Exterior
It’s a fact that it’s hard to create a new style in this category. The guys at Toshiba are not trying too much, as we can see some stuff on G710 that have been on some other model already. The keyboard is one of these, as it looks very much like the classical Q solution – it’s no sin to copy something that’s good, so does the saying go, so let’s not complain about this. It’s a bigger problem that the handset has the features of predecessors from a couple of years ago, but we’ll discuss this a bit later on.
The model, made of mostly soft, smooth plastics is exactly as large as the models mentioned in the introduction: it weighs 130 grams and has a size of 62.8 x 115.5 x 13.2 mm. It looks like this is the standard size for such devices. On top of the front we can see the phone speaker and the inevitable Toshiba logo, below them there is the QVGA display with a diagonal of 2.5”. This has a flawless quality. In the center we can see the main navigation controls. This includes six buttons and the trackball. This ball is usually used on Pocket PCs, as that platform provides mouse cursor movement in the menus – we can’t do such a thing on G710, but the small ball can be used easily for menu navigation. On the bottom there is the previously mentioned QWERTY keyboard, which provides a comfortable text entry method. On the whole I can say that the small Portégé is a very easy to use device, at least from the hardware’s point of view.
On the back there is the handsfree speaker and the 2 megapixel fixed focus camera. This has a very interesting design, as there is such a large circle around the small lens, that any Nokia phone could be envious of it. Under the bottom, detachable part there is the SIM socket and the microSD slot. I’ve never seen such a stupid design ever in my life, as the two sockets are built together, so we can insert a memory card only when there’s a SIM card inside, the small microSD being placed exactly on that one. The battery doesn’t have to be taken out in order to switch the memory card, only for SIM changes.
On top there is nothing, on the right there are the volume control keys, the miniUSB port and the external antenna connector, these two being covered by a rubber lid. The standard jack output is unfortunately missing this time, I don’t know who invented this very popular thing but I would be glad to have a talk with him about user needs.
The bottom is also empty; on the left we can only see the power button and the camera’s exposure key.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
