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Review: Sprint Mogul

The successor to last year’s wildly popular PPC-6700 sports a similarly splendid slide-out keyboard, three flavors of wireless (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and EV-DO), a 2-megapixel camera, and the Windows Mobile 6 touchscreen version. But like most WinMo phones, the Mogul feels a bit sluggish. At least the 4.3 x 2.3 x 0.7-inch body houses a big […]
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Rating:

7/10

WIRED
Mobile Office apps let you create and edit docs. Phone doubles as wireless modem. 512-MB microSD card included in box.
TIRED
Frequently turns itself on for no apparent reason. Scattered controls result in accidental presses (especially when using camera). Speaker phone sounds crummy on other end. Camera snaps look fuzzy.

The successor to last year's wildly popular PPC-6700 sports a similarly splendid slide-out keyboard, three flavors of wireless (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and EV-DO), a 2-megapixel camera, and the Windows Mobile 6 touchscreen version. But like most WinMo phones, the Mogul feels a bit sluggish. At least the 4.3 x 2.3 x 0.7-inch body houses a big battery: We managed nearly six hours of talk time.