Acer TM8003LMI-2MB PM-1.6 512MB 60GB ( LX.T4206.100 )

Acer TM8003LMI-2MB PM-1.6 512MB 60GB ( LX.T4206.100 )
Manufacturer: Acer America Altos Servers
Product Type: Personal Computer

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The TravelMate 8000 series is ideal for fast-moving users from small medium or large corporations or self-employed professionals in search of a slim and stylish work instrument that combines state-of-the-art components, top performance extra-long battery life with highly flexible communication and security facilities to deliver an excellent multimedia-orientated desktop replacement notebook.

Average customer rating: 3.0

Adequate Phone, Poor Voice Dialing & Bluetooth
Superb Basic Cell Phone
Bad Reception - hard to use
Pretty Good Basic Phone
Exactly the features I wanted but hampered by poor voice quality

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Motorola V195 Phone (T-Mobile)

Manufacturer: T-Mobile
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000G2TOM2

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The sleek and stylish Motorola V195 Phone combines the most advanced features with T-Mobile service for a first-class mobile phone. An update to the Motorola V190, the V195 adds Bluetooth to let you integrate your phone with your other portable devices, giving you a powerful and convenient mobile office. Extremely lightweight at under four ounces, the V195 includes quad-band GSM, full-color interior screen and monochrome external display, speakerphone, Java version MIDP 2.0, 10 MB memory, a phonebook capacity of 500 entries, and much more.

Design
Using the classic clamshell design that packs more features in a compact package, such as including both internal and external displays. The external display is a monochrome LCD screen measuring 96 x 32; the internal LCD screen supports up to 65,536 colors at a size of 128 x 160 to give you brilliant images. An ergonomic keypad makes dialing, text-messaging, and online surfing comfortable and easy. On the left side are the volume control and smart keys to give you quick access to your most frequently used functions, and a built-in miniature USB port helps maximize your connectivity options. The V195 also has a 2.5 mm headset jack for hands-free communication.

Calling Features
With the V195's phone book capacity that allows you to store up to 500 contacts, it's easy to stay in touch with friends, family, and business associates. To help you keep track of who you're talking to, the V195 lets you assign picture and ringer IDs to each contact. The phone uses polyphonic ringtones, which provide a more natural and realistic sound for melodies, whether you've downloaded them or created them yourself using the built-in customized ringtones feature. And when necessary or desired, the V195 can also be set on vibration mode so that you won't disturb people around you. And when you don't need to worry about disturbing others, the V195 offers voice dialing for up to five of your favorite contacts, so all you have to do is speak a name, and the call is made for you. In addition, if you need to make group calls or just like to have hands-free operation, the V195's speaker phone is the perfect feature for you. And like all T-Mobile phones, the V195 supports voicemail, caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting, call hold, built-in paging, and access to T-Mobile's 411 service. Lastly, the phone's Bluetooth connectivity means that your favorite Bluetooth headset is fully compatible.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The V195 offers versatility in messaging. Employing both EMS 5.0 (Enhanced Messaging Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), the phone lets you included various media when you are communicating with friends. from small pictures, melodies, and animation, to larger files, such as graphics, photos, and audio and video clips. You'll be able to share ringtones and wallpapers, as well as send files to email accounts. And of course the V195 includes SMS (Short Messaging Service) to give you basic two-way text messaging. Internet connectivity is also a breeze with the V195. Enabled with the GPRS class 10 protocol, the phone provides a high-speed wireless internet connection without the need to establish a full connection such as a phone call. And with the industry standard web browser capability of WAP 2.0 / xHTML Mobile Profile, you'll be able to navigate the web easily on your phone's main display. When used with T-Mobile's t-zones service, the V195 will keep you up-to-date with the latest news headlines, weather updates, traffic reports, and sports results.

For added convenience, the V195 includes a number of handy productivity tools such as an alarm clock, a calculator, and a calendar. Equipped with PC Sync, the phone can make a cable connection with a computer to synchronize calendar and contact information between both units. And because the V195 is data-capable, you can use it as a modem to connect another computer to the internet. Extras and Entertainment
With its remarkable internal display screen, images show up in sharp, brilliant colors on the V195, so go ahead and customize screensavers, backgrounds, and themes to suit your mood. And with Java version MIDP 2.0 installed, the V195 is an excellent gaming companion. Games are available for download through T-Mobile's t-zones service.

Vital Statistics
The Motorola V195 weighs 3.55 ounces and measures 3.58 x 1.85 x 0.94 inches. Powered by a 1020 mAh lithium-ion battery, it will give you up to 10.4 hours of talk time and up to 525 hours, or 21.9 days, of standby time. This phone operates on the GSM 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Adequate Phone, Poor Voice Dialing & Bluetooth.......2007-03-18

My thoughts on the Motorola V195 are mixed. For its main purpose, as a handheld phone, it works satisfactorily. This gets the phone three stars since this is how I mostly use it. Because it is better than entry-level, I expected more, but did not really get more. That is where it lost two stars.

Basic Functions
* As regular phone:
Works fine. Reception is usually clear, cut-offs rare. Phone numbers are saved well, although I wish I could group numbers (work, cell, home) into one name rather than having separate entries. Speaker phone works well. Ear bug has no problems.

* Physical phone:
Light, but not lightweight -- plenty of lighter units can be found. The protective rubber piece which covers the outlets for the ear bug and recharger, fell off and was lost. It was difficult to use before that. The time displays well, and has, for most purposes, replaced my watch. I can adjust the volume easily from an outside button.

