the reception i have to say was good.

i would still reccomend the v3xx though over the SYNC, i had the SYNC for a couple months, its hard to open with one hand, outside display sucks, mp3 controls are heat sensative and are very funny, and the v3xx pretty much tops it in every category

I have the Sync and I think it's a pretty neat phone. I haven't had a chance to get the cables that hook it up to your computer or a headset, but overall I think it's a pretty nice phone. Reception is nice and the bluetooth works nice on it as well. The more and more I use the phone, the more I like it.

The only thing that drives me crazy is the external display and how it doesn't light up at all, so you have to open it up to see what the time is.

you can light it up, but its a pain, you have to hold the side external button down for a second,

The external features of that phone are what drove me crazy about it, i really like the phone as well....i had been comparing it to the LG CU500 i owned prior to that phone.

I went from the SYNC, which i still have lying in my room, to the V3xx. I have never been much of a razr fan, but this phone has absolutely no lag when moving from screen to screen, snaps pictures the moment i want it to, unlike my SYNC which i swear had a min. of a second delay, which doesn't sound like much but it can drive you crazy. (cause you think its captured the picture then you move it and it becomes blurred).

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I'm curious of the reception on the V3xx? Only because it's not a quadband? Especiall in rual areas or more so in Minnesota areas???

it's not quadband, but that doesn't matter in the states, it has no bearing in the U.S. as long as it has GSM 850(which it does) and GSM 1900(which is cingular's back-up network, and it has that also) then it doesn't matter what other freq's it does or doesn't have unless you are planning to go out of the country and roam internationally.

The reception has been great, beats my SYNC...where i work we lose all signal in our backroom, with my SYNC i was able to hang on to some calls, with the v3xx i don't even notice a difference in quality.

Back to the Quadband issue, ever heard of the Nokia 6010? it gets the best reception or equal the reception of just about any phone and it's only dual-band.

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Why???

the gold looks horrible, it looks like some cheap, fake, oversized jewelry.

Just style reasons....the gold should function the exact same if thats what your getting at.

Agreed about the v3xx... I've hated Motorola (both for myself and the problems that so many customers have with them), but just little details about it made me love this phone.

One of my favorite things is that not only is it A2DP Stereo Bluetooth capable, but it also plays through a standard mono bluetooth. I often am listening to The Game with my WEP200 while speaking with customers. It also plays a wider range of file types the the CU500 and Sync. I sometimes had a hell of a time finding ringtones to work with those phones.

Tethering to a laptop produces results of 921 kbps in a 3g area with next to no hiccups.

just some not-so-obvious things minor things that I've noticed...

When using an external application, the CU500 and v3xx asks every time if you want to allow the app to use the internet connection. With the SYNC, there's an ask once option.

wow, everytime is an understatement, everytime you go to download a new portion of the map, geeze......

Oh, well...its not something i really use but if i did, it would be a pain,


Hopefully they will use the OTA updates to correct this for my v3xx.

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