Motorola V547

The Motorola V547 is one mobile phone I wish I had never purchased.

The only reason I did get it was because I was supposed to get a free bluetooth headset (which never arrives). It's forever breaking down, and let's face it, anyone who has one must see that it's ugly!

The Motorola V547 is a neat clam style compact phone which has a video & camera, as well as many other features. At £130 it well worth the money, but if you keep your old sim card & are with O2, then the price is just £119. On the front of the phone the time is shown either in 24hr or digital, you can also see how much battery & signal power you have. When you open up the phone it lights up, the first thing you see is the colour screen. To access some of the phones features, please press the button right at the top of the phone pad right in the centre just under the screen. Here you are presented with another screen of options which you access by pressing the arrows on the circle. You can track recent calls and how long you've been nattering away. This phone has a screen saver of which you can change, & if the phone isn't being used it will go dark. It will also vibrate when you have a call, & the rings tones are really good they also let you download real sound. I believe this phone cam also be used abroad as it has blue tooth, & caller ID.

The phone book holds over 1000 entries, you can use the camera to take photos of the people in your phone book. When they call you & if your phone is open, their picture should flash up on the screen. When you are searching for a number, please press the first letter of the name you are seraching for. when you enter a new name you can do all the usual like add a ring tone for each different person, show their ID though at the moment it's only letting me do it for when they next ring me. You can also talk then fax the person your calling & add their E-mail, I bealive there is also a call divert.

You can put pictures and sounds with your messages, the dictionary also guesses your words when you are texting. There's an e-mail facility in messages so you can send e-mails, faxes, templates, quicknotes, & drafts.

In Office tools you get my services, calculator, datebook for setting reminders, shortcuts, voice records, alarm clock, dialling services & chat. You can put reminders in the date book & set it, but it can be a pain as when the phone is off; it will turn itself on to remind you of the event.

In games & applications On it is FotoFunPack2 which when selected gives you the face of a man. Press the menu on the right hand side & another list of options comes up. Chose from Clipart, Bodies, Image. You can give your image strange body parts like a red nose or pointed ears; you can change the image & make it look really ridiculous. This can also be applied to any image you have taken for your phone book as well, so now you can really make your parents & friends look like twits. Web Access - For the internet (you will be charged as you serf)

Personalise will alter your home screen, skin, wallpaper, screen saver & Quickdial. In settings you will find Ring styles, connection, call divert, in call setup, initial setup, phone status, headset, car settings, network, security, and java settings.

My advice is to choose 02. 02 is one of the better choices, but signalling tends to go down when you are in the Weymouth and New Forest area.

Well, I'm very, very glad that I've chosen the Motorola V547. I like Motos - but my previous (e365) had many weak points (anyway - it has the best polyphony I have ever heard).

Operation of the V547 is easy and intuitive.

I have no any problems with software stability - even with Java apps (I'm using a lot of java stuff).

Stock software given by Motorola is great - but for java-uploading via USB port - you'll need some additional tools (PST 6.8+ to unlock Java-upload, MIDway 2.8 for uploading)

Overall score: Really good and nice looking handy, with lots of gadgets. Absolutely worthy of its price...