Basic Features

The call features on the W300i are standard, including such features as Address Book, speed dial, speaker phone, Voicemail, and Caller ID. The phone comes with some additional features, including Voice Command.

Contacts are stored either in the Address Book or on a Smart Chip, the latter of which allows for the easy transfer of contact data from a previous phone or to a future phone. Pictures and ringtones can be assigned to specific contacts for both fun and easy identification. Users can organize individual contacts into groups in order to send out messages to several recipients at once. Up to nine numbers can be set to speed dial, using the keypad buttons 1 through 9.

Users may participate in conference calls with up to five parties. The handset includes a speaker phone, while Voicemail and Caller ID are available as a service plan options. An Accept Call service allows calls only from previously approved numbers. The phone supports emergency calls to 911.

Voice control allows users to create custom vocal commands which direct the phone to dial, answer, or reject calls. Furthermore, once the user assigns a recorded voice command for a specific contact, he or she can choose to have the phone play the recording upon receiving a call from that contact.

The W300i offers all of the standard call features, such as Address Book, speed dial, and speaker phone, as well as some convenient features, such as voice dialing. Voicemail and Caller ID are available with certain service plans. With these features, the W300i succeeds at its primary purpose, that of telephone.

Screen

The two-color external LCD screen measures in 101 x 80 px. The orange-and-black LCD is not as high-tech as some full-color external screens on the market, but it certainly gets the job done, informing users of the time, date, signal strength, battery charge and other relevant stats. An option allows use of a standby clock, which produces a grayscale digital clock on the external screen even when the phone is in sleep mode. Positioned on the front plate in an aesthetically-pleasing spot a little lower than center, the external screen meets all quick-information needs.

The internal 262K-color TFT screen, measuring 128 x 160 px, allows for satisfactory viewing of photos, games, and video, as well as a colorful navigation experience. Wallpaper may be set to a specific picture, or changed along with a general display theme, of which four come pre-installed. A screensaver is also available, taken from the still image of the user's choice. Brightness can be adjusted to one of five levels.

The W300i's external and internal screens both meet the standard. Although the two-tone external screen does not match a full-color screen for multiplicity of hues, it covers the essentials, and should please users who are satisfied with or even prefer simpler screens. The internal TFT screen adequately presents various multimedia files, while display options allow for a personal touch.

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