Sleek, Sexy and Small (Motorola V66)

Member Name: nboisse

Product:	Motorola V66
Date:	21/08/02 (1522 review reads)
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Advantages: Great Looks, Small, Feature packed

Disadvantages: Tiny keypad

The 1st thing you'll notice about the v66 is its size. Its tiny! No bigger than the palm of your hand when closed, but although it is small its not so delicate that you'll be scared of breaking it, it is very robust for its size (I've found this out after dropping mine!)

The v66 has a clamshell design, which means it opens up, like a clamshell. This is what gives it its amazingly small size and it?s very comfortable to hold.

The phone itself looks great, very stylish. Mainly aimed at the Yuppie/Business type but it's still cool if you?re a lowly student such as myself. The v66 can be personalised although its nothing compared to the Nokia?s X-Press On. The coloured triangular panel on the front can be changed to suit your tastes. Interestingly, under this panel is where the SIM card is inserted, rather than behind the battery like in a lot of phones, which makes swapping SIMs so much easier, and you won?t lose your clock settings!

One drawback of the tiny size is the also tiny keypad which can make text messaging and dialling numbers a little tricky although with practice you'll get used to it.

The screen is clear and it displays all the information you need. One cool feature is the ability to change the backlight colour on the screen! There are 3 colours to choose from, Red, Orange and Green although personally I would have preferred Blue to Red and its much the same as Orange.

The menus are slightly harder to navigate than the more simplistic style of Nokia phones but everything is there for you, and there are lots of features there when you eventually find them, there?s WAP access, predictive text, games, 35 ring tones (and space for 35 more) and huge amounts of space for phone numbers on the phone and your SIM and also lots of room for text messages.

If you're a businessman and you?re constantly on the move this phone is a must for you. It has tri-band technology so you can use the ph
one in nearly every country in the world! It is also GPRS enabled for data sending/receiving and has WAP internet access. Another cool feature is the True-Sync function for use with your laptop or notebook, and of course it serves a handy modem.

Overall, this is the best phone I've ever had and I'd choose it over a Nokia any day. Designed for businessmen but equally at home in the grubby pocket of a student, although I wouldn't recommend it for young teenagers or children. Get it on contract to get the best of it!

I love it!

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