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Motorola MotoRokr T505

80

Very Good
  • Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Streams music and calls over your stereo
  • Cons
  • Pricey
  • Noticeable static during many calls

User Reviews for Motorola MotoRokr T505

  • Reviewed by: bridlewood

    Duration of ownership: 1 Month

    Strengths: Good reception

    Weaknesses: Poor design. Powers down after 30 minutes of inactivity. One then has to press and hold Power button to switch it on and then press Call button to answer cell phone. Not good handsfree use. Also FM will power off after 10 minutes and one has to fiddle with tuning to another FM station. Again, not good handsfree use.

    Overall Evaluation: Design is badly flawed due to power off. Why not allow device to stay on while in vehicle?

  • 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.

  • Reviewed by: jdwayne59

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Everything

    Weaknesses: None

    Overall Evaluation: This little bluetooth gadget is simply awesome and amazing. Great noise cancellation during phone calls and great mp3 streaming to the car stereo from my N95 handset.I love it and wish I had ordered one sooner. By the way, these are 139.00 at Best Buy.This unit is RETAIL, in plastic with all acessories and operations manual.Order it, you won't be dissapointed!

  • Reviewed by: dongreywolf

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: versatile, long battery life

    Weaknesses: none so far

    Overall Evaluation: wanted to get rid of my BT earpiece; this unit works very well. I found that using it thru my car radio wasn't as convenient as I thought; I was never sure if it was working when I wasn't listening to the radio. However using it in speaker mode works just fine. Volume is adequate, and the listener seems to hear well, even with my driver's window down.Goes a week or more between charges. If you're tired of wearing that damned earpiece, check this out. Good deal for the price.

  • Reviewed by: how4546

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: When adjusted just right it works great. Almost perfect answer to driving hands free. Much better than the 3 bluetoothear units that I have tried.

    Weaknesses: Volume control is tricky. Too low they hear fine but I can't. Too loud I hear but it breaks up on their end.

    Overall Evaluation: Had the 501 model before, but it was stolen. This model seems to be a little harder to adjust just right. I am now using the unit by doing the extra steps to set up to play through radio which seems to work well for both parties.

  • Reviewed by: ibondu

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: It is very clear and works well with the LG Dare.

    Weaknesses: Has no wall charger. Playing as a phone through the car speakers it is really clear. The fact that it only stays on for 10 minutes at a time while in standby mode is a minus.

    Overall Evaluation: I have had the T505 for 3 months now. When I first bought it I wanted to use it with my Samsung SCH-U740. It paired up quickly however it would only work as a Bluetooth Speakerphone and the music features would not work. Playing as a phone through the car speakers it is really clear. The fact that it only stays on for 10 minutes at a time while in standby mode is a minus. Unless you know you have an incoming call you would not be able to use the stereo speakers. This I presume is done to conserve the battery and does not affect the playing of music (see more comments). The T505 speaker is very adequate on its own. I just recently upgraded my phone to the new Verizon LG Dare the phone again paired up easily and not only this time worked as a speakerphone but also the music capabilities worked as well. It does play your music through the speakers without shutting off after 10 minutes not like when the phone is being used in standby. The T505 has beautiful hands free features such as hands free dialing and many other voice features that are hands free with the Dare. The charger that is included with the T505 plugs into the car and is totally inadequate as you can not drive around with the T505 on you visor charging with a cord hanging down. I will say once the T505 is charged it goes forever. I just ended up buying a charger on eBay for $3.95 including S&H after finding out through numerous emails and phone calls to Motorola which one would work. I think for the price they should include a wall charger. Overall I have to give the T505 5 Stars and defiantly would recommend this to anyone.

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