I have been lazy with this, but I got these a few weeks ago and I figured it was time to post something about them. This is the new Motorola V710 phone for Verizon. I managed to get my hands on it like a week or 10 days before Verizon actually started selling it. Of course I could not resist so I also bought the HS810 Bluetooth Headset. I have used bluetooth equipment before, ie PDA’s, Keyboards, Mice, PC’s, but never cell phones…
This phone is bigger than the V60, but it still easily fits in my pocket. The phone has color screens inside and out, a high-res camera, voice recognition, etc etc. you get the idea. The one gripe I have with the external color screen is that is turns off after a set interval of time (max 30 seconds), so in order to read the time you must press one of the external buttons to make the display illuminate. Also, it means you can’t really tell the phone is ON without pressing a button or opening it. I with it had a blinking light like the V60. That said, I have heard there might be a firmware upgrade that changes the way the external screen behaves. That could be both good and bad, because i’m sure the screen would drain the battery pretty quick if it remains on all the time.
One of my favorite features is the new Voice Recognition, and I must say IT ACTUALLY WORKS. The V60 had a simple form of this, but you were required to record a version of the name and later the phone would match what you say with the recorded version and dial the associated number. If I remember correctly, you could only store 10 numbers for recognition like that. With the V710, none of that is needed. If I store a number in the phone called “DC House”, I can simple press the voice key and say “Name Dial, DC House”. You can also say “Digit Dial, 5551212″. As long as there is not a large amount of background noise, this feature works great.
The headset is pretty cool too, it basically works as expected. It comes with the same charger as the phone, which is nice because you dont need to have two different chargers for the devices. Once you pair the headset with the phone, you just press the button on the side of the headset and you can give a voice command. As you can imagine, the voice dialing comes in handy with the headset. While in the car, I made a number of long calls on the headset using voice dialing.
OK, well I think thats it. If you want a feature bu feature review of this phone, there are plenty of places to look. If you are a verizon customer I would recommend upgrading to this phone if you dont mind the price. If you are not a verizon customer, I would recommend becoming one. Then worry about what phone to get 