Motorola Krzr K1m Review - Organizer
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Alfredo Padilla Published on April 20, 2007 Comment on this |
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Synchronization Ease of Use (0.0)
The Krzr K1m does not support synchronization with your computer out of the box. You can add this support by purchasing software and a USB cable from Motorola for $49.99. Because we only score phones on their capabilities out of the box the Krzr K1m did not recieve any points for synchronization features.
Alerts (6.0)
The only program that allows you to create alerts on the Motorola Krzr K1m is the Calendar. Here you can set up an alert for a number of preset times before the event is scheduled. You can also set the tone that will sound for the alert. When the phone is in vibrate mode it will vibrate instead of playing the sound for the alert.
When an alert goes off the sound plays and the exterior screen displays the name of the event and its scheduled time. When you open the phone you can choose to snooze the alert or dismiss it. If snoozed the alert will sound again in 9 minutes time. There are no options to vary how long the snooze lasts. The alert will sound for one minute but the exterior display will show the item until you pick the phone up again. When you open the phone after missing an alert the display again shows the calendar information with the options to snooze or dismiss.
Over the Air PIM Sync (0.0)
The Motorola Krzr K1m does not support synchronization of your personal information over the air.
Address Book
Adding Contacts (4.6)
Looking/Sorting/Search (3.5)
Your contacts on the Krzr K1m are organized alphabetically by first name. You can also sort them by speed dial, email or distribution list. You can also filter them by group. You can search through your contacts by typing out a first name using multi-tap. You cannot search by last name, nor is there support for search using predictive text. We were not impressed by the Krzr K1m's sorting and searching options. Fields (2.4)
When creating a new contact the Krzr K1m offers you 12 different fields including room for five different phone numbers, an email and web address, photo and custom ringtone. We were also pleased to see a memo field where you can enter any information you wish. The Krzr K1m's selection is fairly standard for a regular phone and is similar to what is found on the Razr V3m or LG Chocolate.
Speed Dial/Voice tags/Voice command (3.0)
The Motorola Krzr K1m allows you to assign any contact to one of 99 different speed dials. You cannot create voice tags for your contacts, which is a shame because the Krzr K1m's voice command software is terrible. Voice command can be accessed by hitting the dedicated button on the left side of the phone. This only works when the phone is open. We attempted to use the voice command software to dial a number to each of our five different contacts, but only one name was recognized. This is significantly worse than the Razr V3m, which recognized three of our five names.
Calendar
Adding Calendar Items (10.44)
Calendar Views (3.0)
The Motorola Krzr K1m includes three different calendar views, day, week and month. The default view when the application is opened is the calendar view, which displays a single month at a time. Days when you have an appointment are indicated in yellow, no information about the appointments is shown in this view. You can move between days on the monthly view using the directional pad, and selecting a day using the center key or the left soft key will switch you to the daily view for that date.
Fields (5.0)
When creating a new calendar appointment on the Motorola Krzr K1m you can select from six fields including more advanced features such as recurrence and assigning a custom ringtone for that appointment. Basic fields like title, time and date are also available of course. You can add an alert for the appointment, choosing from one of 7 different preset options ranging from on time to 2 days beforehand. The calendar options are very similar to what you would find on the Razr V3m.
ToDo/Tasks
Adding ToDo/Task (0.0)
The Motorola Krzr K1m does not include a tasks program.
ToDo/Task Sorting and Prioritizing (0.0)
See above.
Fields (0.0)
See above.
Notes
Adding Notes (0.0)
Just as with the Razr V3m the Motorola Krzr K1m does not include a text notes application.
Note Interface (0.0)
See above.
Note Formatting (0.0)
See above.
Voice Memo (5.0)
Despite the lack of a text notes application we were pleased to see that the Motorola Krzr K1m does allow you to create voice notes. By default such notes are limited to 30 seconds, but you can extend this to 60 seconds or 10 minutes. When in the application you can begin recording by hitting the left soft key. A list of your previous recordings is somewhat hiddin under the right soft key menu. You can set a voice note as a ringer and rename them. You can also sort your list of voice notes by name, date, size or type. We were dissapointed that you could not send a voice note via MMS directly from the application. The functionality offered by the Krzr K1m's voice notes application is very similar to that offered by the Razr V3m. | Previous Next | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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