Like the original prosecution Pantech (3 stars), offers Pantech Pursuit II AT & T subscribers with a solid messaging cell phone with a responsive touch screen and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. It is a good choice for users who want to talk and text, but if you want to surf the web, you'd be better off with a cheap smartphone.Design, call quality, and Apps
The pursuit II is just slightly larger than its predecessor. It measures 4 by 2.4 by 0.6 inches (DRC) and weighs 4.5 ounces. It is entirely made of shiny, hard plastic, but it feels solid. The group lime green accents and details are not my taste, but they add a touch of visual interest. The display is always the same with 2.8 inch 240 by 320 pixel resolution, fortunately it's a capacitive touch screen instead of resistance for the moment. Pushing up the screen reveals a QWERTY keyboard with keys arranged in four plastic mat. They are slightly raised and easy to press and to write long messages was a breeze. There is a big physical Send, End and the buttons below the screen, all of which are easy to use. There are no function keys, but they are not necessary to fix the touch screen.
Pursuit is a quad-band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and dual-band HSDPA (850/1900 MHz) is a Wi-Fi. Call quality was generally good. Voices full, rich sound of the laptop, if you touch fuzzy. At the other end, called the phone is clear and natural, even if the noise cancellation is only moderate. Speakerphone sounds clear as well, and the volume level to be very high. The sound quality was solid on the icon aliphatic Jawbone Bluetooth headset ($ 99, 4 stars), but still only a little 'confused. Battery life was good, 5 hours and 53 minutes of conversation.Multimedia, camera, and conclusions
Pursuit II, a lot 'of bloatware, like many other phones AT & T. It 'usually develops from the main menu, among other applications on the phone. It is easy to avoid, but the discomfort. E-mail support for AOL, you can connect, AIM, AT & T, Gmail or Hotmail (along with many others), but it will cost $ 5 per month (30 day free trial) of a transfer agreement of data. AIM, Windows Live and Yahoo IM accounts are also available, but the messages (both incoming and outgoing) will be charged as texts.
Facebook, MySpace and Twitter "apps" include all, but in reality are just quick links to mobile sites. There is also the AT & T network, useful for the social aggregator, which includes Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and RSS feeds, and runs in the background. The phone's browser does a nice job making the whole HTML web pages, even if it is not terribly fast. AT & T Navigator, TeleNav also offers audio instructions based on $ 9.99 per month. There is also a large number of standard applications, calculator, calendar and stopwatch and a voice memo recorder.
The biggest problem with this phone, and most of AT & T phones have, in general, the price data. If you use a web service included, are looking at $ 15 a month for unlimited data usage or $ 30 for unlimited messaging and data. If you have to charge $ 15 data and add $ 5 per month for e-mail, you spend $ 20 a month. For that money, it would be much better with a smartphone like the iPhone 3G ($ 49, 4.5 stars), paying $ 25 per month for 2 GB of data that can really use well.
There is 217MB of internal memory available, with a microSD card slot that accepts cards up to 32GB. No map is included, but my 32GB SanDisk card worked fine. National Treasure has a great music player, but a property without making helmet and headset in the box go just about useless. Music sounded good on the speaker phone, and through a Bluetooth headset Altec Lansing BackBeat ($ 99.99, 3.5 stars). I was able to play 3GP and MPEG-4, which seemed the phone screen, but again, this feature is not as useful without a helmet.
The continuation of the II 2-megapixel camera takes decent pictures. The images were broken out surprisingly strong, although the photos taken inside were not as good as they seemed a bit less concentrated, and blown around lights. You can also record video, although the highest resolution is 320 by 240 pixels. Recorded videos were smooth, but seemed a bit dark and grainy. Images and video can be transferred via email, MMS, Bluetooth and microSD card.
Like the original, is Pantech Pursuit II is a good messaging device, held by the back of bloatware, a headphone jack exclusive and expensive data plans. If all you want to do is talk and text, Pursuit II is a good choice. But if you plan to run e-mail and / or social networks in the mix, you'd be better off with a cheap smartphone like the iPhone 3G or Samsung Captivate ($ 49.99, 4 stars). Both cost the same amount as the advance continued II, and then you can pay extra for data, the amount you get in the features and functionality are worth it.
If you do not want a smartphone and are willing to abandon the physical keyboard, the Freestyle HTC is a nicer screen, a multimedia user interface stronger and even better ($ 99.99, 4 stars). LG Neon II ($ 29.99, 3 stars), on the other hand, has a nice slide-out keyboard and works well as a music player, although its touch screen leaves much to be desired.
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Continuous talk time: 5 hours 53 minutes
