Samsung - Gravity Cell Phone Review

If I had to choose just two qualities for a cell phone, it would be usabilty and durability.  My Samsung Gravity has both.

It has to be durable because, no matter how careful I am, I have to face facts: I'm clumsy.  My Gravity may have a few chips after dozens of falls in the last year and a half, but it still works good as new.

And any technology of mine has to be user-friendly.  I'm not computer illerate - far from it - but if an electronic toy is hard to use, I simply won't use it.  My Gravity was easy to figure out all the features and benefits within a few hours:

• There's a shortcut camera button on the side, great for spur-of-the-moment photos
• Volume controls are on the side too, easy to turn off the sound quick for a meeting
• Another shortcut button opens a new text message, and a related feature shows the contacts you've sent messages to most recently
• Multiple phone numbers can be attributed to a single person (not all phones do that!)

I do have a few things I'm not thrilled about, but can certainly live with:

• You can't turn off the shutter "click" sound when taking a photo.
• When texting, the "Shift" key works for the very next key pressed only and then goes back to normal, but the "Alt" key has to be pressed again to turn it off or you end up typing a bunch of numbers and symbols.

And that's about it!  I don't think I'll be trading in my Gravity anytime soon ... although those touchscreens are a bit tempting ;)