Motorola A388 simply simple to use.
Written: Nov 13 '03
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Pros: Very small, simple to use menu and almost never have to use stylus
Cons: Very low speaker volume and proprietary Operating System
The Bottom Line: I would recommend this phone to anyone who doesn't need bells and whistles of a hybrid PDA and Phone and doesn't required a lot of addon software.
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| doraeja's Full Review: Motorola A388 |
I have been using Motorola A388 for 2 weeks and I must say that this device has the best black and white display that I have ever seen.
I am a gadgets freak and I can never be satisfied with just any ‘cell phone’. I am using this phone under Cingular in New York City and found that it has a very good RF performance, good reception, clear sound. The menu is very intuitive with 3 menu categories.
These pros and cons are based on my daily usage and what I found about this phone and not because I wish that this phone will have the ‘extra’ features that I am wishing for.
Pros:
- Very small form factor (slightly larger than CDMA Startac)
- Clear and Crisp black and white display with a cool soft white backlight (real back light that you can find on most LCD watch)
- Nice and loud ring notification
- Sync with outlook without any hitches
- Very good RF performance (I can get signal on places where my other GSM phone can’t)
- You can control most phone functions with your finger
- You can dial phone number with your finger through an on screen keypads
- Excellent battery life
- Very good texture on the touch screen which makes it easy to use your finger to navigate through menus
- Still uses Startac type desk charger/car charger
- Very easy to use for one had operation for dialing, punching number on virtual dial pads, navigate through menus and even typing with the virtual keyboard
Cons
- Speaker volume is a bit low. I am having a hard time hearing while I am in a conversation mode
- You can’t customize your screen icons or look and feel
- Stylus is kid a easy to fall off
- After you dialed a number and call is established it did not default itself back to the dialing pads and therefore if you need to enter your pin number or response to automated prompt you will have to click on the # in order to get back to dial pads screen
- There is only 1 number for dialed number in the dial pads screen so if you want to see list of dialed number you have to go to launch an application
I am overall really happy with this phone and can’t get over of how small this phone is and how good the RF performance, how easy to use this phone and it did pass my 'Squeeze' test. I am almost never have to use a stylus for this phone and would recommended this phone for someone who has average size fingers as the screen real estate is kind a limited. Please keep in mind that the Operating System for this phone is Motorola’s own OS and therefore there are not a whole lot of software out there that you can use to customizes your A388.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 70
Recommended for: Stylish Trendsetters - Hip and Trendy
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Location: New York, NY
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Just a normal guy who love anything electronics.
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