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  1. #1
    BobS
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    Would you please provide a recommendation for a cell phone which synch's
    with Microsoft Outlook contacts and calendar. I don't need the e-mail and
    other features of a PDA phone. Thanks.





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  2. #2
    YM
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    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    Motorola V551 will do that (Data cable or Bluetooth).

    HTH

    BobS wrote:
    > Would you please provide a recommendation for a cell phone which synch's
    > with Microsoft Outlook contacts and calendar. I don't need the e-mail and
    > other features of a PDA phone. Thanks.
    >
    >




  3. #3
    FLyGTi
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    I second that...the Razr and V551 are both very good at this with the Motorola Mobile Phone Tools software suite...i've used it quite a bit.

    Of course, I'd recommend the V551 first...since the only difference between the two is the Razr is thin....OOOOOOOH. also the razr doesn't record video...just views it....v551 can.

    All around, the V551 is a great phone, you will be pleased w/ it if you get it.
    The Progression: Nokia 5165 --> Moto v120t --> Moto V60ti --> samsung s307 --> Moto V400 --> Blackberry 6280 --> Sony Z500a --> Nokia 6230 --> Nokia 6820

    I'm almost as addicted to Cell phones as i am to VW's. Almost.



  4. #4
    kjk
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    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:22:01 -0500, FLyGTi
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >All around, the V551 is a great phone, you will be pleased w/ it if you
    >get it.


    I'm considering getting a v551, but I've seen a lot of user reviews
    that complain about horrible battery life. The v180 seems to get very
    good comments about battery life. I really don't need all the
    additional features of the v551, but it's available now on Amazon.com
    for only $25 more than the v180 (-$100 vs -$75), so I'd take it if it
    didn't have any downside. Unfortunately, I think battery life is very
    important. Do you have any input about this?

    Ken



  5. #5
    Bill Kraski
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    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    kjk wrote:

    > I'm considering getting a v551, but I've seen a lot of user reviews
    > that complain about horrible battery life. The v180 seems to get very
    > good comments about battery life. I really don't need all the
    > additional features of the v551, but it's available now on Amazon.com
    > for only $25 more than the v180 (-$100 vs -$75), so I'd take it if it
    > didn't have any downside. Unfortunately, I think battery life is very
    > important. Do you have any input about this?


    I've had a V180 for about 6 months. I use a lot of the extra functions,
    like the alarms. So, battery life is not as great. But, even with that, I
    can still go at least three days between charges, even with close to the
    5.8 hour talk time advertised. Where I work, I get Cingular blue outside
    (my provider) and Cingular orange inside the building. Searching &
    reconnecting takes battery power, each time.

    The battery meter seems two change in increments of 2. A 6 is a full
    charge, a 4 is still usable for quite awhile. A 2 seems to be a lot closer
    to 0 than it is to a 4. :-) Since I usually want my phone fully
    functional, I normally recharge at 4. When I go for a full drain to get
    the recommended full capacity charge (not required often), I've had the
    phone drop from 2 to 0 very quickly.

    The V180 has great sound quality. And, having, moved to a location that
    seems to be a a reception blackhole, I've been impressed with the V180's
    capabilities. My room mate's Ericsson T610 would drop calls in our
    backyard. My old Panasonic Duramax got signal upstairs in our 1st floor
    plus basement apartment & outside. The V180 works on both floors (much
    better upstairs) & outside. It never loses signal, but I'll lose audio if
    I'm facing the wrong way. On a trip to Las Vegas, my V180 did slightly
    better going into the desert than my buddy's T-Mobile phone & MUCH better
    than another friend's Verizon phone.

    Overall, I've been happy with the V180. I've looked at several others (the
    Treo 650, the V551 & the Nokia 6230i) for some of the extra goodies. But
    cost & battery life are still making the V180 a keeper. Now, if Panasonic
    ever came out with a quad band GSM version of the Duramax, with a bigger
    screen, I might be tempted. :-)

    Bill K



  6. #6
    kjk
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    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    Bill,

    Thanks for the thorough response. Have you had any problems with the
    v180 faceplate cracking? That seems to be the biggest complaint that
    I've seen in the user reviews . . . but you never know how people are
    handling the phone.

