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quality material. Custom made and perfectly adapted to the shape of your Motorola V600! Extremely resistant, the manufacturing process guarantees an extreme ease of application. Simple: You can apply it and remove it without leaving any trace. Your new skin is delivered ready to use. All you have to do is apply it by following the enclosed instructions. Shown visuals are only examples. It is up to you to personalize your device with the photo of your choice!
solution for charging your phone. The unit also charges a spare battery.The Motorola part number is CHA8200.Compatible withV300 V500 V525 V547 V550 V600 V620 V635 V60 V60i V70 T280 T280i
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A review by MotoAthan on Motorola V600 November 30th, 2004
Author's product rating:
Look & Feel
Excellent
Durability & Robustness
Very Strong
Battery standby time
Excellent
Value for money
Good
Range of features
Large selection
Advantages:
good looks, metalic casing, beautiful colour screen, superb camera with zoom, simply breathtaking
Disadvantages:
external antenna, somewhat heavy
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
The war is over! Let us rejoice, liberation has come and we are free again! Nokia has conceded defeat in the lucrative mobile phone wars. Nokia, who we shall from now on call the Axis of Evil has not really given us anything in the last 2 years that was worthwhile. The 'coalition of the willing' however (Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson), who aren’t really a coalition, but have jointly stolen some prime Nokia market share, have consistently come up with one excellent phone after the other.
For example, I died a little after first seeing the Nokia 3220, the phone whose serious lack of creativity is only surpassed by its over-the-top tackiness, a running theme at Nokia.
Thankfully Motorola has saved us with their new V series.
Enter the Motorola V600...
The V600 was one of three V series Motorola phones to come out at about the same time (Feb/March 2004). We also have the V300 and the V525. Of these three phones the V600 is the top of the line and the most expensive. My review will centre on the key aspects of any mobile phone review, Design/Style, Productivity & User Interface, Camera/Multimedia & Connectivity, and Reception.
--- Design/Style: 10/10 ---
The Motorola V600 commands attention. With its chrome bezel, it’s striking black and platinum colouring and its purely aesthetically pleasing design. Of all the phones in the market I believe that this design is perhaps the best. Its a phone that you would be proud to show off to all your friends. Here is the key to the success of ANY phone. For a phone to be successful it should be of a classic form factor. The classic purist form factors are the candy bar and clamshell. Then we also have the flavours of the month; slide (i.e. Sliders) and swivel (i.e. Motorola V70, V80 and the Samsung e700). When buying a phone, NEVER buy a flavour of the month design. The Motorola V600 has adopted a clamshell form factor that has proved over time to be a stable and desirable design. The reason for this argument is that classic designs will still look decent in the future while flavours of the month wont. I plan on keeping this phone until at least December 2005 and this phone will still look cool then.
When we open up the clamshell we see an even more attractive interior. The keypad is beautifully set out with a white backlight, and the screen (which has 65000 colours and is one of the sharpest screens on the market) takes up most of the top of the clamshell. The backlight is light sensitive, which means that if there is sufficient daylight the phone's backlight will not turn on to save battery. The chrome outline on both the screen and the keypad add prestige and uniqueness. The metallic casing means that the phone is heavier, BUT in 8 months of use there aren’t any scratches ANYWHERE! The black section on the front does need to be cleaned a fair bit because it shows fingerprints whenever you touch it.
There is also a ring around the Motorola badge at the front of the phone which lights up in different colours when people call you. This ring can be customised to be a different colour for different groups or individuals that call you. Also the ring is uniformly coloured in the same brightness which makes it look very nice. I’ve set the red ring to light up when annoying people call, sort of like a warning that I can see from far away to ignore that particular call. Just joking LOL. But a cool feature anyway. The choices you can make are: Nocturne, Solar, Aqua, Elemental, Red, Yellow, Green, Sky Blue, Violet and Passion. I don’t think there is a better design in the market than the V600. The design is conservative yet stylish.
