Motorola V9 - Comments

Been using the new V9 a bit lately. But I've discovered that its PC desktop
software, Motorola Phone Tools isn't the full bottle.

I was able to load the mobile's phone book and start editing it in MPT. I then
saved all the changes which ostensibly saves them to the phone. However, when I
disconnected it and opened the phone book to check it out I found a lot of
original data that was unchanged.

I tried it three times and each time I was unsuccesful. I ended up manually
changing the data.

I then tried the synchronising function. It seemed to work OK with calendar
info. Certainly, copying from Outlook to the phone worked a treat.

Overall phone performance on NextG is OK, too, what with MMS'ing, occasional
viewing of web pages, etc.

Only gripe is that its camera only faces one way. It either doesn' swivel or it
doesn't have a second camera, so any video calling needs to be done with the
phone closed. It works but the screen is somewhat cluttered with your image and
that of the other party.

Still, video calling is a gimmick that won't be used often, so it's no biggy, I
s'pose.

Importing jpg images for use in the phonebook or as a wall paper requires the
files to be small. But I can't find exact specs that it requires. So I ended up
scaling back an image til I got the phone to properly recognise it.

Downloaded the software updater and ran it. It told me that no new software for
the phone was available but it could "refurbish" the existing software. If it
ain't broke then don't fix it, or in this case, refurbish it is my motto. So I
didn't attempt this. Dunno what "refurbishing" software is s'posed to do, as
i've not heard of that term before, with reference to software, that is.

So yeah, phone works fine, but the vibrate and ring loudness could be a bit more
intense or louder as I find it a bit difficult to detect a call when it's in a
jacket pocket for example.

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Rod Speed wrote...

> > Importing jpg images for use in the phonebook or as a wall paper requires
> > the files to be small. But I can't find exact specs that it requires. So I
> > ended up scaling back an image til I got the phone to properly recognise it.
>
> Did you try googling that ?

Yeah, couldn't find any info on it. So I've made all the photos a size that it
will accept. Of course they may be smaller than needed but they work, after a
bit of rooting around.

> Presumably it just reloads it, in case its been corrupted in the phone etc.

Makes sense.

Be careful of the software update from Telstra

It will disable the 2100 frequency and remove it from the handset. So if
you want 3G, you'll have to stay on Next G.

Quite frustrating on a recent trip to Singapore which only left me with 2G.


"Snapper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Been using the new V9 a bit lately. But I've discovered that its PC
> desktop
> software, Motorola Phone Tools isn't the full bottle.
>
> I was able to load the mobile's phone book and start editing it in MPT. I
> then
> saved all the changes which ostensibly saves them to the phone. However,
> when I
> disconnected it and opened the phone book to check it out I found a lot of
> original data that was unchanged.
>
> I tried it three times and each time I was unsuccesful. I ended up
> manually
> changing the data.
>
> I then tried the synchronising function. It seemed to work OK with
> calendar
> info. Certainly, copying from Outlook to the phone worked a treat.
>
> Overall phone performance on NextG is OK, too, what with MMS'ing,
> occasional
> viewing of web pages, etc.
>
> Only gripe is that its camera only faces one way. It either doesn' swivel
> or it
> doesn't have a second camera, so any video calling needs to be done with
> the
> phone closed. It works but the screen is somewhat cluttered with your
> image and
> that of the other party.
>
> Still, video calling is a gimmick that won't be used often, so it's no
> biggy, I
> s'pose.
>
> Importing jpg images for use in the phonebook or as a wall paper requires
> the
> files to be small. But I can't find exact specs that it requires. So I
> ended up
> scaling back an image til I got the phone to properly recognise it.
>
> Downloaded the software updater and ran it. It told me that no new
> software for
> the phone was available but it could "refurbish" the existing software. If
> it
> ain't broke then don't fix it, or in this case, refurbish it is my motto.
> So I
> didn't attempt this. Dunno what "refurbishing" software is s'posed to do,
> as
> i've not heard of that term before, with reference to software, that is.
>
> So yeah, phone works fine, but the vibrate and ring loudness could be a
> bit more
> intense or louder as I find it a bit difficult to detect a call when it's
> in a
> jacket pocket for example.

Bubba wrote...

> Be careful of the software update from Telstra

I tried it last night but the software updater tells me that what I have is the
current version. So, either it's already 2100/UMTS disabled out of the box, or
it may not be. I haven't checked.

Bubba wrote...

> It will disable the 2100 frequency and remove it from the handset. So if
> you want 3G, you'll have to stay on Next G.

I just checked mine. Withou any upgrading it appears to support 850/1800 and
850/1900. Well, that's how the menu options appear when selecting bands under
Network config. Presumably one is UMTS while the other is GSM.

Not that I'm going anywhere in a hurry. As long as UMTS850 works whereever I
need it I'll be happy.

> Quite frustrating on a recent trip to Singapore which only left me with 2G.

I would imagine. However I doubt that I'd want it for that. I use NextG
primarily because of the coverage, not because it has faster data services.
That's a gimmick and an expensive one as far as I'm concerned.

If I need to get onto the 'net I'll either do it at a net cafe, a library or
whatever. Or I'll wait til I get home.