Motorola A630 Phone (T-Mobile)
Mac users beware
I have never been more excited about a new phone.  Which maybe explains why I am now more disappointed with it than I have in any other that's come before. <br /> <br />If you are looking to get this phone for it's internal features, I sugest you move on or wait.  While it does have bluetooth, apparently it's a cocked-up version of it.   <br />I don't know how it works with PCs, but Mac owners beware. <br /> <br />You can use it as a mobile modem for your bluetooth-enabled laptop, although I have not bothered to try it.  The main reason I am so disappointed with it is that you can not use iSync with it - there is no importing of contacts or calendars etc.  Not in the fashion Mac users have come to expect.  One can purchase an additional Motorola-to-USB cable and, with additional software, port some things over... but that defeats the purpose of bluetooth in the first place.  One can send a contact from their address book on their computer to the phone, but only one by one. <br /> <br />I've tried numerous hacks into both the iSync software as well as the firmware on the phone without any success.  Even those with more advanced skills are coming up short. <br /> <br />Then there's Motorola's wonky address interface.  A separate entry for EVERY number or email address?  <br />Example: John has 5 phones and 2 email addresses.  Instead of there being one entry for John with 7 different contact options, there are 7 different Johns.   <br />This means if you have 100 contacts and each one has a home number, a cell phone and an email address, you will have 300 different entries in your A630's address book.  Ridiculous. <br />Apparently there is a way to condense all of those, but I'm tired of trying.  I got this phone to USE, not to tinker with. <br /> <br />A final few notes: <br />Instant Messenger is over SMS instead of the unlimited GPRS so each sent IM is charged as a text message. <br />Construction, despite being dogged a bit in other reviews, seems fairly sturdy. <br />Reception, well, I admit to being a bit dissappointed that there is no extendable antenna as service isn't particularly clear. <br />Design is awesome but the interior screen could be bigger - current;y 1.5\\"x1.25\\" - could easily have been lengthened by at least another half-inch.  But that's just nit-picking and wanting more, more, more. <br /> <br />All in all, with much saddness and some hesitation, I'm probably going to send it back and cancel my service.  Which is too bad as I really, REALLY like everything else about this phone.  But if you can't cure the beast, you gotta put it down.