http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/ Engadget Comments for Motorola's ultrathin V3 cameraphone http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
As long as this baby works with iSync I'm soooooo getting one. :D]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Any1 knows when this baby is coming out??]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/It would appear from the spec' that it is simply an upgraded V600 in an Aircraft Aluminium and Magnisium plated casing, but who cares! and have you seen the metal case it comes in?
If you want more functions, then wait until later in the year when the Motorola Triplets will be upgraded to have video record facilities added.
If lifestyle just came down to price then I wouldn't own two pair's of Titanium Oakleys! would I ?
I just can't wait until release, which is now resheduled for the week of 1st October in the UK on the O2 Network.(If Motorola have debugged the software in time.)
until then I will just have to lust over the photo's of it that I have on my hard drive.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
Ok - so iSync 1.5 recognised it right away (but posted the wrong image for it). Was able to sync the calendar fine but because the phone book is amateurish and stunningly light on the detail it pickls up - it misses the mark as a full service device...unless I am doing something so wrong with this one vs the many others i have working on it - but i doubt it - so here is the issue:

Instead of getting a single contact file (like a v-card) for each individual with all relevant contact info (numbers, email, address etc) within it ... you get multiple listings for each individual - you scroll FOREVER with a line entry for each contact field. EG. click on the first entry called: Bob Smith, and you will get you his office phone, close and scroll to another entry called: Bob Smith then click and there is his cell etc. They only way you know the difference is a little icon points you. Oh, and when you are dialing - all you see in the header is Bob Smith...not Bob Smith - Mobile. Unbelievable!

More importantly, the only info you can pull over from your MAC address book are: phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses. Yep that is it. No addresses, no notes, no webpage addresses, nor Title or Company name of the individual.

Wow - even $25 entry level devices have figured this out. What were they thinking!!!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
In my opinion, a phone needs function and at the moment this one has fallen flat on its arse.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Add Device and that's it. I tried with Bluetooth, it didn't work.

Now, if someone can help me to find a trick not to display both the SIM card entries and the address book entries on the phone that would be cool.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
iSync will probably not work with the V3 yet... certainly not over Bluetooth. However, there is sync software that should work. Check out OnSync. You can get it at www.macupdate.com or here:

http://homepage.mac.com/antonioferraioli/

That should work until Apple comes around.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
1. Use the mini usb to charge & sync address book, emails & faxes (via iSync).
2. Use bluetooth as wireless modem, import export pictures & sound files.

I have tried all of the above and it works flawlessly, there maybe other file types you can import or features I haven't yet discovered.

]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/What version of OSX are you using? I'm on 10.2.8 and the bluetooth link isn't working - it finds the device but then can't "find the folder" when I try to use file exchange. Also no luck with isync. osync works fine, but I can't get my photos or messages out. Any thoughts anyone?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/I read that when other have used iSync with the V3 they got multiple entries per person making scrolling problematic. When I first hooked up phone and ran iSync I thought I observed the same issue. But it was that same time I realized that 90% of the people in my address book I didn't need on my phone. I created a folder in my address book on the Mac and put the 40 or so people I wanted on the phone in it. I then told iSync to overwrite the phone and use this folder. The result was perfect. I have one entry per person and if you press the left and right arrows you move between the presons different phones. I don't know if I just didn't look close enough on the original import or if putting contacts in a folder made the difference.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/i don't have bluetooth in my mac, is there anyway to get your pics and sound files using the usb cable only?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
is there also a way to transfer pictures from a v3 to my mac via bluetooth or cable??? -->thx4help]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
Anyone find out yet how to exchange files via usb?

Is this really going to require that I buy Tiger?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
I'd really appreciate some feedback on this!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/
Anywho, slick looking and works fine, but Motorola's nickel and diming practices are causing me to leave their client base for good.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/When Tiger came out I pounced on it for all the features that it would give me, and a few days after installing it I tries out iSync again with my V3. It worked a treat and even displays a picture of a V3 right next to that of my iPod for iSync-ing.
I would obviously not recoomend forking out for a new OS just to sync up a phone, but when it comes with so many added features for your Mac it should just be another reason to add to your list of why you are considering upgrading to Tiger.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/motorolas-ultrathin-v3-cameraphone/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AM