Data transfer, battery
Z10 can work even on HSDPA networks. Settings needed for the built-in web browser to work are downloaded automatically by the phone, so theoretically there can be no problems using it. Unfortunately the test phone had a different opinion, but it is known that the browser is the same, fine one that Z8 had. It has landscape view, navigation is rather easy. UIQ 3.3 (that has been already launched) will have the new Opera for displaying web content.
I have been angered a bit by the software called PC Sync, as I would have liked to do two things with it: transferring images and installing a screenshot program. There isn’t even a trace of the software download on the Hungarian Motorola site, so I tried the American one. I managed to get the 80+ MB software, I tried installing it three times, when it finally seemed that everything is okay, but then it complained about a .dll file, even though I had the latest Windows XP running on my PC. It even turned out that no matter the UIQ-compatibility, the screenshot program, which worked perfectly on all previous Sony Ericsson phones, has been rejected by Z10 with a security error. When looking around the web we can find Fring developed specifically for this platform so it’s a pity that there is no WLAN on Z10.
The battery, sitting under one part of the back cover, has a pretty poor performance. It didn’t take it even two days to go offline, at medium usage, but at least it can be charged from a PC via a USB cable – if we successfully install the PC Sync software.
Summary. Z10 is better than Z8. But it’s not good enough. The camera is evidently better, the software has less problems but I still had to reboot too much. The banana shape is rather spectacular, but it comes with its compromises and the UIQ system is really a curiosity without a touchscreen, but it couldn’t impress me again. System speed has been less than expected, so the thing is that I still can’t give any award to this model.
Bog
Translated by Szaszati
The handset has been provided by the manufacturer’s Hungarian representative. Thanks.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
