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jaymz306

Aug 5, 2004, 11:42 AM
i saw this posted on the v220 forum:

scsgoal31 said:
Is it possible that Moto has fallen in line and switched to the "standard" side for end/send keys? Dunno how accurate these pics are, but after 5 motos, this "standard" way would be ever unstandard for me

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has anyone else noticed this?
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disturbed1

Aug 5, 2004, 2:27 PM
Check out Motorola Summer on the front page of Phonescoop. It's true, they've decided to switch to industry standards. Starts with the V3 I believe. They got tired of bein the red-headed stepchild. 🤣
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Rich Brome

Aug 5, 2004, 3:12 PM
jaymz306 said:
...Is it possible that Moto has fallen in line and switched to the "standard" side for end/send keys? ...

It's true. Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Jim Wicks. (He's the head honcho on these things - the Director of Design for Motorola.) This was one of the things we talked about; they have now made the decision to standardize on the "standard" send/end key layout.
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disturbed1

Aug 5, 2004, 3:16 PM
That's almost a shame. I've had more moto's than anything and I've gotten so used to the "backwards" send/end keys that I get confused when I pick up someone else's phone. Thank God for "open to answer" or I'd have hung up on so many calls answerin my gf's phone it's not even funny.
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RichLok

Aug 17, 2004, 5:28 PM
This is true. I tested the v180, v220 and the v551. Not only are the keys reversed, but on the v180 and v220, the chargers use a different plug plus it has a USB connection.
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