Motorola E770 - user opinions and reviews
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7.9
- Features
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8.0
- Performance
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8.0
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- Anish
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hi, I just bought this phone and was wondering. Are you allowed to download mp3 songs from your computer, using the USB cable? thanks
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- 2005-12-23 12:41
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- Anonymous
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has anyone tried listening to mp3 over bluetooth, what's the quality like.
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- 2005-12-23 10:57
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- Rich
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In answer to Johnny's question:
I now believe the phone has a 65K colour display. As you say, various websites give different information. The Motorola website states 65K, and this website also states 65K (this is the website Vodafone use if you ring them for specifications). The only ones I notice stating 262,000 are the ones giving a preview of the phone. But the manual does not state the colour.
Having said that, if it is 65K then i'm not bothered, as the display looks very good to me. The only thing I have noticed, is when transfering pictures to the phone, use direct card access, don't use phonetools, as this converts the image, and results in poor quality (or i'm doing something wrong!)
As for is it a good phone, I'm cerainly happy with it. I don't see how you can get anything else with the same spec at anywhere near this price, the closest is the Samsung Z140, but no expandable memory option on that one. The only thing I wish was that I could get the black version, as i'm not too keen on the colour of this one, but thats the only slight niggle.
I have only just noticed it supports POP3, so I can now access my NTL email account from the phone, another little bonus :)
I will be interested to see if this promotion does end on the 24th Dec, and see what the price goes up to.
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- 2005-12-21 21:57
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- Cosmicbrain
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Hi i Bought it in Germany but there was noch Cable and no Driver for this Mobile, Cable doesn´t matter but i need the the software, can someone tell where i ken Download it
thx for awnser
Cosmicbrain
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- 2005-12-21 19:27
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- Johnny
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Hello, fot those who have this phone, could you tell if it has a display of 65.000 or 220.000 colours because the sites and forums I've been going to hadn't had the same answer for that.
And do you think this is a good phone to buy considering its specs and price? I'm thinking on buying it with the points promotion of Vodafone, so it will cost me 100€. Do you think it is a goog acquisition?
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- 2005-12-21 15:45
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- Rich
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In response the the previous 2 questions, my phone came with Phonetools V4, which allows you to sync with Outlook express/Outlook and Lotus Notes.
It also allows you to do the following:
File Transfer Studio
Transfer your photos, videos and ringtones to your PC and vice versa with the File Transfer Studio
Image Studio
Edit pictures and use them as wallpapers and screensavers with the Image Studio
Melody Studio
Edit your favorite music files or audio CD tracks and use them as ringtones with the Melody Studio
Video Studio
Compose video with sound and titles and transfer them to your mobile device with the Video Studio
MMS Studio
Compose multimedia messages with pictures, sounds and titles and send them to your friends with the MMS Studio
As for the voice recorder, not sure exactly what you meant by that, I don't think the phone has a voice recorder built in, but for music you can easily copy any mp3's to the phone, either for listening through the audio player or to use as ringtones.
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- 2005-12-18 15:09
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- Mags
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Hey,i mite be gettin dis fone 4 xmas,just wondering can u record songs on it?? voice recorder sorta thing??? let me know asap
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- 2005-12-17 18:43
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- Samael
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Cool Phone. Nice features... Can you tell me what version of the Phone Tools software is needed to synchronize this particular phone, the E770v, with de PC (Outlook and others)?
Thkx
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- 2005-12-17 16:48
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- colonel
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I agree with your comments Rich. The battery seems to get longer with each charge. Video and camera usage does tend to eat in to it, but it does in every phone i've used.
I have to say that if they made this phone 2mm thinner, 1mm shorter, encased it in a metal body and upped the screen resolution to 240x320 it would be the best phone out there. Which says alot for the £90 i paid for it compared to £299 for the samsung z500 or £130 for the sony v600 which I don't think are in the same league.
rgds
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- 2005-12-15 12:14
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- Rich
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First of all, my last post was regarding getting voice activation to work. A quick call to Motorola sorted the problem (nice they answered the phone promptly too), they suggested doing a hardware reset on the phone (from the options menu) and this solved the problem. Now when I select 'name dial' it gives me the screen prompting you for a name.
As for the phone, I can't realy complain at all. For £100 it's a decent phone, with lots of features. The bluetooth works fine now with my Jabra 250, using voice dial works very well.
The call quality is very good, loud ringer volume which people seem to complain about on a lot of phones.
You can also use mp3's as ringtones, the software included even allows you to edit music and copy to the phone.
You can use the supplied software to sync your phone with Outlook, which was handy as all my contacts were in Outlook.
