Product Description

The media–centric Motorola MOTO Q™ music 9m offers 2 Home Screen options – one Multimedia and Standard. The exclusive multimedia home screen together with the thumbwheel and center navigation key allows the user to maximize the V CAST Music experience while the standard home screen offers one–touch access to voice, email and Text messages. The Q 9m operates on the Windows® Mobile 6 OS and comes equipped with Bluetooth® Stereo Wireless Technology, a 1.3 megapixelcamera/camcorder with flash and a miniSD™ memory card slot which supports up to 4GB of additional memory. Also add to this impressive list of credentials a web browser, tethered modem support, and an ergonomically redesigned Keyboard.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14496 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Black
• Brand: Motorola
• Model: MOTOQ9M
• Released on: 2007-09-04

Features

• Music-centric smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6 operating system--enables MS Office document editing
• Access Verizon's V Cast Music service via fast EV-DO data network
• 2.4-inch screen with enhanced QWERTY keyboard; advanced speech recognition commands
• Bluetooth connectivity for stereo music streaming; dual stereo speakers; MiniSD expansion
• Includes: Standard Li-Ion Battery, Charger, USB Data Cable, 128MB MicroSD Card with MiniSD, Quick Reference Guide, Quick Start Q 9m Die-Cut, ActiveSync CD, VZ Access Manager CD, Phone Sleeve and User's Manual

Amazon.com Product Description
The musicÐcentric Motorola Q9m provides a multimedia-optimized user interface that's great for playing your favorite tunes transferred from your PC or discover new faves downloaded from Verizon's V Cast Music service. It also adds the power of the Windows Mobile 6 operating system, which provides push email for immediate send and receive on Corporate Microsoft Exchange servers as well as editing of Microsoft Office documents. It also comes equipped with Bluetooth Stereo wireless connectivity, a 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, and a MiniSD memory card slot that supports up to 4GB of additional memory.

The Motorola Q9m provides a powerful platform for listening to music as well as working on important emails and Microsoft Office documents, thanks to the Windows Mobile 6 operating system.

Easily download your new favorite tunes from Verizon's V Cast Music service.

Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time.

Phone Features
The Motorola Q9m makes it easy to access your music, videos, photos and favorite social networking sites. The phone offers two Home Screen options--one Multimedia and Standard. The exclusive Multimedia home screen together with the thumbwheel and center navigation key allows you to maximize the V CAST Music experience, while the Standard home screen offers oneÐtouch access to voice, email and text messages.

Downloading music to the Q9m is a snap. Just select the V Cast Music icon using the thumbwheel, browse the catalog of nearly 2 million songs, highlight a song, and press the Buy button. The phone is compatible with a wide range of music files, including MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV, WMA 9/10, AMR, XMF, and Real. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.

The integrated Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity also includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.

The svelte and sleek design of the Motorola Q9M measures just 0.47 inches thin, and it's complemented by with high-end finishes and soft touch materials. A bright 2.4-inch display (320 x 240 pixels, 65K colors) with smooth lighting transitions thanks to its adaptive display technology enables you to enjoy reading in environments where lighting is poor. The optimized QWERTY keyboard makes quick work of typing emails, SMS messages, notes, presentations and more.

Other features include:

• 64 MB of on-board memory, expandable via MiniSD cards
• Compatible with multiple personal and business email accounts (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo!, etc.), and MMS and SMS
• 1.3-megapixel camera captures video up to QCIF resolution (176 x 144)
• Compatible with multiple personal and business email accounts (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo!, etc.), and MMS and SMS
• Speakerphone with stereo speakers for excellent conference call capabilities
• Personalize My Q application to customize ringtones, home screen (wallpaper, shortcuts, and right soft key) and start menu view
• PIM tools: calculator, calendar, alarm clock, world clock, notepad
• Advanced Speech Recognition: Commands include call, send, lookup, play, go to, check, my account, help guide
• Embedded ring tones, plus vibrating alerts and silent; compatible with MP3 and polyphonic ringtones
• M3 hearing aid and TTY compatibility
• aGPS capable for E911 emergency location/sGPS
• Flight mode allows you to safely use the non-wireless functions of this phone (such as music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight

Thanks to the integrated Bluetooth stereo profile, A2DP, users can enjoy premium sound quality wirelessly via compatible Bluetooth enabled stereo headphones or take calls at the same time with just the touch of a button

Vital Statistics
The Motorola Q9m weighs 4.76 ounces and measures 4.6 x 2.5 x 0.47 inches. Its 1170 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time, and up to 212 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 CDMA frequencies and is compatible with the EV-DO data network.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile 6 adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars.

Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC.

Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.

With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

• Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
• With Excel Mobile, youÕre not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
• PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
• After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.

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Customer Reviews

Keyboard is a vast improvement over the original Q
I just bought this phone to replace my original Motorola Q, which in turn replaced a Treo 750W. Let me be begin by saying that I was a longtime Blackberry user until my firm switched to the Windows Mobile platform. I'm on Verizon now, and no Windows Mobile phone offered by Verizon equals the Blackberry platform in my opinion. I feel that the Blackberry phones offer superior speed and performance, an interface that's much easier to navigate than Windows Mobile, and VASTLY superior ergonomics, especially the keyboards.

I hated the Treo: washed-out display, horrible keyboard, slow and prone to crashing, heavy with a clumsy form factor.

I bought the Q to get its better display, thinner form factor, and marginally better keyboard.

The Q9 improves on the original Q in only one area - its the same phone internally in all practical respects - and that's the keyboard. If you are primarily a business user, you'll find the Q9 to be much faster to use and much better for accurate typing - in fact, it rivals the best Blackberries. The cosmetics are slightly different from the original Q - it resembles the black Q to some extent in that it has some rubberized gripping surfaces. Other than the minor cosmetic differences and the vastly improved keyboard (and it's music capabilities which are irrelevant to me - I prefer my iPod Nano), it's the same phone.

But if you need a good keyboard on a Widows Mobile phone and you're using Verizon, this is the phone for you.

Wonderful phone - When it works
I've wanted to upgrade my phone to a SmartPhone for quite a while and I love what the Q9m does when it is working. Nice usage of WM6, nice phone body, nice form factor, nice price. Good stuff when it is working. (Except the battery life is rather lame.)

However, in 6 weeks of use, I'm on my 2nd replacement phone. The first phone had one of the two external speaker die so the volume was half of what it should be after about 2 weeks. The second phone was also broken as a media player. This time, both speakers still worked, but the volume on both the external speakers or the headset were suddenly limited to only a quarter the volume it could do when it was new.

In addition to the big issues, I've had the phones lock up and need the battery pulled 4-6 times. Not in any way a model of stability.

I've never had a phone die on me before (except me dropping them or leaving one in the rain) in a decade of cell phone ownership. Having two of the same model die within 6 weeks is horrible. I hope this replacement doesn't have the same behaviors, because I do like the phone (when it works). Sadly, I'm already beginning to notice this volume dropping behavior with the current phone. And this third phone has a nasty fit and finish issue where the screen cover has a noticeable gap on its right side as it attaches to the edge of the phone.

I think that Motorola rushed this phone out for the holiday buying season without doing what they needed to do to make a reliable phone. What good is the "Most Reliable Network" if the phone itself is shoddy and unreliable?

Battery Tips
A lot of information has been written on this phone. So, I am not going to repeat it. But, I would like to add just a few things concerning the battery.

In my opinion:
with the way phones are so very multi-functional, it's best to just get an extra battery when you originally order your phone. Keep it charged and throw it in your pocket or purse when you go somewhere. I have done this for years and have never been left with a dead cell phone when I've been away from home. Batteries are small and not hard to carry.

Reason for Review:
That being said, buy the desktop charger for this phone. It is available from Motorola's website store. It is really worth it. You can sync to your computer. It charges your phone very quickly. But, *most importantly*, it has a slot in the back of it to charge an extra battery. And this slot fits either a standard battery or an extended battery. The battery charges without being inside your phone. You can charge the battery alone in the charger. Or you can be charging your phone and still have an extra battery charging in the slot in the back. To me, this extra slot for the battery alone is worth the $25 price tag of the desktop charger.

Finally,
I've had this phone 3 weeks. I'm not a road warrior. I'm a secretary for a non-profit organization and need to carry excel, word and pdf documents with me and be able to edit them on the fly. When not using it for this purpose, I have the unlimited data plan from verizon and use the music, email, internet and texting capabilities constantly. I haven't had any problems with it. I really like it. I especially like that I can copy and paste any piece of music I own into the ringtones or sounds folder to use them, without the need for special software. I keep a 4GB card in the phone and keep everything on that. While this is my first smartphone, I did used to carry a pda with me and have used both palms and iPAQs. This phone does so much that I feel that there's nothing I have to do without. Had I chosen another smartphone that verizon offers, there were features that some of those smartphones did not have, that I really liked. (By the way, I upgraded to this phone from the LG VX-9800 'The V'.)

I couldn't be happier.
But, everyone's needs are different. My reason for writing this was to let you know about the desktop charger and it's very useful battery slot.