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Motorola Timeport 270c Review
ioman1 writes: "Designtechnica does a review of Motorola's first ever cell phone to use the Bluetooth technology. "With a variety of features including speakerphone, voice recognition, and voice activation, the Timeport 270c pretty much allows you to have the conveniences of a pager, cell phone, and laptop all in one little device." 'Course, the problem is getting all your devices to communicate using Bluetooth, and passing the data in a readable format. I will say, the sooner it works the happier I'll be - having to input all my phone numbers into a new cell phone *sucks*.
Yeah, finally a Bluetooth product makes it to market, but what's it gonna talk to?? Maybe a PC with a Bluetooth expansion module, but not much else right now. Wait a year or two for the price to come down, and Bluetooth to expand into other devices, then shell out for it.
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Fortunately those of us with GSM phones haven't had to deal with this, since user data is stored on the SIM card.
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After reading the review, I'm still unclear how they can make the claim that it incorporates the functions of a laptop. I can see phone and pager, and maybe PDA, but not laptop.
You left out the opening heh
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Don't you keep the SIM-card? Mine can store 200 numbers. Bluetooth is great, though...
Isn't Bluetooth the loser in the wireless wars? I though 802.11(?) was the one that looks like it'll succeed.
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From article:
Timeport(TM) 270c pretty much allows you to have the conveniences of a pager, cell phone, and laptop all in one little device.
WOW! I can play Q3 on this baby!?! And I can compile my little C and Java apps. I bet the resolution of the TV in from my TV tuner will be fantastic! Why on earth did I spend so much money on a laptop when I can get it all for less in the plam of my hand?
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Until I actually read the article and found out that there really isn't the functionality of a PDA beyond storing addresses and emails (for the odd reason that you might want to put your email into a dead-end device to read. The DNRC Newsletter, maybe. ('Dogbert's New Ruling Class')
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Guess I'll still be waiting for a good Palm/PocketPC cellphone integration with Bluetooth support.
.sigh.
Btw, one thing I didn't see. Any built in games a la the Nokia phones? (Have to have priorities, you know)
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Bleagh.... When I first saw the headline, I thought they'd come out with a TARDIS extension.
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Motorola isn't the only one using Bluetooth in phones - Nokia also has a model. Unless it's just a Mototola phone with a Nokia sticker on it.
This thing does nothing like a laptop. It doesn't even do as much as a handheld, so how is it like a laptop?
Why would you surf the internet with a phone when your laptop is 30 feet away?
Arghh! 360 degrees in a circle, 365 days in a year. Or is he implying the battery lasts for a year?
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My qualicomm and Verizon made this easy.
Go to my.verizon website, enter numbers and info.
send.
phone is now updated.
Oh and I can beam them from my palm to the qualicomm and vicea versa.
I assumed all advanced cellphones had this capability.
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Yay. You can synchronize your phone book. What is really needed is a way for the phone to act as a modem for your other Bluetooth-enabled devices (laptop, iPaq, etc.)... Motorola's other phones can do this with a serial cable... I wonder if the 270 can with Bluetooth. This review does not imply that this is possible..
The Nokia 7160 allows Outlook Phonelist/To do/Calendar integration. Very nice.
There have been phones out there for a long time that facilitated synching numbers. My Motorola Timeport (over a year old) will synch with my Outlook contacts list just like a Palm, and it's small and light and cool and ...
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WTF? They don't mention price, or the dimensions of the phone in either the article, or on Motorola's site. Is this thing like $4 billion and the size of a football?
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I'm more concerned about the size of the phone. If it won't fit in my pocket, I don't want it. Belt clips are for tools. (you can take that either way
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Ericsson started selling their R520m model a while ago. It has all of the mentioned features, and since it's a GSM phone you can use it almost anywhere in the world. Neat.
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Was on the horn with motorola today, regarding the timeport P935, i'd like to see a review of this puppy.
I have been using the r520 from Ericsson for a few months now. It provides all the functionality and features of this phone. Whats new here ?
Bluetooth technology for short range
wireless transmission is actually quite
limited, as the maximum range is 10 meters
and maximum data transfer rate is 2Mbps
planned apparently in next generation of devices.
802.11b or Wi-Fi that implements CSMA/CA
(carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance) protocol as our standard ethernet
does goes a step further with speeds
reaching 11Mbps, but even that is not enough
UWB (ultra wide band) a time coded electro magnetic pulse transmission is just recently gaining more popularity and could eventually replace 802.11b and bluetooth mainly because of its unique reliability, high throughoutput (up to 100Mbps and more) as some sources indicate.
Some companies already have solutions available
just waiting on FCC approval to lift off.
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Further, many newer high-end phones (e.g., the Nokia 8290) have infrared capability. I just have to put my 8290 near my computer's infrared port, put the phone in infrared mode, and my computer instantly recognizes it. Nokia's PC Suite software (and many third party programs) lets you copy entries to and from your phone's address book.
This looks like a neat phone but nothing like a laptop. Look at the nokia 6310 (http://www.nokia.com/phones/6310/main_feat.html) and compare. This has wap 1.2.1, bluetooth, GPRS, HSCSD... all the toys. (its not out yet - but neither is the Ericcson). S
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The Ericsson T39 bluetooth enabled cellphone uses the vCard standard to sync its phone number list with an external device. In theory it could Sync its phonebook with the PC anytime you walked into the same room as your PC.
A review of Motorola's first Bluetooth phone?!?
Who gives a toss. Does this mean I get to also see a posting about Ericssons Bluetooth phones which have been out for ages too?!?
I could understand if this was line up of Bluetooth phones. But this is a single phone buy a single manufacturer. I can't believe the dribble that makes the first page of this site sometimes.
They do have the bluetooth headset that is pretty sweet. And the radio option (with the regular headset, im not sure about the bluetooth headset), is pretty cool.
Also, they are working on a possible mp3 player for there phones that use the same connector as the the 270c and some of the newer phones.
Kinda foolish that the organic led timeport doesnt have the same accessory port as the newer phones.
That is your ass, and this over here is your elbow, and NO they ARE NOT the same thing.
Bluetooth and 802.11b are for entirely different purposes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let me see you have a mobile phone headset talk to a mobile phone via 802.11b. Do you use ethernet to plug your mouse/keyboard into your PC?
Cheeeerist, that bloody Intel twit has a lot to answer for.
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[...]having to input all my phone numbers into a new cell phone *sucks*
Err... contact numbers are stored on the SIM card, not the 'phone memory, for precisely this reason[*] - give your old SIM card to one of the attendants at the shop when getting a new 'phone, and they'll copy your contacts across - at least, that's how all Nokia, NEC, Sony and Motorola 'phones that I've every used have done it. Uterly simple. Or is it different in the U.S.A.?
BTW, if anyone works at the FCC, please send the people who decided not to standardise the spectrum and protocol along with the rest of the world my thanks - it's been a huge boost to the European especially, and also Asian, economies.
[*] - Yes, I know, you /can/ store contacts on 'phone memory as well, but normally you can only use one of these locations (SIM card OR 'phone), and the default is the SIM card
James F.