    Ken

    ---------------------------------------

    On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 05:41:45 GMT, Bill Kraski
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >kjk wrote:
    >
    >> I'm considering getting a v551, but I've seen a lot of user reviews
    >> that complain about horrible battery life. The v180 seems to get very
    >> good comments about battery life. I really don't need all the
    >> additional features of the v551, but it's available now on Amazon.com
    >> for only $25 more than the v180 (-$100 vs -$75), so I'd take it if it
    >> didn't have any downside. Unfortunately, I think battery life is very
    >> important. Do you have any input about this?

    >
    >I've had a V180 for about 6 months. I use a lot of the extra functions,
    >like the alarms. So, battery life is not as great. But, even with that, I
    >can still go at least three days between charges, even with close to the
    >5.8 hour talk time advertised. Where I work, I get Cingular blue outside
    >(my provider) and Cingular orange inside the building. Searching &
    >reconnecting takes battery power, each time.
    >
    >The battery meter seems two change in increments of 2. A 6 is a full
    >charge, a 4 is still usable for quite awhile. A 2 seems to be a lot closer
    >to 0 than it is to a 4. :-) Since I usually want my phone fully
    >functional, I normally recharge at 4. When I go for a full drain to get
    >the recommended full capacity charge (not required often), I've had the
    >phone drop from 2 to 0 very quickly.
    >
    >The V180 has great sound quality. And, having, moved to a location that
    >seems to be a a reception blackhole, I've been impressed with the V180's
    >capabilities. My room mate's Ericsson T610 would drop calls in our
    >backyard. My old Panasonic Duramax got signal upstairs in our 1st floor
    >plus basement apartment & outside. The V180 works on both floors (much
    >better upstairs) & outside. It never loses signal, but I'll lose audio if
    >I'm facing the wrong way. On a trip to Las Vegas, my V180 did slightly
    >better going into the desert than my buddy's T-Mobile phone & MUCH better
    >than another friend's Verizon phone.
    >
    >Overall, I've been happy with the V180. I've looked at several others (the
    >Treo 650, the V551 & the Nokia 6230i) for some of the extra goodies. But
    >cost & battery life are still making the V180 a keeper. Now, if Panasonic
    >ever came out with a quad band GSM version of the Duramax, with a bigger
    >screen, I might be tempted. :-)
    >
    >Bill K





  7. #7
    Bill Kraski
    Guest

    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    (Pete Cresswell) wrote:

    > Per Bill Kraski:
    >>When I go for a full drain

    >
    > Is there a way to make that happen via some phone option?


    Not that I know of. But that doesn't mean it's not buried somewhere in the
    menus. :-) The features I use (or don't use) are all things I've pretty
    much found myself by exploring the menus & functions. I don't recall
    seeing anything in the manual pointing to a specific way of doing that or
    any discussion of it in alt.cellular.motorola (or gsm, cingular & attws).
    But I haven't Googled for that info, either.

    So far, I've only done a full drain once. All I did was make sure my
    battery meter was down to 2 & left the phone on till I got the low battery
    beep. Then I recharged.

    HTH

    Bill K



  8. #8
    Bill Kraski
    Guest

    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    kjk wrote:

    > Thanks for the thorough response. Have you had any problems with the
    > v180 faceplate cracking? That seems to be the biggest complaint that
    > I've seen in the user reviews . . . but you never know how people are
    > handling the phone.


    I've never dropped my V180, so I haven't seen any faceplate cracking. But
    faceplate replacements are pretty cheap, so I don't think that's such a big
    deal. But I do miss my Duramax. :-) I've dropped the Duramax on cement
    with no damage other than a scuff mark or two to the rubber ruggedized
    covering, which could be rubbed out. As I said in a previous post, if
    Panasonic came out with a larger quad band, EDGE enabled GSM version of the
    Duramax with the same battery life & exceptional reception, I'd buy it in a
    heartbeat. It was the best TDMA phone I ever used. Unfortunately, I don't
    think I'll ever see my wish come true. The tendency with GSM phone makers
    seems to be "pretty" phones or an addiction to "featuritis". And I tend
    toward phones that do what I need, have good reception & audio, look good
    but aren't fancy, are rugged, etc.

