What is the difference between breeze mode and advanced mode

Sitting directly beneath the display are three shortcut keys numbered 1 through 3. You can assign each key as a "Quick Call" speed dial to an existing contact in your phone book In other words, you must have already entered in that number into the phone book before assigning the Quick Call key. You can also assign these numbers as shortcuts to one of nine basic phone tools. These keys are roomy and large, but are rather slippery and flat to the surface.

You also have to maneuver your thumb a little bit more to press them as they are located right above the phone's hinge. The navigation array on the Breeze III is pretty standard.

It consists of two soft keys, a square toggle with a middle select key, a dedicated voice command key, and a dedicated camera key. In standby mode, the toggle doubles as shortcuts to a new text message, instant messaging, the contacts list, and mobile e-mail, while the middle select key doubles as a shortcut to the Web browser.

The number keypad is largely unchanged from previous Breeze handsets. It's spacious and the keys themselves are large and easy to press. We did wish the keys were a little more raised above the surface, but the keys are separated enough that we could still dial and text with ease. The volume rocker is on the left spine, while the Micro-USB charger jack is on the right.

On the back is the camera lens. You have to remove the cover and battery to get to the microSD card slot. It certainly has the basics down-pat--it has a 1,entry phone book with room in each entry for six numbers, three e-mail addresses, a company name, five instant messenger handles, a Web address, a display name, a street address, a birthday, a social network ID, and more. You have the option of organizing your contacts into caller groups, and you can customize each contact with one of seven ringtones or eight alert tones.

You can of course add your own if you like. You can use a photo for caller ID as well. Other basic features include a speakerphone, a vibrate mode, an alarm clock, a calendar, a notepad, a world clock, a calculator, a tip calculator, a stopwatch, a notepad, a unit converter, a voice memo recorder, and a timer.

The last three tools are not available in Breeze mode. New to the Breeze III is the addition of a handy portable user guide plus a pill reminder. It also now has voice commands, which was lacking in the Breeze II. Curiously, we weren't able to access instant messaging from the Breeze Mode menu, but we managed to launch it from the toggle shortcut regardless.

Mobile e-mail is essentially a hub that lets you access any of the popular Web mail services like Hotmail and Gmail. You can also add your own login and server information if you like. There are a few more-advanced features on the Breeze III as well.

Pac-Man, and Family Feud. The music player's interface is fairly generic, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It organizes songs into albums, artists, and genres, and you can create and edit playlists on the go. You can set songs on shuffle and repeat, and you get up to six preset equalizer settings. Both modes allow you to program the three buttons across the top of the phone to perform a number of tasks. They can be set as calling shortcuts, but also to open the alarm clock, pill reminder, user guide, calculator, notepad, stop watch, and so on.

As far as customization is concerned, the B4 lets you pick between two color themes, set your own wallpaper, set tons of calling behaviors, switch sound profiles, and more. Flip phones are pretty straightforward when it comes to making calls. Dial the number and press send. Or, create a numeric shortcut on the dialpad. The B4 supports up to 99 of them. Once you actually press send and the call is connected, you can send it to the speakerphone, mute the microphone, or slow the speech down to make it easier to understand.

This is a bit weird for normal folks and makes it sound like a slow record. For those who are hard of hearing, this could be very helpful. The phone also lets users access the browser, text messages, contact, and notepad apps when in a call. The contact application is a pain in the arse to set up, but that's because the B4 is a feature phone and not a smartphone.

The menu system controlling the address book is plain and straightforward. Actually entering in numbers and names is tedious thanks to the dialpad input. That way, you can import them automatically when first setting up the phone. Actual contact cards hold at least four numbers, plus email addresses, street addresses, birthdays, and so on.

Messaging is constrained on the B4. Your two options are text messaging and mobile email. The text messaging app, which also supports pictures and video, is bare bones and clunky to work with.

There is a lot of navigating and button pushing involved. Thank goodness messages are threaded into conversations.

While both offer decent and different functionality, they have significant limitations when compared to current and last generation smart phones at similar price points.

The phone accepts a full size SIM card. Even with the battery, the Breeze III is light as a feather, coming in at 3. The front display is pretty spartan, giving you just the date and time.

Three icons are stamped into the top, for Messages, Phone, and Battery. Using the Breeze III reminds me of the flip phone I had in , with a much better screen and slightly more feature rich software.

Advance mode gives you the grid of icons look:. Which has essentially the same applications — the difference being that when you select one of these you get additional sub-menu options. In either case these are pretty basic applications and navigating them let alone entering anything at all with the dialpad is fairly cumbersome.

The 1. The phone includes voice control, which worked fairly well for starting applications, and fair for voice dialing.