Motorola V360: new top dog?

Arguably the current best phone for those of us that want a solid data-capable
multi-band clamshell GSM phone is the Motorola V551 / V330 / V547 / V555 /
V557 <http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,72,00.html>.

The recently-announced (expected availability in 4Q) Motorola V360
<http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,92,00.html> looks to be a
promising and worthy successor (based on available information):

Improvements (as compared to the V551 / V330 / V547 / V555 / V557):

* Lighter
* Internal antenna
* Double the talk time
* Improved internal color display
* Larger external display
* TransFlash / microSD memory expansion [up tp 256 MB]
* EGPRS (EDGE) Class 10 [faster]
* Push To Talk
* MP3 player
* Extended voice dictation

Drawbacks (as compared to the V551 / V330 / V547 / V555 / V557):

* Tri-band (850/1800/1900 or 900/1800/1900) rather than quad-band

Another worthy challenger is the new and currently available Motorola V635
<http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,80,00.html>, which (as
compared to the V360) has a somewhat better camera, external color display,
quad band, and interchangeable housings, but lacks faster Class 10 EGPRS
(EDGE), Push To Talk, internal antenna, and is much heavier.

The recently-announced (expected availability in 3Q) Sony Ericsson Z520
<http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pc3_1_1& zone=pc&lm=pc3_1&prid=3472>
improves upon the Z500 by adding Bluetooth, quad band, 16 MB memory, and (hold
your breath) flashing blue lights, but disappoints by dropping EGPRS (EDGE).
[sigh] It also falls short of the Motorola offerings in some other areas
(e.g., no memory card).

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John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>