

We're hoping Royal changes these limitations in future SIM card readers. Also, you can't transfer contacts one at a time it's either everything or nothing. Keep in mind that, like with the previous Royal products, each transfer back and forth, whether it's from the SIM card to the reader or vice versa, will overwrite any contacts already stored to the location. Once you've made all your changes, you can transfer the contacts back to your SIM card. Text entry via the keyboard is easy and quick. You can save up to nine fields per contact including five phone numbers, an e-mail address, an address, and notes. Also, you can create new contacts and add them to one of the SIM card's records or to one of two SCR3 internal phone books (business or personal). You'll then be able to access your contacts on the SIM at will and edit them using the keyboard. Once your contacts are saved to the SCR3, you can remove the SIM card and put it back in your phone. You can save up to three SIM cards at once with 250 contacts per card. The transfer involves a few key taps, but it's fast and trouble-free. Also, their blue color makes them easy to see.Īfter inserting a SIM card into the convenient slot on the rear face of the SCR3 you'll be asked if you want to copy your contacts to the SCR3's flash memory. We like that the large spacebar and Enter key are located conveniently in the center of the bottom row of buttons. The SCR3's other controls consist of a recessed power button in bright orange, dedicated Escape and Delete keys, the aforementioned Shift control, and a Backup button for saving SIM contacts to the SCR3. That being the case, we're willing to let it pass. It's not the most ideal arrangement (as it cuts down your typing speed), but we get that adding more dedicated buttons would have increased the SCR3's size. Rather, a few of the letter keys do double duty for numbers and symbols when used with the Shift button. It's important to note that there are no dedicated numeric or symbol keys. We were able to type quickly while avoiding mistakes, even if the keys could use a darker color to give them more definition.

The raised keyboard buttons are relatively large and also have a tactile feel that makes them comfortable to use. They're sufficiently big and they have a slightly rubberized feel that makes them very tactile.īelow the display are nine round blue buttons that give you one-touch access to various features while the keyboard sits below them. On either side are control buttons for scrolling through lists and for moving the cursor around the display.

Also, you can change the screen's brightness. The display uses simple block text, so it's not very pretty but the text is large and easy to see in all lighting conditions. Lift it up and you'll notice the two-inch monochrome display and a range of buttons.

The SCR3 is protected by a clear plastic cover. The gray-and-blue color scheme isn't terribly attractive-simple black would have been nice-but the see-through bottom cover lets you view the SCR3's inner workings. At 4.5 inches long (it's used horizontally) by 3.0 inches wide by 0.5 inch thick and weighing in at 3.2 ounces, it's much bigger than the SCR1 and the SCR2 (due to the QWERTY keyboard), but it's still small and light enough to take on the go. It's a simple but nifty idea that still hasn't been mass-produced. Using the SCR3, you can back up the contacts from your cell phone's SIM card for safekeeping. It may look like the 1980s calculator you received after subscribing to a magazine, but it has a decidedly modern function. Placed thus, it appears to me that the order is the following, starting from the cut off corner: 1 VCC, 2 RST, 3 CLK, 4 GND (top on left side), 5 not used, 6 I/O.Don't let the SCR3's design scare you off. When the mini sim card is put in place looking down onto the contacts, the cut off corner is on the upper right hand side and I see the back of the card. The sim card holder I need to use to replace a damaged card reader as three contacts on each side. I need to find out the order of connectors for a 6 contact sim card reader. These cards should be interchsngeable and I know that both the 8 circuit telenor card and the 6 circuit Telia cards are recognized as present in a German AVM LTE router which has a 6 contact sim reader. The latest Telia cards don't look the same as the one on the photo but it appeas that it is still a 6 circuit sim card. That card appears to be an 8 circuit card. The Grameen card bears a telenor logo and looks exactly the same as a telenor card in Sweden, where norwegian Telenor is a major operator.
