Sanyo M1 multimedia flip phone: Part3

Music - Very Good

The Sanyo M1 skips the memory card slot and instead packs its own 1GB of internal memory, a choice we appreciated not only because it's a money saver, but also because we found sideloading speeds to be quicker on the M1 than we've seen on other music phones (we loaded more than 900MB of music in 15 minutes). The dedicated music buttons on the front clamshell were occasionally unresponsive; usually we had to open the phone to get things started, but the four-way design allowed us to navigate playlists while the phone was closed, which we liked. The bare-bones player interface worked well, with responsive fast forward and rewind controls, and literally hundreds of thousands of tunes are available for download from the Sprint Music Store. Our only real complaint is that you can't use your own tracks as ringtones, only ringtones you've purchased from Sprint (natch).

Web browsing - Very good

The phone managed to load the complicated The New York Times home page in its entirety ' which is unusual for a non-smartphone -- but the layout was a mess. The masthead of the Grey Lady's Web site was shrunk to minute proportions, and links tended to overlap each other. The phone was unable to load our own InfoSync World site. Navigating pages was also a chore, as the phone will only display one-column layouts, so long pages required plenty of click-scrolling.

Accessories

Bucking the trend of Verizon and Cingular phones, the Sanyo M1 comes with every accessory you need to access all the phone's features, including a USB cable, stereo headphones and a headphone adapter that allows you to plug in your own 3.5mm headphones. Also, unlike slimmer phones from Samsung, the headphones and charger don't share the same spot, so you can watch video to your heart's content without disturbing your neighbors. The phone also features GPS by subscription through Garmin's mobile program.
12/17/2006 9:44:53 PM
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