| The Samsung Genio QWERTY is a phone that really | | | | standards of devices two years ago, 40MB is still |
| lost its way during its development. The key purpose | | | | lacking. We are mystified as to why the amount of |
| of this device is to serve as the messenger phone in | | | | internal memory is so low with this device. |
| the Genio series (with the Genio Touch and Genio | | | | At least it supports microSD cards, but having to rely |
| Pro playing to different market niches). | | | | on a flash card means not being able to swap much |
| However, the big deal about typing messages on a | | | | because you will have card loaded applications. The |
| full QWERTY keyboard requires that the typing | | | | good thing with this device is that at least it works |
| process itself should be fast and most importantly, | | | | well as a decent music player with its music playback |
| easy. This Genio, sadly, fails on both accounts. The | | | | and FM radio capabilities. All you need is a good pair |
| reason all lies with the make and build of the | | | | of earphones to plug into the 3.5mm audio jack that |
| keyboard itself, with its buttons too flat alongside | | | | is conveniently located on top of the device. |
| each other, there is no easy way to pick out the | | | | Why Messaging? |
| individual keys without looking down at the keyboard | | | | Samsung is pretty smart to target the messaging |
| all the time. | | | | crowd as there are plenty of people who rely on |
| Users of mobile phone keyboards will take a while | | | | text based mobile phone communication in order to |
| getting used to the Genio QWERTY while those with | | | | get through the day. These include emails, instant |
| bigger fingers will definitely need some extra help. A | | | | messages, SMS messages and other similar forms of |
| bad keyboard alone is not reason enough to ditch a | | | | communication. |
| mobile phone, but when a device's main purpose is | | | | However, the lack of instant messaging program |
| messaging, the flaw is hard to ignore and ultimately, | | | | compatibility and the bad keyboard makes the Genio |
| the reason why the Genio QWERTY is not a good | | | | QWERTY hard to appreciate. Considering that the |
| device. | | | | device itself is a message-centric mobile phone, it will |
| Fortunately, fans of messaging have alternatives to | | | | be hard selling this phone on that aspect. |
| the Genio QWERTY, with better keyboards and | | | | Other Alternatives |
| more features, like other mobile phones such as the | | | | As previously said, fans of mobile messaging have |
| Palm Pixi, BlackBerry Curve and the BlackBerry Bold. | | | | other better options to the Genio QWERTY. Most |
| Considering the competition Samsung has, they | | | | BlackBerry mobile phones provide excellent messaging |
| definitely underperformed with the Genio QWERTY. | | | | capabilities. There are also plenty of 3G phones with |
| Moving On to the Details | | | | slide out keyboards that make going online to send |
| Aside from its keyboard, there are other interesting | | | | email an enjoyably easy experience. Do not get the |
| things to note about the Genio. The first is its scant | | | | Samsung Genio QWERTY purely for its messaging |
| 40MB of internal memory. By today's standards, this | | | | features. |
| amount of storage does not even count. By the | | | | |