Motorola Q9h (AT&T)
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"This is THE BEST all-around phone out in the US. Period. Read this..." on by jmaggard
Pros: Great Price ($199 after rebate), Great sound quality, NEVER FREEZES, great qwerty keyboard, 3G speed, great multitasking (without freezing), stereo bluetooth, expandable, great speaker , etc, etc
Cons: not many adaptors, chargers available
Summary: I have tried many phones, including all of cnet's top rated phones. none of them worked for me. the curve: no fast data (3G), which is so... nice to have. The 8925 tilt, freezes up a lot, hated touch screen, not a one-handed device, keyboard is slow b/c it is spread out too far (and a pain to slide out to get to!), and it was heavy as hell/large; blackjack-keyboard sucks! bad! and froze up constantly! I could go on, but not enough time.
-In summary, I have used all OS's (Treo's, Blackberry, 8925, etc, etc, and all have shortcomings. this device has it ALL (see PROS in my title). It is also expandable with apps, and NEVER FREEZES (this is so key for a smartphone, and all other smartphones I have use freeze up, which is absolutely unacceptable for me for my primary business phone!).
-by the way, killer speakerphone, holy crap, this thing is LOUD for a phone! I listen to mp3's and audio books alot, via stereo bluetooth, which works great!
-I gotta run, but even though this site rates this phone mediocre compared to other phones, believe me, it is not, especially for a "power user" like me. Go to phonescoop.com, and see user reviews there, and you will see many, many reviews, which rate the phone the best they have ever used, which is why I took the plunge and bought it. Trust me, I am so thrilled to have found this phone, and my search is over, thank goodness. Last, I get constant compliments on this phone, so the comments about mediocre looks is subjective, and in my opinion very inaccurate!
-PS, this phone is sooooo cheap, for $350, with $150 rebate, $200 net cost for this phone is a GREAT deal, I would pay almost any cost (within reason) for a phone with great voice quality (for business use), 3g data, great keyboard, multimedia (headphones), and fast qwerty keyboard like this has.
-enough of my rant, but wow, this phone rocks, you will NOT be disappointed! -
"Right on the mark for business users" on by sdankert
Pros: Clear display, thin, good keyboard for typing
Cons: Delay when launching apps and USB headphone adaptor
Summary: I am writing this review based on two days of use. As a business user, my primary needs are real-time push of my corporate email to my smart-phone, great cell phone charracteristics, and ability to review MS Office docs in email attachments. For these things this phone is excellent. My last phone was a Treo 650 (Palm OS). After two years of use it had become very unstable (even after a hard reset back to original configuration). I often had to endure multiple auto restarts when I attempted to make a call or at times where I was receiving a lot of email pushes. Further, that phone was really bad with dropped calls (Verizon was my carrier). With my Moto Q I have experienced none of these issues. Signal strength is great (no dropped calls yet) and I haven't had a single auto restart. I waited for the AT&T model to come out so I could get Windows Mobile 6 (Verizon is ver 5). I miss my touch screen from my Palm and it does take longer to switch from one application to another on my Moto but these are minor trade-offs for the much improved timeliness of email pushes (I get them on my phone within seconds of seeing them in my laptop inbox) and the stability of the calls and phone itself.
As a last note, if I was going to use this as my primary portable music device I might reconsider...I don't like having to carry around the USB to headphone adaptor...of course if I was using this for music I could just buy bluetooth headphones.Updated
My opinion of this product continues to improve. This phone is a huge improvement over my old Treo 650. Battery life is astounding...I spent the holiday weekend at a home with poor signal strength...my 650 would die after less than a day. With my Moto Q9h I lasted more than 3 days! In addition, my email synch with my corporate server is blazingly fast...my emails hit my phone within 10 seconds of seeing them in my inbox. The keyboard is a dream, way easier to type on than the old 650's cramped keys. I would rate this phone a 9 if I were doing it today. -
"Great phone for the price" on by dgrumich
Pros: Docs to Go over Office Mobile, great keyboard, slim design
Cons: where's the scroll wheel?
Summary: I've been using this phone for 4 days now and it's been great. Battery life has actually been better than advertised as I have only had to charge it once since I've had it. Documents to Go is a much better mobile document editing solution than Office Mobile so I was happy that they included it. I've been using IE over Opera as the browser since Opera just seemed sluggish loading pages. The keyboard buttons are rounded so it's very easy to use. I've only made a few typo's, which is pretty good on a PDA QWERTY keyboard. All in all, a great phone for the price.
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"Great Keyboard But One Complaint" on by triver83
Pros: Keyboard is Awesome, Sound Quallity is good. Speaker Phone is loud
Cons: Back Space Buttom Placement needs getting use to
Summary: Love the phone sound quality is awesome. The speakerphone is loud and will freak you out a couple of times when the phone rings.
The backspace button leaves a little bit to be desired took a little to get use to.
But besides this I would recommend over anything. -
"Great Phone but..." on by projectnation
Pros: GPS(!) and WM6
Cons: Battery life, size and no GPS cradle
Summary: As a major BlackJack fan and road warrior, I scooped up the Motorola Q9h because I wanted a similar product with Windows Mobile 6 and -- more importantly -- GPS.
As a road warrior, I spend an extra $10/day on GPS for the car, so I really wanted something that could save my company money. The integrated GPS and TeleNav software is very solid and speaks the words through the speaker or even your bluetooth device.
If you want a QWERTY keyboard phone, clean interface and integrated GPS, this is a great phone (note: I am waiting to see the BlackJack II that has the same features).
So here are my gripes first:
1) Just like the BlackJack, these companies sell you on the wow factor of a "thin" device. In reality they sell you a cheap power-less battery and you need to use the bigger battery that adds a larger case on the back.
2) Although some people complained about the BlackJack's keys being too close together, I never had a problem with this and was disheartened by the larger size of the Motorola which seems to be as a result of larger keys. This is bad for me and maybe better for you.
3) If you want to use TeleNav (and trust me road warriors, it is worth it) the software has a fee of about $10/month. Although worth it, I was really frustrated that yet another fee was added to the phone and that was not really clear to me (it was probably in that all-too-familiar fine print).
4) If you are using the AT&T unit (I don't know about other carriers), you will find the Opera browser front-and-center and Internet Explorer buried under a folder. This is not good because the Opera browser on WM6 is horrible. I just visited a bare-bones website that had a drop-down menu and the page would refresh to show details of what you selected. I got error messages from the site. The IE browser is superior in my opinion.
And here are my good comments:
1) Despite what others say about how the phone looks, I do get eyes from people about how nice it looks.
2) I don't know where this improvement lays but text messaging is really fast as compared to the 2125 or BlackJack.
3) Windows Mobile 6 greatly improves sync with Exchange and when used with Exchange 2007, the feature list is quite significant. If your company uses Exchange/Outlook, this is really the best product.
Overall, I am happy with the phone. Note to Motorola and Samsung: just develop the darn thing with the battery size in mind so I don't feel misled by the phone's size.
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