Quickly replacing the predecessor is the new samsung corbymate.Samsung corby had already gone tech-savvy with the samsung's touchwiz interface. It has now been remoulded to a smooth slider.
THUMBS UP FOR:
1. Samsung Touch-wiz interface
2. 2.8" capacitive TFT touch screen of QVGA resolution
3. MicroSD slot upto 8 GB( an internal memory of 90 mb)
4. Social networking integration
5. QWERTY keypad
6. Low price
7. FM with RDS
THUMBS DOWN FOR:
1. Cramped numbers(personally,i really hate it)
2. No autofocus in camera
3. No accelerometer controlled auto-rotate
4. microSD slot under battery cover
Design:
Coming to the design,the oval shape makes the phone easier to handle.The cover is made up of plastic.The slider feels smooth to be handled.The phone is quite resistant to scratches but I could not avoid the fingerprints.The screen is a 2.8" screen with 240×320 pixels.The phone has bad sun light legibility and the image quality is not bad.Having a capacitive screen its grabs an advantage.
Interface:
The phone's touch-wiz interface is awesome,as expected.The home screen can we filled with required widgets.The cartoon UI is great as in previous corby.The samsung corbymate can store 5000 contacts with 5 entry field for each contact.The contacts can be stored with photos which is quite cool.But what disappointed me is exclusion of smart dialing.We have good gallery for viewing images and videos though its a basic one.
The QWERTY board:
Sliding it out, we get a QWERTY keyboard.The numbers are arranged as in a QWERTY keyboard about the alphabets to complete the keyboard.But that doesn't serve the purpose.Dialing a number becomes a Herculean task for a new user and its even more difficult to dial in the landscape mode.The keys are too close which makes messaging a little difficult but you can get used to it quickly.Overall,the QWERTY keyboard is a little disappointment.
Music player:
It has the same music player as that of its brother.The music player can be placed as a widget in the home screen giving quick access to the music player.The touch-wiz interface makes it easy to use the player dedicated keys. The external speakers are super cool. The music player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA. The video player is a standard one with minimum features.
Camera:
The Samsung Corby mate has a 2MP camera with smile detection.But the cam lacks autofocus.The touch interface for camera is really good and the camera seems to be a neat performer.As usual, video recording is poor in a QVGA resolution at 15 FPS.
Social networking:
Social networking is pretty good.We can upload the files directly and logging in has also been made easy.Social networking sites include facebook,flikr,friendster, myspace and picasa.Yahoo messenger is an addition and its pretty neat.The samsung's web browser is up to the mark.
Final Verdict:
The CorbyMate is just a physical upgrade of the Corby with a QWERTY slider.On the whole,the phone is pretty similar to corby. Shedding extra bucks for a QWERTY slider seems to be a waste.Its better to go for the corby.If any of you want a QWERTY slider,please wait for the corbyPRO since it looks more promising.
SAMSUNG CORBY MATE: Corby with extra hands( but with no extra brains!).
SRIRAM
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