HTC Advantage X7501 First Impressions Review - Messaging
|
Alfredo Padilla Published on March 28, 2007 Comment on this |
|
|
|
|
The HTC Advantage uses the standard Outlook Mobile application found on Windows Mobile 5 devices. Outlook Mobile allows you to connect to POP3 and IMAP4 email services. As a Windows Mobile device the HTC Advantage supports push email via Microsoft's Exchange Server. As a Windows Mobile Pocket PC Device (Professional when upgraded to Windows Mobile 6) the HTC Advantage allows you to view Word, Excel and Powerpoint attachments. We also saw a PDF viewer installed on the device. Although the HTC Advantage we reviewed was running Windows Mobile 5, which does not support HTML email, the final version will be running Windows Mobile 6, which adds support for HTML email.
Accessing email on the HTC Advantage can be done by hitting the dedicated messaging button on the keyboard, via the Today screen plugin or via shortcuts in the Start and Programs menus. As with all Windows Mobile 5 devices the HTC Advantage organizes messages into a simple list that can be sorted various ways. You move up and down using the joystick or arrow buttons on the keyboard. You can move from account to account by hitting left/right. We did not see any customizations specifically for the Advantage on the device we reviewed, which is a shame since the large screen would be perfect for a split screen view of messages.
We were unable to confirm what, if any, IM services the Advantage will support. Once the device is upgraded to Windows Mobile 6 we expect that it will support Windows Live Messenger. As with other Windows Mobile 5 devices the HTC Advantage's SMS and MMS services are integrated into Outlook mobile as separate accounts. This means that you cannot start with an SMS message and turn it into an MMS message. Creating messages is fairly straightforward, and like all Outlook messaging accounts you can resort your messages.
| Previous Next | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
