Introduction

Sprint's HTC Snap is designed to keep people connected. Aside from making phone calls, it can text message, send and receive photos and videos and uses two instant message systems.

HTC Snap

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Consumers can also surf the Internet, connect to a variety of email accounts and sync programs, emails and music with a PC.

Most unique about the Snap, is it's new "Inner Circle" feature. With just the press of a button, the handset will automatically prioritize emails based on the closest friends.

But the handset does fall a bit short in some areas. Its 2.0-megapixel camera takes fuzzy, dark photos, with minimal editing features. It also has a complex menu and a small keyboard.

Staying connected to work, homes and friends is easy with the Snap. But taking quality photos and finding all of the many features is a bit more difficult.

Design

The Snap is sleek, thin and discreet. It has a slick soft coating but could potentially slip out of the hand if grabbed with a weak grip. It has no side or back buttons, making it comfortable to hold and hard to push the wrong button by mistake.

Volume keys are on the top left side, the camera lens is on the back and a USB port that doubles as headset/charge jack sits on the bottom of the phone.

The front face features a 2.4-inch TFT-LCD screen, a QWERTY keyboard, navigation keys and buttons for the back, home, send and end/power off functions.

The keyboard's domed buttons take some getting used to -- a bit too small for the large-thumbed. And the close placement of the back and delete keys leads to mistakes when typing.

But having the keys backlit is helpful in the dark, and the unique Inner Circle key allows users to prioritize emails so emails from the closest friends float to the top of the inbox.

The Snap lightweight and refreshingly skinny in an age when smartphones are bulkier by the day.

Its design focuses on the front -- where the keys are a bit too small and the screen, while larger than most basic phones, is smaller than many smartphones.

Out of the box, the HTC Snap comes with a Li-Ion battery, USB cable, travel charger, audio adapter, stereo headset, get started and features guides, an email setup guide, a manual, wireless recycling envelope and a list of terms and conditions of service.

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