Performance: Does It Meet Expectations?
Let's cut to the chase. With a Samsung S3C2442 400MHz CPU, the M700 flies. It rarely chokes when handling video, music, pictures, VoIP, and other demanding tasks. Of course, it's just one of many components that contribute to its solid all-round performance, and we'll have the opportunity to explore the others when we examine benchmark results later in the review.
Memory is always a hot discussion topic in enthusiast forums, so I've provided two sets of data here for your assimilation. They focus on available storage and program memory with and without E-TEN's bundled applications installed (the latter scenario can be created by holding down the camera button during the device's initial configuration phase).
Hard Reset; Applications Installed
# Total Storage Memory: 70.24MB
# Used: 18.51MB
# Free: 51.74MB
# Total Program Memory: 47.52MB
# Used: 19.65MB
# Free: 27.87MB
Hard Reset; No Applications Installed
# Total Storage Memory: 70.24MB
# Used: 4.49MB
# Free: 65.75MB
# Total Program Memory: 47.52MB
# Used: 16.44MB
# Free: 31.08MB