Motorola V600 Phone (T-Mobile)
Nothing special and needs some improvements.
There is nothing great about the Motorola V600. It's pretty much a typical cell phone with some features that are supposed to make your life easier. I've had this phone for over a month now and here's what I've discovered I hate about it.  My biggest gripe with the V600 is the side buttons. When the phone is closed, the side buttons are still active, and they change the ring style. Since I carry it in my pocket, I've had plenty of instances with the ringer being turned off, to vibrate, or to loud accidentally. This is a huge usability flaw in my opinion. Normally the side buttons are inactive when a flip phone is closed. Not the case here. <br /> <br />Another problem area is the phone book. I can't believe they make new cell phones that can't store multiple numbers with a single name. I have one person in my phone 5 times (home1, home2, work, cell, and pager). This is really annoying when trying to find names. Furthermore, when storing to the SIM card, you can't store additional information like Category, Voice, and Picture. You can only use these features when storing to the phone, which defeats the whole idea of a SIM card in that if you change phones, you need to reprogram all the numbers again.  <br /> <br />One aspect of the phone I did end up liking was the design aesthetics. It's a pretty cool looking phone and the external display glows blue. It also has three rings around the Motorola logo that glow when the phone alerts you to a call. However, the choice of material here is questionable. The back batter cover is a stamped metal piece that is extremely slick. I've literally dropped this phone when my hands had a little moisture on them (remember I live in Arizona). So I like what it looks like, but not what it's made out of. <br /> <br />Other features that this phone has are a calendar, web access, Bluetooth integration, calculator, voice recording, camera, video viewing capability, and instant messaging. These features all work fine, but once again, there's nothing special about them. It seems that Motorola designers spent most of their time and energy in creating a phone that has completely customizable menus. You can rearrange menu items and configure hot keys to do pretty much anything. The first thing I did was set my configuration to my liking, but have not changed them since, so all the time and effort spent developing the interface was pretty much useless for me after the first hour. <br /> <br />The reason I chose, and plan on keeping, this phone is because my brother works for Motorola and it was the highest-end phone that he could get for free. Guess I got what I paid for. I use my V600 on a T-Mobile account. So to recap, if you have other choices when it comes to choosing a phone, it might be a better idea to get the other phone. There's nothing great about the V600, but if you just want a phone to make and receive calls, it works just fine. Sound quality, included accessories, ring tones, and battery life are all up to par. <br />