Comments on: Mobile Phone Watch review

By: dawn

dawn — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:31:14 +0000

i have just got a swap watch im on virgin sim and all i get is no service can any one help

By: :(

:( — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:11:11 +0000

Unfortunately, it’s a hugely disappointing gadget. Incomplete and impractical.

By: Maymay

Maymay — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:56:08 +0000

I got the same problem with sWap phone, i kept it for a month in my closet and when i tried to charge it, its totally dead. It’s not charging anymore.why?

By: kitcatvirus

kitcatvirus — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:20:03 +0000

i’m thinking of getting one of these but apparently the qwerty keyboards are fiddly :L would you be able to pair it with a mini bluetooth keyboard :D

By: FrequencyCast

FrequencyCast — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:20:40 +0000

For instructions on disabling the screensaver, see http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/swapwatch.html#faq

By: Gerard

Gerard — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:43:09 +0000

Hello–Can you disable the screensaver so that the watch always displays the time?

By: More problems

More problems — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:46:33 +0000

Yes,Neeraj Arora. We are all experiencing the same problems… It’s as if the sWaP has ben released but not finished!! It has…

By: Neeraj Arora

Neeraj Arora — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:40:22 +0000

Dear Sir,
I got new swap watch on 14th of March 10 from Flight KL 0567, Sales Id 261812, Transaction 70500731706551, FB 002028051696, I had completed online registration on 15th of March10.
Some problems which I am facing are as below:-
Audio Player
I can easily add my favourite songs (mp3) in micro SD card & it is visible in PC but as soon as I put into the watch, Its disappears. Its shows only three default songs.
I want to listen mp3 though my BT handset, for this I am going to Audio player, then option, then setting, then BT stereo Headset. It shows None, then I select Inquiry BT Device then after searching finally its shows Empty.
Video Player
I can easily add my favourite video clips (mp4) in micro SD card & it is visible but when I want to play, its shows Invalid video file. Its play only one default songs(3gp).
Image Viewer
I can easily add my favourite image (jpg) in micro SD card & it is visible but when I want to view, its shows image size too large limit.
Plz. help me out on this. Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

By: kapil

kapil — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:36:08 +0000

I got new swap watch, but the problem is the moment I open Video recorder, everything Hangs Up, Only choice to open battery dial(restart watch).
Is there any solution to this problem?????
Even If I wanna restore factory set-up which code shud I use to do it??
Plz. help me out on this.

Kaps

By: Begerano Albert

Begerano Albert — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:22:07 +0000

Dear sIrs,
I got a Swap with German language I want to change the face language to English how can I do it?
Thanks

By: GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP WATCH owner

GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP WATCH owner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:49:29 +0000

SORRY about the name I gave myself. Just to clarify, i am not owner of the company – I am the proud owner of oine of the sWaP Watches. ;)

By: GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner

GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:48:12 +0000

Ohh after looking at the sWaP website, it says that the weight of the watch is 160g :) I think I must have made a mistake, or I could be because I had the stylus and the wrist strap too? :P Sorry about that.

By: GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner

GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:47:52 +0000

By: GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner

GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:38:00 +0000

and

http://www.mobilephonewatches.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=175&name=ds800-mobile-phone-watch-in-stainless-steel

By: GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner

GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:36:52 +0000

I was wondering is anyone recognised this? :O

http://www.flying-penguin.co.uk/mobile_phone_watch/w600-stainless-steel-mobile-phone-watch-tri-band-p-3

By: GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner

GADGET SHOW MAD and sWaP owner — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:33:30 +0000

Okay people – this may shock for you but this sWaP watch is absolutely disappointingly rubbish at times.

I have made a list of problems:

The manual included is not for the classic version of the watch. It is a standard for any of the sWaP selection, and therefore cannot be detailed. Their English is basically NOT English, as half of the intstructions are complete doubledutch xD

You cannot always access the shortcuts on the black ‘strip’ at the bottom of the screen. This means you hardly ever have the option of dialling in a number manually, which leads to having to create a new contact in order to dial a new number… On the odd occasion, the black shortcut strip works; but you can only acces three at the most, as the music player shortcut only works if you have: Gone through a very long, fiddly menu to find “Audio Player”. After that, if you start music going and go to the home screen, it may work… VERY unreliable…

Next, the “Calibration” option on the menu rarely works, so you end up not being able to do anything on your watch except use the two buttons on the side…

The day names do not always fit on the home screen, and consequently it says: “endesday”.

It is very restricted when it comes to playing video/music files, and if you click on a file type it does not recognise on video, the screen goes black and it crashes for a few seconds before returning you to the home screen, meaning you need to go through the fiddly menu yet again…

You cannot place your music files into folders for easy browsing – just the one “Music” folder – meaning you end up scrolling through 100s of tracks to find the one you want.

As I said earlier, the English in the manual was practically illegible, and further proof of their range of English vocabularly is shown when you remove the earphone/headset cable. It says Earphone “plugged-out”. At least they used the logic that it is the opposite of “plugged-in”.

If you buy the silver sWaP watch, you will have a slot for both the T-FLash/SD Card and the Sim Card, but the classic does not have slots – you are required to remove the battery on the reverse of the product to be able to access these two key features. Also, in the manual for the watch it clearly states you should have a slot, which can get confusing if you take the manual seriously.

The touch screen regularly “dies”, meaning you cannot do anything but use the buttons.

WEIGHT. This is a HUGE problem. With the stylus, SD Card and Sim Card, this enormous chunk of metal weighs an enormous 191g / 6.7 oz according to my new scales! So not only does the watch double up as a phone, but it’s also a brilliant wrist-worn dumbbell too!

When you would like to call one of your contacts, it stated “IP Dial” instead of saying normal “Dial”. I am under the impression that IP Dialing is VoIP Dialing – over the internet, and maybe the sWaP company didn’t even know the difference between VoIP and normal Dialing?

The final little annoyance of this phone that I am aware of so far is of the mobile internet WAP/GPRS function. Due to its unique and new creation, the sWaP Watch is quite tricky to get online, as hardly any of the mobile phone service providers support it. I still have not managed to get it online with ASDA Mobile, which is to my knowledge the cheapest, and I bought this sWaP on the 17th of April at the Gadget Show Live…

My overall view of this little sWaP is that it is great to show off to your mates, but is not a replacement for your current phone. Just something to show your mates, then sit in a cupboard for ages. It is, sadly, still a work in progress. Being as it is, it is too heavy and fiddly for daily use. Lets hope the sWaP v2 is released soon :)

I have a few ways around the problems above, but they aren’t fixes, so if you would like any help, feel free to reply. :)

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:03:07 +0000

The problem again with the SWAP watch is that it’s so darn expensive! There’s a load at http://www.mobilephonewatches.co.uk/ – for a lot less, but more functionality.

By: Nikker

Nikker — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:39:55 +0000

Does it support pdf? What if I want to insert text documents inside and read them later on?

What about greek language?

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:40:50 +0000

Hi With reference to the gentleman that has an iPhone and cvannot get the sim card out

I work on iphone and to remove the sim card simply put and opened out paperclip in the small hole beside the headphone jack and pull up. This wil lsafely remove the sim from the iphone

By: ashraf

ashraf — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:59:59 +0000

i bought a swap watch but the screen is locked i cannot even enter my pin. what now