Is the V710 really out

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I have read that some individuals have been able to buy the new Motorola
V710 at Radio Shack. I am sure that the new phones will be in very short
supply but is it true that they are available currently at Radio Shack. Has
anyone been able to get one from there or for that matter anywhere (other
than ebay at a very inflated price). Speaking of price, what is the retail
price of the new phone.

I would really be interested in any feedback on the phone, (voice quality,
battery life, Bluetooth, etc.)

Thanks for any meaningful replies.

Bruce D. Brown

 

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In article <kgtQc.31$Qa4.15@twister.socal.rr.com>,
"Bruce D. Brown" <bdbrown@socal.rr.com> wrote:

> I have read that some individuals have been able to buy the new
> Motorola V710 at Radio Shack. I am sure that the new phones will be
> in very short supply but is it true that they are available currently
> at Radio Shack.

Yes; I saw and handled one there. But I'm not eligible for an update
until September 1st, so I didn't buy it.

And I probably won't buy it until they fix it to let me upload the
address book to my car.

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[Gator]

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http/www.vzwshop.com/motorola , but recommend www.howardforums.com

 

[Gator]

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I hope you meant that the price was $320. Not $520.

 

[Mike]

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:30:11 -0700, "Gator" <gator2@webmail.co.za>
wrote:

>I hope you meant that the price was $320. Not $520.

Retail at Radio Shack on the V710 is $519. I think the
2-year-contract price ends up being $249 after that rebate, which
would make the initial price $319.

Problem solved.

Mike

 

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On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:42:03 -0400, Mike <inundated9@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Retail at Radio Shack on the V710 is $519. I think the
>2-year-contract price ends up being $249 after that rebate, which
>would make the initial price $319.

Would it have been cheaper to buy it at a VZW corporate store rather
than at Rat Shack?

Dave

 

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On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 18:10:51 -0400, Diamond Dave
<dmine45.NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Would it have been cheaper to buy it at a VZW corporate store rather
>than at Rat Shack?

No idea. It isn't in the VZW corporate stores yet...Radio Shack
apparently had an exclusive window or something.

It could be in the VZW stores as soon as tomorrow, or possibly by the
11th, from what I'm reading.

Mike

 

[tigercat]

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OMG - this phone looks kick ass! i have to get one! thanks for posting
this message cause i've been struggling ver which phone to get and haven't
liked any of them. but the V710 looks awesome!!!


"Bruce D. Brown" <bdbrown@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
news:kgtQc.31$Qa4.15@twister.socal.rr.com...
> I have read that some individuals have been able to buy the new Motorola
> V710 at Radio Shack. I am sure that the new phones will be in very short
> supply but is it true that they are available currently at Radio Shack.
Has
> anyone been able to get one from there or for that matter anywhere (other
> than ebay at a very inflated price). Speaking of price, what is the
retail
> price of the new phone.
>
> I would really be interested in any feedback on the phone, (voice quality,
> battery life, Bluetooth, etc.)
>
> Thanks for any meaningful replies.
>
> Bruce D. Brown
>
>

 

[Gator]

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Read www.howardforums.com
Luck!!!

 

[tigercat]

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i just talked to verizon and this phone will be in their stores next
thursday, august 12th.


"Bruce D. Brown" <bdbrown@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
news:kgtQc.31$Qa4.15@twister.socal.rr.com...
> I have read that some individuals have been able to buy the new Motorola
> V710 at Radio Shack. I am sure that the new phones will be in very short
> supply but is it true that they are available currently at Radio Shack.
Has
> anyone been able to get one from there or for that matter anywhere (other
> than ebay at a very inflated price). Speaking of price, what is the
retail
> price of the new phone.
>
> I would really be interested in any feedback on the phone, (voice quality,
> battery life, Bluetooth, etc.)
>
> Thanks for any meaningful replies.
>
> Bruce D. Brown
>
>

 

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In article <42c5h01t701ooqnbs6ao42lqjmsoc0elnt@4ax.com>,
Diamond Dave <dmine45.NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Would it have been cheaper to buy it at a VZW corporate store rather
> than at Rat Shack?

If you're eligible for the "New every two" program, then it would cost
$100 less at the VZW store; otherwise, it's the same.

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The price is the same from Verzion, at least their currently online store.
If you go to http/www.vzwshop.com/motorola as someone else previously
posted and step through the system, it shows the price at $249.99 and that
price 'reflects $70 savings'.

I can't wait for this to hit the Verizon stores! I've been wanting
anywhere-Internet access via my PDA for years...

Carlin

Mike <inundated9@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 18:10:51 -0400, Diamond Dave
> <dmine45.NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>Would it have been cheaper to buy it at a VZW corporate store rather
>>than at Rat Shack?

> No idea. It isn't in the VZW corporate stores yet...Radio Shack
> apparently had an exclusive window or something.

> It could be in the VZW stores as soon as tomorrow, or possibly by the
> 11th, from what I'm reading.