The screen is very clear and bright.
Sky looks pretty good, but can vary depending on signal quality. Not sure I would want to pay £5 for a package unless it improves a bit more, but i'll keep testing it over the next month (thats quality of picture, not content, that will deffinately need to improve!).
I was a bit concerned that after charging the battery on the first night, it only lasted about 8 hours the next day, with little use. But having charged it again overnight, it's now been on for 14 hours and still shows battery status at 6/6 - so either the battery on the 2nd charge is lasting a LOT longer or my battery meter is messed up...soon find out :)
Overall very happy (now the battery seems to last more than half a day). I wasn't sure at first about the size and colour (white edges) of the phone, but must admit it doesn't feel that big and i'm getting use to the look of it now.
I needed a new phone to replace an old philips that keeps turning itself off. I was interested in a 3G phone, and wanted Vodafone PAYG but had 3 or 4 on my mind. In case it helps anyone, here's why I went for this one:
Motorola E770V - 3G, Supports Bluetooth with voice dialing. Expandable memory, large good quality screen. Nice features.
Samsung z140 - similar price and spec, but DOES NOT have expandable memory or voice dialing.
Motorola V1050 - A bit more expensive, 1.3mp camera, but DOES NOT support bluetooth (even though the vodafone website says it does).
Samsung Z500 - Too similar spec for an extra £150. Also don't think it supports voice dialing and too many complaints about battery life.
Sony V600i - Again similar spec and price, but no expanded memory.
So all in all, £100 for a phone with all those features, and it's easy to use, not found any problems so far (except it needing a hardware reset - hopefuly only the once), i'm very happy with it.
According to Vodafone it is on promotion at £100 until Dec 24. Don't know what the new price will be, have to wait and see if that is the case.
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- 2005-12-14 23:22
- iL$x
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- Rich
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I have had this phone for a couple of days, and will post my thoughts on it soon....but 1 question to people that have one. Have you got the voice dial to work ?
I can use voice dial to speak a phone number digit by digit, and it works fine, but I can't get it to accept a name from my phone contacts list. If anyone has tried it, please let me knoe if you had any success.
Rich.
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- 2005-12-14 12:57
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- colonel
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its does indeed have a flash (actually a bright light, in common with other phones)
it also has a dedicated camera button, so you can take pictures quickly without going through the menu
rgds
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- 2005-12-14 11:13
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- Adam
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Hi, I was just wondering if this phone has a flash on it? Cheers :D
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- 2005-12-14 01:24
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- colonel
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dunno about the guy who compared moto with siemens. this is an awesome phone. the main corner cut is the vga camera, but as all phone cameras are complete pants this hardly make a difference to me. the best phone camera i have used is the sony 750i, but when compared to my canon ixus 700 the picture are not worth taking.
this is my review of this phone:
just bought a motorola e770v from vodafone shop for £90 (gave me a tenner off the official price). got a bit bored of my v3 and wanted try the new sky content on voda 3g.
very impressive phone for the price, some things could be improved but can't complain for £90.
+ points
1. clear excellent screen (176x220)
2. bluetooth with modem profiles
3. usb cable included in box
4. stereo headphones included in box
5. expandable with transfask card (32m one included)
6. good mp3 player
7. video play back quality quite good
8. new sky channels render well and are nice when bored on a train - although no substitute for real thing of course
9. looks good
10. sits in hand well
11. feels sturdily built
12. 5 generation motorola 3g phone, have learnt alot, much less buttons then e1000 and better thought out
13. quite light, only 108 grams
14. speakerphone
15. 1900 band for usa and other country usage
16. good moto facility of being able to choose band. saves battery where no 3g available
17. browser quite good. still experimenting but actually manages to render some real html pages
18. full version of moto phone tools cd included (i.e. can sync with outlook out of the box, not like the horrible 'light' version that moto has been shipping with some phones)
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1. only vga camera (but i don't care as i never use phone cameras)
2. to get to menu have to click joystick on main screen, no special button for this
3. joystick a bit wobbly, might just be my one, although works well
4. still thicker then 2g phone, but weight more then makes up
5. no case included (who am I kidding for £90!)
6. no radio
7. voda version has white sides which might become dirty
8. transflash card is installed under battery, although i never take this out so i don't care.
I think this phone could do really well as a £200 phone. It beats the sony v600 in everything but camera (that is 1.3 mega).
IMHO beats the e1000.
battery life seems quite good. beats the hell out of the samsung z500 and is lasting for 3days and nights with my normal usage.
in summary an awesome, well built and small 3g phone. vga camera is main downer if you are into pictures.
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- 2005-12-14 00:55
- MVBs
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