Motorola V80 TriBand Mobile Phone w/Camera (5)
Bluetooth 8 Aug 2004

V80 video run through

Click the play button to play recorded video clip of V80.

Conclusion

The Motorola V80 is a fashion phone with a rotatable screen. It comes with the necessary features needed in a phone with the addition of the fanciful rhythm lights. The voice quality is excellent and exceptionally loud. Even with the Bluetooth ear piece, it is still very clear.

The built-in camera  allows you to take portrait or landscape photos easily. The photos taken are pretty good considering it is just a VGA phone camera.

In SMS mode, there is a bit of lag when keying in the text. If we remain in text mode, incoming SMS won't be notified until you go back to the main menu. Just make sure you press Back to go back to main menu after sending your SMS.

Bluetooth is built in for connecting with other devices. I used it with the A835 and ASUS PDA to transfer in/out MP3 and JPEG files. As the PDA does not support OBEX object push, I am unable to send Java apps into the phone. The only alternative is to upload it to a WAP site and use GPRS to download it. Infra Red is missing from the phone.

Overall, a well built phone with rhythm lights that will captivate your friends. Personally, it impresses me in some ways but I still prefer a phone that has memory expansion capabilities.

Pros :

• Good reproduction of colours in captured images

• Screen visible under strong sunlight

• JAVA, MMS, GPRS

• Bluetooth

• Speakerphone

Cons :

• No Radio

• No Infra Red

• No External storage

• Java upload is cumbersome; only via GPRS or Bluetooth (with object push)

(C) Copyright 1998-2009 OCWorkbench.com