Motorola Hint QA30

Design
The Hint isn't a perfect square (3.32 inches by 2.43 inches by 0.6 inch), but its distinctive shape is unmistakable. Unfortunately, that's where the Hint's good design points end. The toggle and OK button double as music player controls, but when the phone is in standby mode we'd prefer that the OK button open the main menu instead of the Web browser. Though the toggle is large, the soft keys, music player shortcut, and back control are tiny.
The Hint's keyboard is small and rather difficult to use.
The keyboard is rather small, though we realize that a bigger keyboard would result in a bigger phone. The remaining keys include a symbol/shift control, back and delete buttons, and shortcuts for the messaging folder, the camera, the speakerphone (nice), the camera, and the Web browser.
Features
Te Hint has a 700-contact phone book with room in each entry for five phone numbers, two e-mail addresses, a birthday, URL, a street address, and notes. The Hint also offers a voice recorder, text and multimedia messaging, stereo Bluetooth, and voice dialing.
The Hint's camera lacks a flash and a self-portrait mirror.
Photo quality was decent. The Hint's card slot will accommodate microSD cards up to 8GB.
The Hint has acceptable photo quality.
The music player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, and WMA files. You will need a memory card to use the music player--Cricket didn't include a card with our review model.
The Hint offers one game (Bloc Breaker D2) with additional titles available from Cricket.
Performance
We tested the dual-band (CDMA 800/1900) Hint in San Francisco. Call quality was above average. Speakerphone volume was loud and callers could understand us if we spoke close to the phone. The Hint is equipped for 3G (EV-DO) networks, which Cricket operates throughout its home network. Music quality over the external speakers wasn't so impressive. The music player also plays videos. Clips off a memory card looked quite good, though videos we shot with the phone's camera were jerky.