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The T-Mobile Pulse is the first pay-as-you-go Android smartphone and has a budget-friendly price tag and impressive features too.

The Design

Encased in glossy black plastic, the T-Mobile Pulse cannot compete with glamorous smartphones like the iPhone when it comes to looks. However, the phone looks smart with a simplistic layout of 3.5 inch touchscreen and minimal buttons of roller ball, menu and combined home and back key, on the front. It also manages to avoid looking chunky thanks to its rounded edges.

The 3.5 inch screen is impressive and is the biggest on any Android phone currently on the market – for example, the HTC Hero’s touchscreen measures 3.2 inches. The extra space makes a big difference to the phone’s user-friendliness and the display is bright and sharp, as well as a good size. The T-Mobile Pulse also features a choice of 3 keyboards – full QWERTY, an alphanumeric one, and a compact one – all available in landscape and portrait options.

Specifications

Run on Google’s Android operating system, the T-Mobile Pulse comes with access to the Android Market for downloading applications. The Market is easy to navigate and allows you to customise your phone with as many applications as you like, many of which are free.

The Market applications are in addition to the pre-installed ones on the T-Mobile Pulse, such as YouTube; Documents To Go which lets you view Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents; and DataViz Roadsync which securely synchronizes your corporate emails, contacts and calendar using the Microsoft Exchange Server. The DataViz Roadsync application also lets you reply and make changes or updates on the move while keeping Outlook on your computer updated.

The T-Mobile Pulse has a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, zoom and geo-tagging for labelling the location each photo was taken, although there is no flash. The phone also comes with a video camera, a music application which supports the display of cover art, and games. The ‘Wildcard Widgets’ on the T-Mobile Pulse let you customise the look of your home screen with widgets. You could choose to have your email, calendar and photos displayed, for example; and it is easy to move the widgets around and alter the layout.

Considerations

The feel of the T-Mobile Pulse is not as solid as the iPhone or Nokia E71 thanks to its plastic exterior. However, given the cheap price tag for the T-Mobile Pulse, you can forgive any aesthetic imperfections. T-Mobile – or rather, the manufacturer Huawei – has concentrated on creating a great user experience instead. Besides, the T-Mobile Pulse feels sturdy enough.

The T-Mobile Pulse only has a 60MB internal memory but it comes with a 2GB microSD memory card and can be expanded to up to 16GB.

Verdict

The T-Mobile Pulse is the first budget Android phone and has some great features. You certainly get a lot for your money considering it offers multimedia texting, instant messaging, GPS, Bluetooth, email, fast internet connection, Google Maps and access to the Android Market.

Latest T-Mobile Pulse News

07 June 2010 by Caroline
The first own-branded mobile phone to be launched by Huawei in the UK is the Huawei G7002 – and is now available through O2. The G7002 measures 98.4 x 51.3 x 13.6mm, making it pocket-friendly and portable. The phone weighs only 95g so you will hardly notice this device in your pocket or handbag. ...
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07 December 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
How do you know it is really Christmas? When there is an Android phone below the 100 Pound price mark! T-Mobile is making many people merry during the holiday season by lowering the prices of all their pay-as-you-go mobile phones. This is probably a very limited holiday deal so interested buyers ...
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12 October 2009 by Simon
The T-Mobile Pulse is a simple smartphone that will not offer the same experience as that of a Blackberry or an Iphone but it does offer a decent touchscreen phone at a fraction of the price. The Design The design is not awe-inspiring; it looks more like a typical touchscreen phone with i...
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05 October 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
T Mobile is now selling an Android powered mobile phone, the Pulse, for less than £200 on pay as you go, attracting a lot of attention from those who have always wanted a handset running under Android but lacked the funds. The mobile phone, which was designed with these users who wanted a bud...
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30 September 2009 by Simon
The T-Mobile Pulse is the new Huawei Android mobile that is on its way to Europe. This new offer is a typical smartphone but should find a few people willing to give it a try, especially since it comes with a very reasonable price. The Design This block phone measures 116.0 x 63.0 x 13.5 ...
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