Motorola Q9m for Sprint

Motorola Q9m is a phone sporting refined design, improved keyboard, and version 6 of Windows Mobile. Other features remain the same, including EVDO high-speed data, stereo Bluetooth, megapixel camera, miniSD memory card slot, and speakerphone. This smartphone's black and red casing is much more appropriate for a concert than a board room, and Verizon has added plenty of touches to make this device more appealing to consumers.

The "M" in Q9m stands for music, and the standard Windows Mobile Today Screen - designed with business users in mind - has been replaced with a home screen that lets you quickly find and play music and video. It offers support for the V-Cast music service, allowing you to buy and download songs right on your phone. And because this model includes a 3G wireless service called EV-DO, you can be listening to a song you just purchased ($1.99) in less than a minute.

If you send a lot of text messages from your phone, then you're going to love the Q9m's keyboard. It's one of the best I've ever used on a smartphone. The keys are a good size and shape. They are all right next to each other, but because they have a convex shape, they don't feel jammed in together. What I like most is that the keys have a slightly rough texture than makes them easy to press without your finger slipping. Its the keyboard that makes this model from Moto a hands down better messaging device than your average phone. We've all heard about those people who can do 60 words a minute with T9, but you can't convince me it's faster to hit "9-9-9-9" than it is to just hit the "S" key.

The web browser on a typical phone can be painful. But that's not the case if you're using the Q9m. Internet Explorer Mobile does a pretty good job of handling a variety of web sites, even ones designed for full-size computers. It has a desktop mode that lets you scroll around horizontally and vertically on pages, or it can reformat pages until they are only as wide as the screen.

The Motorola Q9m brings some nice design and operating system upgrades as well as a more consumer-focused experience with enhanced multimedia capabilities. However, behind all the sexy packaging, the smart phone still feels underpowered. Business users should look elsewhere for a smart phone.

Features:

• GPS / Location Type: A-GPS LBS supported on Q9c only
• Accessibility
• Digital TTY/TDD
• Hearing Aid Compatible Rating: M3 (mostly compatible)
• Multiple Languages Languages Supported: English, Spanish
• Alerts
• Ringer Profiles
• Vibrate
• Bluetooth Supported Profiles: HSP, HFP 1.5, DUN, FTP, OPP, A2DP, AVRC, HID, PAN, BIP, SYNC, PBA version 2.0
• PC Sync
• SDIO supports a wi-fi card
• USB Version: 1.1
• built-in mini-USB connector
• Contacts
• Multiple Numbers per Name Numbers per entry: 12
• Picture ID
• Ringer ID
• Voice Dialing Type: Speaker-independent (automatic)
• Customization
• Custom Graphics
• Custom Ringtones
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  What comes in the box

  
  
  • Motorola Q9m Handset
  • Motorola Q9m Standard Battery
  • Motorola Travel Charger
  • Motorola Headset
  • Motorola User Manual