Motorola KRZR K1 Mobile Review
	Having launched RAZR range the company has ran into the fact that though the product has appealed to the masses, not all customers have been satisfied with the design. On the face of it the model appears exceedingly narrow, but it’s a wrong impression after all. The handset measures 103х42х16 mm in size and weights 102 grams. The Model’s dimensions formally keep to those of modern clamshells, sliders and candy-bars.
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Motorola KRZR K1

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Having launched RAZR range the company has ran into the fact that though the product has appealed to the masses, not all customers have been satisfied with the design.

On the face of it the model appears exceedingly narrow, but it’s a wrong impression after all. The handset measures 103х42х16 mm in size and weights 102 grams. The Model’s dimensions formally keep to those of modern clamshells, sliders and candy-bars. The KRZR’s height and width are nearly alike with Sony Ericsson K800i, Samsung E900 (lower in height). But at that KRZR leaves an impression of a taller and slimmer device. The matter is that the front panel is mirror-like, which allows it to reflect the light and thus makes the device look as it has been stretched out lengthwise. The sides are painted in the same color but covered with matt finishing which adds to the feeling of lightness when holding the handset

Motorola KRZR K1 consists on 2 displays, internel display and external display. The external display is embedded in the surface; it is well-visible, just as the inverted picture of the digital watch, on top of that it doesn’t spoil the appearance of the handset at all Capable of 65K colors, the STN-display with 96×60 pixels (19×16mm) resolution is typical for clamshells manufactured by Motorola.

The battery cover is made of metal and coated with soft touch spraying, which is velvety by touch. The entire rear plate is similar to the back cover, which makes the device feels really good while held in hands.

The keypad implemented into the KRZR is similar to that found on the RAZR style-wise, but on closer examination turns out to match RAZR V3x’s one perfectly. The buttons are equipped with rubberized framings, which make them comfortable to manage. The good thing about the buttons is that they have fairly admirable feedback – the keypad is not flat. All keys are evenly lit in dim blue.

The SIM-card can be installed only when the battery is detached, while microSD card has hot swap feature.

Not less than 1000 names can be saved in the phone’s memory and for each entry you can store First Name and Last Name (two fields), Nickname, phone number (select its type in a list – home, work, mobile, fax and so on, available for videocalls or not). At entering a number you will get only one field, but be sure another one will get highlighted after you fill the given field.

Apart from telephone numbers you can enter e-mail addresses (up to 2), URL, a postal address (two fields for street, city, state, area code, country). Also we should mention a text note, a personal ring tone, user groups (unlimited number, and each one can have a personal tune), and a birthday.

The default memory capacity for 100 SMS is provided, which may also vary depending on the firmware version. As a rule, operators’ editions are capped to 70 messages. The device can handle EMS if such necessity arises.

The phone has POP3/IMAP4 e-mail client, allowing watching the headers of the incoming mail and downloading their bodies as well. Only images, video, mp3 that do not exceed a certain size limit can be sent.

The phone has WAP-browser v2.0 and its capabilities are standard so nothing special can be said. EDGE (class 12) is enabled, the settings are rather simple, just follow your operator’s instructions.

The handset retains a merged list of calls, which means there you will find both missed and dialed numbers. Special lists for 40 recent calls are also available. Not only the caller’s name but the type of the number is shown, if it is kept in the phonebook.

Tools menu features a whole bunch of office applications such as the Calculator. It’s convenient; the full digital keyboard is present on the screen, which reproduces the real keyboard perfectly. The menu features memory options and the unit converter.

You can set up several alarm clocks, choose custom ring tones, name and volume, type of reoccurrence (daily, single time) for each of them. This phone was designed for continuous use, that’s why entering names and titles for the alarm clocks is required.

The recording function can be called up both in standby mode and while calling – in the latter case it records both sides. Maximum duration of a recording is limited only to amount of free space you have on your KRZR.

You can view it monthly or weekly with breakdown for hours. You will see your appointments bound to a certain time of the day, it’s convenient. Each entry can be assigned with a name, start time, length (measured in hours, the minimal amount of time – 30 minutes).

SyncML support is enabled on the KRZR, which is aimed at enterprise users who are in great need of synchronization with data server

The phone supports Java MIDP 2.0; all applications that are located in this menu item are based on this technology.

The phone supports themes. It’s a set of wallpapers, color schemes for the menu, sounds and ring tone types. You can change the outlook of your phone almost instantly and this is really amusing. New themes can be downloaded from Motorola’s website.

information about all sound files stored in the phone’s memory is located here. You can check out their size, info and even listen to them. The player found on the KRZR is similar to other Motorola’s phones, everything is clear and easy to understand. The great advantage of this very player is playing back mp3’s in background mode.

With an integrated 2 Mpix CMOS module you can take photos of four resolutions – Large (2MP), Medium (1.2 MP), Small (480×640), X-Small (240×320). Three grades of compression are available. Other settings allow turning off the shutter sound, exposition from -2 to +2, selecting a lighting type (auto, sunny, cloudy, indoors, office). Self-timer feature is also enabled.

A full version of Mobile Phone Tools version 4.x is included into the package. The program capabilities cover the needs of the majority of users: they include synchronization with MS Outlook, making reserve copies on a PC, copying photos, tunes, drawing up messages on the PC.

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