*Extras
Bluetooth:
The upgrade I bought this phone for, Bluetooth headset usage, disappointed me. The headset is extra, and does not come with the standard phone. I consider voice dialing on this unit useless. My voice is in no way unusual, with a common Midwest accent. However, when I say 'Steve' it dials my dad or others. 'Dad' could likewise bring me in contact with others.

Even when I am in a quiet room or my car, the reception using the headset is terrible. I use the ear bug instead.

If you need a good phone, you will be happy with this one. Need to use Bluetooth? Keep shopping.

Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

Superb Basic Cell Phone.......2006-08-03

I got this phone to replace my home landline, and so far, I have zero complaints/issues. The battery life is exceptional, and here in the Philadelphia suburbs, T-Mobile provides great service. The call quality is outstanding, and the phone is comfortable to use. The build quality seems very good, so if you're looking for a no-nonsense phone, without the bells and whistles, this is the phone for you.

Update:
At about 2 weeks into ownership, I can confirm that the phone continues to work flawlessly. The only very minor "con", is the bottom usb/earphone jack cover. You have to wrestle with it a bit to move it aside to make room for whatever you plug in. Rather than deal with that, I found a great deal (on that popular auction site), on a spare BT60 battery w/desktop charger. I just swap batteries in and out of it, as opposed to plugging the charger into the phone. Other than that though, still 2 thumbs up!

Bad Reception - hard to use.......2006-08-02

I got this phone to avoid all the bells and whistles of the camera phones. I just wanted a simple phone to send and receive phone calls. This is not the one. The reception is terrible. I live in a moderately sized city and have a 3 mile drive to work near a major interstate. My phone dropped calls near the major interstate and did not work in most buildings. Forget using it while shopping in a mall or a Target. I was never a big fan of Motorola and decided to give them a second chance. I would not have purchased this phone again. It also seemed to have problems finding the T-Mobile signal and would roam to Cingular. I have also noticed the battery does not last as long as they claim. I would say about half what is stated is more correct. The phone's features are also cumbersome. There is a lot of button pushing for not a lot of anything. The phone list does not let you place numbers that you call at frequently at the front. They are alphabetized no matter where you want them to be. There is a speed dial but it requires as least three button pushes and who wants to have to remember just what number is what person (I have enough to remember). The only plus is the Bluetooth - that is if you can get a signal to use it.

Pretty Good Basic Phone.......2006-07-07

I got this phone a week ago. I am Dallas with T-Mobile service.

Call Quality: Very Good
Bluetooth: Motorola Phone Tools cost a lot of money and will not put recurring calendar appointments with end dates into the phones calendar. I have used XP bluetooth support to upload a few images. That is very easy and fast. i haven't used a bluetooth headset.

Usability: The menu seems a bit slow and complex. The keys are okay size, but there are too many of them. Also, my old Nokia had the "back button" on the right and the "select" on the left. Moto is the opposite. I constantly hit the wrong one.

The speed dialing is odd. You press speed number followed by # key. This just brings up the phone book entry. Then you have to press the call button. There is also a press and hold speed dial function for buttons 1-9.

Speakerphone: This seems to work well. It is quite loud.

Battery life: very good. It seems it will last well past a week on the full battery level without a charge (if you aren't talking). On recent 1 week vacation I charged before leaving, never turning off the phone. After one week the phone showed 2/3 battery level. I talked about 2 hours during that time frame.

Exactly the features I wanted but hampered by poor voice quality.......2006-06-23

Pros: Bluetooth, mp3 support, USB connector, nice large external display
Cons: Internal screen is just ok, software is just ok, voice quality sucks.

This phone had exactly the features I was looking for. I don't use the camera on the phone I have now and did not want to pay for another camera phone. The bluetooth worked well. The ability to use mp3s for ring tones was great. The phone has a mini USB connector for data transfer and charging. You'll need to pay for the Motorola Phone tools if you want to charge it from your computer (Windows XP). It will charge just fine with no software on a Mac. Coming from a Sony Ericsson phone, it took me awhile to figure out where things where on this phone. The handy date book and calculator were buried under settings->tools. The menus and buttons are highly configurable and after spending a few hours customizing it, I had things set up where I found the phone usable.

Where this phone fell flat was on its most basic function, talking to other people. Incoming calls sounded muffled, like the other person was talking through a pillow. I had to just about yell so other people could hear me. The same was true using a bluetooth headset. I didn't want to be the loud talking cell phone guy, so I returned the phone. I was at the end of my 14 days, so I did not elect to try another one.

If you are considering this phone, try it out in the store and be sure to make a call on it. Try the same call on your current or another phone to make sure its good. I noticed the difference immediately when I went back to my old phone. If motorola gets the voice quality fixed, this will be at least a 4 star phone.

For the Apple fans out there, iSync does not support this phone as of this writing. You can hack iSync to get this phone to work.
For the Salling Clicker fans, Clicker does not support this phone as of this writing.

Update:
I decided to give this phone a second chance and got a new one.

The 2nd v195 I had worked better, but still had problems. The sound quality was much better. The voice dialing would recognize me. It would also lock up the phone sometimes.

Round two resulted in reception problems. The 2nd phone was at least one bar lower on the signal strength then another v195 in the T-Mobile store. I also tried dialing my v195 from a Nokia 6103 in the store. I never did receive the call.

This phone still has potential, it just needs some Quality Assurance back at the factory. Maybe Motorola can take the two bad ones I've sent back and make one good one. If you are serious about this phone, be sure you buy it from a place that is easy on returns.

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