![]() Samsung has packed the Montage with personal organizer tools like an alarm, a calendar, a calculator, a world clock, and a memo pad. There's a media player, so long as you have a microSD card that's locked and loaded with tunes or clips. I was, however, able to visit mobile-optimized Web sites like CNN and CNET, and there's Google-powered online search. An error notice popped up to tell me that Virgin didn't have any content compatible with the Montage. Or at least you can if your phone is supported. You can also pop online to download more wallpapers, music, and the like. For instance, there's an account manager app from which you can check your balance and top up your minutes through the Web. You won't find a flood of apps on the Montage, but there are certainly enough here to manage your phone and lightly organize your life with. The Montage also lets you create calling groups. If you don't fancy one of the 10 available ditties, you can download or sideload more. There's also space for a job title, and you can customize with photo ID and with ringtones. You can add multiple phone numbers, an e-mail address and IM handle, a birth date, note, URL, and an address. Adding and editing contacts is no sweat, though it is surprising that there's only room for 600 entries. There's Bluetooth 3.0 on here, and multimedia messaging support, but you won't see GPS, Wi-Fi, or e-mail. The Montage is a calling and texting device first and foremost. Hit the spacebar in the wrong spot and you find your finger in an isolated valley that feels unnatural at best and doesn't immediately enter the space at worst. ![]() ![]() Samsung has also long stretched its spacebar button over three pressure points. Like the dial pad button on the phone face, these would benefit from a more bubbled middle and greater responsiveness. I really like that some punctuation gets dedicated buttons, and even though I think the soft keys for landscape mode look bizarre, they were intuitive to use.Īs I began typing, I noticed something that's been a complaint about several Samsung keyboards: the flatness of the keys slowed me down and made it hard to type by feel. There are four rows of keys that are spacious (but alas, flat) and a separate Function button that makes it easier to type in numbers and most symbols. They're backlit and separated, but I'd like a little more definition between them, perhaps a more raised middle.įrom the very first, I liked what I saw when sliding open the keyboard. Beneath Navigation Central is the dial pad with wide buttons. From the outside in are the Send and End/Power buttons, and a pair of rocking buttons that share functionality with the soft keys up top and the Speakerphone and Back buttons on the bottom. Navigation was easy with the four-directional pad and its central Select button.
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