T-Mobile Razr2 V8 Cell Phone Review - Messaging
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Mark Brezinski Published on December 10, 2007 Comment on this |
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Supported Email Services (0.0)
Push Email (0.0)
N/A: doesn't have an email client.
Multiple Email Accounts (0.0)
N/A: doesn't have an email client.
HTML and Attachments (0.0)
N/A: doesn't have an email client.
Email Customizations (0.0)
N/A: doesn't have an email client.
Time to a New Message (0.0)
N/A: doesn't have an email client.
Email Auto Complete on Address (0.0)
N/A: doesn't have an email client.
Email Usability (0.0)
N/A: doesn't have an email client.
Supported IM Services (0.0)
MMS Support (8.5)
The Razr2 V8 has great integration of MMS messages, going so far as to lump SMS and MMS messages together. While writing an SMS, you can click on the option soft key at any time and opt to convert the message into an MMS. You can also send them straight from the camera, or from an album. The V8 is definitely ahead of a lot of phones in terms of MMS support.
SMS Smiley Face Interpretation (0.0)
The V8 doesn't support smiley faces. This means you'll have to go way out of your way to access colons, semicolons, and parenthesis.
SMS/MMS Ease of Use (9.0)
When you receive a message, a dialogue will pop up asking if you'd like to read it or dismiss the notification. If you dismiss the notification, the message will still be lying around your inbox when you deign to check your messages. The inbox, as previously mentioned, will store both SMS and MMS messages. You can sort them by date, sender, size, or SIM card. The multiple select option will allow for easy mass-management. You can also create folders to further organize your messages. Very good functionality here.
Time to a New SMS Message (5.03)
On this timing test, the starting position is closed and unlocked, and the finish line is a new SMS dialogue. The Razr2 V8 managed to perform this test in 1.99 seconds, which isn't too shabby. Again, the V8 takes a bit longer than most phones to get open, simply because of its massive wingspan. Regardless, we were still able to get a new SMS entry up quickly. Accessing this application is as easy as hitting the right soft key once and the select key twice. After those three inputs, you just have to wait about 1/5 of a second for the program to open.
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| T-Mobile Razr2 V8 | 1.99 | 5.03 |
| Helio Fin | 3.4 | 2.94 |
| Samsung Juke | 0.75 | 13.30 |
| Sony Ericcson W580i | 1.54 | 6.49 |
| LG Chocolate VX8550 | 2.61 | 3.83 |
| LG Venus | 3.36 | 2.98 |
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