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jefo - 16 Feb 2004 00:37 GMT

Can anyone tell me more about the Motorola V60s phone. I am looking into to
getting this phone and want to know more from others if it's good or bad.

Thanks.

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tgw - 16 Feb 2004 00:57 GMT

The V60s is the exact same phone as the V60p (Push-to-Talk, aka PTT), minus
the PTT. In fact, it is the exact same hardware that has been re-flashed
with firmware to disable the PTT. Features include:

-- great speakerphone
-- tri-mode (digital and analog)
-- voice dialing

> Can anyone tell me more about the Motorola V60s phone. I am looking into to
> getting this phone and want to know more from others if it's good or bad.
>
> Thanks.

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NS - 16 Feb 2004 01:59 GMT

>The V60s is the exact same phone as the V60p (Push-to-Talk, aka PTT), minus
>the PTT. In fact, it is the exact same hardware that has been re-flashed
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> -- tri-mode (digital and analog)
> -- voice dialing

I would add some other good features/qualities on the V60s:

-- excellent RF
-- 1XRTT capable
-- uses VZW Mobile Office kit for National Access,
high-speed internet access
-- text message capability
-- browser ready
-- true sync ready
-- replaceable faceplate and battery door to keep it looking new
-- stub antenna, not like the flimsy, easily breakable ones
on the v60c and v60i models
-- small size, especially with the slim battery
-- uses standard Motorola accessories, readily available

I would also add a few negatives (or annoyances):

-- small, black & white screen that can be hard to read
-- battery life is just fair (probably due to speaker phone)
-- known "missing calls" problem if any ringer volume or
keypad volume is set to 0
-- does not support Get It Now (which was designed into
this phone but disabled by Moto at VZW's request)
-- discontinued phone model

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Larry Kilgallen - 16 Feb 2004 14:28 GMT

> I would add some other good features/qualities on the V60s:

> -- replaceable faceplate and battery door to keep it looking new

I always thought such cosmetic variables were nonsense, until my
wife and I got identical phones :-)

> I would also add a few negatives (or annoyances):

> -- battery life is just fair (probably due to speaker phone)

I have not seen that problem, as I don't use the speakerphone much.
Then again, I may have lower expectations.

> -- known "missing calls" problem if any ringer volume or
> keypad volume is set to 0

I have found that making the keypad volumes non-zero is sufficient
to avoid the "missed call" failure to ring, even though all my
ringer volumes are zero.

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Larry Kilgallen - 16 Feb 2004 01:05 GMT

> Can anyone tell me more about the Motorola V60s phone. I am looking into to
> getting this phone and want to know more from others if it's good or bad.

I am quite happy with this telephone. I don't really use the speakerphone
capability, but it has a full-featured phone interface allowing me to use
two different ring modes:

    a. All calls vibrate - for rare occasions when I need to be
        prepared for emergency calls.

    b. Certain favored callers in my phonebook cause the phone
        to vibrate - all other calls give no ring indication.

You can design your own scheme with different ring tones for different
callers. The one flaw I know of is that the keypad volume must be
non-zero to avoid the much-discussed "missed calls" problem.

I found that I need to have the ringer volume to zero to avoid getting
a ring on "unknown" calls (no caller id -- different from private or
masked caller id) but for me that is not a hardship.

I really like the voice dialing capability, since I need reading glasses
to read the screen but often am not wearing glasses when I want to call.

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O'B - 16 Feb 2004 02:44 GMT

> I really like the voice dialing capability, since I need reading glasses
> to read the screen but often am not wearing glasses when I want to call.

You may already know this, but the text *can* be made larger and
bolder--I believe it's the "zoom" setting. I'd be more specific, but I
don't have my phone here to check.

John

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Larry Kilgallen - 16 Feb 2004 14:30 GMT

>> I really like the voice dialing capability, since I need reading glasses
>> to read the screen but often am not wearing glasses when I want to call.
>
> You may already know this, but the text *can* be made larger and
> bolder--I believe it's the "zoom" setting.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Yes, I tried that, but it reduces the amount of information on the
screen when I _am_ wearing reading glasses. So I choose to use it
without Zoom. Your mileage may vary.

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