Thursday, March 22, 2007
E-TEN Goes QWERTY: Glofiish M700 Reviewed
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 08:30 AM
Software: More Applications Than You Can Poke a Stick At
Again, with the X500 and M700 sharing so much in common, it's probably of little surprise that the software bundle of the two are no different. The M700 ships with Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 3.2, so all of the enhancements in AKU 3.x are present, along with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Microsoft's Direct Push solution. The backup, media, and phone applications are all there, and covered in detail in the two-page Software section of my X500 review. As if that wasn't enough, the latest ROM (0354) includes a couple of extras, which are featured below.
Figure 25: Birthday Reminder does what it says.
First on the list is Birthday Reminder, which makes up for Outlook's inconsistent birthday feature. The new application allows the user to set birthday and anniversary reminders using a highly-customizable calendar interface.
Figure 26: Easy Keyboard works in portrait mode...
Figure 27: ... and landscape mode.
Next, there's the Easy Keyboard SIP - an alternative to Windows Mobile's default Keyboard SIP. Easy Keyboard consumes half of the screen space and is able to stretch to both sides of the screen in landscape mode. Apart from supporting the standard QWERTY layout, there's also support for the less common ABCDE layout. All this is great for times when you prefer not to use the M700's slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
