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Camera
Perhaps we shouldn’t get too distracted by the Tocco’s touchscreen UI and focus instead on where the device really excels: Its all round media production capabilities. Turn the phone on its front and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was actually a digital camera, and a pretty good one at that. There’s a generous 5 megapixels, along with an LED flash and 4x digital zoom. There’s also face recognition for autofocus, and the slightly gimmicky feature in which the Tocco will attempt to sense when the person in-picture is smiling before taking a shot. The Tocco is also capable of shooting MPEG4 video.
However, it’s what you can do with your photos and videos afterward that impressed us the most. This includes basic editing (cropping, cutting and effects) and the ability to publish to various photo and video sharing services, such as Flickr and YouTube, thanks to the built-in Shozu application.
Media playback
The Tocco is a competent media player too, not least because of its sharp 2.8 inch screen. Video playback includes support for MPEG4 and H.264 video, and on the audio side there’s MP3, AAC and WMA. The included earbuds are also pretty decent, and there’s a microSD card slot for ample expandable storage. The Tocco also has an FM tuner with RDS.
Web browser
If there’s one area where phone makers really need to catchup with the iPhone, it’s the mobile web experience. The Tocco’s Access browser renders the ‘full’ web very poorly, and is slow and awkward. Zooming in and out is done via the device’s volume keys. In single column mode, the browser is usable and sites optimized specifically for mobile work best.
Verdict
The Tocco is fun device and its touchscreen UI certainly gets the job done. But it’s no iPhone killer, nor is it really designed to be, evident by the device’s sub par web browser and lack of an on-screen QWERTY keyboard. However, if viewed as a camera-centric feature phone with strong all round media capabilities, that just happens to feature a touchscreen, then the Tocco performs admirably.
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