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Today, not much is left for the manufacturers of communicators on Windows – on one hand to reduce prices, but on the other – make windows-system more functional. The hero of our today’s review, apparently, is created precisely in this way. Rover N6 is not an expensive device and has a built-in GPS-receiver.
Design
Let’s start with the packaging. A simple black box, on the front side depicts the hero of the review, and on the back has briefly listed specifications. In the kit are supplied: wired headphones, headset, with a button to answer an incoming call. These headphones are also the antenna when using the built-in FM-radio. The sound quality can be described as acceptable, but it should be understood that the reference to expect cleanliness and quality of sound from a supplied set of headphones with the device is at least reasonable (especially considering the retail price of the communicator).
Rover N6 is entirely made from soft plastic. With this coating device does not slip out of hands, as well as from the plastic front panel of the car.
Colors of this device are black, matte, after a while small stains and marks sometimes appear on the shell. However, they are easily removed with a napkin. So if you want your N6 always look like new – wipe it frequently. I would rate resistance of the coating as high – scratches or scrapes do not appear on the case (although I sometimes treated this smartphone rather unceremoniously – I carried it in a pocket with a bunch of keys without the protective cover).
However, I still prefer to have a removable plastic lid, such as the ancient PDA hp iPAQ 2410. Another minor defect, or even, rather quibbling – between the case and the screen is located on the perimeter gasket and there is a small gap. In that same gap you can find extraneous things that in abundance “are found” in every pocket.
Control and Ergonomics
The control of Rover N6 is reduced to up 6 buttons, plus a 4-way joystick with the button “Ok” in the center of the bottom of the screen. There are also other buttons to which I have claims.
For example, the camera activation button located on the right side of the shell is only slightly above the button “cancel the call”, and I often accidentally pressed on it.
The power button is on the left side of the shell and in contrast with the camera button, to find erors here is simply impossible – even in my pocket, I never accidentally clicked on it. Rover N6 supports microSD memory cards, but it is not compatible with a subset of standard SDHC, so that memory cards are limited to 2 GB.
The stylus is taken out from the lower right corner and it tightly sits in its “nest”.
In addition, the stylus is not simple and extendable – made of metal – for me this is a plus, though, the cold chilled fingers. The size and diameter of the stylus is very successful – it is well balanced.
Display and Camera
Another advantage of Rover N6, in my opinion, is the LCD display. Rover N6 has a display with a diagonal of 3.2 inches, (but not 2.8 as most of its competitors).
On this display, I easily and naturally read the things that interest me, moving around the city by public transport. In addition, due to the large diagonal and relatively low resolution – only 320 x 240 pixels you can easily control the device without the stylus – on-screen buttons are large enough.
Only in direct sunlight the display “blinds”.
The camera is another big claim. This is a kind of “visual notebook” if only because there is no built-in flash and autofocus. All camera settings are displayed as a semitransparent menu on the screen of the communicator.
The buttons on the screen are rather large and easily pressed with your fingers.
Hardware capabilities
Communicator is based on processor from Marvell – PXA270 with 416 MHz.
For all the time using the device will shut down only once, while keeping one phone call at the moment of switching on the second incoming number – help “soft” reboot. By the way, the button “soft” reboot is under the battery cover. When you use the communicator as a phone N6 provides average quality of reception and the same average quality of the voice through the speaker.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are working steadily, the machine does not hang, though, the battery power significantly decreases. Device supports Bluetooth-A2DP profile for wireless stereo headphones. We have saved the N6 “tasty” part for the end; it has a built-in GPS module.
The only disadvantage, which is rumored to be corrected by the new firmware Navigator is the so-called “cold start” receiver. Depending on the position it takes from 15 to 20 minutes, but “hot start” is very fast – about 20-30 seconds.
GPS-satellite receiver does not lose, but it puts the battery very quickly, so that for use as a GPS-system in the car, car charger is very, very necessary.
If you use the communicator as a phone – at an average intensity of the conversations of 20 minutes a day and a dozen SMS, plus about an hour a day as a player including Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, the device operates about 3-4 days.
It has a 1500 mAh capacious battery. The call is fairly loud, it is heard, even on a noisy street, but the vibration is a little weak – in the pocket of the jacket the user won’t feel the vibration.
