V600 - The long wait..and the disappointment!!

Well, after chasing around for about 3 months to get a sim-free V600, I
finally picked one up yesterday.......and returned it today!!

The phone itself feels great - solid and substantial, the screen is
exceptionally clear (though the fonts are a bit small), the camera is
excellent quality as is the speakerphone!

Unfortunately the data and bluetooth implementation suck big time!!

I have not used a Moto for around 5 years, sticking primarily to Sony
Ericssons. My current Z600 works flawlessly with my 4150 Ipaq, DLink
bluetooth dongle and SE bluetooth carkit.

The V600 by comparison was a complete blowout with the Ipaq, crashed my XP
machine when used in conjunction with the bluetooth dongle and was a real
pain in the bluetooth carkit. Couple this with funnies like the power save
dim screen activating even when on a call, the inability to transfer
contacts from my Z600 en mass (one by one worked "OK", but swapped all of
the first and last names around) and both sim and phone contacts being
displayed in the phonebook.

The whole concept of "web sessions" was a bit difficult to get my head
around. I find it incredible to think that you've got to change the dafault
web session setting every time you want to change from WAP to Mobile web to
MMS!!

Also, the phone only supports DUN and OBEX transfer via bluetooth...no
serial port...therefore my Mphone on the Ipaq doesn't work.

In the bluetooth carkit (admittedly a SE HCB-30 I think), the stereo muted
whenever a key on the keypad was pressed!!

I soooooo wanted to love this phone, but I think the firmware is buggy and
the bluetooth flakey to say the least.

Lastly, I phoned Motorola support to request assistance with some of
them...and was told that it would take about a week to get back to me..no
good to me as I use it for business!
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Regards

John [Harold Hill, Essex, UK]

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