Motorola Q works great!
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I've been using an Audiovox XV6600 (Verizon) for over a year now, and I got just basic handsfree functionality with my 2005 545i. Just switched to a Motorola Q and I was delighted to find full Contacts transfer, voice dialing, incoming/outgoing number/name display etc - very cool. I believe this is the first PDA/Pocket PC/Smartphone that offers full bluetooth capabilities with our cars, I'm pretty happy
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Originally Posted by Catul' post='291824' date='Jun 2 2006, 08:48 PM
I've been using an Audiovox XV6600 (Verizon) for over a year now, and I got just basic handsfree functionality with my 2005 545i. Just switched to a Motorola Q and I was delighted to find full Contacts transfer, voice dialing, incoming/outgoing number/name display etc - very cool. I believe this is the first PDA/Pocket PC/Smartphone that offers full bluetooth capabilities with our cars, I'm pretty happy
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Do you have multiple number per person in your contacts list? How does that transfer.
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Originally Posted by iceman316' post='291869' date='Jun 3 2006, 05:36 AM
Good to hear a Pocket PC phone works with our cars. How do you like the Q? Any problems with it?
Most Pocket PC/Palm phones are PDA's first, with the phone functions being secondary and not so good - the Q is phone first, with great voice quality, and easy one-handed operation. You can ultimately do more stuff on a Pocket PC OS, but the Smartphone works out well for my needs - quick and seamless email integration and contacts/calendar sync. Battery life appears to be on par with other Windows OS devices (charge every night .
Overall, an excellent phone with really good PDA/business functionality. And, relatively cheap (compared to other Pocket PC phones) at $200 with a 2-year contract on Verizon (if you qualify for New-Every-Two).
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='291872' date='Jun 3 2006, 06:25 AM
Do you have multiple number per person in your contacts list? How does that transfer.
I'll verify this for sure and post back if it's any different.
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I believe this is the first PDA/Pocket PC/Smartphone that offers full bluetooth capabilities with our cars, I'm pretty happy
I've been using a T-Mobile SDA for a couple months now. It works great.
I was waiting for the Q, but when I found out it was going to Verizon, that killed the deal.
Glad to hear the Bluetooth works, though. Verizon is notorious for crippling features on their phones and making you pay to "activate" them. Sounds like they might have put that shady business practice to bed.
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Yes, Verizon is definitely notorious for that! It looks like they haven't restricted much, if anything, on this phone - and a good thing, as that would kill business use (I mean, why wouldn't you offer full Bluetooth capabilities anyway, it's nice to be able to use headsets and other features as intended?). I haven't done any Bluetooth file transfers - that's usually what they disable; I can transfer via ActiveSync (US just fine of course.
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Originally Posted by subterFUSE' post='291888' date='Jun 3 2006, 08:14 AM
Glad to hear the Bluetooth works, though. Verizon is notorious for crippling features on their phones and making you pay to "activate" them. Sounds like they might have put that shady business practice to bed.
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For those who like the RAZR, but wish they had a Blackberry and a PDA at .47 inches thin, the new Motorola Q is here:
http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/q/q-experience/
Everything seems to work on the initial release, except the signal strength indicator on the I-Drive.
Edit: Sorry, I did not see the other post. Lomag, please merge if possible.
http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/q/q-experience/
Everything seems to work on the initial release, except the signal strength indicator on the I-Drive.
Edit: Sorry, I did not see the other post. Lomag, please merge if possible.
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='291872' date='Jun 3 2006, 06:25 AM
Do you have multiple number per person in your contacts list? How does that transfer.