You get visual voicemail with the X2-01, but no GPS navigation. The powerful WebKit browser displayed WAP pages with no problem, but the phone was just too slow for most real HTML pages.
It also supports e-mail access for Web services, plus POP and IMAP hooks. Deeper down in the menu system, the X2-01 offers basic instant messaging for AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo, and Google Talk accounts. The app displays status updates, and lets you post your own updates or photos. The X2-01 includes a home screen shortcut to Communities, which hooks into your Facebook and Twitter accounts. But all in all, it's an easier OS to navigate than Symbian Series 60. I ran into a little more trouble with default system settings than I did with other Series 40 devices for example, predictive text was turned on for URLs in the Web browser (a bad idea), and playing video clips required some extra steps. The X2-01's venerable Series 40 OS is well known and works well here. Prepaid phones aren't known for their Internet and multimedia features, but the X2-01 does have some. Battery life was excellent at 12 hours and 3 minutes of talk time. The speakerphone sounded decent but didn't go loud enough to use outdoors. Calls also sounded clear through an Aliph Jawbone Icon ($99, 4 stars) Bluetooth headset, although there was no voice dialing of any kind. Transmissions through the microphone were also clear, and the X2-01 pulled in slightly better than usual T-Mobile signal.
There was plenty of gain in the earpiece, and callers sounded clear and crisp when speaking. Typing on the four-row QWERTY keyboard was a little stiff, but the slightly bubbled keys are roomy and well-arranged.
Six function keys bracket a five-way control pad with a pronounced plastic ridge. The 2.4-inch LCD offers 320-by-240-pixel resolution, and offers good brightness and sharpness for a low-end phone. It's not the slimmest device on the market, but it looks fine next to a BlackBerry Curve, and that's good company to be in for a prepaid phone. The X2-01 measures 4.7 by 2.4 by 0.6 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.8 ounces. The Nokia X2-01 is clad in dark gray plastic with a glossy black front bezel for now, that's the only color choice. Still, as long as you're not expecting the X2-01 to be as powerful as a smartphone, you could find satisfaction here. The new Nokia X2-01 ($79.99) is a good value thanks to its usable QWERTY keyboard and executive form factor, although its camera is a big disappointment. T-Mobile has been building out its lineup of prepaid cell phones lately.
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