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3.5 stars
"Great features, but has bugs"
Pros: Stylish, excellent features, excellent battery life
Cons: Needs to be rebooted daily, reception not as good
Summary: I upgraded from a LG UX5000 because the battery life on the LG was poor. The battery life on this ROKR is great. The only bad thing about it was that once you get a notification or two that the battery is low, it will just die. With the LG, I'd usually have another 5 minutes of talk time before dropping.
My reception was slightly better with the LG. I drive through a weak spot in US Cellular's network every day, but I usually don't drop a call there with the LG. The ROKR dropped the call there the first time.
I've never had a slider phone before, so I was fascinated by that feature for the first week I owned the phone...but I had to buy some wipes for the fingerprints that constantly show up on the screen. If you've never used a slider before, you really don't have to open the phone to use it. In fact, I rarely open the phone at all. It's only necessary when I need to use the number pad (otherwise I just scroll through the contacts).
After a few days I started having a few problems with the phone. Sometimes the backlight would not go out, draining the battery. Sometimes the phone would just shut off for no reason. I took the phone to a US Cellular store, and the tech told me to try rebooting the phone more often. I don't have many problems now as long as I shut the phone off once a day. This is annoying, but honestly, I pretty much have to do the same with my computer. I hope that this problem can be fixed with a firmware update. I did have to reboot my LG phones once in a while, but it was more like once or twice a month.
I love the fact that I can use MP3's for ringtones. US Cellular used to block this feature on their phones, but I found a workaround with the LG. This phone and other Motorolas are very easy to use this feature. I purchased a bluetooth adapter, and it worked great to transfer the MP3's. I was also able to transfer MP3's via the bluetooth to the MicroSD card that came with the phone.
The stereo headset that comes with the phone sounds good for music and also works as a hands-free device. I did have a problem with this, where the volume would adjust automatically. I would sometimes not hear the first word of every sentence. I did purchase a bluetooth headset, which worked great with the phone.
The speakerphone works well and even music sounds surprisingly good coming out of the speaker.
No flash with the camera...but seriously, do those things ever work?
Overall, I love the phone but I hate its little bugs and having to reboot it once or twice a day. If Motorola were to release a fix for that, I would probably give the phone a 9.Updated
I contacted Motorola regarding the glitches I was having with my phone. They said that it wasn't normal and I should try a master reset. I did, and it didn't help. I ended up returning the phone for a replacement. The new phone had no problems at all.
I added a Kingston 2GB MicroSD card. It didn't work right away because the phone wouldn't format it. The manual specifically says that it can only guarantee a 2GB card if it were a SanDisk card. I formatted the Kingston card in my wife's KRZR, and then put it back into the ROKR, and it worked fine after that.
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