Phone calls, messaging, data transfer
The phonebook has unlimited capacity, data stored inside it gets on the 144 MB onboard memory, which is used for storing only this kind of information, we will need to use a memory card for multimedia stuff. We really “need” to, as if there’s no memory card inside, we can’t take pictures, record sounds, set custom ringtones – this is not only lame, but also inexplicable. As for the contact list: we can enter lots of extra information with the great virtual keyboard that has portrait and landscape views as well. This keyboard matches our needs, so for example when we’re entering an email address the “at” sign (@) immediately appears amongst its keys, so we can instantly access it. So there are extra fields, we can sort our contacts into groups, we can mark our favorites and attach images (these can be downloaded directly from Facebook, along with the person’s birthday and status, which will be displayed in the contact list).
So if someone types it on Facebook that “I have a bad mood”, we’ll also see this in the phonebook, directly under the contact’s name. The phonebook handles social networking stuff in an incredibly intelligent way, we can track events and statuses for every people (logged!), and we can also see text messages and emails sent and received. The only problem is that Facebook status updates are automatically downloaded and we can’t turn that off – it will ask us if we want to download the image and the birthday as well. These kinds of information (images, additional data, events, etc.) are not displayed on a long list, but on many pages, which can be flipped like we change screens on TouchFLO.
Messaging includes the usual SMS, MMS and e-mail; Gmail being the preferred for this last one, but of course we can set up other providers as well, manually. HTC’s engineers have changed the virtual keyboard to the one from Diamond2, which is easier to use – special characters are entered just like on the iPhone.
The call log is great, we have unified and separate lists of different kinds of calls. This data (including the contact list and other companions) can be pushed to our desktop PC via HTC Sync – the app supports Outlook, Windows address book and Exchange as well.
The data transfer repertoire is perfect: quad-band GSM module (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), GRPS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA (7.2 Mbps), HSUPA (2 Mbps), WiFi, Bluetooth (2.0), ExtUSB connector (miniUSB-compatible, USB 2.0 speed). Bluetooth is problematic as we can’t send files, but when attached to a PC, it works as a card reader, so we can easily transfer files. I had no problems with sound quality or reception during calls.
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