Motorola Dext

Editor's Review of the Dext

Emanating a stylishly modern look, the Motorola Dext is clad in a black casing with silver edging that highlights its shapely curves. It weighs 163 grams and measures 114 x 58 x 15.6 millimetres. It runs on Android version 1.5 or the Cupcake OS that offers a user friendly mobile phone experience. This Smartphone comes with the MOTOBLUR user interface complete with a live widget option which has a customisable home screen.

This handset flaunts an HVGA touch-sensitive screen that measures 76.2-millimetre HVGA. The touch screen displays wallpapers and picture screensavers in 262,000 colours on 320 x 480 pixels. Users may utilise the touch screen to make feature selections or use the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard to make text or numeric inputs.

Also called the Motorola DEXT MB220, this communication gizmo is ideal for users who often travel. It is a quad band handset that works on GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900. It also works on HSDPA 900, 1700 and 2100. This mobile phone allows users to surf the World Wide Web through its built-in HTML browser. This mobile phone's offers convenient Internet connectivity for users on the go. Through its integrated Wi-Fi technology, on-the-go users can go online in designated wireless LANs or hotspots nearby. Users may also share or transfer files using this mobile phone with compatible devices such as another mobile phone, printers, scanners, personal computers or laptops through the micro USB or a Bluetooth with A2DP wireless connection. The high-speed EDGE technology integrated in this handset enables users to experience fast data transfer rates. Moreover, this Smartphone supports 3G HSDPA technology that powers this handset for an even faster connectivity.

This mobile phone has SMS or text, as well as MMS or multimedia messaging capabilities. Thanks to its Internet connectivity, it also enables users to access their e-mails and send or receive e-mail messages over POP3 and IMAP servers. Chatting needs not be done on bulky computers, as this handset supports instant messaging and comes with voice mail system. Receiving or making calls through this handset is easy with the call transfer and call waiting options. This mobile phone also supports conference calls and has a call list feature to record its user's recently or frequently made calls.

This mobile phone also serves as a planner and event scheduler for busy users with its set of organiser tools, including a phone book, a calendar, a calculator, a clock and an alarm clock. The built-in E-compass and A-GPS navigation tools also allow users to gain accurate directions in unfamiliar areas. This handset also supports Google Maps with street view that enables users to view maps right on their touch-sensitive screen. In addition, this mobile phone also comes with the Accuweather application, through which users can receive weather reports in desired locations.

As part of its entertainment features, the Motorola Dext pleases users who enjoy taking photos instantly. It has a 5-Megapixel camera complete with imaging features such as auto focus, camera modes, picture editing and camera settings that picture buffs may adjust accordingly to tidy up their photo outputs. Recording videos in MPEG4 format at any time is also what this integrated camera does best. It also plays streams and plays footages in MPEG4, H264 and H263 video formats.

This handset also has a music player that supports MP3, MIDI, AAC, WAV, AAC+ and AAC+ Enhanced and AMR NB audio formats will keep glued to listening to their favourite music. This powerful music player also comes with the Shazam ID audio recognition feature that enables users to determine a song by displaying its title and artist. Users can store their audio files in this handset's pre-installed music storage which allows them to easily locate and access their songs quickly. The fun never stops with the Motorola Dext's preloaded games that users can enjoy. This mobile phone also supports games that can be downloaded from the Internet.

This handset allows users to store up to 1 Gigabyte of files. This memory capacity, however, may be expanded to up to 32 Gigabytes of data using a microSD memory card. Users may enjoy speaking with their contacts through this handset for 6 hours. This mobile phone is capable of staying on standby mode for 325 hours when working on a fully charged battery.

Some unhappy critics have taken jabs at this handset's tiny internal memory which may be labeled substandard, considering the huge internal storage capacity of most devices in the mobile phone market. Others have also noted that this mobile phone's 320 x 480 resolution is not at par with what most Smartphones offer. Nevertheless, users have applauded the Motorola Dext for its responsive MOTOBLUR user interface, which also supports applications that allow users to stay connected with social networking portals.