Review: Motorola Q9M
Using the calling and contacts features of the Q9M were on par with other smartphones. These two applications are intertwined and have shortcuts that make them easy to use one handed with a minimum amount of typing. The number keys are embedded in the QWERTY keypad and tapping them from the homescreen always brings up numbers and not letters. As you type a phone number, the Q9M will begin autosorting everyone in your contact database. If you start typing elsewhere on the keyboard, the Q9M will sort via the letters and not the numbers. You can choose to complete typing in the number/name, or begin searching through your contacts for the number you want to dial.
Once you are in a call, the left softkey becomes a mute button, and the right sofkey becomes a menu button, which lets you do various things during the call, such as select the speakerphone. The speakerphone can also be launched from the dedicated button along the bottom of the keyboard.
The contacts database syncs seamlessly with Outlook and will hold gobs of information about each contact. Each contact can have multiple email addresses, phone numbers, and IM screen names, as well as two addresses and lots of personal information, such as birthdays, anniversaries and kids' names.
When scrolling through existing contacts, the left softkey lets you add new ones, and the right softkey lets you select from a list of actions to perform when you have a contact highlighted, including send via Bluetooth or locate via Google Maps. Opening a contact who is already saved presents you with a few options on that contact's home screen, including call their mobile/work/home numbers, send them an SMS, or view their address. You can also choose to edit that contact or delete them.
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