The mobile war continues to heat up even today, as companies continue to expand on the base formula that made mobile phones more than capable of transcending market bases from the very beginning. Once they were indicators of how busy a person’s life was, but that was a long time ago when people’s lives weren’t all busy yet – now everyone seems to be living life at a more and more hectic pace and thus needs options for quick contact and managing the harried lifestyle of a modern person. Now mobile phones come packed to the gills with every feature possible – maybe even imaginable – in order to maximize one’s mobile benefits and experience, and to allow further multitasking and life-juggling.
Smartphones are currently the latest step in the evolution of the mobile phone from the chunky blocks of call-only equipment they used to be. Various mobile phone manufacturers are looking for different ways to assemble solid hardware platforms off which to run strong software and operating systems. Technological advancements have enabled manufacturers to integrate multimedia features into these powerful wireless handhelds, and the internal software has become increasingly capable of more and more multitasking capabilities. Among the latest models currently on the rabid smartphone market is T-Mobile’s Tap, an ambitious model that manages to deliver a solid multifaceted mobile experience.
Produced by Chinese manufacturer Huawei – whose venture with the Tap marks their first entry into making feature-rich and touch-screen-bearing handsets – the Tap seems to have been constructed with competition with the HTC Touch in mind, as the physical appearance and feel of the unit is very similar to HTC’s current player in the smartphone race. The Tap’s phonebook can hold up to 1000 entries with up to 4 numbers and multiple name settings [full name, nickname, company name], various addresses [1 email, 1 street address] and info notes [birthday, anniversary] each. Names can be assigned photos and ringtones, which play crystal-clear through the Tap’s solid speakers. Ringtones and full music alike can be stored in microSD cards, which the phone supports.
Dimensions of 4.2” length x 2.2” width x .5” thickness give it a sturdy, sleek frame that weighs in at a light 3.7 oz. and keeps it compact and comfortable. Of course, a compact body means a compact 2.8” display, which albeit touch-response-enabled is smaller than the expected 3” screen seen on similar phones from Samsung and LG. However, the 240×320 pixel resolution is crisp enough, and the 262,000-color display vibrant enough, to make for a solid visual factor anyway. The screen responsiveness is also very good, with a calibration wizard that allows for the fine-tuning of finger-press precision. This becomes more useful when taking into account the Tap’s virtual QWERTY keyboard, which reveals itself automatically courtesy of the internal accelerometer when the phone is rotated to text input mode. While still cramped due to the aforementioned screen size limitations, the keyboard is serviceable and aided by English or Spanish word completion options.
On the whole, the Tap’s smaller screen is its main drawback, although it manages to pack in its share of solid standard features. Retailing for $179.99 on its own without a to-year contract, the Tap is not one for frivolous buyers to drop money on although it does not stray too far from the average price range for smartphones. However, on the whole, it is a solid phone with an effective if somewhat small touch screen, good call quality and plenty of good integrated functionality.
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