Motorola V365 push-to-talk clamshell: Part2

Messaging - Good

Similar to calling, messaging was hit and miss for the V365. The handset crammed a whopping 221 characters on the screen for outgoing messages, far exceeding our preferred 160. The phone isn't a slouch on incoming messages either, fitting a full 160 characters with ease. However, we were disappointed with the flip phone's blocky looking text and stiff, unresponsive keys. The V356 does include iTAP predictive text, but we found that it slowed us down more than helped. In most instances, we had practically typed out the complete word before we received any suggestions, and we also had to wait for a couple seconds for suggestions to appear. However, the handset offers its fair share of messaging features, including instant messaging with support for AIM, Yahoo and MSN, along with mobile e-mail support for Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo, AIM, and SBC Yahoo -- not bad, althought we did have to wait about 30 to 45 seconds for the Java-based app to launch. The V365 also easily sent our photos via MMS.
12/17/2006 9:32:03 PM
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