v600 what a joke (Motorola V600)

Member Name: dzasterus

Product:	Motorola V600
Date:	29/05/04 (1641 review reads)
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Advantages: nice look, good camera, bluetooth if it worked

Disadvantages: no infrared, fragile glass on screen, no software support

I recently received a v600, after reding various reveiws I was expecting to go and take pictures and send them direct to my laptop....

Here started the 2 days of hell

Before the phone arrived I purchased a Bluetooth USB dongle and set it up with my other phone (a Nokia) everything worked perfect, on trying to setup the v600 I had 2 days of uninstalling and reinstalling the software, changing software, updating the software etc...

It still doesn't work.

I contacted motorola who blamed the laptop software, but it still works with everything else I have tried, I contacted the supplier of the phone who told me that motorola have rcalled this phone due to connectivity issues and are now trying to replace mine.

Will update to let you know what happens

Updated 02/08/04

Sorry it took so long to finish this review but have not had access to a computer for a while...

The phone in itself is a terrific phone with everything you need, camera with a decent quality picture and zoom function, various games including monopoly, a wide range of ringtones including mono and polyphonic as well as real tones and a nice compact shape. It also has 3 different connectivity options... Bluetooth, IrDa and cable. However as to press on writing this I still have had no joy in connecting this phone via Bluetooth.

Overall the phone looks and feels nice to use and has some very funky flashing lights on the front and for a user who doesn't need Bluetooth to transfer data would be the ideal phone, however if you are wishing to transfer data to a laptop I would have to go with a nokia.

PS The bluetooth does at least work with a headset.

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