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Customizing the Motorola Q

I’ve now had my Motorola Q for a week or so and I’ve decided to keep it and sell the Treo 700w. I’ve also found that carrying a Motorola Q on the New York PATH or Ferry seems to be a good way to meet new people who say “Hey, is that a Q?” No one ever asked me if that was a Treo so I think the coolness factor has to at little a small consideration in the decision ;) Of course, it may have something to do with the giant Motorola Q billboards near Times Square too!

So far I’ve learned :

  • By using the extended battery I don’t have to worry about battery life – it can run for days
  • My 2GB mini-SD card is capable of storing an incredible amount of music
  • The keyboard “lag” is still annoying when trying to type quickly
  • Learning to customize the home screen XML has changed (for the better) my opinion of the phone
  • I can live with polling for email most of the time although direct push mail would be nice to have
  • We need more applications that work properly in the wide screen display
  • Bluetooth headphones sound worse than I can tolerate. I normally use Shure E3C’s but I knew that Bluetooth has a bandwidth limitation and it definitely shows. I decided to go back to using them instead.
  • OneNote 2007 Mobile is simply a great idea, click the link for yourself for Chris Pratley’s blog on it
  • You can use the device as a Bluetooth remote control for PowerPoint!
  • These guys have figured out how to enable Bluetooth Dial-up networking and you can also tether it via USB

Customization Screenshots:

The first shot is the screensaver mode from Automatic Keylock and the second shows my customized home screen with Facade and Fizz Weather. The home screen is from http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11133

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Published 15 June 2006 23:42 by Jonathan.Bradshaw
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