Motorola V500 mobile phone
Skip contentMotorola V500 is a quad-band cameraphone in a clamshell form body, and it is suitable for roaming globally. Several important features of this phone are that it has onboard support for Bluetooth™ wireless technology, GPRS and WAP enabled, MMS capability, support for Java™ software, voice control, speakerphone for a hands-free conversation, active flip, voice memo recorder, and it has a full e-mail client engine.
There are 2 displays in the Motorola V500, as is usual for many clamshell style mobile phones. The internal screen is a large-sized TFT LCD display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels, and it supports up to 65,536 different colours. A smaller external monochrome screen provides such details as the time and caller ID.
The phone has an integrated VGA camera with a 4x digital zoom. Being enabled for MMS messaging, you can send and receive messages containing pictures/photos, together with text and sound.
There are two games installed in the V500, but more Java™ games and a wide range of other Java applications may be downloaded from WAP sites if you need to use different programs. This phone can also play polyphonic and real MP3 music ringtones, and more of these ringtones can be downloaded if you wish to personalise your phone. There is also the MotoMixer ringtone remixer if you want to make up your own unique ringtone sound. Other items you might like to download are animated screensavers and wallpapers.
Today, many regard access to the mobile Internet as an essential use for their mobile phone, and the V500 has the necessary technology to provide you with a fast “always on” connection via its onboard GPRS and WAP capability, so giving you with the ability to search WAP sites for any information and services that you might need. Full e-mail support via the standard protocols of POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP is another valuable feature of this phone.
The Motorola V500’s good connectivity via Bluetooth™ wireless data transfer is another feature that will attract those who must have the latest technology in their mobile phone, as many of today’s devices are now Bluetooth™ enabled. However, if you need to connect by cable, then this phone also supports the usual link by serial or USB connectors with compatible PCs and PDAs.
Motorola V500 phone specification
- GSM quad-band
- Dimensions 89 x 49 x 25 mm
- Weight 123 g
- Talk time up to 390 mins
- Standby time up to 200 hours
- Dual displays: internal - TFT LCD, 176 x 220 pixels, 65,536 colours, 4 lines of text and one line of icons; external - 96 x 32 pixels, monochrome, blue backlight, 2 line
- Integrated camera: VGA quality, 4x digital zoom
- Voice memo recorder
- Speaker phone for hands-free use
- Active flip
- Phonebook memory 1000
- Shared memory 5 MB
- MMS
- EMS
- Instant messaging for real time chat
- Voice activated dialling
- Java™ applications and games, 2 Java™ games preloaded, more Java games downloadable
- 21 Polyphonic and 4MP3 ringtones preloaded, more downloadable, 22 chord support, MotoMixer ringtone composer
- GPRS: (2u/4d) AMR
- WAP 2.0 browser
- E-mail client supporting STMP, POP3 and, IMAP4
- Bluetooth™
- Cable connection via USB or Serial links
- Synchronisation with PC
- Built-in modem
- SAR rating (10g) 0.9 W/kg
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