Design and Ergonomics

As you've gathered, the phone is light and though not tiny, it's small enough at about the same size as the Sony Ericsson T610 and the Audiovox SMT5600 (last generation MS Smartphone). Apart from the hump, the phone is attractive and side curves and bevels make it feel comfy in the hand. A bright silver finish speaks of quality and is smart looking, with the few touches of color limited to the pink T-Mobile logo above the display and the spiral T-Zones t symbol for the dedicated Internet Explorer button up front. As others have complained about the i-mate SP5m, the buttons are much too small for those who don't have twig-fingers or long and keenly accurate fingernails. The keypad is cramped and the shortcut keys just below the display (Start, Home Screen, back and a contextual softkey) are at best 2mm tall. The joystick is small yet easy to operate in any direction but down (which functions as the action or enter key to select menu items, launch apps and etc.). The IE button and three dedicated music buttons (remember, this is a "music" phone) are larger and make much easier targets, however we found ourselves launching Windows Media player, pausing music or running IE when we meant to hit one of the small adjacent keys. Now that I've made it sound horrid, let me say that you will grow accustomed to the buttons (unless you have big fingers) and will manage adequate navigation and dialing skills in a few days.