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Review: AT&T Quickfire

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Dec 14, 2008, 11:05 PM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Dec 16, 2008, 10:57 AM

AT&T's Quickfire messaging device combines touch-screen fun with a full, physical QWERTY to make typing easier. Here is a report on its pros and cons. With video tour.

Budget-minded messaging maniacs mark my words: The Quickfire from AT&T makes good on its promise of providing a good messaging experience, but it falls short in other areas. See if its weaknesses are enough to outweigh its strengths.

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About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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PCD QuickFire

2.8" display 240 x 320 pixels
1,200 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard

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ms.ashlee

Dec 18, 2008, 10:04 AM

toughscreen

I have noticed that the touchscreen of the quickfire seems to lag. I know that if I were using the phone I would be irritated when I pushed a menu option and had to wait for it to think about opening... For a touchscreen device, which will be compared to the iphone, if not only because At&t sells both of them the quickfire falls short. It also is a brick of a phone. The phone itself is weighty WITHOUT the battery in it!

CrZyDrVr

I would have to agree. I do not like this phone at all... I have talked several cust out of buying this phone. For just being released I don't see this phone making it much longer. We only carry one in our inventory for that one cust we can't talk out...
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