IBM THINKPAD X31 PM-1.7G 256MB ( 26725UU )

IBM THINKPAD X31 PM-1.7G 256MB ( 26725UU )

IBM THINKPAD X31 PM-1.7G 256MB ( 26725UU )
Manufacturer: IBM (Aap Misc Parts)
Product Type: Personal Computer

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If you have a mobile staff that's always on the move, the ultraportable ThinkPad X31 notebook with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology (select models) is indispensable. Other ThinkPad X31 models offer the wireless flexibility and backward-compatibility of integrated 802.11a/b/g technology. The optional ThinkPad X3 UltraBase adds even more functionality.Work on and on and on - up to 10.1 hours unplugged - when you combine the standard battery with the optional Extended Life Battery. This unique battery fits on the bottom of the ThinkPad X31 notebook and even improves the ergonomic typing angle while providing power. Best of all, it weighs less than a pound.Look inside and discover ThinkVantage Technologies and ThinkVantage Designs to help free up IT resources and decrease expenses. You'll see how to work more confidently and efficiently - and gain the time you need to focus on strategic goals.

Average customer rating: 3.0

Make sure you go here 1st...
I am not pleased
Now on my fourth
Works as intended - mostly
Battery Life Per Verizon Employee

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Motorola Q Phone (Verizon Wireless)

Manufacturer: Verizon Wireless
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000FYU4SO

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Amazon.com Hands-On Review

<blockquote><small>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.</small></blockquote> 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.</p>

Based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone platform, the Q picks up the best features from Microsoft's more phone oriented 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.</p> <table align=right width=178 cellpadding=10> <tr> <td align="left"> <img height= 250 width= 178 border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/wireless/detail-page/q-hand.jpg" border=0 align=top>
<small><b>Sleek, small and oh, so powerful.</b></small> </font></td></tr> </table>

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.</p>

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.</p>

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.</p> <table align=left width=300 cellpadding=10> <tr> <td align="left"> <img height= 200 width= 300 border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/wireless/detail-page/q-keyboard.jpg" border=0 align=top>
<small><b>Get intimate with the Q's keyboard.</b></small> </font></td></tr> </table>

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.</p>

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.</p>

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.</p>

<b>Pros:</b>
<ul>

One-handed use</li>

Thin and light</li>

EV-DO data</li> </ul></p>

<b>Cons:</b>
<ul>

Short standby battery life</li>

Stiff keyboard keys</li> </ul></p> <P> --Reviewed by Michael Oryl, editor in chief of www.MobileBurn.com

Customer Reviews:

Make sure you go here 1st..........2007-05-26

www. qusers.c om and ww w.everythingq.c om (make sure you piece together the spaces though before you go to these sites).

They explain exactly how the Q works and should be setup to get the most out of it.

I've had this phone since October 2006 and its May (about to be June 07) and I'm loving my phone.

After reading about all the issues let me be the first to sympathize with all the people who got a defective unit.

My 1st phone had the bad battery life issue I've read about. After getting the windows service pack updates put on (MOL 2 and MOL 3 see motorola website) the life did improve somewhat but my phone started to experience some of the random power down issues I hear some of you complain about.

So after about 2-3 weeks of wanting to toss my phone under a semi truck because of the frustration, I finally decided to bite the bullet and get the unit swapped out.

Now, on my 2nd Q, I can tell you with, Microsoft Office Mobile (from Windows Smartphone 6), PDAnet for using my phone as a free highspeed modem (Which is reason #1 to buy this phone alone),Facade, Deepfish webbrowser, Agile AIM/Yahoo/MSN/ICQ messanger, Papyrus Calander Task manager (qhich also rocks along with Facade, Sprite, Orange, and lets not forget the NES, Sega Genesis, SNES and MAME emulators running over 1000 games, the DVD Mp4 movies, Mp3 collection and just about everything else my 2GB MiniSD card's heart's desire can contain, all I can say is this
phone ROCKS!!!!!

