Introduction & Design
By the looks of the Star Trek it might seem to look like an ordinary flip phone, but in fact is not just any flip phone. The Star Trek has Windows Mobile 5 OS with a 200 Mhz processor plus a whole lot more. The HTC Star Trek is one of the newest phones from HTC ( High Tech Computer Corp.). The Star Trek is the first and only flip phone made by HTC. Although the phone is made by HTC, it does have many other names, for example the Star Trek is also known as the I-Mate smartflip, Qtek 8500, Dopod S300, Orange Spv F600 and soon to be Cingular 3125.
The Star Trek phone is a major innovation to the world famous Motorola Razr. The phone has major similarities with the Razr in looks but not in features. The Star Trek is 15 mm thick as opposed to the Razr which is 13.9 mm. The Star Trek has an external screen, which is surrounded by a chrome circle. Underneath the external display there are three buttons for music playback. Although there are various designs of the phone, the one I am reviewing has the three buttons in chrome color (others are in black). The buttons for music playback are previous button, pause/play button and a next button. At the bottom of the phone is where all the various branding of companies is located. The brand that I am using for this review is Dopod which was a company recently bought by HTC.
When the phone is flipped open, it resembles the V3 Razr. The key pad is chrome and looks nicer than the Razr. Also I found that pressing the keys is a lot easier because the buttons are bigger and have a better layout. The keypad also has two buttons that the Razr does not have: a “home” button to go to the home screen no matter how many programs or applications are open. The “back” button which has a picture of an arrow pointing left. This button is the best when it comes to Smartphones because you can toggle through all the programs that are currently running.
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