Motorola v500

It is the second 4-band phones from Motorola. It is equipeed with integrated digital camera and bluetooth. The phone is based on the same platform as V600. For the first time an intenal screen supports up to 65000 colors. Other features of the handset are similar to the phones of this generation. It supports polyphony, GPRS, MMS. It is very similar to Motorola v600, but does not have an opportunity to play video clips. It also doesn't have interchangeable covers.

• Class: fashion
• Position in the phone line: above Motorola v300
• Rival models: Sony Ericsson Z600
• Specifications based on official information

• General features
  • Announced in: August 2003, availability on the market - September 2003
  • GSM 850/900/1800/1900
  • Internal screen: a colour graphical TFT 65K display with the resolution of 176õ220 pixels. It contains up to 8 +line with icons and tips to the soft keys use
  • External dispaly: inversion display with the resoltuion of 96õ32 pixels
  • Battery type: Li-Ion 700 mAh
  • Autonomy:
    • Standby time: up to 210 hours
    • Talk time: up to 525 minutes
  • Integrated digital VGA camera (640x480 pixels)
  • Adjustable menu, shortcuts
  • Weight: 95 g.
  • Dimensions: 87õ47õ23 mm

• Memory
  • Phonebook: up to 1000 entries. Only one phone number can be added to one name. Besides, it is possible to add e-mail address and assign a photo to each entry
  • Lists of the last calls:
  • 10 dialed numbers
  • 10 received numbers
  • 10 missed numbers with date and time indication
  • 5 Mb of memory, which can be shared between different applications and data

• Call management, ringing tones
  • Vibrating alert
  • 32 ringing tones + a possibility to compose up to 32 own melodies
  • mp3-file and wav can be used as a ringing tone
  • 24-tones polyphony
  • Different modes of vibrating alert, schemes
  • Voice dialing: up to 20 phone numbers
  • Voice commands to access a menu: up to 9 tags
  • Voice memo: up to 2 minutes

• SMS
  • MMS
  • EMS
  • Nokia Smart Messages
  • Predictive text input iTap

• Connectivity
  • GPRS(4+2)
  • Bluetooth
  • WAP 2.0
  • IrDa is absent
  • Synchronization with PC via cable (RS232/USB).
  • e-mail (POP3/IMAP)
  • Synchronization with PC (USB)

• Organiser and extras
  • Integrated digital camera
  • J2ME
  • Calendar
  • Data, time
  • Calculator
  • Currency converter
  • Organiser with an alarm-clock, up to 500 records, different types of events
  • Games (5 pre-installed)

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published - 21 July 2003

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