The Motorola V600 can also be personalised with different coloured covers, similar to the Nokia Express-On covers, except they are made out of metal and are not as tackmaster 2000. I've seen covers in burgundy, electric blue and light metallic blue. I have decided to keep the original silver/platinum colour with mine, because I don’t like to screw around with things. Also the covers are somewhat fiddly to change anyway.
Special Covers:
1. Renowned Crystal-master Swarovski has released a limited edition version, for the ladies, which is encrusted with crystals around the chrome bezel.
2. Prestige car maker, Aston Martin, has also collaborated with Motorola to release 1000 special Motorola V600s which Aston Martin badges and various multimedia exclusives.
Helpful Tip:
To keep your clamshell phone working in tip-top condition for as long as possible you need to ensure that you're not too rough when you close the flip. By consistently slamming the flip close you will eventually stuff up your phone. Trust me its happened to my Motorola T720 and to my friend's Samsung.
Durability:
The Motorola V600 is built very well and is quite strong. The only thing that’s happened to mine is that I dropped it on concrete and cracked a tiny bit of the chrome bezel.
The V600 has many features packed into it. Motorola has finally updated its alarm clock. If anyone has used the T720 you will know what I mean. The T720 used an alarm clock which was integrated into the personal organiser, which was a biatch to access and use. The planner is much like the older versions on previous Motorolas.
Now we move onto the most important feature... the User Interface. The V600 has adopted the menu system from the T720 with some improvements here and there. You will find the Motorola user interface very easy to use if you have used the Moto T720 or the e365, but if you are new to Motorola (especially if you are a Nokia person - in which case I feel sincerely sorry for you) you will find the system frustrating and as my friend once said "illogical". I personally find the Nokia menus difficult to use because I never use Nokias, this is the same for people new to any brand. So please people cut the crap and learn how to use the system instead of moaning about how hard it is. If you have serious difficulty using the interface then maybe mobile phones aren’t your most pressing problem.
You can also customise the buttons and icons (i.e. menu and soft keys) to make them do whatever you want them to do, so you don't have to stick with Motorola's default buttons.
All phones nowadays use vibration alert. The Motorola V600 has a quirk in that it's vibration alert with only vibrate and then ring or just vibrate or just ring, it wont vibrate and ring simultaneously, which is rather stupid.
Theres also WAP which you can use to surf the net, get news/sport/weather updates, download games and even play games online. Yet this feature does cost money, prices are dependent on your service provider.
--- Messaging and Phone Book: 7.5/10 ---
The phone supports SMS, EMS, MMS and group messages. Messages can be accessed by pressing the right soft key. In this menu you will find all the options you need to send any of the supported message types. Group messaging is also very easy to set up.
The Phone Book is the major let down for this section of assessment. The search feature only allows you to filter using one letter, instead of the standard 3 found on other phones. Also it doesn't allow you to input multiple numbers under the same name and thus you will find that you will have many entries that look like this: Danielle Home Danielle Mobile Danielle Work Whereas on other phones, for example the SE T610 you can input them all under the single entry i.e. Danielle.
--- Camera/Multimedia: 8/10 ---
The phone uses a VGA camera with 4x zoom. The zoom however is not progressive and there is no flash. The quality is very good, but there are better ones around. The V600 also has video playback but no recording, which is a bummer. The Multimedia centre features, Pictures, Videos, Camera, Sounds, Themes and MotoMixer. The cool thing about the videos is that people on the 3 network can actually send you videos to view which is cool. The camera has shutter noises which are very humorous; an example is the Boing and Chimp noises that it can make when you take a photo instead of just making the standard click.
