ChapterTwo

350z in the garage

Originally uploaded by elyliu.

Here are some thoughts about my RAZR v3c after having it for 18 hours…

1. IT’S REALLY SLIM! Most times I have to think twice about whether or not the phone is in my pocket. I can barely feel it.
2. Battery life is not as good as my LG, but I think if I charge it once a day, I should be fine.
3. The speaker on the speakerphone seem strain at loud volumes. However, the person I am talking to cannot tell I am on speakerphone!
4. The phone actually feeds what you say back through the ear piece so you can gauge how you sound to the other person. The feedback is a bit weird at first, but it seems useful.
5. The camera is pretty awsome. See the picture it took on top.
6. I downloaded Doom 3D. It kind of sucked. Don’t pay for it, guys. The action is still a bit laggy. Cell phones can’t handle 3D action games…yet
7. vCast sucks. There’s nothing good on there.
8. I don’t like how the side buttons are on the “lid”. When flipped open, those buttons are a bit out of the way to get to.
9. I like how Verizon substituted Motorola’s menus with their own. It took me no time to get used to the phone.
10. I miss my tip calulator on the LG
11. It is a liiittle laggy sometimes. Other times, it’s faster than my LG.
12. Why can’t I delete the stock wallpapers?

13. iTap (Motorola’s predictive text entry) is a bit different than T9. It’s nice that it will try to predict the word you are trying to spell before you enter the entire word. I still need to get used to it. I kinda liked how I didn’t need to use the arrow keys when I typed on my LG though. The arrow keys (and the side buttons) are quite a reach when using the phone single-handedly.
14. I have a couple USB cables. They fit the socket on the phone fine, but they don’t seem to charge or allow access to the files on the phone. I think I need some syncing software.
15. I haven’t tried the Bluetooth yet. And I probably won’t anytime soon. I don’t have a pressing need to transfer files to my PC. Nor do I have a need for a Bluetooth headset now that I have speakerphone.
16. It has better reception than my LG. And it doesn’t even have an external antenna. Go figure. My LG used to have sporatic problems in the office. It worked perfectly fine today.
17. The keypad looks cool, but it feels inaccurate at times. Maybe I am just not used to it yet?
18. It looks cool …

So far, I am pretty happy with the phone. I am digging the camera, but I am not used to iTap or the side buttons yet.

Maybe I’ll have more thoughs on the phone later. It’s time to SLEEP! Good night, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, BTW, in case you were wondering what LG phone I’ve been referring to in this post, I was referring to the LG VX7000.

UPDATE: One more thing that I left out was the “reminder beep”. This can be a nice feature, but it can also be annoying. It’s nice that it beeps at you every couple minutes to tell you that you have an unchecked voicemail or text message. However, if you are taking a nap or doing something important, this could get pretty annoying. Why don’t phones have a blinking light for reminders anymore?

UPDATE: One thing I hated about my old Motorola was that the ear piece is not loud enough when I am driving top down. Sadly, the RAZR v3c is no exception. However, the v3c has speakerphone, so that’s how I am able to get around that. Oh, and one thing I discovered is that when you are watching a vCast clip, you can press the up arrow to turn the video 90 degrees on the screen. That way, you have a widescreen cell phone. Cool!

UPDATE: The verdict after owning the v3c for a week is…HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

UPDATE: The pictures from the phone can range from awsome to just OK. I don’t know what the deal is. Sometimes it just comes out blurry. Is it because it can’t focus very well? Oh, and Verizon wouldn’t let me email one picture. It was actually too big (322K). Could the camera have TOO MUCH DETAIL?

UPDATE: See my follow-up review…

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