Messaging

Options for messaging on the W760a include text messaging, instant messaging and push email so users are notified immediately when they receive new mail.

The keypad is flat to accommodate the slide design and it can be difficult to type on the highest row since it sits right below the phone's face, but it helps that the keys are very large. The W760a supports instant messaging from Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.

Text messages sent from the W760a can include pictures, sound effects, animations and melodies and to get started, users can select Menu, messaging, write new and messaging. Another option is voice messaging, which allows users to send and receive recorded audio messages. This can be accessed through Menu, messaging, write new and voice message.

Entertainment

The design of the W760a focuses on multimedia, which is easily accessible on the model from AT&T with an attractive and functional interface and a catchall "Entertainment" icon with games and music in one place. Other design details tailored towards users looking for a phone they can have fun with include the accelerator that allows users to navigate by tilting the phone and A/B buttons intended to create a more typical gaming control.

With the tilt control accelerometer in the W760a, users can tilt the phone forwards to accelerate, backwards to slow down, and left or right to move those directions in the game. The W760a from AT&T comes with five games, at least on a trial basis: I-Play Bowling, Ms. Pac Man, Need for Speed Pro Street, Turbo Jet Ski and Wheel of Fortune. The bowling game showcases the accelerometer, which works when users hold the phone in one hand and go through the motions of the sport.

Entertainment also includes, as mentioned above, FM radio with track identification; GPS and navigation support and a built-in RSS Reader that also works in standby mode, so users can update podcasts or headlines. Users can personalize functions and features on the W760a, and even create new applications, since the phone's Java Platform 8 supports many new Java programming features.

AT&T's MEdia Net brings local weather, news, sports scores and information about movies, among other things, right to the W760a with one touch of the AT&T logo button to the lower left of the navigation key. The W760a from AT&T also allows users to shop for music online, although one possible downside to the W760a is that some users have reported they cannot use downloaded music for ringtones.

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