The company is conducting an advertising campaign of Samsung mobile phones in 2006 under the auspices of “even thinner.” Among the devices Ultra Thin mansion worth i320 smartphone. First, because it is based on the smartphone Windows Mobile for Smartphone Edition, secondly, it first among the “thin” at WM units a full keyboard. And, finally, the announcement that the first model was made in the CIS countries. Therefore, a novelty - the closest attention.

Complete

Telephone, two rechargeable batteries, charger and a desktop charger for the battery, a stereo, CD with software, USB cable, directions for use. The presence of complete delivery of two batteries significantly increases working time autonomous devices. It is the second battery can recharge from a desktop device. The obvious drawback of standard package is the lack of a memory card, but for individual regions, it may be present.

Appearance

Phone is made of black plastic, well conceals fingerprints. The rest fairly impressive size (111×59 mm). Such an increase in the width of the shell, we have seen in the smartphone Nokia E61. It is due to the need to deploy a full-QWERTY keyboard. Q decorative elements include silver box at the top of the front panel, under the manufacturer’s logo screen and silver trim same navigational keys. This solution makes phone strict and presentable. In the upper right-hand corner of the device is abalone on the phone to wear wrist. At the back of a special plastic box lens is 1.3 - megapixel camera. At the top of the lens aperture is present outbreak. On the left and right of the box are two basic dynamics and the connector for connecting external antenna. The thickness of a few millimeters inserts increases the overall thickness of the device. Under the lid on it with a written logo are lithium-ion battery slot for a SIM card and theoretically can be replaced without extraction battery. Construction slots for flash cards are not so successful. It is not entirely clear, forcing developers to make in the end of the battery connector.

That decision makes it impossible to replace the hot memory card. To extract the battery also had to get. The phone standard used microSD / TransFlash, which is becoming increasingly popular due to their small size and an impressive capacity. Concluding the story of the internal compartment of the phone, note that smartphone fully supports the regime organizers, but is able to work and in the absence of SIM cards. At the front of the device is QVGA display with a resolution of 240×320 pixels (2.2 inches diagonal), and support for 262,000 colors. The ratio differs from the usual parties to WM-smartphones. 320 points are displayed on the width of the phone. This is due to the structural features of the wide body. A similar decision we saw in the staff and Nokia E61. Such non-standard (back), the screen resolution requires the adaptation of software that developers should take into account when issuing new versions. The quality of the display apparatus in the spirit of the best Samsung - the image is very full and bright with good angles review. Above the display is another earpiece for playback voice in the call and scoring system event. Bottom of the display unit located buttons and the QWERTY keyboard. Standard Lights Out and call buttons placed at the edges of the device. Soft-keys and dvuhpozitsionnye are like swings. On the left soft key functions involved and Home Start, right - Contacts and Return to the previous window.

At the heart of software is trapezoidal buttons navigational key, with the OK button on the center. In standby mode, it causes a media. At the movement involved a challenge to the navigation keys separate functions. They can be configured. Size-key QWERTY keyboard is very small - they have the most to press fingertip. That amount does not cause all the necessary keys to the characters, so depending on the region of delivery at the keyboard before it either English or alphabet localization. The developers gave the keys apparatus cone shape. On the one hand, this has placed Button additional characters (numbers, punctuation, etc.). The flip side of such a decision was even greater reduction in the surface of the keys useful. The general conclusion accustomed to the keyboard long enough will. You can dial into SMS text messages rather confidently. To switch to a set of numbers and symbols on the keyboard are special keys (analog Shift and Caps Lock). To simplify the recruitment figures alphabetic keys are grouped in clusters of two. You can click on any of them. Keys Canberra clearly and fairly softly. Tactile navigation, in our view, is absolutely impossible, because the keys are too small, and the transitions between them side felt bad. For people with large fingers will be at all difficult to manage through a telephone keypad. Lights bright white keyboard. When the backlight all printed on the keyboard characters become very apparent. On the left are the verge phone volume control keys. Long hitting any of the keys involves outbreak, the phone can be used as a miniature flashlight. On the right side are the connectors to connect the headset and charger. In slot charger plugs and cables for synchronization. They are covered by special plastic “doors”. Here are the same key is the camera button and switch modes apparatus. Last Long pressing the keypad locks.

Menu

By pressing the Start button menu offers standard phone. Menu items rigidly fixed, they can not change. Icons to access the applications on the screen is placed eight: four each in two series. A bit unusual that when moving laterally through menu items using the cursor keys navigational not proceed in the lower (upper) number - for such a transition will require additional pressing down. Icons represent the standard for the Windows Mobile badges, which are well recognized. Font menu is visible, too, very well: the contrast of the display at the highest level. Detailed descriptions of menu items completely inappropriate in view of standardness, so only briefly describe the available items:

Messages - a standard for creating SMS, MMS and e-mail addresses. Supported T9 predictive text input. Limitations on the number of messages not - uses all available memory.

Contacts. The structure of the phone book entirely consistent with Microsoft Outlook. As the categories are only four types: Business, Holiday, Personal, and Seasonal. Each contact can assign a personalized music and image. Not quite successful need to switch keyboard in the digital set when entering phone numbers. For the user, it would be easier if such a transition place automatically when changing the text box. As a result, for each subscriber line available 54 to make the necessary information including addresses and data recording in the type of service ICQ.

