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Louise wrote:
> In article <d6cpqv$82u$1@smtp.tc.faa.gov>, psimon@yahoo.com says...
>> I am considering trading up from a VX4400 to a V710. Is that a good
>> move? Also, if you have the cable for the V710, can you download the
>> pictures taken to the PC, or do you always have to "send them"
>> incurring costs?
>>
>> Thanks..... Paul
>>
>>
>>
> I went from a VX 4400 to the 710 because I am in a poor reception area
> and the 4400 simply could not handle it. Perhaps my 4400 phone had
> grown faulty, although tech support could not find anything wrong with
> it.
>
> I've not had such good reception since my StarTac and I think the 710
> might even beat that as far as reception is concerned.
>
> The 710 has an excellent speakerphone and an incredible ability to
> voice dial from your address book. Without any training in all, I
> have been able to get 100% accuracy when I tell the 710 to dial a
> particular name which is already in my address book. The ringer
> volume and vibrate settings are clickable on the side, but not so
> that you frequently set it to some of the setting when you never
> meant to which used to happen to me all the time with the 4400.
> Voice clarity on the 710 is better although I do not think that it is
> quite as loud even at full volume as the 4400 was. I have sometimes
> put it on to speakerphone to get more volume when on a very noisy
> street.
>
> The down side so far, and I've only had it about two weeks, is that
> the 710 is heavier and somewhat larger (although a little thinner).
> I don't find it as comfortable to hold in my hand but I'm getting
> used to it.
>
> One other objection I have to the 710, aside from the ways that
> Verizon has crippled it, is that the size of the display font for
> phone numbers, address book etc. is too small. This might be a
> problem, or not, depending upon your vision. However, since the
> voice dialing is so good, I find that I rarely have to use my address
> book to make a call. The front display (when closed) is not as color
> customizable and Motorola insists upon offering a pattern in the
> background which makes the outer display a little harder to read --
> again something that you might or might not have problems with
> depending upon your vision.
>
> For me, there really is no comparison because with the V710 I have
> more than adequate reception everywhere and that is far from what I
> had when in weak signal areas with the 4400.
>
> I don't much care about the camera and in fact I wish it wasn't there.
> I wish that Verizon had not crippled its use as an MP3 player.
>
> I think it's a very good phone and you can get it had a very good
> price. If you have a specific question I've not covered, post back.
>
> Louise
The v710 and the BT headset is a spectacular combination if you
make/take calls frequently. I do agree that the speaker volume is a bit
low compared to my v265. There is a volume hack at www.nuclearelephant
that supposedly opens up the volume to max.
Q
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