Motorola Krzr K1m Review - Messaging
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Alfredo Padilla Published on April 20, 2007 Comment on this |
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Supported Email Services (0.0)
Like many regular phones from Sprint the Krzr K1m does not include a built in email client. Instead there is web based access to various popular email programs like Hotmail, AOL and Yahoo. You can also set up a Sprint email account and forward messgaes from other accounts to this one so they are accessible on your phone. We do not score web based email services because they are completely dependant on network access. For example you cannot check your inbox while on a plane flight, or write an email in the subway to be sent later.
Push Email (0.0)
No email client.
Multiple Email Accounts (0.0)
No email client.
HTML and Attachments (0.0)
No email client.
Email Customizations (0.0)
No email client.
Time to a New Message (0.0)
No email client.
Email Usability (0.0)
No email client.
Supported IM Services (0.0)
MMS Support (7.0)
MMS messaging on Sprint is called Picture Mail. This service is integrated into the messaging folder on the phone but is seperate from text messaging. This means you can only view your inbox for one service at a time and you cannot turn a text message into an MMS message. The client is straightforward with fields for recipients, subject, text and the ability to insert a photo, sound or video. You can also send an MMS directly from the camera, camcorder or album software. Although we liked the integration with the multimedia applications, we were dissapointed that MMS and SMS were not better integrated.
SMS Smiley Face Interpretation (0.0)
To test smiley face interpretationwe send a text message with four common smileys to the device to see if they are correctly interpreted as graphic representations. Unfortunately, just like the Razr V3m, the Krzr K1m did not correctly interpret any of our test smileys, instead leaving them in their symbol format. The Krzr K1m does also does not allow you to insert smileys automatically, instead requiring you to type them out using the appropriate symbols.
SMS/MMS Ease of Use (5.0)
The SMS/MMS interface on the Motorola Krzr K1m is the same as that found on the Razr V3m from Sprint. SMS and MMS are both found in the messaging menu but are separate items. Messages are listed in a simple chronological list, with the newest item at the top. You can move amongst messages using up/down, but to move to a different inbox you will need to go back to the messaging menu. You can send messages to multiple users or to a contact group. This setup is fairly basic, but functional. It is nowhere near as good as the Palm messaging application found on Treo devices.
Time to a New SMS Message (3.05)
To test how easy it is to create a new SMS message we time how long it takes to go from phone closed to a new SMS dialogue. We repeat this test 5 times and take the average for our score. The Motorola Krzr K1m took 3.28 seconds to get to a new SMS dialogue. This is significantly faster than the Motorola Razr V3m, which took 4.58 seconds, but slower than the LG Chocolate's 2.72 seconds. The Krzr K1m is helped by the fact that a shortcut to the messaging menu is available on the home screen by simply hitting up on the directional pad. | Previous Next | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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