Motorola Krave ZN4 Review

Motorola's Budget Touch Screen is Successful

I'm a Verizon Wireless customer, and until recently, I carried the nice but very basic LG VX8600. Nice phone, but very, very basic. A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was time to upgrade. After much consternation, I bought a Motorola Krave. This phone has a clear plastic flip cover over the touch screen, which can be 'locked,' meaning you can't click through it, for when it's in your pocket or the like, or 'unlocked,' allowing you to click through the screen to search your pictures with the screen closed or use the camera as such. The touch screen is nice, with a reactive 'click' sensation when you click on something via the phone's vibration feature. This seems like it would be a turn off, but it actually makes using the touch screen much easier compared to no reaction whatsoever. It provides a tactile response that is very satisfying.

The ear piece is actually on the clear screen that you flip up, and I swear that I don't know who it works. lol It may be wireless, because there is no connection between the earpiece and the phone save for the plastic cover it's on. Alien technology, perhaps.

The included browser is very unique, as it uses a curser-based system, with a huge curser consisting of a large ring with a pointer on it. You put your finger on the ring to move the curser and then tap the ring to select whatever the pointer is over. This takes practice, because you're not tapping what you want, you're tapping the ring which, which is below it. Very confusing at first, but it works better then straight clicking of small links on web sites. Speaking of the mobile web, I have to warn folks that this thing kills it's battery charge when browsing. No lie; it needs charged once a day if I browse much as all.

In conclusion, this phone is very sound. I'm happy with my purchase. If you're a  Verizon customer who can't afford the more expensive Blackberry Storm, I whole heartedly recommend this phone to you. Just keep the charger handy.

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