> Mike

 

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Carlin wrote:

> The price is the same from Verzion, at least their currently online store.
> If you go to http/www.vzwshop.com/motorola as someone else previously
> posted and step through the system, it shows the price at $249.99 and that
> price 'reflects $70 savings'.
>
> I can't wait for this to hit the Verizon stores! I've been wanting
> anywhere-Internet access via my PDA for years...
>
> Carlin
>
>

Good grief...for $50 you can get a terrific cell phone, and for a few
hundred dollars you can get a good quality digital camera with a first
class lens.

I wish the cell phone manufacturers would concentrate some of their
efforts on improving the telephone functions of cell phones.


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Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

 

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On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 19:55:45 -0400, Harry Krause
<piedtypecase@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Good grief...for $50 you can get a terrific cell phone, and for a few
>hundred dollars you can get a good quality digital camera with a first
>class lens.
>
>I wish the cell phone manufacturers would concentrate some of their
>efforts on improving the telephone functions of cell phones.

Supposedly everyone (not me of course) wants Bluetooth enabled phones
and this is the first one that Verizon is offering.

Dave

 

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In article <2nfvqdFiae4U2@uni-berlin.de>,
Harry Krause <piedtypecase@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Good grief...for $50 you can get a terrific cell phone, and for a few
> hundred dollars you can get a good quality digital camera with a
> first class lens.

I would love to have a cell phone with bluetooth that I can use with my
car. I don't need the camera, data connectivity, games, downloads, etc.

But right now, the only phones with bluetooth are the high-end ones,
with all those bells and whistles.

I just wish that the 710's bluetooth capabilities weren't so
crippled--there's no way to upload the address book to the car.

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Diamond Dave wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 19:55:45 -0400, Harry Krause
> <piedtypecase@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Good grief...for $50 you can get a terrific cell phone, and for a few
>>hundred dollars you can get a good quality digital camera with a first
>>class lens.
>>
>>I wish the cell phone manufacturers would concentrate some of their
>>efforts on improving the telephone functions of cell phones.
>
> Supposedly everyone (not me of course) wants Bluetooth enabled phones
> and this is the first one that Verizon is offering.
>
> Dave
>

Another silly gimmick. Give me a phone with super transceiver circuitry,
a good built in phone book, lotsa volume and decent battery life...and
leave the gimmicks who think life resembles cellphone features.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

 

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Harry,

I agree with you about what I want in a phone but Bluetooth is the one
feature that I have wanted in a phone. I do not need or want a built-in
camera. I do not want to download ringtones. I do not want to download
pictures. I want good sound, good battery life, voice dialing and now
Bluetooth.

Bruce D. Brown

"Harry Krause" <piedtypecase@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2ng87nFj9ueU4@uni-berlin.de...
> Diamond Dave wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 19:55:45 -0400, Harry Krause
>> <piedtypecase@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Good grief...for $50 you can get a terrific cell phone, and for a few
>>>hundred dollars you can get a good quality digital camera with a first
>>>class lens.
>>>
>>>I wish the cell phone manufacturers would concentrate some of their
>>>efforts on improving the telephone functions of cell phones.
>>
>> Supposedly everyone (not me of course) wants Bluetooth enabled phones
>> and this is the first one that Verizon is offering.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
> Another silly gimmick. Give me a phone with super transceiver circuitry,
> a good built in phone book, lotsa volume and decent battery life...and
> leave the gimmicks who think life resembles cellphone features.
>
> --
> "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
> Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
> you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
> 17, 2002

 

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In article <snYQc.212$aB1.190@twister.socal.rr.com>,
"Bruce D. Brown" <bdbrown@socal.rr.com> wrote:

> I don't want to wait for months to get a reduced price from ebay. In
> fact I will not buy anything from ebay. I wanted a Bluetooth phone
> today and surprise, surprise, I have not found any bugs.

Here are some bugs:

It will not let you upload the phone book via blue tooth.

It suppresses the ring in the car's phone system, and in itself, when
connected by bluetooth to the car.

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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 20:58:29 -0700, Michelle Steiner
<michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

>Here are some bugs:
>
>It will not let you upload the phone book via blue tooth.

It's hard to call something a bug when the designers made it that way,
on purpose. A shortcoming, sure. Not a bug.

>It suppresses the ring in the car's phone system, and in itself, when
>connected by bluetooth to the car.

Then how do you know you have a call?

 

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In article <svfah0drvcs5kgbioan6bf24i22a7ck2lo@4ax.com>,
Dirk McGurk <er9jf09r3c9rcu@XR4TU.BITNET> wrote:

> >Here are some bugs:
> >
> >It will not let you upload the phone book via blue tooth.
>
> It's hard to call something a bug when the designers made it that
> way, on purpose. A shortcoming, sure. Not a bug.

Call it a bug, a shortcoming, a failure, whatever; the bottom line is
that a function that should work doesn't work.

> >It suppresses the ring in the car's phone system, and in itself,
> >when connected by bluetooth to the car.
>
> Then how do you know you have a call?

If the audio system is on, it is muted; further, the display screen say
"Incoming phone call." The problem is that if the audio system isn't
on, and you're not looking at the car's display screen, you won't know
you have a call.

I'm referring specifically to the bluetooth system in the Toyota Prius.
I don't know whether this problem exists with other bluetooth-equipped
autos. I do know (from reports, not from personal experience) that you
can get a ring with other bluetooth phones and this car.

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