MotoMixer allows the user to mix their own ring tones from 'Base tones' which are included and with additional ones downloadable. The Ring tones are excellent. The volume problem of the T720 has been fixed and the V600 shouts out these ring tones. The tones can be monophonic, polyphonic and MP3! MP3 ring tones are excellent because they are like listening to an actual song when the phone rings. You can connect your phone to your computer using the cable supplied for free by Motorola to download MP3s off your computer to use as ring tones. But keep in mind that there is only a 5mb hard drive in there so you might want to edit the MP3s and cut only the parts you want as the tones. My favourite ring tone, and the one I use for incoming SMS/EMS/MMS is the Hello Moto ring tone, which goes "brrrp brrrp Hello Moto" and then plays a melody, it always get peoples' attention.
Included with the phone were 3 games; Prince of Persia: Harem Adventures, BoBoBox and Hole in One Golf. These are excellent games. I also downloaded Monopoly and Pac Man.
--- Connectivity: 10/10 ---
When it comes to connectivity the V600 has Bluetooth, this simply allows for wireless connectivity which is superior to infrared. This means that you can sync your phone to your computer and pda.
Also free in the V600 package is a Motorola wireless Bluetooth hands free headphone, a fantastic addition. It allows you to answer and make calls completely wirelessly. This is achieved through the voice recognition feature through the Bluetooth headset. The phone doesn’t support infrared, but who uses that crap anyway lol.
The phone also comes with a cable and CD containing Motorola software so that you can connect it to your PC and transfer files and data quite easily between them. It allows you to send SMS/EMS/MMS composed on your computer, it allows you to set up your phone book and store the numbers on you PC and it allows you to transfer midi ring tone and MP3 files off your computer to the phone for free.
--- Reception and Battery Life: 10/10 ---
Talking on the V600 is like talking to someone who is in the same room. The reception is BEYOND excellent. In contrast we have the SE T610 which hisses at you when you are talking. If I needed a snake I’d get the T610. Its battery life is above average but could be better. For my use I require to recharge it every 3 to 4 days. Naturally during periods of higher usage the battery will require more recharging. There is also a speaker phone that is very clear and loud.
--- Price and Availability: 9/10 ---
When the Motorola V600 first debuted in Australia its price was AU$809 (about £330) Fast forward 8 months and: On eBay (UK) I found the phone ranging between £100 and £120. The phone is available FREE on the Orange (UK) network on their pay-as-you-go. It’s also free on most other networks.
---------- Overall: 9/10 Excellent ----------
The Motorola V600 is the ultimate phone/fashion accessory for anyone looking for a credible alternative to the evil that is Nokia. The V600 is quite expensive but is of high quality and is built to last. If you buy any phone this year make it this phone. Motorola has rekindled our love affair with the flip.
Note on overall rating: Rating is not an average of all the categories but a rating based on those categories with each category having a different weighting in terms of importance. I.e. Design, reception and battery life having more weighting than connectivity or games.
--- Specifications ---
Modes GSM 800 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 (QUAD BAND - you can use it with any GSM network ANYWHERE in the world) Weight 4.40 oz (125g) Dimensions 3.46" x 1.85" x 0.91" (88mm x 47mm x 23mm) Form Factor: Clamshell Stub Antenna Battery Life Talk: 6.50 hours, Standby: 175 hours (7.3 days) Battery Type: LiIon 700 mAh Display Type: LCD (Color), Size: 176 x 220 pixels, 65,000 colors / transflective TFT Memory 5 MB (built-in, shared flash memory) Phone Book Capacity 1000 plus SIM card memory Finish: Plastic/Chrome/Aluminium
Advantages: Camera, design, features, memory, Bluetooth, quad band Disadvantages: no infrared, camera quality, no camera flash
...flashing circle light around the Motorola logo on the phone cover. This is where the phone lights up according to different modes, for example when you are charging your phone or when someone is ringing you. You can also change the colour of this is you don’t like the one for example aqua.
The phone is also stylish and new for example you get most of the new features that you will find with new phones like the camera, video, bluetooth and java games.
... ...a message in my guestbook if you have any problems with this opinion or any questions about the phone itself.
