Review: ZTE Salute
You can send text messages with the Salute closed — as long as you don't mind using the pre-loaded quick text options (or your own, if you customize them).
You can see new messages as they arrive, and have full access to your email, SMS, MMS, and IM inboxes without the need to flick open the Salute. If you need to send more than a predefined note, however, you'll have to slip it open.
On the home screen, the left soft key brings you to the messaging menu. This SMS/MMS application is the same that we've seen before from Verizon, and lacks advanced features such as threaded conversations.
Emails can be set up two different ways. You can use Verizon's email service, or access your POP3 accounts via the Web browser. The included email application, which costs $5 extra per month unless you have subscribed to unlimited data, is easy enough to use for setting up and accessing POP3 accounts. These are extremely basic and limited email features. Exchange is not supported at all.
The IM application is exactly the same as on other Verizon phones. It plays nice with AIM, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo IM.
Disappointingly, there are no social networking apps or clients on board, not even Verizon's newer application for Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace updates. If you want Social Beat, you have to use Verizon's Get It Now store to find and download it (for free). Of course, users can resort to using short code text messaging tools to update their Twitter and Facebook status, but remember that will eat into your monthly allowance for messages. Also, it's archaic.
If you choose to snag the Social Beat app, you'll have rudimentary access to Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. The app bundles all status updates into one place, and you can read feeds and post your own status accordingly. This means you can cycle through all the different networks quickly, see @replies (but not reply to them) and see DMs.
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ZTE Salute
