Below the screen is the navigation array, which consists of two soft keys, a five-way toggle, a Home button, a Back button, as well as the Talk and End/Power keys. There's also a dedicated Quick List key that brings up a menu of different power and sound profiles. The Quick List key doubles as a Keyguard lock. As we mentioned, you can slide the phone up to reveal the number keypad. The navigation array and the number keypad have similar bubblelike keys with a nice curved texture that makes it easy to dial. That said, we do wish the keys were less slippery. Also, the Quick List key seemed a bit too small for our tastes.
The QWERTY keyboard, on the other hand, is one of the Duo's biggest sins. You get the typical QWERTY layout as well as two tiny soft keys to either end of the keyboard (you use them when the screen is in landscape mode). Not only are all the keys tiny, they are also way too flat and flush to the surface of the phone, making it difficult for us to t! humb-type comfortably. We usually had to resort to using our fingernails in order to type out text messages.
Rounding out the phone's exterior is the volume rocker on the left spine, a voice-record button, and dedicated camera key on the right, plus a microSD card slot on the top. On the back of the device is a camera lens plus an LED that functions as the camera's flash.
Features
Though we were disappointed with the Pantech Duo's design, we were quite impressed with its wealth of features. It is one of the first AT&T devices to have the Windows Mobile 6 platform (Standard Edition), which features a number of upgrades over Windows Mobile 5. There's a new Calendar ribbon, a new smart e-mail search function, and many more OS updates that will be sure to please the mobile professional. Be sure to check out our review of Windows Mobile 6 for the full rundown of! what's new with it.
But first things first--the Duo i! s still a phone, so we start off with voice features. It's equipped with quad-band GSM support with world-roaming capabilities, a speakerphone, voice commands and dialing, and a vibrate mode. The phone book is limited by the available memory (the SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts), and you can store up to 12 numbers per entry as well as e-mail and home addresses, an IM screen name, important dates, and more. You can also pair up an entry with a caller group, as well as a photo or one of 10 polyphonic ringtones for caller ID.
Getting down to business, the Duo comes with plenty of productivity applications for the working professional. They include the full Microsoft Mobile Office Suite for creating and editing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, as well as an Adobe Reader client for viewing PDFs. Other PIMs include a clock, a ZIP manager, a voice recorder, and a calculator. You can also handle multiple applications via the Task Manager. E-mail and messaging are key fea! tures that mobile workers will love. It ships with Microsoft's Direct Push technology for real-time e-mail delivery, as well as synchronization with all your contacts, calendar events, and tasks via the Exchange server. Of course, the Duo supports regular POP3 and IMAP e-mail as well. Instant messaging is supported. The Duo also comes with Bluetooth 2.0 (which supports stereo Bluetooth as well as dial-up networking). Though not quite a business application, we also found its support for TeleNav Maps and Navigator tremendously helpful. Do note that the Duo does not have built-in GPS though, so if you really want to make use of the TeleNav applications, you might want to get an external Bluetooth GPS receiver. You can read our full review of TeleNav for more details.
Definitely one of the most noteworthy features on the Duo is its ability to handle 3G/HSDPA speed! s. AT 8;T has therefore provided the Duo access to AT&T's broadband content courtesy of AT&T Mobile Music and AT&T's Cellular Video services. Via these services, you have access to clips from content partners like Comedy Central, MTV, and ESPN, as well as streaming music, thanks to XM Radio. The Mobile Music store grants you permission to purchase songs from third-party music subscription services like Napster to Go, Yahoo Music, and eMusic (All songs can be purchased over-the-air, with the exception of Yahoo Music, for an additional fee). Downloads took mere seconds, and we're happy to report that streaming video and audio was rather zippy as well, with little rebuffering. If you prefer, you can upload your own music to enjoy, as the Duo supports a variety of music formats like MP3, WMA, and AAC.
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