Motorola A630 Phone (T-Mobile)
Great phone, problems with AIM
I received this phone as a replacement for my ancient Nokia 3390. I had refused to switch to color phones before because the 3390 simply had the best AIM program around. I was able to easily IM, add or remove buddies and type at least 45 words per minute (without symbols) via T9. It also had Snake II, a very entertaining game. However, as the maximum amount of buddies that T-Mobile allowed on the phone declined from 30 to 10 to 6, I decided it was time to invest in a new one.  The Motorola A630 has a bunch of really cool features. A decent camera, e-mail, 5MB of memory. Battery life is great, and I have no problems hearing other people, though I find that I need to talk a bit louder than I did with the Nokia 3390..but I do talk quietly normally, so it's probably more me than the phone. The AIM program is really good as well. However, I do have some problems with it.  On the Nokia 3390, I was able to add or remove buddies, and I could also IM people that weren't on the list. The A630 doesn't allow me to do this, and I have to add or remove buddies on the computer. Also, the 3390 allowed me to update the buddy list whenever, as well as having a 60-minute auto update. I'm sure that the A630 has an auto-update, however, the lack of an option to immediately update the list is annoying, as I have to sign off and back on to update it.  Also, I find that I can only type around 17 words per minute with the QWERTY keyboard, and with T9, I could type about 45. However, it did take me about a month to get proficient with T9, and I have only had this phone for a couple days. Also, symbols are much easier to type in with the keyboard. Hopefully, I will be able to match or surpass the typing speed that I got with T9.   Overall, this is a great phone, but the AIM program could have been better.    *UPDATE* After about a month of using this phone, it stopped charging, and eventually died. My phone was definetely defective, and a couple of other reviewers have mentioned that their phones have stopped charging as well. Beware of this major flaw.