10 Nov 09 HTC Ozone Review
A mobile that has come from the Verizon group of launchers with the same sawy message lovers, and as a great addition it also added Wi-Fi and dual-mode CDMA/GSM but missed for the HTC inner circle the HTC Ozone is much more like snap, in dimensions except that it’s a little less heavier and also slightly angular over the edges. The Ozone is dipped in black in the front panel and to surprise its users the back cover has been painted in grey.
It has a 2.4 inch QVGA display and is not a touch based screen, it can support up to 64K colors and has a bright and clear output, though actually not very sharp. Ozone’s navigation controls are a bit different. The keypad has a central OK button, two soft keys, a Home shortcut, and a back button all in rectangular shape. The talk button as well serves as voice recorder. The designers haven’t really introduced large aesthetics
Snap had a curved keypad, where in Ozone has a straight one. The keypads are a little cramped and messy too. It’s not all that bad but surely could have been better. There are shortcut launchers for controlling features like the airplane mode, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. There also special shortcuts to messaging app and mute mode. The volume rocker sits on the right spine, while the USB port and headphone at the bottom.
The Ozone ships with a wall charger with international plug adapters, a USB 
cable, a wired headset adapter, a software CD, and reference material.
As already mentioned the phone focuses on messaging and being a windows mobile 6.1 device, it has uses Microsoft direct push technology for email delivery and it also synchronizes with your Outlook calendar, tasks, and contacts via Exchange Server. Ozone also supports POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts. The other offerings from Ozone are pretty much the same. A Microsoft office mobile with document editing and PIM tools like a calendar, a task list, a calculator, and an alarm clock. Though the operating system looks little stale and old, two things that needs to be appreciated are: integrated Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) and dual-mode for CDMA and GSM network support.
The CDMA/GSM support makes it possible to have voice and data support over 220 different countries. The Ozone supports Verizon’s EV-DO Rev. it promises an average downloading speed of 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps. Ozone also comes with Internet Explorer, RSS Hub and Adobe Reader. The voice features include speakerphone, speed dial, conference calling, and voice commands and dialing. The phonebook has only limited memory space where you can store even personal information like the birthdates, email address and photos could also be tagged to the contact list.
As far as other features are concerned you will find remote desktop, Active Sync and a voice recorder. As a part of Verizon offerings you will find VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail, Mobile Broadband Connect, and Wireless Sync. The multimedia features are not that very neither expensive nor impressive. The same old 2mpx camera with the orange brownish blur over the pictures taken.
Battery Li – Ion, 1500 mAh
Talk 4.83 hours (290 mins) of Talk time
Standby 324 hours (14 days) of Stand-by time
Main Display
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels
Type 65 536 colors, TFT
Physical Size 2.40 inches
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