Motorola Q
Wall Street Journal Full Page Review ot the Q vs 700p
Anybody see the front page of the Personal Journal section of the Wall Street Journal this morning?
Mossberg did a side by side of the Q vs the 700p. Didn't work out too well for Moto.
They basically said that the Q has a much better form factor but is annoying to use. They recommended staying with the 700p if you are a heavy business user, but getting the Q if size is most important to you.
Their main complaints about the Q:
- uncomfortable keyboard
- hard to open file attachments
- lower resolution screen
- terrible menu
Main pro for the Q: size and "cool" factor
I personally value the size factor as one of my major purchase decisions - so I'm willing to deal with the other annoyances and difficult to use menu's.
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Mossberg did a side by side of the Q vs the 700p. Didn't work out too well for Moto.
They basically said that the Q has a much better form factor but is annoying to use. They recommended staying with the 700p if you are a heavy business user, but getting the Q if size is most important to you.
Their main complaints about the Q:
- uncomfortable keyboard
- hard to open file attachments
- lower resolution screen
- terrible menu
Main pro for the Q: size and "cool" factor
I personally value the size factor as one of my major purchase decisions - so I'm willing to deal with the other annoyances and difficult to use menu's.
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They seemed to be "Treo Skewed" to me. Their review seemed to be based on what they were 'used to' which is the Palm OS and a touch screen.
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I would tend to agree with the review in the WSJ. After lusting after the Q for months, I ended purchasing a Treo 700W and have been very, very happy with it. I reliaze there are shortcomings to the Treo, but they are shortcomings that I can live with.
I purchased a Q for my wife who, like you, views size as an important product differentiator. She is not a heavy email user and does not need MS Office applications. Having said that, I was very disappointed with the lack of user friendliness. The Q requires many more key strokes to do what the Treo can do with a single key. The speed dial function seems particularly cumbersome. I also find it odd that you cannot customize your Today screen beyond a couple of pre-defined formats. Al...
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I purchased a Q for my wife who, like you, views size as an important product differentiator. She is not a heavy email user and does not need MS Office applications. Having said that, I was very disappointed with the lack of user friendliness. The Q requires many more key strokes to do what the Treo can do with a single key. The speed dial function seems particularly cumbersome. I also find it odd that you cannot customize your Today screen beyond a couple of pre-defined formats. Al...
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Having had the phone for a week now, I have to say that the keyboard is a hassle. For a guy, my hands are not that big, but even with careful keyboarding skills, I routinely end up punching keys I didn't mean to punch. If they had asked me during the design phase, as a user, I would have happily accepted another .5" of width in exchange for a more roomy keyboard... For me the attraction was overall weight and the thickness of the device. So I'm not thrilled with the keyboard, but I am thrilled with the device size and weight!
Regarding the Treo, while a touchscreen clearly makes some things easier, I actually prefer NOT having to fool with a pen/stylus... I'd much rather scroll through a webscreen or application. Also, for me, reading...
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Regarding the Treo, while a touchscreen clearly makes some things easier, I actually prefer NOT having to fool with a pen/stylus... I'd much rather scroll through a webscreen or application. Also, for me, reading...
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kgray,
Thanks for pointing me to your thread (I carelessly started a new one, without checking first).
The thing that disturbs me the most is the problem opening attachments. What is up with that? I have a Blackberry 7100 now, which is hit or miss with attachments, and I assumed that a phone with a new processor and software would be a lot better. I wonder if Motorola is going to fix this.
The typing issue, I guess, is a personal thing. I will have to try it out, and see how it feels.
Thanks for pointing me to your thread (I carelessly started a new one, without checking first).
The thing that disturbs me the most is the problem opening attachments. What is up with that? I have a Blackberry 7100 now, which is hit or miss with attachments, and I assumed that a phone with a new processor and software would be a lot better. I wonder if Motorola is going to fix this.
The typing issue, I guess, is a personal thing. I will have to try it out, and see how it feels.
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I just wanted to remind everyone that this is a Smart Phone, not a Pocket PC. It seems like the Motorola Q is constantly being matched up against phones that are not Smart Phones.
I'll agree with most people, that the Motorola Q is a horrible Pocket PC, because its not a Pocket PC. The Trio 700W, the 6700, are Pocket PCs. There is not much comparison.
The setup on these devices are different than the set up on the Motorola Q because they run Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket Pcs which is a more robust Operating System, while the Motorola Q runs Window Mobile 5.0 for Smart Phones which is set up to give you more of the feel you would get on a cell phone.
The Pocket PC version of Windows Mobile 5.0 is set up to be a PDA first. The Sma...
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I'll agree with most people, that the Motorola Q is a horrible Pocket PC, because its not a Pocket PC. The Trio 700W, the 6700, are Pocket PCs. There is not much comparison.
The setup on these devices are different than the set up on the Motorola Q because they run Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket Pcs which is a more robust Operating System, while the Motorola Q runs Window Mobile 5.0 for Smart Phones which is set up to give you more of the feel you would get on a cell phone.
The Pocket PC version of Windows Mobile 5.0 is set up to be a PDA first. The Sma...
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Ditto on that.
The Q is $199 (without data plan, in my case, per my Verizon dealer), and the Palm 700P is double that at $399. No comparison. I can get a Q for $50 more than a Razr V3m, which other than the size delta (which I'm still struggling with), is a no-brainer. The Q is a sweet device for what I need it for:
1. phone first and foremost
2. GPS navigation (Garmin Mobile 20, or CoPilot Live, Q Edition)
3. Everything else
The Q is $199 (without data plan, in my case, per my Verizon dealer), and the Palm 700P is double that at $399. No comparison. I can get a Q for $50 more than a Razr V3m, which other than the size delta (which I'm still struggling with), is a no-brainer. The Q is a sweet device for what I need it for:
1. phone first and foremost
2. GPS navigation (Garmin Mobile 20, or CoPilot Live, Q Edition)
3. Everything else
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