Waz
ps. ive added some pics of the phone, please take a look.
UPDATE : I have just noticed after using this phone for a while that there isnt the ability to save any of your messages. I find this weird as nearly all phones let you do so. This is definitely a disadvantage that i find with this phone. ...
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Advantages: Easy to use, Quality finish, Features Disadvantages: Stubby Aerial, lack of infrared
...the lack of infra-red. Perhaps Motorola thought it was too yesterday, and Bluetooth is the thing of the future, although who keeps a phone much more than a year now-a-days anyway.
It has GPRS connectivity, for faster WAP browsing (again Network dependent, although I think Virgin are the only one that don't support this now - check this out I could be wrong). One of the great things about GPRS is that if you lose connection, like I often do on the ... ...on the phone, then the Motorola website is useful, as is the Carphone Warehouse one, which even does a 3D version of it, where you can view the phone from differnet angles, and playabout doing things like open and close the phone.
I said at the start that mobiles are a personal thing. I tend to use mine more for business use, linking to my laptop, travelling abroad, checking e-mails etc and this phone does them all really well, but is also great ...
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Advantages: Quad band, VGA camera, Highly personiseable Disadvantages: Intrusive aerial, no video camera
Motorola V600 mobile phone
For as long as I can remember Ive had a preference to Motorola mobile phones. They’ve always worked first time no problems and generally a good looking, stylish phone that lasts and the V600 is definitely one that will outlast the other phones available at the moment.
Currently widely available for free on many networks and accompanied by a blue tooth headset on selected ones the V600 is a great all rounder.
Ive now ... ...games, the phone has the Motorola MotoMixer, which is basically a dj kind of set-up with different beats, sounds etc… that you can change, add and remove into your own personal song. Ive played with this and although very clever I wasn’t keen, maybe my dj talents aren’t that strong!
So, to the bad points – the camera has no flash, which I tend to expect on phones in this day and age, especially with such a good camera. (VGA 640x480) I also would ...
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Advantages: Stylish, lots of exciting features Disadvantages: Low camera quality, not very robust
...see outdoors, but with the Motorola not lighting up green it makes viewing quite difficult.
Overall I feel that this phone is made for the person out to impress as opposed to someone who wants something more reliable. It has quadband which is good for the traveller but at the same time it does seem to crash a lot. When I am typing a text message the phone freezes sometimes.
A couple of good points include the battery, which is one of those thats ... ...the reception is really good, this is probably because it has a protruding aerial as opposed to the hidden one in the back of Nokias. It felt like I was speaking on a landline and putting it on speakerphone is just great!
*To sum up, if you are just wanting a camera phone, don't go for the v600 but if you want something suitable to travelling with a range of great features then go for it* ...
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Advantages: bluetooth, quadband,VGA camera,...etc Disadvantages: none. but, for some only.....the external aeriel
I have now had my motorola V600 for 8 months. I got it as an upgrade with Orange. Now I have always had Motorolas. I have owned a Graphite back in the 90's, followed by a Timeport, the first Tri-band phone from Motorola. I then had a Motorola V66, a very small slick phone and this was followed by the Motorola 720i. So it was to no surprise that my next phone would be a Motorola. Although Nokia have really taken over the Mobile networks in the UK. ... ...and after having a bad experience with the old Nokia 5110 I decided that I would part company with them. To that effect I have never had anything go wrong on any of my Motorolas. Are they better built? Perhaps. Even so I do find them much more fiddly to use than Nokias. This I feel is the only letdown of these phones. The V600 is a steel plated slick flip phone. It has a display on the outside and the inside, like so many other phones these days ...
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...Fragile and almost destined to fail. The V3i looks really nice, and I love the built-in software (Motorola usually get a lot of flack for their address book and diary software, but I like it very much). The problem is, the phone is not reliable. I bought mine to replace a MotorolaV600 (I think that was the model), which proved to be very unreliable, and after about six months the V3i is going the same way - currently the speakerphone works fine but the in-built ear-piece plays up constantly and I can't hear the person at the other end. 'Slapping' the phone against the palm of my hand tends to bring the earpiece back to life, but it's not exactly ideal.
