Motorola Q
My review of the Q
I have been a Verizon Wireless user for over 10 years, I have had every new phone the day they came out (v60, T720, V710, Treo 650, Treo 700 W, and now the Q). Well these are the phones that actually matter.
I have been a Treo user for over 2 years because I loved the out of the box functionality of wireless sync believe it or not. I have never had an issue with wireless sync and syncing my contacts, calendar, email, and tasks with any version of Outlook and now Exchange 2003 with Outlook. I know a lot of people here think it sucks, but its real push and its free.
I was very excited and optimistic for the Treo 700w. I hated the phone as nothing worked out of the box, not even by beloved wireless sync and of course activesync did not work with our exchange server. EDVO was great, but the phone had to go with the constant resetting and slow menus.
Finally, I receive my Q today. At first glance and while putting in the battery and holding the battery cover I was dissapointed. The cover seems like a matchbox box and something you could snap with two fingers. Then I powered on and this felt like an eternity as you do not know what is going on because there is no progress meter like in the Treo. Now don't forget that I already have a bad taste in my mouth about WM5 and the Palm, so I am expecting the worst.
Finally the phone is up and running not before I read a post on this forum about the very poor talk quality and how flimsy the keyboard is. I press my keyboard hard and only the phone key works. I immediately make a phone call and it sounded clear and loud. I did not have to make any adjustments to the surround sound (weird for a cell).
Next, I go to activesync and try wirelessly update the Q from my Exchange server. NOTHING, does not work and of course I am not surprised. I next select wireless sync and within 5 mins, I have my entire calendar, all of contacts, emails, and tasks on the Q. AMAZING. Out of principal I wanted to see activesync work since they enabled push and not that AUTD crap where everything was being picked up in intervals or through invisible SMS. SO, I called tech support from Verizon, only to be bounced around 5 times and finally was given the pat on the back as they gave me Motorola's tech support department. Long story short, they have to call me back.
In my opinion, the Q is a keeper. It is a cheap feeling phone from the body to the keyboard. IT IS CHEAP. WM5 seems to run faster on the Q than it did on the Treo 700w. It has not crashed at all. Phone quality is excellent. The scroll wheel sucks because it has a cheap feel and is not accurate. It is hard to pin point an item that is close to another. I find myself using the direction pad more. The speaker quality is excellent. You can actually view .pdf, word, and excel right out of the box. The size is good, it weighs a lot less than the Treo but I find it to be a bit too wide.
I wonder if I should have tried the Treo 700P. I know I would have enjoyed that as well, but I cause use I change of scenario and that is why I am keeping the Q.
I have been a Treo user for over 2 years because I loved the out of the box functionality of wireless sync believe it or not. I have never had an issue with wireless sync and syncing my contacts, calendar, email, and tasks with any version of Outlook and now Exchange 2003 with Outlook. I know a lot of people here think it sucks, but its real push and its free.
I was very excited and optimistic for the Treo 700w. I hated the phone as nothing worked out of the box, not even by beloved wireless sync and of course activesync did not work with our exchange server. EDVO was great, but the phone had to go with the constant resetting and slow menus.
Finally, I receive my Q today. At first glance and while putting in the battery and holding the battery cover I was dissapointed. The cover seems like a matchbox box and something you could snap with two fingers. Then I powered on and this felt like an eternity as you do not know what is going on because there is no progress meter like in the Treo. Now don't forget that I already have a bad taste in my mouth about WM5 and the Palm, so I am expecting the worst.
Finally the phone is up and running not before I read a post on this forum about the very poor talk quality and how flimsy the keyboard is. I press my keyboard hard and only the phone key works. I immediately make a phone call and it sounded clear and loud. I did not have to make any adjustments to the surround sound (weird for a cell).
Next, I go to activesync and try wirelessly update the Q from my Exchange server. NOTHING, does not work and of course I am not surprised. I next select wireless sync and within 5 mins, I have my entire calendar, all of contacts, emails, and tasks on the Q. AMAZING. Out of principal I wanted to see activesync work since they enabled push and not that AUTD crap where everything was being picked up in intervals or through invisible SMS. SO, I called tech support from Verizon, only to be bounced around 5 times and finally was given the pat on the back as they gave me Motorola's tech support department. Long story short, they have to call me back.
In my opinion, the Q is a keeper. It is a cheap feeling phone from the body to the keyboard. IT IS CHEAP. WM5 seems to run faster on the Q than it did on the Treo 700w. It has not crashed at all. Phone quality is excellent. The scroll wheel sucks because it has a cheap feel and is not accurate. It is hard to pin point an item that is close to another. I find myself using the direction pad more. The speaker quality is excellent. You can actually view .pdf, word, and excel right out of the box. The size is good, it weighs a lot less than the Treo but I find it to be a bit too wide.
I wonder if I should have tried the Treo 700P. I know I would have enjoyed that as well, but I cause use I change of scenario and that is why I am keeping the Q.
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