Motorola Q 9m Cell Phone Review - Messaging
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Mark Brezinski Published on December 31, 2007 Comment on this |
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Supported Email Services (8.0)
The Q 9m will support POP and IMAP mail. Also, if you use a popular service like Gmail or Yahoo! mail, the phone will automatically detect its server settings for you; all you'll have to do is enter the email address and your password.
Push Email (3.0)
Direct Push is supported, meaning you'll need an Exchange server in order to receive the service. This is the only service supported out of the box, but there are plenty of other solutions out there available for download, such as BlackBerry's.
Multiple Email Accounts (10.0)
The phone can hold more than
HTML and Attachments (7.0)
HTML and attachments are both supported, but you'll have to go through a few warning dialogues to get to either. We appreciate the security, but we would've appreciated the option to just display the HTML without a hassle. In terms of attachments, you can click on a PDF, Word, or Excel file and the appropriate viewing program will open it up. If you want to download them, you'll need to mark them for download and then re-initiate a transfer in order to get them.
Email Customizations (5.0)
There really aren't too many options for customizing your email. Font options aren't available. You can give email a priority and create a signature. Your inbox can be set up to show the time and date messages were received and alter the default way messages are sorted. One option we wish we had is to increase the number of emails that fit on screen at a time. Though the jog dial allows you to scroll through them quickly, sometimes it's easy to get lost in deep inboxes.
Time to a New Message (3.58)
It took us 5.58 seconds to get a new email dialogue up. This is fairly slow, even more so than the original Q. Again, the Q 9m isn't the most responsive phone, and the default home screen makes messaging features a bit harder to get to than the typical Windows Mobile Standard one. While this home screen can be accessed by hitting a button on the QWERTY, it took so long to switch between the two that it wasn't worth it.
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Motorola Q 9m | 5.58 | 3.58 |
| Palm Centro | 1.86 | 10.75 |
| Motorola Q | 5.1 | 3.92 |
| Pantech Duo | 2.3 | 8.70 |
| BlackBerry Curve 8320 | 1.7 | 11.76 |
| Nokia N95 with 3G | 4.4 | 4.55 |
Email Usability (4.0)
The email client is easy enough to use, and even beginners should be able to come to grips with the interface quickly. Those who need advanced email features won't find all the tools they need, however. For the average consumer, however, the Q 9m should be fine.
Supported IM Services (0.0)
The Q 9m doesn't come with any IM services. If you'd like one, however, they're easy enough to find with a quick Google search.
MMS Support (6.0)
MMS messages receive typical support. They can be sent from either the camera or camcorder application or their respective albums. When creating them from the Messaging app, however, you'll need to choose SMS or MMS from the onset. Many phones are beginning to integrate MMS and SMS messages simply because it doesn't make sense not to. The two do share an inbox.
SMS Smiley Face Interpretation (0.0)
The Q 9m actually had a near-fatal case of jaundice it's never recovered from emotionally; ever since, it has been terrified of these little yellow faces.
SMS/MMS Ease of Use (4.0)
SMS and MMS messages are set up much like email and is therefore just as easy to learn. It's very straight-forward, but again, doesn't offer the options that a BlackBerry would. Again, the inboxes will only display five messages at a time, so managing large inboxes will be frustrating.
Time to a New SMS Message (1.88)
It took 5.31 seconds of navigating and waiting before we were able to begin typing a new SMS message. This is very slow. Some phones have dedicated shortcuts that allow times under a full second. The Q 9m, on the other hand, chooses to throw tons of menu navigation and lag between you and your messages.
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Motorola Q 9m | 5.31 | 1.88 |
| Palm Centro | 0.86 | 11.63 |
| Motorola Q | 5.1 | 1.96 |
| Pantech Duo | 2.39 | 4.18 |
| BlackBerry Curve 8320 | 4.22 | 2.37 |
| Nokia N95 with 3G | 0.9 | 11.11 |
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