Product Description

This offshoot of the SLVR V8 keeps many of its best features, including a super-slim profile, Bluetooth, speakerphone, and push-to-talk. Other features of this GSM phone include Java 2.0, MMS, USB, and class 10 GPRS.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14888 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Motorola
• Model: L2

Features

• Bluetooth Technology
• WAP / Web Browser WAP 2.0
• EMS / Picture Messaging
• Predictive Text Entry Technology: iTAP
• Data-Capable

Amazon.com Product Description
Need to thin down? The Motorola L2 is the answer. This stylish, quad-band world phone has more than just great looks, with features like Bluetooth, mobile email, a speakerphone, and more. Now you can have a skinny phone that's big on the features that make your life easier.

Your thin friend. See the features of the Motorola L2 in detail.

Design
At less than a half-inch thick, the L2 borrows heavily from the popular design of the Motorola SLVR L7. A large 128 x 160 color display with 65,000 colors resides above the handset's backlit control pad. Most of the phone's menus and features are controlled by a circular control pad just above the numeric keypad. Up/down buttons are placed on the left side, and there's also a highly accessible mini-USB port on the right side of the phone for data synchronization.

Calling Features
The L2's internal phone book can hold up to 500 contacts. The phone also supports polyphonic ringtones as well as MP3-based ringers, allowing you to use portions of your favorite songs to alert you to incoming calls. A number of ringtones come preloaded on the phone and more ringtones can be downloaded from Cingular Wireless' MEdia Net service. And for times when you want to be discreet, there's a vibrating alert. A built-in speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear.

Because the L2 is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total handsfree operation.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The L2 is a messaging and wireless Internet powerhouse. Support is built in for sending and receiving pictures, text, graphics, and sound via messages. Instant messaging is supported via AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and ICQ, and the phone also ships with a built-in email client. Plus, there's a wireless Web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. Cingular's MEdia Net service lets you receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. iTap text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit-- a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the L2, including a calculator, a calendar, and an alarm clock. Use the phone's Bluetooth capability to set up a wireless link with a Bluetooth accessory or connect to a computer or hand-held device to exchange and synchronize data.

Entertainment
The L2 supports custom graphics for wallpapers so you can dress up the phone to suit your mood. Support for gaming is also built into the phone and games are available for download via the Cingular MEdia Net service.

Vital Statistics
The Motorola L2 weighs 2.8 ounces and measures 4.33 x 1.93 x .41 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of digital talk time, and up to 14 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Cheap Speaker/Bluetooth Phone
This phone was an upgrade from my Nokia 6010 (a very reliable phone, but that time had passed by).

I wanted a speakerphone to avoid carrying the wired earpiece the 6010 required. I wanted Bluetooth to take advantage of my Palm TX PDA with a huge contact list.

The build is mainly plastic. It's so light, I can barely feel it in my pocket. So thin, I don't think it could withstand much of a fall (though I haven't tried yet).

The keypad is small, and if you're not comfortable with alot of fingernail dialing, I would look elsewhere.

The screen is very nice, large relative the size of the phone, easily readable in daylight.

The Bluetooth works well, I can dial using my Palm TX PDA. Transferring records from the PDA or PC does take time, as each individual record has to be "accepted" one at a time by the L2. You can transfer video, pictures, music via Bluetooth fairly easily from a PC.

The speaker is acceptably loud, and audible over traffic if you are in a car. The volume dialing is only "up," so you have to cycle through 7 volume settings to get to the lowest setting again.

Call quality is equal to my Nokia 6010, reception slightly worse, but not significantly. Battery life is 24-36 hours with standby/frequent calls/heavy Bluetooth/speaker use.

The address book does have an irritating feature of making each phone/fax/email entry a separate listing, which results in one name being listed several times.

A good phone for cellphone "bottom-feeders" such as myself looking for a simple phone with speaker and Bluetooth and not much else.

Great phone
I've been waiting for a phone like this - a phone without any frills but gets the job done perfectly.

Pros:
1. Stylish, sleek, ergonomic
2. Great reception and crisp call quality
3. Excellent battery life (it goes 4-5 days on a charge!)
4. Quad-band world-phone supporting GSM 850/900/1800/1900
5. No frills (no camera, no iTunes, just the phone please). When was the last time you seriously used a camera-picture anyway? And sometimes a phone with a camera actually gets in the way because you are not allowed to take such a phone to some sensitive locations/buildings.

The only reason I gave 4 stars (instead of 5) is that some features are not designed well:
1. The phone book: you can not store multiple numbers for the same person (cell, work, home, etc). Either they all show up as separate entries on the phonebook, or show up as same name for different numbers.
2. Some people complain about the display and the speakerphone quality; I find it passable but not great.

A very practical phone that has the cool look as well
I've been waiting for this kind of phone. I don't need any camera (most of them produce poor picture anyway) or mp3 player (you can never replace iPod with any cell phone built in mp3 player). Just give me a phone that works best for phone calls. Business user will appreciate all the extra solid and basic functions. A speaker phone, quad band (for international travel), bluetooth and very sleek looking metal casing. Using the latest Motorola Phone Tool with bluetooth, I can connect to the internet with 115 bkps, it uses GRPS though, not the prefered EDGE technology. I was impressed by the ease of signing in my Yahoo email (it also has AOL and MSN preinstalled) and messenger (AOL and ICQ are available too). I also tried to access my Gmail account, works great.