The VGA-resolution camera is a definite highlight of the Motorola V360, especially now that pictures can be uploaded directly to your computer. The camera includes three resolutions (640x480, 320x240, and 160x120), six lighting settings, a 4X zoom, and five shutter tones. After taking your shots, you can send them in a message, apply them as wallpaper or a screensaver, and move them to a PC via the TransFlash card. The phone will hold roughly 100 pictures, but once again, that uses shared memory and assumes no other data on the handset. We are disappointed that the V360 does not have a flash, as even the Night setting did not work as well as a flash would. You can also take videos with sound, at a resolution of 176x144, and for a maximum of 30 seconds. Since the V360 is a VGA camera, photo quality was nothing special, and videos were choppy and pixelated.
Except for one title (Pinball), the Java (J2ME) gaming applications on the phone are mostly demos that require you to download and pay for full versions of the games. We're used to such miserly behavior from Sprint and Verizon but not T-Mobile, so it was a shock to see such a skimpy selection. We are impressed with the audio player application, which allowed us to easily create playlists, change the order of songs, and play songs at random or on repeat.
We tested the triband (GSM 850/1800/1900; EDGE) Motorola V360 on the T-Mobile network in San Francisco. We encountered decent call quality with acceptable clarity and volume. We occasionally had trouble getting a signal but only when we were in older, concrete buildings. The phone did a good job in windy conditions, but callers could tell we were using a cell phone. We did have a substantial amount of interference with the car phone and the computer speakers.Regarding the Motorola V360's digital audio player, the sound quality would benefit from treble and bass settings, and the speakerphone distorts the songs, but overall, the player is a step in the right direction and a nice addition to the phone.
The Motorola V360 has a rated talk time of 5 hours. In our tests, we got 4.75 hours on a single charge. Standby time was only 7 days, compared with the promised time of 10 days. According to FCC radiation tests, the Motorola V360 has a digital SAR rating of 1.51 watts per kilogram.
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