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hey guys John Redinger here the review for you of the pantech matrix Pro 4/18 Wireless if you want to pick one of these up it'll cost you 179 dollars after rebates on a new two-year contract from either a TN t--'s online store or your local shop so let me talk a little bit about the device you guys saw the comparisons that I did when I compared it to the iPhone as far as doing general features like text messaging adding contacts and calendar items so first let me start with my opinion on windows mobile 6.1 standard meaning non touchscreen and if you'd like to see those features in action be sure to check out that previous video so let me give you some reference to where I was coming from I had used a Samsung blackjack it was running Windows 6.0 standard not 6.1 like this device and I was really very unhappy with it when I used it it took an extra three or four steps to do anything the you I was very unintuitive and it really was not the stablest of phones either so I was very skeptical when I came to try the pantech matrix Pro and I have to say I actually came away very impressed with what Microsoft has done with windows mobile 6.1 the sliding panel interface that they implemented you can see right there makes navigating much easier you don't have to go to the Start menu go to calendar hit menu add new items you can really just do a nice and easily write here change your ringtone your background your task manager you know it makes it actually relatively intuitive and for a Microsoft operating system I was relatively impressed when time I had using it I didn't experience any crashes which also was very unlike the Samsung blackjack that I had definitely got to give my hats off a little bit to Microsoft for putting it or not bring system s we're little be stable this time around and I'm curious what they'll do with windows mobile 6.5 standard when the back comes out so let's get back to this device let me show you a little bit about it it is a little bit on the thick side some of you guys are come device comparison here with a few other ones you may be familiar with so here is the iPhone you can see it's difficult ly thicker and here are a few other windows mobile devices here is the AT&T fuse that I come paired the iPhone with and a few videos back there's a thickness comparison there and see just about the same and this is a touchscreen device here's another Windows Mobile touchscreen device the Samsung epics these are all current devices and AT&T is line up by the way you can see it's markedly thicker now a lot of the heft from the pantech matrix comes from this dual slider it's actually very cool so slide it out you've got your standard keypad right there nice and easy although I do need to mention that the keypad is very flush with the phone and there's no ridges between the numbers or the aren't in your ridges between the numbers so it's gonna make dialing without looking very difficult so keep that in mind well it does have a nice look to it it's not necessarily so practical let's slide that down and if you slide it up you get a full QWERTY keyboard so while we're on the QWERTY keyboard let me talk about it here it is a straight three row keys and it actually does have some nice key press to it next click feel and when you push it it will take a little bit to get used to the keys because it's very spread out but after a day or two really Billy typing without any difficulty notice that the hotkeys to are on far left and the far right something to keep in mind and it does have the number keys inlaid in there so you have to hit the function key and type on one thing I didn't like about the device though and something that relies heavily on screen rotation what's a screen rotation speed let me show you guys what I mean by that turn it back on there so when I slide a keyboard out look how long it takes for the screen to rotate takes a little bit of time I thought that should be much quicker than that that wasn't something I was terribly happy with reception was actually got very good reception was able to hold on to really 5 bars most places I was at so that was always nice although right now in my apartment generally where I get three or four or five bars I was only getting two so that was a little bit disappointing so it's a phone so it's got to make good calls and I'm happy to report the call quality actually like most phones I've tested recently coca-cola tea has been fantastic really wasn't any white noise or hissing on my end and on the other end its caller feel or that it sounded nice and clear also testing it with a few two headsets worked great no problem in pairing was a breeze its navigation on the phone is a little bit interesting - it looks like a scroll wheel but it's not actually just a straight deep head with a button in the middle and you've got your HOME key and your back button and your sending end button it's kind of glow underneath there so overall guys actually was very happy with the phone it was very usable I felt it was very possible I know some complaints are the heft but for a device that gets a dual slide you're gonna have to sacrifice slimness River functionality so that's something that comes along with the territory so if I have to rape this phone kind of at a scale from one to five I gotta give it a very very very solid three-and-a-half to four let's say 3.75 as the rating if I can do that it does chip with Pocket Internet Explorer which is a an atrocious browser so if you do want to get the Pentek matrix Pro download upper mini or sky fire they have both versions for the non touchscreen 6.1 standard and that'll make your browsing experience much better this is a full-featured smart phone you can do your calendar your email hookup with Microsoft Exchange you can go on the internet like I just mentioned you really can't do everything on this phone but it's keep in mind that it is a non touchscreen device so anyway guys hope you enjoyed if you're looking for something like this I I can recommend the pantech matrix Pro I think AT&T and pantech did a very nice job with the design I think Microsoft actually is improving their operating system I was very down on Windows Mobile in the past maybe I'm trying to sway a little bit on that certainly won't take me away from my iPhone but if you're a Windows guy or gal and you want to have something that'll sync up and compare nice and easy this is a good option for you for exclusive content be sure to follow me on twitter at twitter.com/usembassymanila