Motorola Q

there was a few threads of problems where the sync takes all contacts-- have 100's in the outlook business but dont want them all on the phone. if you go to the push synch setup webpage and log in under your account (https://www31.wirelesssync.vzw.com) there is an option where you can choose to synch only contact from certain categories

hope this helps

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How many times can you switch phones? I picked up the Q but not a fan of the interface. Was going to try the 700w, but if I don't like that would just go back to using a regular phone.

IS anyone interested in trading a brandnew extended battery with cover for their regular battery? I just bought one 2 days ago, but prefer the thinner battery. Let me know.

Just purchased the Q today. In fact, just ported my number from TMO to VZN today.

I'm trying to use the voice recognition feature and having quite a few problems with it. Actually, it hasn't worked at all yet.

I press the VR key, say call then a 10 digit number. It repeats the number and I answer Yes if it is correct. But the system doesn't seem to understand Yes and either will continue to rattle off other numbers or simply flip me back to the start page. The same happens when I try to say a contact name. BTW do I need to say the name Last then First since that is how they appear in the list?

Any suggestions?

or just 2003?

I've noticed that when someone calls while the keypad is locked, the phone lights up once, but then quickly shuts off the screen. It does this so fast that you don't even have enough time to see who is calling. Even when it rings again, the screen stays black. Is there a way to change the timeout for this so that you can see the number/name of the person calling while the keypad is locked?

Now that Verizon has released the product and will work out the bugs, when will Cingular/T-Mobile get the GSM models????

I had the sync through Active Sync and the USB port working. Then I set up Bluetooth after many tries and it is working. Now when I go back to syncing through the cable it will no longer connect. What went wrong with the cable sync?

Found a small bug.
If you have a POP3 account set up on the phone and you try using Voice Commands to initiate a text message - the phone will most likely bring you to your POP3 account rather than the text messaging interface.

It seems as if the phone will only bring you to text messaging from the voice commands if you left the messaging interface in the text messaging mode. If you were doing anything other than text messaging (ie: checking your POP3 account) when you were last in the messaging interface - the "send text message to..." voice command will attempt to insert that person's mobile phone number into the address field of a new message from your POP3 account. Then, you get an error message when you attempt to send the message...
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A friend of mine mentioned today that I could prolong the battery life by reducing the brightness of the screen. BRILLIANT !!

But how do I do it?

So I'm about to finally get this phone but then I was fiddling with it at the verizon store and noticed the pics and video are so small. It doesn't take up the whole screen like other phones. Is it supposed to be that way or are there options to change that?

Quoted from Engadget:

"For those Q fans in the audience, we've got some good news (especially if you haven't made the jump yet because that $200 price point is still a little high, or because you just can't bear the thought of switching to Verizon). Apparently Ron Garriques, Moto's Executive Vice President, Mobile Devices Business, told Bear Sterns that the Q's sales performance can be compared to the steep, successful initial launch of the RAZR, and that they not only hope to drop the price to $50 after carrier subsidy by the end of 2006, but they'll be launching a UMTS version when Verizon's exclusivity contract on the device ends (as we've been expecting). Yeah, that'd be the same UMTS version that it was supposed to be around from the...
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I have had the Motorola Q for 5 days now but I have one question. When text messaging where is the question mark button??? 😕 I see all the other punctuations when you the shift key but where is the ?

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When I send a txt msg, I always get a "system admin confirmation msg". How can I turn this off if its possible? All it does is confirm that the message was sent. And am I getting charged for a txt msg when this thing is generated?

Other than that... I love the phone.

it's been a good while since i've updated my cellphones i used to be in the loop of changing phones but i kinda fell off lately i've been contemplating upgrading but i couldn't choose between a blackberry or a treo but now the q came in and i've used it first hand and now i'm hooked but i currently have a lg 9800 and i really cant find something that the q can do that mine can't(something i'll actually use) does anyone have any input on this matter i would greatly appreciate it thanks. 😁

i have this icon that i can't find an explanation for. looked through the manual and even called verizon and they couldn't give me an answer.

it's to the right of where the ev or 1x icon is and it changes between a small bullseye type icon to a little pda type phone icon all the time.

anyone know what this means and why it's always changing? it changes at random. any help would be appreciated.

I've been charging my Q in the car with a 4' USB cable that connects to a USB/cigarette lighter charger. I do this because I've got a dedicated outlet in the back seat that reaches easily to the front and don't want the to use the actual cigarette lighter, which requires keeping a sliding tray open and is unseemly. Anyway, this configuration worked just fine with my 8100 and 6700 PPC and charged the battery just fine, but it doesn't seem to be charging the Q. The little display in the corner changes from battery to the power cord, but I don't get any additional bars of power, even when driving around for what should be enough time to do so. Any ideas?