Motorola Q Cell Phone

Reviewed by: averase

Duration of ownership: 1 Month

Strengths: Thin, light easy to use interface

Weaknesses: Must purchase a data plan, but Verizon doesn't tell you that before you buy. Had to replace the phone twice. Battery life is a joke. No Office applications. Can view, but not edit, Office documents. Never did pair it with a Belkin Bluetooth adapter.

Overall Evaluation: It isn't so much the phone, but Verizon's backhanded sales gotchas. I had the phone for a month before I got a bill from Verizon. They had piled up $350 dollars in data services, which I never used. The phone was "phoning home" to update applications without my permission. In the process of trying to resolve this bill, I was told, "You should never have been sold this phone without a data services contract." Duh. Ya think? Why is this even necessary? Could they never have envisioned someone who just might want a combo phone and PDA? As to the phone. I had to replace it twice before I got one that worked. The battery that comes with the phone is exhausted in eight hours tops. The extended life battery lasts about sixteen hours without a recharge. The extended life battery ruins the thin design. The lack of support for Office applications is a turn-off. You can get a document viewer, you can even use this phone to do presentations, but you have to edit on your PC. The sound is adequate and loading music is a piece of cake, but you'd do better with a KRAZR if whate you want is music. I know. I traded in this dog for a KRAZR, not that using the KRAZR is easy, but that's another story. The phone isn't a very adept PDA, so next purchase is - A PDA. Verizon's hidden charges and the phone calling home all day are the big problems as I see it. If what you are looking for is a phone get a phone. If what you want is a PDA, get a PDA. This phone just isn't capable.