Motorola A925 Review
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Review: October 2004. Updated March 2009.
The Motorola A925 adds Bluetooth™ and Infrared wireless connectivity to
the A920 3G smartphone, making it a superb business
tool. Apart from these additions and a minor external makeover, the A925 is
the same as the A920, and so much of this review repeats what has already been
said about the A920.
With a Symbian 7 operating system, the range of software available for the
A925 is extensive. The phone will sync with Outlook and Lotus Notes, and can
be connected to a PC wirelessly by Bluetooth™ or Infrared or by using via
a USB cable.
As a 3G phone, the A925 supports all of 3's video mobile services: video calling,
video messaging & downloading video clips. It supports assisted GPS (Global
Positioning Satellite) for enhanced location-based services. It also benefits
from high-speed data transfer whilst on the 3G network. The screen format supports
widescreen video.
The integrated camera is rotating, so that you can use it for taking pictures
or for video-calling. The camera quality is excellent.
The TFT screen on the A925 is excellent. It has 65k colours, and is large at
4cm x 6cm, with a high resolution of 208 x 320 pixels - the same as the Sony
Ericsson P900.
An interesting feature of the A925 is that it has a touch screen and supports
handwriting recognition - a feature that it shares with the Sony Ericsson P900.
The screen is used for most data input, either by handwriting recognition or
using the "virtual keyboard" on screen with the help of a stylus.
This system works well, and makes text input and menu navigation simple and
quick.
Messaging is well-supported, as you would expect, with SMS, EMS, MMS and e-mail
fully supported. The phonebook is large and can handle many different fields,
including email, fax, home, work and mobile numbers. You can assign different
ringtones to each contact if you like.
The phone supports multi-tasking, so you can make calls whilst using other
features of the phone.
The internal memory of the phone is only 8 Mbytes, so you'll need to make use
of the memory card. A 32 Mbyte card is supplied, and this is expandable.
One thing to beware of is that this phone just eats batteries! If you're using
the phone heavily for video calling and other functions, you'll only get 1 hour
from it, and under normal circumstances you'll probably need to recharge every
day. That's simply inevitable with a 3G phone and a screen this big. The phone
does come with 2 chargers and 2 batteries though. You'll also need to learn
to live with the size and weight of the beast - again this comes with the territory!
The A925 compares quite well with the Sony Ericsson P900, having virtually
the same features as the P900 plus the added 3G functions. On the downside it
is much larger and heavier and has very poor battery life.
Features of the Motorola A925 include:
- Wide screen display - TFT, 65k colours, 208 x 320 pixels
- Integrated VGA camera (640 x 480 resolution) & video camera
- Video calling
- Touch screen & handwriting recognition
- Media player: video, MP3 player
- Voice recorder
- MP3 ringtones
- Integrated stereo headset jack
- Integrated handsfree speaker
- Voice activated dialling
- MMS - video and photo messaging
- E-mail (POP3 support)
- Downloadable Java™ gamses & applications
- Downloadable Themes (Ringtones, Wallpaper & Screensavers)
- Multi-tasking – make calls while accessing other 3 services
- Assisted GPS for enhanced location based services
- Connectivity: Bluetooth™, Infrared, USB
- PIM functionality (Calendar, Contacts and Address Book, Task List, Notes,
Date / Time with alarms)
- Picture phonebook
- Vibration alert
- Memory: 8 Mbytes internal, plus 32 Mbyte SD card (expandable)
- WAP, GPRS
- Tri-band capability
- Size: 149 x 60 x 24 mm
- Weight: 212g
- Talktime: 95 minutes
- Video calling: 55 minutes
- Battery standby: up to 3 days
Motorola A925 User Reviews
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Reviewed by olanrewaju aduroja from nigeria on
29th Dec 2010
I've tried to download app and games but it won't install. I've also
not been able to configure it for internet in nigeria. To me, the phone
is nothing to write home about except for the gps.
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Reviewed by daniel macharia from kenya on 23rd
Apr 2010
your phone is good ,, i like soo much but please can you reduce the
size of it,,, also send us the batteries we dont have them in kenya,,
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Reviewed by thaayu from India on 27th Jan 2010
I am using this phone really nice.
