NEWS: Motorola shows new phones, media partnerships

Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> writes:

> On 16 May 2007 23:25:40 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> > The Krzr is the
> >best phone I've ever had.
>
> Please tell us why!

Better RF (haven't lost a call), better full duplex speakerphone, and
better audio quality than any of my prior GSM phones. The camera and
videos are better than any other phone I've tried, though those are
really just bonuses for me. Bluetooth works nicely, and the software
is fast and responsive.

Nokia 3120b (really liked it, best to that point with audio
quality, speakerphone quite usable otherwise very spartan)

Razr V3 (hated it, though the one I used was inherited. It
was painfully slow, audio was crap, speakerphone was crap,
also dropped calls, and even the addressbook navigation was
ungodly annoying, only with first letter jump rather than
progressive search. Did I mention I hated this phone?)

Nokia 6061 (meh, family member has this and its RF/audio
quality isn't as good as others in identical locations)

Motorola v400 (got it used as a backup, lousy rf and audio
terrible camera)


This is my experience with a GSM model on Cingular. It's been around
Chicagoland, Germany and Austria so far in the few weeks I've had it,
and performed well in all these areas.

--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

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On Wed, 16 May 2007 16:44:49 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 May 2007 20:33:39 -0500, karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote in
><eqnk435ce0pb5fqtnmp3oubktdr03f0ss6@4ax.com>:
>
>>On Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:15 GMT, John Navas
>><spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>><http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1540712220070515>
>>>
>>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. the No. 2 cell phone maker,
>>> unveiled a slimmer Razr phone on Tuesday and said it was working with
>>> some Hollywood studios to put movies on handsets as it aims to regain
>>> market share.
>>
>>Navas doesn't even read his "own" newgroup.
>
>I started it, but it's not mine,

If it's not yours (Which everyone knows) Why do you keep
posting a useless Charter, which since the group in unmoderated is
totally unenforceable?

>
>>I posted this info 6 hours earlier.
>
>
>Apparently you don't know that Usenet propagation isn't instantaneous,
>and that post propagation can be delayed for long periods of time (or
>even lost entirely) due to a number of different factors.
>
>Your post didn't appeared on my news provider's server until after
>I posted.


Sorry you use such an inferior New Server.

Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> writes:

> On 17 May 2007 10:00:53 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> >This is my experience with a GSM model on Cingular.
>
> Hmmmm...insignificant info since I was thinking you were on Verizon
> since it is a Verizon group.
> Thanks anyway.

You must have missed that the original thread was cross posted and my
specific mention of GSM/Cingular that you had to read over when
trimming the quote.

If your 'thanks anyway' is sincere, no worries.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

It is alleged that Pegleg claimed:

> On 17 May 2007 10:00:53 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> >This is my experience with a GSM model on Cingular.
>
> Hmmmm...insignificant info since I was thinking you were on Verizon
> since it is a Verizon group.

Check the Newsgroups line... I'm reading this thread from the Cingular
group.

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the same way? Is it a left-handed, right-handed thing?" (Mr.
Garibaldi, B5 "Babylon Squared")

Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> writes:

> On 17 May 2007 11:15:26 -0500, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>
> >You must have missed that the original thread was cross posted and my
> >specific mention of GSM/Cingular that you had to read over when
> >trimming the quote.
> >
> >If your 'thanks anyway' is sincere, no worries.
>
> It was sincere.
>
> I'm starting to look at replacements for my V710 but need info from
> Verizon subscribers so I can know how Verizon has screwed with the
> phone.

Absolutely. Not so much for the carrier dicking with it, but the
design of the radio is different between CDMA/VErizon and GSM/Cingular
I believe, or at the very least uses different functionality within
the same phone.

For instance, all this raving about the Startac in this thread -- I
remember trying one of those for Cingular back in their TDMA days, and
my word that STartac was a piece of crap. It dropped the first 3
calls I made within a 12 minute drive home. And coverage wasn't the
issue--I took the phone back after it dropped call #3, got my money
back, exchanged for the free Nokia one (I was a Motorola employee at
the time and was willing to try to spend $150 to remain company
loyal--if the damn phone worked). The Nokia performed flawlessly over
that same stretch of road on the way home. When asked by coworkers
why the Nokia phone, I told em exactly why.

Meanwhile, folks with Verizon at the time with CDMA versions of the
StarTac were very happy campers.

--
Todd H.
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Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
> [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]

I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't mean
there was no GSM StarTAC:

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_130-73.php

Andreas

I remember when Pacific Bell had the GSM StarTAC in Califorinia. The SIM
was the size of a regular credit card and the slot was on the bottom of
the phone so it slid up under the keypad.

Andreas Wenzel wrote:
> Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
>> [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]
>
> I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't
> mean there was no GSM StarTAC:
>
> http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php
> http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_130-73.php
>
> Andreas

It is alleged that Andreas Wenzel claimed:

> Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
> > [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]
>
> I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't mean
> there was no GSM StarTAC:
>
> http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php

I stand (or sit) corrected.

"There was never a GSM StarTac in the US."

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It is alleged that Jeffrey Kaplan claimed:

> It is alleged that Andreas Wenzel claimed:
>
> > Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
> > > [...] But there was never a GSM StarTac [...]
> >
> > I may not have been of much use for you in the US, but that doesn't mean
> > there was no GSM StarTAC:
> >
> > http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_startac_85-74.php
>
> I stand (or sit) corrected.
>
> "There was never a GSM StarTac in the US."

And apparently I'm wrong about that too.

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"In terms of timetables, as quickly as possible - whatever that means."
- George W. Bush, March 2005 re: passing Social Security legislation

On Wed, 16 May 2007 23:55:14 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote in
<Xns9932CB1C65008noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>:

>John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>news:3uhk43p42suk5dipn4dlp9f8jffr73p2o3@4ax.com:
>
>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. the No. 2 cell phone maker,
>> unveiled a slimmer Razr phone on Tuesday and said it was working with
>> some Hollywood studios to put movies on handsets as it aims to regain
>> market share.
>
>Don't get all excited about this. The carriers will do what Alltel has
>done to Axcess TV streams....Every 10 minutes the damned movie will stop,
>a popup will as you, "Continue watching this movie?" and you'll press the
>YES button, missing 4 minutes of the movie while the damned software
>reloads, recaches and FINALLY starts replaying...later in the movie.
>
>You all don't REALLY think any cellular carrier is going to let you watch
>a stream for a whole 2 hour movie, uninterrupted, do you? PFAT CHANCE!

Other carriers do allow uninterrupted streaming.

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