Review of Motorola Theory for Boost Mobile

Another messaging phone, here is Motorola Theory for Boost Mobile. At first glance, it looks like BlackBerry phone but don't expect too much on this phone. It is not a smartphone but merely a basic phone with full QWERTY keyboard and messaging feature as its main concern. In details, here is the review of Theory by Motorola.

Motorola Theory

Motorola Theory comes with a candybar design with full QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode; just like typical BlackBerry design. It is covered up by plastic chassis with rounded edges and soft-touch finished plastic on the back side. It fells compact and comfortable on hand measuring 112 x 60.5 x 12.5 mm and weighing 110 grams. The front side is resided by 2.4 inches LCD display with 262K color supports. The display looks nice and sharp in its QVGA 320 x 240 pixels resolution. Below the display is navigation array that comes in two soft keys, a camera key, a back key and a circular directional pad with central OK key as well as a Send key and an End or Power key on either side of the navigation array. Below the navigation array is full QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode that is arranged in four rows. Due to its portrait mode, the keyboard feels quite cramped but still comfortable for typing. The back side is resided by camera lens.

 

In connectivity feature, Motorola Theory runs on Boost's single band (1900 MHz) CDMA network and supports 1xRTT data network. Experiencing internet, there is Myriad web browser that works well in opening WAP 2.0/xHTML web pages. Sadly, there is no Wi-Fi support but Motorola Theory comes with other connectivity such as Bluetooth and microUSB connection as well as GPS navigation system.

 

Coming with full QWERTY keyboard, surely Motorola Theory features messaging as its main concern. The messaging features itself include text messaging (SMS) that comes in threaded view, multimedia messaging (MMS), Instant Messaging (IM) and email. IM and email service manage to come with AOL, Gmail, Windows Live, and Yahoo support. In addition, email service also supports IMAP and POP3 email accounts.

 

Motorola Theory is also equipped by 1.3 megapixels camera with no autofocus and no flash. It manages to capture images in four resolutions with average yet disappointed quality. Unfortunately, it cannot be functioned as a camcorder. For storage, Motorola Theory only provides 148 MB internal memory as no memory card slot available.

 

Notification alert types include Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration mode, Flight mode, and Silent mode. It also comes with Phonebook that can save up to 1.000 entries; each may consist of multiple numbers, picture ID, ring ID and other related information. Other standard features coming with Motorola Theory are alarm clock, calculator, calendar, notepad, world clock, speakerphone, voice commands, voice memo, and games. Supporting all of its features, Motorola Theory uses Li-Ion 910 mAh battery. It is rated up to 5 hours of talk time or up to 20 days of standby time.