Sanyo VI-2300 review

Messaging

The VI-2300 allows the user to send text, picture messages plus access to Sprint's Instant Messaging application. Up to 10 contacts can be selected to receive the same text message. The recipients can be selected from the Phone Book entries, Personal/Group List entries, manually inputted phone number or email address.
The Instant Messaging application is actually a web-based and supports AOL, Yahoo and MSN. Unfortunately, since it is web-based, it is slow and not very intuitive.

Connectivity

Being an entry-level phone, the VI-2300 does not feature Bluetooth or even Infrared connections. Your only window to the world is the embedded Web browser. Using it, you can access external website (like wap.phonearena.com) or you can go to the Sprint's portal where you can read access your e-mail, chat or watch TV. I will not go in depth here again with the MobiTv or RealTv, but I'll say again that MobiTV is especially entertaining and if you have $10 extra to burn a month, go for it.