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Review: Casio G'zOne Brigade

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Browser

The Web browser on the Casio Brigade, a version of the Access Netfront browser, is completely unusable. In the browser's non-optimized, desktop browser-style mode, it failed to load any of the pages I tried. Though Casio brags about its Adobe Flash Lite capabilities, the browser completely choked on Flash content, and often the pages I loaded, including our own PhoneScoop homepage, would display only the Flash-based banner ads running up top. CNN, the New York Times and, regrettably, even PhoneScoop would not load properly. In the optimized mode, pages would load in their mobile versions, but still looked terrible. Fonts were chunky and difficult to read, and page layout was mangled.

The interface for the browser was also horrible. When you press the Navigate button, you get a menu to enter a URL. But you're then taken to a separate WAP page where you enter your address into a mobile Web field. This page was difficult to navigate, and the buggy browser often did not load it properly, leaving me confused and annoyed. I gave up on the mobile browser quickly. Better to forget it completely than deal with the frustration.

Customize

There are a few themes available for the Casio Brigade, perhaps fittingly based around a workshop concept. These change the main menu design and the look of the standby screen, but don't affect much else. You can also change wallpapers and ringtones, but you don't get much control over specific alert settings. There is a shortcuts menu that you can customize with your own choices, but you can't change or rearrange the main menu. The phone comes with two different menu layouts, enigmatically labeled Communicator and Messaging, though these only changed a few of the top level menu items, and did nothing to improve the basic organization or design.

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Casio G'zOne Brigade

2.9" display 400 x 240 pixels
1,440 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Water-Resistant

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