Motorola Q Phone (Sprint)

• Add memory, transfer music, photos, and video from your desktop, or load additional games and applications. Cards up to 2 GB are supported
• With Windows Media Player 10 Mobile you can play music, videos, and more on your MOTO Q, and it works seamlessly with Windows Media Player 10 on your Windows XP-based computer
• Use your voice to easily dial phone numbers, search the phonebook and launch applications
• Use a USB cable or Bluetooth Wireless technology to connect with a PC for Internet and email access on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network
• Includes: Battery, Charger and USB Data Cable

Amazon.com Hands-On Review:
To keep your smartphone's applications up to date, and to optimize the performance of your device, you may need to perform firmware and/or software updates just as you would on your PC. To learn more about updates for your device, please visit Motorola's support site. Note that by clicking this link you will be leaving Amazon.com. Motorola's QWERTY keyboard equipped Q, formerly known as the RAZRberry in the rumor mills, might not exactly be the "BlackBerry killer" that many predicted, but it is certainly one of the most capable and user friendly smartphones available on the market today. Based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone platform, the Q picks up the best features from Microsoft's Smartphone edition of Windows Mobile while still offering a lot of PDA-like capability and screen real estate on its 65k color, 320x240 pixel display. Sleek, small and oh, so powerful. See it in 3D. In terms of hardware features, the Q's right side 3-way scroll wheel and dedicated back buttons take center stage. These give the Q user fast BlackBerry-like scrolling with the ability to select an item or return to the prior screen--all with the user's thumb. Of course you can still do these same things the traditional way by using the 5-way direction pad and the back button that sits to its right. There's also a dedicated home key as well as the red and green call control keys. The Q's QWERTY keyboard is a bit stiff, but otherwise designed well. The dark keys serve double duty as the numeric keypad when the Option key (found left of the Z key) is used. The Option key can be locked on, as can the shift key on the opposite side of the keyboard. Along the bottom of the keyboard you'll find dedicated buttons for email, the 1.3-megapixel camera, and a dual-use key for the speaker-independent voice dialing system and speakerphone. When it comes to hot features, though, the Q's EV-DO 3G data capability tops the list. When used in an EV-DO coverage area, the Q user can expect to get wireless data rates that approach those enjoyed by home DSL users. When there is no EV-DO coverage available, the Q will fall back to the slower 1xRTT data network (roughly comparable to a 56Kbps modem). The Q can also connect to a desktop PC with a USB or Bluetooth connection. Bluetooth can also be used with mono and stereo headsets, as well as other devices like keyboards. Get intimate with the Q's keyboard. While WiFi wireless access would have been a welcomed feature, it would have only led to even more strain on the already overtaxed battery. The standard capacity battery is capable of a respectable 5.5 hours of continuous talk time, but realistically will only provide a day of solid use, especially if the Q user takes advantage of the BlackBerry-like push email support. The push system can keep your Q lock step in sync with your corporate or home email inbox without any user intervention required. On top of email synchronization, it can also be used to synchronize the Q's contacts, calendar entries, tasks and other items with your home or office copy of Microsoft Outlook. It is somewhat eerie how you can enter a new contact or appointment on the Q and have it show up moments later in Outlook--or the other way around. One of the great things about owning a smartphone is the ability to add 3rd party developed applications to the device. Since Windows Mobile 5.0 is quite popular, there are plenty such applications available both freely and for purchase. The Q has about 50MB of RAM for running applications, and a similar amount for storing data and the applications themselves. If you need more storage space, you can easily add a gigabyte or two by inserting a miniSD memory card into the Q's slot, located on the left edge of the device. The Motorola Q packs a lot of capability into a device that is only a half inch thick and weighs 4.3 ounces--considerably less than the competition. It comes highly recommended. Pros: One-handed use Thin and light EV-DO data Cons: Short standby battery life Stiff keyboard keys --Reviewed by Michael Oryl, editor in chief of www.MobileBurn.com

great phone:
Moto Q is a good phone great features. I never had a problem with it cutting off but yes the battery life is the worse. Motorola fix that problem it may have the best phone on hand.

Worst phone I ever owned:
I ordered this phone because it was free with a new contract and I was completely dissatisfied with the product. The phone does NOT have picture messaging capabilities. Therefore you cannot send or receive picture mail. This something you learn the hard way after purchasing a plan that includes unlimited picture messaging. The phone also has the worst battery life ever!! When I would completely charge the phone, it would only last for about 3 hours before dying on me. I could not even last a whole day at work without having to go home to charge my phone. If there was a zero star category, then I'd give this phone zero stars because it is an unreliable piece of garbage. Not to mention the fact that it has no aesthetic appeal and it's huge. Huge for nothing because it's not a smart phone.

Worst Phone I have ever had:
This is absolutely the worst phone I have ever had. The battery life is horrible. It reboots constantly. I have to remove and replace the battery once every 3 days to get it to start working again. Don't walk away from this phone - RUN!

Terrible phone:
Nothing works. Power off itself and can't boot it back. Battery lasts a couple of hours. There is nothing I like from this phone and I regret the initial purchase decision.

4.5 stars - the most functional phone I've ever used:
The recent spate of negative reviews is finally prompting me to write a review on this little guy, which I've had for over 1.5 years now... My experience with the MotoQ has been nothing but awe. It works great as a phone, and the expanded capabilities that the WM5 environment provides helps me keep in touch easily - moving seamlessly from SMSing to calling to finding places to eat during trips etc. The Sprint version of the home screen quickly summarizes my tasks and gives me easy access to TEN recently used apps. The interface is a bit clunky (hence 4.5 stars), but I've gotten used to it (previous experience with a WM5 PPC helped). The QWERTY keyboard-enabled SMSing made flirting and falling in love again a breeze. And the ability to surf the internet all in one slim package has been incredibly useful for me on the road. With my unlimited data package plan, I've used Google Maps to drive in some of the most confusing American cityscapes (L.A.), and have had no trouble tethering my laptop for websurfing (even on a moving train!). I've never bothered purchasing software for a phone, but buying PDAnet for tethering is probably the 3rd smartest thing I've ever done. Granted I am no business road warrior - my previous phones have been simple clamshells, and I'm sure that the Push-emailing features of other smart phone make this an inferior choice. But as an all-in-one phone with enough features that keep me multiply connected, it's great. I'm not sure how to reconcile my experience with others, but if it's about battery life, here's a tip: Disable the "receive incoming beams" option: Start > Settings > Connections > Beams > uncheck "Receive incoming beams" I too was initially wracked with frustration over its short battery life - I ended up buying a second battery (the ugly extended battery version that wouldn't have fit in my Moto Q case). Just by disabling this feature, I was able to TRIPLE the battery life. However, now that I have EVDO coverage, I'm noticing that its battery life has shortened slightly.