    Bill K



  9. #9
    starfish
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    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    I've had my v180 for several months, and it's a terrific phone - great
    battery life and reception. I believe the newest ones have a special
    cushion or something to protect the faceplate, but mine has been fine. I
    dropped it once on a tile floor, and it fell hard enough the back plate came
    off, but the face plate never cracked. If it ever does, it wouldn't be hard
    (or expensive) to replace. If you want a phone with great reception and
    battery life, and you don't care to have all the extras like a camera or
    bluetooth, then the v180 is a good choice. If you do want those extras,
    then get the v551 and just reconcile yourself to charging it more often.

    starfish

    "kjk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Bill,
    >
    > Thanks for the thorough response. Have you had any problems with the
    > v180 faceplate cracking? That seems to be the biggest complaint that
    > I've seen in the user reviews . . . but you never know how people are
    > handling the phone.
    >
    > Ken
    >
    > ---------------------------------------
    >
    > On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 05:41:45 GMT, Bill Kraski
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>kjk wrote:
    >>
    >>> I'm considering getting a v551, but I've seen a lot of user reviews
    >>> that complain about horrible battery life. The v180 seems to get very
    >>> good comments about battery life. I really don't need all the
    >>> additional features of the v551, but it's available now on Amazon.com
    >>> for only $25 more than the v180 (-$100 vs -$75), so I'd take it if it
    >>> didn't have any downside. Unfortunately, I think battery life is very
    >>> important. Do you have any input about this?

    >>
    >>I've had a V180 for about 6 months. I use a lot of the extra functions,
    >>like the alarms. So, battery life is not as great. But, even with that,
    >>I
    >>can still go at least three days between charges, even with close to the
    >>5.8 hour talk time advertised. Where I work, I get Cingular blue outside
    >>(my provider) and Cingular orange inside the building. Searching &
    >>reconnecting takes battery power, each time.
    >>
    >>The battery meter seems two change in increments of 2. A 6 is a full
    >>charge, a 4 is still usable for quite awhile. A 2 seems to be a lot
    >>closer
    >>to 0 than it is to a 4. :-) Since I usually want my phone fully
    >>functional, I normally recharge at 4. When I go for a full drain to get
    >>the recommended full capacity charge (not required often), I've had the
    >>phone drop from 2 to 0 very quickly.
    >>
    >>The V180 has great sound quality. And, having, moved to a location that
    >>seems to be a a reception blackhole, I've been impressed with the V180's
    >>capabilities. My room mate's Ericsson T610 would drop calls in our
    >>backyard. My old Panasonic Duramax got signal upstairs in our 1st floor
    >>plus basement apartment & outside. The V180 works on both floors (much
    >>better upstairs) & outside. It never loses signal, but I'll lose audio if
    >>I'm facing the wrong way. On a trip to Las Vegas, my V180 did slightly
    >>better going into the desert than my buddy's T-Mobile phone & MUCH better
    >>than another friend's Verizon phone.
    >>
    >>Overall, I've been happy with the V180. I've looked at several others
    >>(the
    >>Treo 650, the V551 & the Nokia 6230i) for some of the extra goodies. But
    >>cost & battery life are still making the V180 a keeper. Now, if Panasonic
    >>ever came out with a quad band GSM version of the Duramax, with a bigger
    >>screen, I might be tempted. :-)
    >>
    >>Bill K

    >






  10. #10
    (Pete Cresswell)
    Guest

    Re: Phone recommendations requested

    Per Bill Kraski:
    >When I go for a full drain


    Is there a way to make that happen via some phone option?
    --
    PeteCresswell



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