The only crutch is that there's a bad batch out there like with any product on the market. It seems as if the newer ones are more stable and less likely to experience the headaches the older ones had people gripping about.

But the final verdict lies with battery life and the customability of the device.

1. I'll address the battery life:
Its awesome!!! Let me explain...I used to have the old Q fully charged by 6am (time I leave for work) and make a few calls to my girlfriend 15-30 mins in the morning tops and check my bank account and a few work items = no more than 15 mins surfing the net. I'd immediately close all apps with task manager AND go into flight mode and out of it to log off the net completely (eliminate the arrows on the top of the battery meter)

Anyhow by 4pm central my battery would be dead and I'd have to plug the Q in. I got the Extended battery and my Q would last till 9-10pm at night before it needed a full charge.

2. With the replacement Q and old slim battery, I'm now averaging 14 hours of heavy use (emulators, 20 mins web browsing, music, 1.5 hours of phone calls total today etc) and still have 75% life left! Its night and day and looks as if my new Q is the winner phone we all should have. If yours isn't like this, SWAP IT OUT immediately.

II. Stability...

This new Q hasn't crashed at all even after doing all the necessary system registry tweaks (find out more on qusers)
1. the glyphcache one to spead up the interface
2. rearranging the keys (ex the old back key by the scroll wheel is now my speaker phone and vice versa)
3. the 3x web speed enhance hack
4. the memory cache hack
5. and the bluetooth volume enhancer hack to enhance my Jabra JX-10 volume (again see Qusers.com)

ALL of these and more and my phone just keeps going and going and going. I have had this new phone for about a week now and with HEAVY usage, enough to crash and burn my old Q for sure this new tank just keeps asking for more!
I haven't even tried the extended battery because I don't need to...Bottom line, SWAP your phone out at Verizon if its not acting like this. I'm convinced this is how the Q was intended to be....now if only everyone here can experience this!

I work at Enterprise in management and all the customers who walk in the door with Qs eyes drop when they see how customized mine is and how the battery life really is!

For that guy who complaied about the layout, check out the wallpaper setup on qusers and get the setup you like! With Facade and Fizz Weather you can have a killer setup on your phone!

I am not pleased.......2007-05-04

So, I am currently on my 2nd Q, happily working my way to the 3rd.

Since I brought the phone in August, I have had problem after problem:

(1) The battery power sucks. If I talk on the phone for more than 1 hour, the battery power dies to 1 bar.

(2) Because I have my emailed account synced to the phone, my battery dies even faster. There are days when I have charged the phone all night, and by mid-day, the battery is either dead, or has one bar left

(3) This one is weird, there are times when the phone shuts on and off by itself. I know it's not me because I keep the phone locked so I won't accidentally call anyone. Again, once it cuts off and back on, I am, again, down to one battery bar.

The reception on the phone is okay, and I don't experience as many dropped calls as I did with T-Mobile; however, the stress of the battery life is what makes me what to just get a new phone!

Now on my fourth.......2007-04-27

I've had to replace this phone three times now. Once because the audio jack wasn't letting me listen to the mp3s and movie files I bought the phone to play. Once because it started freezing on startup every time. And once because the phone simply went dead and wouldn't start up or respond in any way, even when plugged in. Each time, Verizon just replaced the entire phone, without even trying to fix it. That's four unique instances of this phone in one year of use. That's the only impression I can take away from this.

Works as intended - mostly.......2007-04-26

I've had my Q for a little over three weeks now, and it has generally lived up to my expectations which, admittedly, were not all that high. I wanted a decent phone that could also grab my emails off of my server at work, keep my calendar, and allow me to occasionally surf the web. It does those things in a satisfactory manor.

The call quality is rather good, certainly better than my old Samsung flip phone. The dialing buttons are small, but manageable. They are not marked with letters for dialing purposes(i.e - "a b c" for 2, "d e f" for 3, etc). The buttons have a nice feel to them, and are close together but not so close as to make using them difficult. The back-lighting is adequate. The screen is bright and the colors vibrant.

