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Dopod S300

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Much of the buzz surrounding the Dopod S300 centered around its design, but this phone has a solid feature set as well. However, its features are still standard fare for a smart phone. The S300 runs Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone Edition and comes with the complete ClearVue Suite for viewing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files. You can't edit the documents, but given the lack of a full keyboard or touch screen, it's not the ideal device for such a thing anyway. Still, the ability to even access these files allows you to be more productive on the road, and we're happy to report that we had no problems transferring and opening all four types of documents on our test unit. Other PIM tools include a calendar, a task manager, a calculator, and a download agent.

The Dopod S300 comes with Outlook Mobile and is compatible with the Microsoft Exchange Server with direct push email solutions available through Microsoft, GoodLink, and Cingular Xpress Mail (Note: The push email solutions available will be dependent on your location.) You can also configure the S300 to access your POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail accounts. For instant-messaging fans, only the MSN client is preloaded onto the device. Users of other popular IM apps, such as Yahoo and AOL, will have to go through the Web browser. Alternatively, text and multimedia messaging are available for quick notes.

You also get Windows Media Player 10 Mobile--after all, it can't be all about work, right? The S300 supports MP3, WMA, AAC, and AMR-NB music files and MPEG-4, WMV, AVI, and H.263 video formats.

As a phone, the S300's address book is limited only by the available memory (64MB RAM, 128MB ROM), while the SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts. For each entry, you can store up to 12 numbers, three e-mail and instant-messaging addresses, birthdays, anniversaries, and more. You can also pair them with a picture for caller ID, a group category, and one of 14 ring tones. As a bonus, the phone supports MIDI, MP3, WMA, AMR-NB, and AAC ring tones. You get a vibrate mode, a speakerphone, speed dial, and voice tags. In addition, Bluetooth 1.2 is onboard for use with headsets and car kits, but like the 2125, the S300 lacks integrated Wi-Fi, although there is EDGE support.

The Dopod S300 is equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera with 2X zoom and video-recording capabilities. For still images, you have a choice of four quality settings (Basic, Normal, Fine, and Super-Fine) and four resolutions (160x120, 320x240, 640x480, and 1,280x1,024). And while there's no flash, there is a Night mode under the white balance settings. You also get a self-timer, a time- and date-stamp option, and a photo counter. The S300's camera records video with sound in MPEG-4, H.263, or Motion-JPEG AVI format, and it offers two resolutions (176x144 or 128x96).

 
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