Innostream INNO90

Pros:

Great display quality
Very good reception quality
Active flip
Great navigation key and keypad
VGA-camera with many features
Camcorder feature
Amazing ring tones
Attractive and cleverly designed menu
4 preinstalled games of high quality
E-Mail Client
Lightweight
Well build
OK battery life (with standard battery)
Lots of personalization possibilities

Cons:

Lack of connectivity
Data cable needed for picture and ring tone transfer
No Outlook synchronization
No flashlight
No Java
Videos cannot be downloaded to PC
Cannot add words to phone’s dictionary
Rather bulky
Older firmware rather unstable

Inno 90 comes from the 2nd largest mobile phone manufacturer in Korea called Innostream. The Inno 90 is on sale in North America through online stores and T-Mobile. As a GSM-Triband phone it works in most networks.

Here is an overview about the phones most interesting specs:

- GSM Tri-Band
- Dimensions: 46x87x26 mm
- Weight: 88.5grams (with standard bat.)
- Stand by time: More than 100 hrs
- Talk time: 5 ~ 6 hrs
- Main LCD: TFT 260,000 Color (128 x 160 pixels)
- Sub LCD: STN 65,000 Color (96 x 64 pixels)
- Supporting colors image: Max 262,144 colors
- 7 colors Optic Fiber Illuminating Deco
- 3 colors keypad back lighting
- Various Graphics and Animation
- Idle Screen of Various Photos or images and Digital clock
- Menu Using Big Graphic Animation Icons
- High quality CCM type digital camera (640x480 Pixel)
- Camcorder for video recording (up to 20 seconds for each video)
- 3.2 MB dynamic storage
- Earphone jack
- Navigation key
- Real Time Clock, World Time, Alarm, Scheduler, Games, Calculator, Biorhythm, Stopwatch, Calendar and Melody Converter
- Silence mode
- User Selectable/Editable Audio profiles
- Security: Phone Lock, Phonebook Lock, SIM Lock, and MEP (Network Option) etc.
- User Selectable Display Color Theme Mode
- User Selectable idle photo or images
- Melody Composer
- Voice Memo
- Camera and Album
- 500 names in the phone memory (+ SIM card memory)
- 300 emails in the phone memory
- Group Type: 6Fixed, 3 Editable
- Selectable Group Ring Melody
- Photo Personalization in Phonebook
- 20 Recent Dialed/Received/Missed Calls
- Caller name, Call Time, Call Duration, Call Cost
- 64poly melody ring
- Real Music Bell (Support Transforming MP3 file to ring tone)
- Hands-free call with Ear microphone
- Auto Redialing, Any Key answer, Connect Tone, Minute Tone, Escalating tone
- Vibrator Alerting
- Concatenated SMS (Maximum 1064 Alphanumeric Characters, Maximum 462 Chinese Characters)
- E-Mail (Pop3, Imap)
- MMS
- Quick keys for 10 speed dialing, recent calls, WAP, SMS inbox, Game, Biorhythm, Calendar and Silence Mode
- Notification of the missed call, the arriving of new SMS and the arriving of PUSH message
- Built-in Data modem (CSD or GPRS) (no cable available yet)
- Change loudness of speaker during call
- Different key tone types (like voice or water drop)
- Color and Dynamic Games (including Enhanced Game Engine)
- Supported Audio File Format: SMAF, WAV, Standard MIDI format, I-Melody

Inno 90 offers some outstanding features like quality of ring tones and displays plus a video recording feature that sets it apart from most other phones. Furthermore it offers many ways to personalize the phone. However it lacks most forms of connectivity. While the phone is strong in communication features (you get SMS, MMS and an E-Mail-Client), you need a data cable to connect the phone to your computer (PC only). This is available separately. It allows you to exchange pictures, ring tones, images and offers MP3 conversion but this is it. There is no infrared port or Bluetooth.

Design & quality

The phone itself is made of very high quality, comparable to phones from Samsung. It does not crack at all. It is very easy to open the phone with one hand, although the click is missing that you usually hear when a folder phone is opened completely.

On the outside of the phone you find a small color display showing up to 65.000 colors. Compared to other phones the display is of rather high quality. If a contact includes a picture taken with the camera in 96x64 Pixel it appears on the outer screen if the contact calls. Surrounding the display is a ring that can show up to 7 different colors in a row. This happens when you close the phone or when somebody calls (depending on the profile settings). You either love or hate this feature. I have not made up my mind yet, but you can turn off the light if you like.

The phone has a slightly bulky external aerial. However I think it looks rather pretty and gives the phone a nice look. This is certainly a matter of personal taste.


Opening the phone you see in the upper part a crisp and clear TFT-display with 128x160 Pixel. The display is capable of showing up to 262.000 colors.

What it lacks in connectivity the Inno 90 makes up when it comes to communication services. You can write long SMS with up to 1064 characters and send and receive MMS (Text, pictures and tone). You can either use multi tap or a rather powerful T9 (set as default). Typing is rather fast and the T9 works very well. T9 uses capital letters at the beginning of each sentence. However you cannot add words to the dictionary, which is a pity. You can store up to 100 SMS in the phones plus your SIM-card memory.