Organizer. There are alarm clock, calendar, tasks, functions of D-day, world time and Dictaphone. You can individually adjust the five alarms, one of which is a function Wake up. Otherwise, application of this standard menu item for the system. Additional reminders can be set through the calendar of events and party software. Of the whole range of applications is not entirely normal utility D-day. It allows you to set the date and category of upcoming events and to include his annual repetition. You can ask four days at the same time, pointing startup, its repetition (alarm clock will be without reminding myself included at a set time each day, weekends or only every Sunday), and repeating the call in a specified time (from 10 minutes to 2 hours). The calendar, as I wrote, you can choose this type of calendar, which want. In total there are two types of menus. If you have any plans, you can add them to your calendar by entering the appropriate number, and the next calendar viewer will see this note. This function allows the D-day to create another note, stating the date and priority (with 9 regulations). You can also turn on or off the possibility of repetition of the notes. At dictaphone conversation can be recorded or something else without limitation of time. Quality of recording excellent. You can write a clear voice, even if talk of 5-10 metres away. World Clock displays the time in various locations around the globe. This will be convenient for people who frequently traveling abroad.

Journal calls. Standard option that includes all the Missed, and dialed numbers. By selecting one of the rooms can be added to E-mail. Or you can set up a filter calls: incoming, outgoing and missed. Allows you to move directly to a set of numbers. Internet. Includes Internet Explorer, Pocket MSN, and the WAP Browser. Pocket MSN includes a standard-messenger MSN Messenger, Hotmail servers tab.

Windows Media. Standard player, which can play music and video. You can create your own playlists.

Settings

Options are divided into 16 items:

1. Phone. Here you select the type of connection: GSM 900, 1800, 1900. Upon request can put a feature in which a phone signal will be in recruiting numbers.
2. Sounds manager. To select alarm calls, with the possibility of editing.
3. Profiles. You can select the required mode call.
4. Home screen. To select on the screen saver.
5. To lock and alarm. Setting time zone and format display date / time.
6. Connections. For settings protocols GPRS and VPN connections.
7. USB. The phone supports Mass Storage mode, which allows using the memory card as an external drive. Synchronization and exchange data with PCs made in the mode Synchronization.
8. Security. Standard security settings and change the PIN codes.
9. Remove programs. The application for deinstallation installed programs.
10. Power management. Power apparatus, and backlight brightness adjustment of the display and all the attributes associated energy. 11. Accessibility. Configuring the system fonts, and the influence of the duration of their keyboard functionality.
12. Regional settings. Regional preferences. Depending on the version of firmware customizable interface language.
Paragraphs 13-16 settings include personal data and information on the device.

Bluetooth

In the device supports A2DP profile, which allows display on a wireless stereo headset? Supported packet data transmission.

Camera

Phone is 1.3 - megapixels camera, allowing withdraw as photos, and videos with sound. Photographed it in three modes: a snapshot (with a maximum resolution 1280×1024), Mosaic (the same 320×340). Also, the camera has a mode for self, which can be set necessary time delay. While Mosaic apparatus provides 4 or 9 pictures at 2×2 or 3×3 matrix. Pictures are taken independently and together in a common picture. In normal image available permits four cameras: 1280×1024, 640×480, 320×240 and 176×144. Supported effects: black-and-white filming, sepia and negative, that is, in the yellow color. When shooting video available only two types of permits: 320×240 and 176×144. The camera records clips in a format MPEG4 and 3gp. Photos made in the maximum authorization, as well look on the screen smartphone, and on a large monitor. To print on paper clearly маловато permit cameras. The phone has two games: Bubble breaker, and the traditional “Spider”. You can install additional applications - no restrictions on their size do not. Suffice important are the Utilities menu. There’s the manager of the SIM card, applications manager, equalizer and other stuff. In paragraph Accessories include a calculator, manager, built-in modem, converter values and stopwatch.

Impressions

Width and strict design phone rather suggest menswear audience, while a thin shell and the small size of the keys are ideal for a beautiful half. Q will have to adapt the keyboard long enough, but if you use the telephone constantly, too many difficulties it is (if not take into account the difficulties in recruiting blind). A large amount of internal memory (128 MB) makes quite comfortable working with the applications installed in main memory. For the most severe cases will have to buy a memory card. It would require, and may wish to use the smartphone as mp3 player. Phone is not positioned as a replacement mp3 player, but to listen to music with the help of no one prevents you. These contributed enough and powerful stereo speakers. Moreover, the sound can be transferred to a wireless headset with virtually no loss of quality. A significant drawback is the only proprietary connector for headsets - a standard mini-jackpot would have been much more appropriate. The proposed firm decision you have to be satisfied with the attached headset, sound quality which is not a higher class. Of the non-standard applications of interest Picsel Viewer to work with office documents without installing additional software. In this picture on the screen is scaled correctly. However, fairness, we note that a similar application was successfully tested in the earlier apparatus of the company and a very good track record.

Excellent realized address book. The number of contacts it is not limited, and the number of fields for each record to create a powerful database of subscribers, registered on the list. Suffice it to say that only the number of phones that can be made for one record, just ten. Thought and the possibility of extending the time an autonomous work. A second battery will have a very witty, if you are far away from sources of electricity. Phone has no problems with the quality of the assembly - all the details fit tightly. This too is a kind of calling card manufacturer. For more attractive model gives an unusual design, which resembles the machines remotely RIM (Blackberry). The most serious shortcoming is the lack of support apparatus Wi-Fi.

To date, the phone does not have analogs as part of its platform. Theoretically, it can only competitor Motorola Moto Q, whose release date for GSM market is constantly delayed. In dry balance, we have a standard set of functional platform WM 5.0 plus remember unusual design. Many users of this would be sufficient.