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I didn’t get this phone brand new, no box or accessories, I borrowed it
from Big City Record’s member Chelcie.
My first impression when I got this phone was that it is quite large in
width, larger than my 6600, but not in thickness.
The screen is more than half of the length of the phone, which is quite
huge, and it is a pity that the phone doesn’t have a camera because it would
really be a good display.
It has a very squeezed QWERTY keyboard with sort of dual keys, two keys
in one button, something to have to get used to and it can be a bit tight. It
has a stylus which can be used to control the touchscreen.
The SIM Card has its own slider to take it inside, something quite weird
and difficult to manage. The memory card (Memory Stick Micro M2) is buried very
deep into the memory card slot, so you have to have some object to click it
out.
There is a scroll key just like in the P910i, at the left side, and you
also find the back/unlock key and the stylus opening.
On the right there is the memory card slot and task manager button.
On the top there is the on/off button and the infrared port. At the back
you find the speaker which isn’t very loud, comparing to other phones at it’s
level.
There is a total of 20 keys on the frontal keypad of which 15 are dual
keys.
The phone has 3G but not even a camera for video call, quite
disappointing. It has smart icons like the P910i, when you click in the battery
indicator, it will give you the percentage left.
After some idle time, the screen will fade out to black, in order to
save energy, it is a very ugly way of doing it because it isn’t smooth or
anything, it just fades out gradually.
When booting up the phone, it comes a very irritating question, wether I
want to activate flight mode or start up normal, and it takes a long time to
boot up.
The device has a 64MB Memory Stick Micro and 80MB of shared memory.
On the home screen you see two views, like a today screen where you get
all you calendar and other scheduled tasks, and in the other view there is a
menu.
The Menu is 3x3 and it has Contacts, Call log, Messaging, Calendar,
Office, Media, Tools, Settings, Phone.
There is always a “More” displayed in every application, which gives you
“more” options, such as fullscreen modes, exit, and lot other depending on
which application.
The Contacts screen is filled up which is quite nice and the Call log
also appears very complete with many details for each call made, received or
missed.
In the Office section, you get Quickoffice which offers Word and Excel,
and also Adobe PDF. All these applications offer both fullscreen and landscape
modes, which is quite useful and enjoyable.
In Media there is a useful option of RSS Feeds, Music DJ program which
let’s you build your own ringing tones. The music player isn’t very loud, but
the video player is quite good thanks to the large display, but you have to
manually activate landscape and fullscreen mode.
The browser is Opera 8 and it supports the fullscreen mode as well and
it has a download manager.
Under Tools there is a file manager, which shows you folders and files,
but not the hidden files and folders, and there isn’t many options.
In the Settings section, you find all the normal phone and call options,
and also Bluetooth and Infrared menus.
The task manager wasn’t very good because it doesn’t let you end tasks,
only switch between them.
The Operating system of the phone is Symbian OS 9.1 UIQ 3.0
Advantages: Large screen, touchscreen, 3G, Symbian OS v9.1 UIQ 3.0
Disadvantages: No camera, QWERTY keyboard tight, task manager doesn’t
perform well.
Rating: 7/10