The Bluetooth headset (also a Motorola) tends to 'disconnect' from the phone, so when the phone rings whilst you're driving you can be jabbing frantically at the headset and not...
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Advantages: Built in Camera, relatively small, colour screen, polyphonic ringtones, WAP, MMS Disadvantages: shocking default ringtone selections, bland and boring looking, poor quality photos
...and feel of the phone. While its somewhat stylish in Nokia's standards, who releases an array of useless knock-off upgrades of previous models, its by no way up to the standards of Samsung, Motorola or SonyEricsson. I hope that Nokia comes to its senses and finally releases phones that are unique! For the more style conscious individual i recommend the Samsung A200, the SonyEricsson T610 or the Motorolav600.
Sounds and Ringtones:
This phone has brilliant sound, however its default ringtones are pathetic. Moslty simply beeps and twiddles. I pose a question to Nokia in this department, why showcase a phone with polyphonic ringtones and release it with mediocre semi-polyphonic crap? However you can download other ringtones from the net, but that shouldn't be your only option. The best ringtones I have ever heard is on the SE T610 - Moon Dance...
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Advantages: Small and compact Disadvantages: lots 4 your money
...My partner purchased this phone for me just over a year ago, and I loved it fron the moment I started it up.
The quality of photos it takes is 2nd to none.
It is so easy to use, I did'nt need to ask my 15 yr old for any of the techno help !
It did'nt take me long to figure out how to send text messages, or how to make phone calls.
I do think that it could of been made to be a bit more robust, as I dropped mine whilst trying to answer a call and the screen went blank which ended up in me taking the phone to an o2 shop to be repaired.
It obviously was an o2 prototype as now they are no longer for sale, which is a big shame as mine has again broken !
I am now using a motorolav600, which takes a degree in electronics just to open the phone and answer a call !
Unfortunately, o2 can't help me, when I told them my o2x1 was broken, they...
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Instant Messaging Services: MMS, EMS, Nokia Smart Messaging, Wireless Village 1.1
Mobile Email Client: Built-in
Supported Email Protocols: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP
Data/Fax Capability: Built-in
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service): Built-in
Internet Browser: Built-in
WAP Protocol Supported: WAP 2.0
JAVA applications: Built-in
Security features
Phone Lock: Yes
Keypad Lock: Yes
SIM Card Lock: Built-in
Restrict Access to Phone Book: Built-in
Organiser
Alarm Clock: Yes
Calendar / Event Reminder: Built-in
Reminder: Built-in
Installed Game Qty: 2
Calculator: Business / financial
Conversion: Currency
Manufacturer's product description
Indulge yourself. From work to play, the V600 shines with style. Watch video clips in color with sound to enjoy news footage, sports highlights and more. Lose the wires with Bluetooth wireless technology and roam globally with quad-band. Hear the clean, pure sound of MP3 ringtones and stay informed of who's calling - colorful situational lights glow on your phone's cover. Delight your senses - download and watch video clips in vivid color, complimented by sound. Catch up with global events and financial news. See the latest sporting action. Enjoy classic matches and great moments of triumph again and again. The V600 comes with everything you need to make the most of your busy life. You're the VIP with video clip playback, integrated camera, MP3 ringtones, global calling and more.
Display
Type: LCD display
Technology: TFT
Line Qty: 7
Display Resolution: 176 x 220 pixels
Colour Support: Colour
Colour Depth: 65,536 colours
Display Indicators: SMS indicator, divert indicator, digital clock, GPRS indicator, signal strength, voice message waiting, battery meter
Strange title? Well this is how these headphones feel the first time you put them on, they simply feel right, no pressure anywhere, just the feeling that there's something on your head !
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