Android joins Quench in ball dance
Android joins Quench in ball dance
Clinch the Quench
The front panel has a 3.2 inch screen and below the screen we have four touch sensitive buttons for settings, home, search and back. Below this row are the keys for calling and call end with a trackball in the middle. Turning the phone towards the left reveals a micro USB port and the volume rocker and camera keys are placed on the right. At the top, we have the 3.5 mm jack and power key, while the back panel has a 3.0-megapixel camera with LED flash. A silver outline in the area of the spine further accentuates the metallic grey body. The microSD card slot is under the battery cover, but it is hot swappable.The touchscreen and trackball response is good. However, the much-awaited MOTOBLUR UI has not been included. There are three customisable homescreen panels, where you can add widgets, folders, shortcuts etc. There is support for live wallpapers too. The notification bar is at the top and the access options are divided into - system and notification menu. The system tab gives you access to WiFi, Bluetooth settings etc whereas the notification tab lets you access new messages, missed calls, etc. The menu tab is at the bottom of the homescreen and the menu is presented in a scrollable cuboid format. Input options include a multi-tap keyboard in portrait mode and a QWERTY one in the landscape mode. However, we really wished for more space when it came to typing.Droid on the Job
Since the phone runs on android 2.1 update 1, it can still be considered among the fresh arrivals, despite the fact that we already have a few devices running on the 2.2 version of Android operating system. Google apps such as Gmail, GTalk, and Google Maps come pre-loaded. As far as the contacts go, you can integrate your corporate directory, as well as Google, Facebook and Roadsync contacts, with the phonebook. The phone has the capacity of threaded message viewing and also supports POP and IMAP Email clients along with Microsoft exchange. The reloaded Documents To Go, lets you open documents, but you will have to upgrade in order to be able to create new documents. The browser does not come with flash support. Apart from the touch zoom tool at the bottom of the screen, you can use pinching to zoom in and out of the screen.You can open multiple windows, find and select text on the page and also share the page through SNS, email or messaging. By making use of WiFi, you can have access to high speed connectivity. We don’t have any dedicated GPS navigation application, but you can get directions from Google Maps.Lets Play
On the multimedia front, the phone comes with a 3.0-megapixel camera and a LED flash. There are no additional features such as focus modes ( sports, landscape, etc) or shooting modes ( panorama, face detection, continuous shot, etc.). You can set the resolution and picture quality, choose flash mode, add colour effects and adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. The picture quality could have been better. The LED flash is of little help in low light conditions. Video resolution choices include VGA, QVGA and QCIF and you can record them in MPEG4, H.263 and H.264 formats. The duration of the video can be 60 seconds for MMS, and go up to 10 minutes or 30 minutes. You can adjust White Balance and add colour effects on the phone, but you can’t use flash as video light.The music player is the only option for your audio entertainment and it turns out to be pretty plain vanilla. The sound quality is good through loudspeakers; presence of a 3.5 mm jack brings you freedom to use the headsets of your choice. Now since the device is more of a mass market offering, keeping the FM radio out of it was a bit of a surprise for us. FM is considered quite normal these days, but Quench is somehow bereft of it.The battery performance of the device is good. One full charge lasts for a day with continuous WiFi for about three hours, non-stop Email and a couple of hours of calling.AlternativelyThe Motorola Quench is priced at Rs 13,000, another Android option can be Samsung Galaxy 3 for Rs 12,300. Motorola’s love affair with Android continues to go strong. Now they have launched another Android powered device, one that runs on 2.1 version of the OS, and goes by the name of Quench XT3 XT502 . The device looks sleek and smart; it will fit not only your budget, but also your pocket.
My Mobile
The front panel has a 3.2 inch screen and below the screen we have four touch sensitive buttons for settings, home, search and back. Below this row are the keys for calling and call end with a trackball in the middle. Turning the phone towards the left reveals a micro USB port and the volume rocker and camera keys are placed on the right. At the top, we have the 3.5 mm jack and power key, while the back panel has a 3.0-megapixel camera with LED flash. A silver outline in the area of the spine further accentuates the metallic grey body. The microSD card slot is under the battery cover, but it is hot swappable.
The touchscreen and trackball response is good. However, the much-awaited MOTOBLUR UI has not been included. There are three customisable homescreen panels, where you can add widgets, folders, shortcuts etc. There is support for live wallpapers too. The notification bar is at the top and the access options are divided into - system and notification menu. The system tab gives you access to WiFi, Bluetooth settings etc whereas the notification tab lets you access new messages, missed calls, etc. The menu tab is at the bottom of the homescreen and the menu is presented in a scrollable cuboid format. Input options include a multi-tap keyboard in portrait mode and a QWERTY one in the landscape mode. However, we really wished for more space when it came to typing.
Droid on the Job
Since the phone runs on android 2.1 update 1, it can still be considered among the fresh arrivals, despite the fact that we already have a few devices running on the 2.2 version of Android operating system. Google apps such as Gmail, GTalk, and Google Maps come pre-loaded. As far as the contacts go, you can integrate your corporate directory, as well as Google, Facebook and Roadsync contacts, with the phonebook. The phone has the capacity of threaded message viewing and also supports POP and IMAP Email clients along with Microsoft exchange. The reloaded Documents To Go, lets you open documents, but you will have to upgrade in order to be able to create new documents. The browser does not come with flash support. Apart from the touch zoom tool at the bottom of the screen, you can use pinching to zoom in and out of the screen.
You can open multiple windows, find and select text on the page and also share the page through SNS, email or messaging. By making use of WiFi, you can have access to high speed connectivity. We don’t have any dedicated GPS navigation application, but you can get directions from Google Maps.
Lets Play
On the multimedia front, the phone comes with a 3.0-megapixel camera and a LED flash. There are no additional features such as focus modes ( sports, landscape, etc) or shooting modes ( panorama, face detection, continuous shot, etc.). You can set the resolution and picture quality, choose flash mode, add colour effects and adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. The picture quality could have been better. The LED flash is of little help in low light conditions. Video resolution choices include VGA, QVGA and QCIF and you can record them in MPEG4, H.263 and H.264 formats. The duration of the video can be 60 seconds for MMS, and go up to 10 minutes or 30 minutes. You can adjust White Balance and add colour effects on the phone, but you can’t use flash as video light.
The music player is the only option for your audio entertainment and it turns out to be pretty plain vanilla. The sound quality is good through loudspeakers; presence of a 3.5 mm jack brings you freedom to use the headsets of your choice. Now since the device is more of a mass market offering, keeping the FM radio out of it was a bit of a surprise for us. FM is considered quite normal these days, but Quench is somehow bereft of it.
The battery performance of the device is good. One full charge lasts for a day with continuous WiFi for about three hours, non-stop Email and a couple of hours of calling.
Alternatively
The Motorola Quench is priced at Rs 13,000, another Android option can be Samsung Galaxy 3 for Rs 12,300.
Motorola’s love affair with Android continues to go strong. Now they have launched another Android powered device, one that runs on 2.1 version of the OS, and goes by the name of Quench XT3 XT502 . The device looks sleek and smart; it will fit not only your budget, but also your pocket.My Mobile
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