Taxco VX4

Qwerty, the Home Screen Similar Gemini

Taxco VX4 home screen similar to BB Gemini glimpse, just visible screen size is smaller. From the home menu screen, we can directly change the several profiles, such as general, meeting, outdoor, indoor, and others. Navigation using the trackball is responsive enough, we can roll to the desired menu. Some of the menu for online are Opera Mini, wap access MU (Manchester United), eBuddy (chat), Google, MSN, Yahoo!, And Facebook.

Besides being equipped with online features, Taxco VX4 also equipped with a digital camera, FM radio, audio / video player, and a melody composer. Qwerty keypad keys ranks fairly easy to access and medium-sized. Trackball on the left side there are two keys to access the call from SIM1 or SIM2. There's no shortcut keys to access the music player or camera.

DESIGN
While having a touch screen technology, unfortunately, still less a large screen size. To access with the touch of a stylus pen provided. There is only one USB port that can be used for the charger, headset and data cable. While for the design of interface, there are several menu icons are a bit like a BlackBerry, but with functions that are not exact.
Testing: Examining the body and the detailed design.
Score: 3
Note: Opening speakers at the back and in front of the phone

SCREEN
However, viewed in plain view, capable of displaying digital images good enough on the main screen. The response was also pretty nice touch screen when trying to access Opera Mini by using a finger or stylus pen.
Testing: Displays photos and plays videos
Score: 3
Please note: It can display photos in full screen

Melody Composer
Taxco VX4 can be a facility to make beautiful tones in accordance with the choice of several instruments such as guitar, piano, violin, saxophone, flute, harmonica, and others up to 10 musical instruments. In one bar can be filled up to 150 notes. To create a note, we can press numbers 1 through 7, and there are options to determine the tempo by pressing the asterisk or hash mark.
Pengujan: Create a musical composition.
Score: 3.5
Note: Equipped with a choice of other tempo by pressing the insert on the screen

CAMERA
Has two lenses, in the back and front. At the rear is equipped with a flash light, while the front section can be used when making a video chat so that our faces seen chatting with friends easily. In the back near the main lens with clear writing emblazoned 2.0 mega pixels, but when taking pictures with a choice of 1600 x 1200 resolution, the results on the computer looks the size of 640 x 480 pixels VGA only aliases. The result of the photo when viewed on the display looks quite clear, depending on light conditions when photographing.
Testing: Photographing in indoor conditions and video recording
Score: 2.9
Note: Not equipped with a special shutter button, so when photographed using the trackball

MUSIC
Features the music player is not always judged by the quality of speakers and earsetnya only. But, to be seen also from the ability to play various music formats. When the views of his ability playing music formats, Taxco VX4 spelled out good, because it can play audio formats WAV, MIDI, MP3, and AAC. However, when it comes to sound quality of speakers and earset not deserve a thumbs up even though his voice was spelled out loud.
Testing: Play some kind of music formats like wav, MIDI, MP3, and AAC.
Score: 3.1
Notes: Setting sound effect: bass enhancement effect was less

Chats
Many applications that can be used for chatting, like eBuddy, MSN, Yahoo! (From wap messenger), and imiChat. Uniquely using imiChat is the ability to send audio and video displays. In addition, the chat is easy to invite friends to contact the cell phone number only, provided that both had this application.
Testing: Chat using Yahoo! wap messenger and MSN
Score: 3.5
Note: This chat application is generally based on Java

FM RADIO
Public radio features are already embedded in a cellphone, let alone the local brand. Somewhat different is the ability to record radio broadcasts taking place in AMR and WAV audio formats. In addition to recording broadcast is in progress, record radio broadcasts can be done also with the schedule in advance (schedule FM record).
Testing: Recording a broadcast in progress, with a choice of wav format
Score: 2.9
Note: The quality of recording depending on the individual arrest signal radio stations

Performance
Phone performance in general is quite convincing, morange applications based on Java is running smoothly, with a record of service connection that is used is also current. What is less convincing is the email settings that are still manual. Online features such as Facebook, Twitter, Opera Mini, Google, morange, Yahoo!, MSN, and others run smoothly.

FINAL SCORE: 2.9

Battery Performance
Vendors state that the battery has a resistance to standby for 1-2 days. And, during the trial period did not differ greatly when used to try out its features. From the condition of the battery is full, run out within two days.