Battery
 The
Panasonic GU87 comes with a 720 mAh Li-Polymer battery. Panasonic claims
that the battery has a standby time of 220 hours and a talk time of 7 hours
and 30 minutes.
Many variables, including carrier signal strength at your location, signal
consistency (including incoming and outgoing calls), display and ringer
settings, and battery charging methods and history, will affect performance.
When handset manufacturers and mobile phone carriers list talk-time and
standby-time ratings, they usually include disclaimers about variable performance
and often refer to the times they publish as maximum times.
Connections
The Panasonic GU87's connections are located on the bottom of the phone.
An infrared port is included so you can transfer pictures and ring tones
to your phone. You can also send pictures taken by the digital camera directly
to your computer.
Files & Setup Menu
| Data Files |
· View Folders
· Memory Status
· Types
· Picture
· Sound
· Mail
· Download
· Received
· Phonebook
· User 1 - 5 |
Storage area for personal
information and files such as pictures, sounds and email. User 1 -
5 lets you customize those 5 folders.
|
| Sounds |
· All Sounds
· On / Off
· Ring Volume
· Ring Type
· Fixed Data
· Data Files
· Melody Composer
· Voice Recorder
· Record
· Edit
· Key-Press Volume
· Key-Press Sounds
· Warning Alerts |
Compose your own music
to use as a ring tone. Melodies are tagged with an IMY extension. |
| Display Settings |
· Clock / Calendar
· Wallpaper
· Fixed Data
· Data Folder
· Power-up
· Animation
· On / Off
· Greeting
· Up To 120 Char
· Brightness
· Backlight Time
· Keypad Lighting
· On / Off
· Sub LCD
· Contrast
· Backlight Color |
Set display preferences
for the GU87. The Sub LCD adjusts contrast and sets backlighting color
for the small display screen on the outside of the phone. |
| Language |
· Display Language
· Tegic Language |
Set the language for
the phone. Tegic Language sets the language preference for entering
text from the keypad. |
| Quiet Mode |
· On / Off
· Ring Volume
· Vibration
· Continuous
· Intermittent
· Off |
|
| Vibration Alert |
· Continuous
· Intermittent
· Off |
|
| Short Cut Key |
|
Set a feature to quickly
access menus from standby. |
| Preset Messages |
|
Edit preset messages
that can be quickly inserted into your MMS or email messages. |
| Key Guard |
|
Temporarily lock your
keypad. |
| Answer Mode |
· Handsfree Auto Ansr
· On / Off
· Answer Key
· Any Key
· Send Key |
|
| DTMF Length |
· Long
· Short |
Set length of touch tones
(DTMF). |
| Default Settings |
|
Return phone settings
to factory defaults. |
The File & Settings Menu is where you can customize the GU87. The GU87
supports midi format ring tones. The drawback is they don't sound as nice
as MMF format ring tones, however they are more convenient.
When you use the composer to create your own melodies, the GU87 saves
the music as IMY files. However, they are basically monophonic ring tones.
Making your own polyphonic ring tones requires you to use a computer based
midi software composer.
The display of the phone is changeable also. You can put 132 x 176 wallpaper
images, change the screen saver greetings, and assign pictures to contacts.
One very cool option on the GU87 is the ability to change the color of the
exterior LCD. You can choose between orange, blue, or green. You can also
pick different colors to set to different alerts. Very cool indeed.
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