I saw a dummy v9 ...it's a brick ...I don't get it ??

What's all the fuss over it ? I see the screen inside is the same as my beloved v3 ...I don't need to tote around an ipod ...it weighs a lot and feels like a brick ...lots of wasted realestate on the inside which coulda been used for a bigger screen ...I don't see why I should get it when my trusty old v3 works fine and lasts forever with a 1700mAh battery in it and has never failed me and so, what's the attraction and what is the added weight good for /?

<noeone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> What's all the fuss over it ? I see the screen inside is the same as my
> beloved v3 ...I don't need to tote around an ipod ...it weighs a lot and
> feels like a brick ...lots of wasted realestate on the inside which coulda
> been used for a bigger screen ...I don't see why I should get it when my
> trusty old v3 works fine and lasts forever with a 1700mAh battery in it
> and has never failed me and so, what's the attraction and what is the
> added weight good for /?


I carry both at the same time...not because I want to, but the v3 was issued
to me by my employer and the v9 is my personal phone. There simply is no
comparison. I hear every other word on the v3 and it feels like the cheap
POS that it is. When I need to actually understand the person on the other
end, I tell them I'll call right back...then I use my RAZR 2.

noeone@nowhere.com schrieb:
> What's all the fuss over it?

Is there?

> I see the screen inside is the same as my beloved v3

No, it's not. The V3 has 176x220 pixels on the inside and 96x80 on the
outside. The V9 has 320x240 pixels on both screens. The outside screen
has touch sensitive areas to control the music player.

> ...I don't need to tote around an ipod

But you rather would?

> ...it weighs a lot and feels like a brick

It sure feels as solid as a brick. And I guess it's lighter than a V3
plus an ipod.

> ...lots of wasted realestate on the inside which coulda been used for a bigger screen

Full ack on that. I don't get it why they did not put the display
V3xx/V6 display in there.

>...I don't see why I should get it when my trusty old v3 works fine
> and lasts forever with a 1700mAh battery in it and has never failed
> me

Then don't. The V3 is a decent phone. If you are OK with the features,
keep it.

> and so, what's the attraction

The music player and the fancier "chin free" looks. Maybe also the 2MPix
camera, even though all cameras on Motorola phones used to be crap until
now, no matter what the resolution.

> and what is the added weight good
> for /?

Rigidity, I guess.

Andreas

Then there's the faster processor and 3G connectivity. I frequently watch TV
news updates and listen to XM radio on the v9. Does the v3 have stereo
Bluetooth?

"Ric" <No@Way.com> wrote in message news:8SNNi.105$3v7.88@newsfe12.lga...
>
> Then there's the faster processor and 3G connectivity. I frequently watch
> TV news updates and listen to XM radio on the v9. Does the v3 have stereo
> Bluetooth?
>
Are you able to listen to XM using their online app, which is what I'm
trying to do, or do you subscribe to XM Radio Mobile?

Ric schrieb:
> Then there's the faster processor and 3G connectivity. I frequently watch TV
> news updates and listen to XM radio on the v9.

Wow, you're right. What I had in mind when I wrote my posting was the
V8, not the V9.

> Does the v3 have stereo
> Bluetooth?

No, why would it? It doesn't have memory or a slot for a memory card, so
where would you store any music to play it on a V3? The V3i has the card
slot but still now A2DP.

Andreas

"Just Al" <mrcrypto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Ric" <No@Way.com> wrote in message news:8SNNi.105$3v7.88@newsfe12.lga...
>>
>> Then there's the faster processor and 3G connectivity. I frequently watch
>> TV news updates and listen to XM radio on the v9. Does the v3 have stereo
>> Bluetooth?
>>
> Are you able to listen to XM using their online app, which is what I'm
> trying to do, or do you subscribe to XM Radio Mobile?


The app

"Andreas Wenzel" <awspambucket@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Ric schrieb:
>> Then there's the faster processor and 3G connectivity. I frequently watch
>> TV news updates and listen to XM radio on the v9.
>
> Wow, you're right. What I had in mind when I wrote my posting was the V8,
> not the V9.
>
>> Does the v3 have stereo Bluetooth?
>
> No, why would it? It doesn't have memory or a slot for a memory card, so
> where would you store any music to play it on a V3? The V3i has the card
> slot but still now A2DP.
>
> Andreas

I guess I lumped them together in my mind...anyway, in short, is the v9
superior to the v3 and worth getting? Hell Yeah.

"Ric" <No@Way.com> wrote in message news:MGRNi.369$wc.323@newsfe12.lga...
>
> "Just Al" <mrcrypto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:BZmdnQVZ09ZjK5ranZ2dnUVZ_umlnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>> "Ric" <No@Way.com> wrote in message news:8SNNi.105$3v7.88@newsfe12.lga...
>>>
>>> Then there's the faster processor and 3G connectivity. I frequently
>>> watch TV news updates and listen to XM radio on the v9. Does the v3 have
>>> stereo Bluetooth?
>>>
>> Are you able to listen to XM using their online app, which is what I'm
>> trying to do, or do you subscribe to XM Radio Mobile?
>
>
> The app
What's the trick Ric? When I try logging in I get the "were sorry, due to
inactivity blah blah etc."
screen. CS tells me I need to log in using Explorer.

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:03:28 +0200, Andreas Wenzel
<awspambucket@gmx.de> wrote:

>Ric schrieb:
>> Then there's the faster processor and 3G connectivity. I frequently watch TV
>> news updates and listen to XM radio on the v9.
>
>Wow, you're right. What I had in mind when I wrote my posting was the
>V8, not the V9.
>
>> Does the v3 have stereo
>> Bluetooth?
>
>No, why would it? It doesn't have memory or a slot for a memory card, so
>where would you store any music to play it on a V3? The V3i has the card
>slot but still now A2DP.

the v3xx does though
>
>Andreas

bandit schrieb:
> [...]
>> No, why would it? It doesn't have memory or a slot for a memory card, so
>> where would you store any music to play it on a V3? The V3i has the card
>> slot but still now A2DP.

"now" was ment to be "no".

> the v3xx does though

Yepp, the V3xx (and also the V3x) have card slots and do A2DP.

Andreas