The only truly annoying aspect of this device regarding its use as a mobile phone is the voice dialing function. I've never had a phone which has so much trouble picking up voice commands. In fact, it seems completely incapable of picking up a dialing command. The most recent example:

Me: "Call Jackie."
Phone: "Did you say, 'Call Rob?'"
Me: "No. Call Jackie."
Phone: "Did you say, 'Call Tina?'"
Me: "No. Call Jackie."
Phone: "Did you say, 'Call Home?'"
Me: *sigh*

This happens every time. Every time. Bluetooth or straight phone, it doesn't matter. The only thing that varies are the odd choices it makes. The fact that they do not sound remotely like anything you said is a constant. For those of you wondering if I mumble or have an accent . . . I do not (at least I don't think so!). My old phones never had a problem picking me up. I'm wondering if it's a software glitch.

Many have commented on the battery life. The battery life is only fair, but I haven't had the kind of issues that some other posters have. I charge it every night and it has never quit on me during the day. I'm careful to "kill" open applications when I'm done using them, and I retrieve my email manually rather than having it "pushed" to the phone. I may buy an extended life battery at some point, but thus far I'm doing fine without it. Those who are on their phones constantly may have a different experience. A car charger is very cheap to buy through Amazon, and I keep one of those in the glove box just in case.

The mobile Internet Explorer browser is a bit clunky and inelegant, but that's not the phone's fault. I'm hoping that when Mozilla get's done tweaking their mobile browser it will be a better solution.

This device does not come with software to create or edit documents. I understand that third party apps are available for this purpose, but it's not something I've looked into as I don't intend to use the device for this purpose.

Verizon's EVDO network - though expensive - seems to be living up to it's billing so far. The lack of WiFi has not bothered me in the slightest. I gave my old WiFi equipped Palm Tungsten C to my wife when I got the Q, and I must say that I like the on-demand nature of EVDO much better than having to search for often hard to find WiFi networks. Subjectively, I have found the speeds while surfing the net to be comparable, with the Q perhaps being the faster of the two.

The unit has a solid, well built feel to it. I've dropped it only once (so far) from approximately chest high onto a hard tile floor. The battery cover and battery popped out and when skidding across the floor, but when put back together all worked fine. In the three weeks I've had it, I've had it refuse to turn on twice. Removing and then replacing the battery cured the problem. There was no data loss. I haven't noted any other functional glitches.

At the end of the day I chose the Q from among several other likely prospects because of its relatively small size. It's a bit slimmer than my wife's Razr. I won't wear a belt clip (I seem to have misplaced my pocket protector, and it wouldn't seem right to use one without the other), and the Q does fit neatly into the pocket of either my jeans or my suit coat. You do need to remember to lock the key pad when doing this. Incoming calls can be answered without unlocking it. Locking and unlocking is painless, requiring you to push two buttons in sequence on the pad.

In sum, aside from the maddening voice dialing issue it's a good phone which provides email, calendar and web surfing capability.

Hope this helps.

Battery Life Per Verizon Employee.......2007-04-23

Per Nick Riensch, a Verizon representative at their Largo, Florida, corporate store, "every salesperson tells every Q purchaser that the unit will not work well with the standard battery" and that "everyone knows to always sell the extended battery when they sell a Q."

We had replaced a RAZR with a Q; the RAZR would last about a week on a charge and the Q lasted less than 20 hours on standby with no calls, no running processes and no internet surfing or e-mail running. This is in the same house and work locations as the old RAZR and a Samsung i730, neither of which have any problems. After the first week, we went in and they replaced the battery, but we got the exact same results.

The following weekend when we complained again, Nick Riensch told us that "the only way [we were] going to get the phone to last more than a day was to buy the extended battery." We were still within the return period, so we dumped the Q and got a real PDA phone (the XV6700). No troubles at all with this one. The bottom line: Pass on the Q. Even Verizon's own employees tell customers (at least AFTER they make the sale) that the battery life estimates are not in (again per Nick) "real world" conditions.

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