/V715-installer.zip

I haven't found this program to be overly useful, as it seems to basically do what the phone does in card reader mode albeit in a fancier fashion. I have found the function to send and receive text messages on the computer via the phone reasonably useful however, but this seems to me to be the only really useful function.

Software update?

Does anyone know where to download a software upgrade for this phone? I can't find one anywhere, if you know of one please leave a comment. Also does anyone know how to install applications on the phone? Because I heard that the only way to do this is to buy the application off Vodafine Live!, which I don't want to do because of cost etc.

Vodafone 715

I recently got a Vodafone 715 mobile phone, which I really like. The phone does, contrary to the manual, does work with a 2gb memory card, and it doesn't have to be a Vodafone card, it can be any MicroSD card (I bought mine from the website nzoczone.co.nz, via pricespy.co.nz, for about $40). A Five Pin mini-B USB cable will also be necessary, although Vodafone don't supply one with the phone. I bought mine from trademe.co.nz for around $8.

Also, I found the manual a little confusing on how to connect the phone to a computer. The manual referred to a software CD (Vodafone Mobile PC Assistant), which doesn't come with the phone, and Vodafone doesn't supply it for free. It turns out that you don't actually need it if all you want to do is put music etc. on the card. After you have fitted the SD card, the computer will automatically recognise the phone as a 'Removable Disk' drive. although a restart may be necessary. Although if at first the computer doesn't recognise the phone, as restart may be necessary, as per the manual on page 52.

Finally, the first time that you go into any of your folders in your 'My Files' folder, the phone should automatically create folders for your Pictures, Music, etc. on your memory card. If you put your music from your computer into the appropriate folder, then it should show up on the phone. Also I noticed that copying files to the memory card via the phone is a bit slow, perhaps only USB1 not USB2.

I hope it helped.