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Review: Cricket MSGM8 II

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The Web browser is a basic mobile WAP browser. It runs slowly over the 1xRTT network, but chugs along consistently, eventually reaching its destination. The browser can only render pages as a single column, so HTML pages are mangled as it tries, and usually fails, to fit all the content. Pages designed for mobile, like the CNN or New York Times single column mobile pages, work just fine, but full HTML Web pages should be avoided.

Navigating long pages was also jerky when it should have been smooth. That switch on the side should have made for easy sailing, but even with slow, smooth scrolling enabled, it was still a bumpy ride jumping from screen to screen or link to link. Overall, Web browsing should be for emergency use only.

Customize

There are not enough options to customize the Cricket MSGM8 II. The MyHomeScreen wheel seems customizable, but the options are disappointing, and there are more open slots than there are widgets to fill them, with no extras available for download. You can customize wallpaper or sound preferences, and you can change the look of the main menu screen, but not the contents or the basic organization.

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ZTE MSGM8 II

2.2" display 220 x 176 pixels
900 mAh battery
Hardware Text Keyboard

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