Motorola MotoRokr T505

Reviewed by: kz3c8z

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Works as expected 80% of the timeBattery life is good

Weaknesses: Audio is mediocre.Difficult to tell when pairing is completeVoice recognition with phone has issuesBattery operatedPower on/off button is awkward due to delay.A device only an engineer would

Overall Evaluation: Unless you are willing to spend some time with this device and get to know it's idiosyncrasies you're probably not going to be satisfied with it. Delayed start and audible beep can be confusing.In general, combination of blinking lights and audio feedback is not an effective user interface.When using the built-in speaker, listeners complained of a far off / cave like sound to my voice despite microphone placement.With the Nokia 6550, the first voice recognition beep is lost. Only on subsequent voice rec attempts with the initial voicerec ready beep be heard.I'm using it effectively now, but until I got used to it I'm sure I was more distracted by it than I ever was just speed dialing the phone and talking with one hand driving.This device has convinced me that the only good solution for a bluetooth speakerphone in a vehicle is an integrated one i.e. one where the vehicle manufacturer has spent time to engineer a complete solution. Because:- Speaker is integrated with vehicle speaker and audio system.- Microphone placement is optimized for the vehicle.- Battery is the car battery.- Feedback for voice recognition is immediate.- Push to talk button is on the steering column.Some of these features are available with more expensive speakerphone and installations, but hopefully at some point vehicle manufacturers will make this feature more common and less expensive.