Avoid it
This year, the company has introduced a number of smartphones based on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 platform. We took a look at its 130 g, triband g-Smart i device, which proved to be a reasonably good phone/PDA combo.
The touch-screen smartphone includes Wi-Fi and has almost everything else you’d expect in a device like this, including support for BlackBerry-style push e-mail. Critically, 3G support is lacking and this is reason enough not to recommend it.
The device includes a 2,1-megapixel digital camera and a fast, 400 MHz Intel processor. There’s Bluetooth, a built-in FM receiver and a mini SD card slot for expanding the phone’s memory.
The g-Smart i’s most distinctive feature is a built-in analogue TV tuner. It doesn’t work too well, though, even with the earphones, which double as an aerial, plugged in. I couldn’t get much more than a snowy picture.
The g-Smart i is not a bad effort for a company new to the mobile phone market. Right now, though, there is better value to be had elsewhere, especially given this machine’s steep price. Avoid.
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