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Review: Samsung M570 Restore

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The Restore offers SMS, PictureMail, VoiceSMS, and Email. IM has, apparently, been nixed. IM appeared on earlier One Click phones, but is not present on the Restore in any form.

Text messaging is always the default messaging mode. There's plenty of real estate to get all 160 characters of a message onto the screen without having to scroll around. The full QWERTY keyboard is great to type on, and it offers some ways to customize input, such as predictive text mode. The predictive text mode is a nice feature to have, even on a QWERTY-equipped phone. It lets you jump through long words faster as the software figures out what you're trying to say. It cuts down on the number of keystrokes.

If you failed to address the message to everyone you wanted to, it is easy to go back and do that after you've typed up the message. You can also insert pictures after the fact to turn it into a Picture Mail message. One Click incorporated threaded SMS from day 1, and the Restore is no different. Given all the different ways we reach out to one another, threaded messaging is a must-have feature.

Configuring a POP3 email account was easy. AOL, AIM Mail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and "Work" and other IMAP or POP3 account are all supported with the on-board email client. The "Work" email lets you configure an Outlook Web Access account, meaning you can retrieve company email via the Web if you want to.

The mail application also lets you jump from one email account to another with relative ease. Rather than having to dig back through the email application, you can use the option key to change accounts easily.

One Click has made several advancements on the social networking front. Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace apps/clients are all present and accounted for. I can't say they are the most robust social networking apps on the planet, but they let users handle the basics with ease. In other words, updating your status is no big thing. Anything beyond that, however, and you're going to find the Restore is a bit weak.

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Samsung Restore M570 / Profile / M575

2.4" display 240 x 320 pixels
1,160 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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