As I noted earlier, I replaced my old Nokia 3650 with a Motorola V551. I thought hoped that the inability to sync with my Mac via Bluetooth wouldn't be a big deal. I was wrong. I tried syncing using a friend's USB cable, and it was a hit-and-miss affair. Furthermore I couldn't transfer photos, video clips or data between the two. I guess Motorola and Cingular want to force me to use billable air time and bandwidth to move stuff around.
The other thing I realized is that I've gone off flip phones. Over the years I've had both fixed and flip units, and I guess I forgot how inconvenient it can be to flip open a phone one-handed. If I was planning to use my headset all the time, a flip might be OK, but I'm not. Oh, well. Cingular has a 30 day no-questions return policy, so I'll probably trade the V551 in for a Treo 650 some time in the next few days.
Posted by geoff2 at February 9, 2005 02:26 PMThey need to make flip phones with a spring in. That way you could just hit a button and it will flip open.
I don't care for the treo because it doesn't fit as nicely in my pocket as my current (difficult-to-flip) flip phone.
Perhaps a phone which extends like an antenna would work well?
Posted by: Mark J Musnate at February 9, 2005 03:11 PMuse bluetooth to transfer the photos and video clips, that works for me. does music too, no problem.
I finally bought a real motorola cable and it worked fine for syncing the calendar, very iffy for contacts.
Can you return the headset? Around here I am not sure you can.
I think you would be wise to cut your loss, I wish I could have.
Posted by: Susan in St. Paul at February 9, 2005 10:31 PMTalked to a Real Human Being(tm) at a Cingular store, and she confirmed the 30 days return policy.
I have too many cables; I'll just lose it.
Posted by: Geoff Arnold at February 9, 2005 11:38 PM