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Reviewed by kairos from indonesia on 5th Jan 2010
this phone is good, but mine is not good signal, the signal have max
3 bar, even no have bar. most of features no function in indonesia,
thanx GB all
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Reviewed by Gul Kakar from Pakistan on 5th Jul
2009
A wonderful best Mobile Like Motorola A925, used by my self was a great
inspiration for me. Now my sweet Motorola screen is not functioning
I think the screen is locked or something els, I dont know why, so please
I want to know how can it will be work.Please i really need help with
my sweet A925. gulkakar@yahoo.co.uk
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Reviewed by krishna from India on 28th Jun 2009
Fine with the features but problem with the battery, Please help me
find out the batteries in india, where are they available else how can
i go for it if available out of india. Thank You krishna.mrlg@gmail.com
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Reviewed by ramadhan komba from Tanzania on 12th
Mar 2009
i use this for many time ,i agree
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Reviewed by Chapatama Ngaba from Zambia on 1st
Mar 2009
Wonderful fone so far am the only one who has it plus it has great features
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Reviewed by Samuel Mulenga from Zambia on 11th
Nov 2008
I HAVE THIS PARTICULAR PHONE,ALREADY MY BATTERY IS EATEN UP,AND IAM
AWAY FROM HOME.BACK AT MY HOME I CANT ACCESS GPS AND INTERNET SERVICES,I
LOVE THE PHONE ,ITS BEAUTIFUL AND SUITS ME AS A BUSINESSMAN. SAMUEL
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Reviewed by Neti from Lao on 25th Sep 2008
good
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Reviewed by UmeshDesai from INDIA on 24th Sep
2008
Unique Cellular Phone And Hence Battery Life is of 90 minutes i admire
this phone as Great Phone.Top most Rank Given by me. if anyof you have
this phlne plz. contact me at umeshdesai2004@yahoo.com as i wanted it
again. UmeshDesak
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Reviewed by MANH from VIETNAM on 28th May 2008
GOOD
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Reviewed by alsayed from egypt on 21st May 2008
press the shortcut followed by the game b key to unlock
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Reviewed by R Young from cameroon on 10th May
2008
Well,i most say congratulations to Motorola for a great inspiration
on the motorola A925. I love the phone so much, but cannot really enjoy
the functionality of the phone perfectly.IT switches off during charging,the
batery does not charge while using the phone with my Pc connected with
the usb cable.And i don,t know if i am using the right batery at all.
I fine it difficult configuring the phone with my local internet porviders.
Please i really need help with my sweet A925.
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
10th May 2008
Are you sure that 5 stars is the correct rating, given your terrible
experiences with this phone?]
Reviewed by devansuthan from INDIA on 7th May
2008
I LIKE THIS PHONE VERY MUCH THAX FOR MOTOROLA
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Reviewed by micheal short from wales on 15th Mar
2008
this is 1 excellent phone easy 2 use sat-nav everything a phone should
do simly the best 100% excellent
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Reviewed by Mon Carlo Alasco from Philippines on
25th Feb 2008
Quite innovative the only problem is i cant change the pre installed
3 services so i can used our gprs services
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Reviewed by blaz from slovenia on 22nd Feb 2008
hi this mobile fone is goood but hes to big. but anyway is oki.
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Reviewed by Omar from Egypt on 12th Jan 2008
nice things about the phone it can takes nasty falls if you drop it
accidently, :) and the bad things are bulky size the one I have is hardware
locked monopoly why just leave the stupid thing open and make life easiar
there no WiFi so I am not sure what the WAP features comming from I'd
love to have that ;) mine made in germany but the charger stop charging
without any abvious reason. I think from poor design ;) the software
sopport is not great you have to be a programmer to do get strange thing
like UIQ actually another bad thing is when you change battery you lose
date and time nokia has solved this for quite a time wake up motorola!
I guess this is enough to rate this as poor
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Reviewed by david tipler from england on 21st
Dec 2007
the a925 is a great phone but the battery life run down very quickly
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Reviewed by sutajaya from Indonesia on 20th Dec
2007
Hand Set is in excellent feature, memorizing text as a note, video,
audio.The best PDA ever seen.Hello Moto is the best. Could any body
sign me how to set up the web feature ???
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Reviewed by edem k mahatma from Ghana on 30th
Jul 2007
i use the A925. i love every bit of it. it is a loaded PDA-phone device,
with room for more 3rd party software. however, one big letdown is the
remarkably low baterry power it has. i charge my fon daily, else. it
is as as if Motorola built a powerful SUV, WITH A POWERFUL ENGINE, with
most of the luxury specs,....and then decided to add a very very small
fuel tank!!. Hello MOTO, DO BETTER NEXT TIME!!
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Reviewed by john fagan from ireland on 26th Jul
2007
Hand set is good but wont log on to internet in ireland
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Reviewed by kid from Nigeria on 13th Jul 2007
The Motorola A925 is an excellent machine for smart guys on the move
with its power features which allows you to use it with ease is nice.I
want to say is a perfect machine once again.
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Reviewed by michael from nigeria on 5th Jul 2007
it nice but the funtion can't desplay my phone book
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Reviewed by Chika Nwanja from Nigeria on 11th
Jun 2007
Motorola A925 is a lovily piece. though heavy with short battery life,
its other features more than compensate. The manufacturer however needs
to proffer immediate solution to stiffness or none response of the touch
screen. I've used mine for about 2 years now and the touch screen made
me abandon it as I've not been able to fix it.
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Reviewed by chenar from slemany on 26th Apr 2007
best hand phone
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Reviewed by APURAV from INDIA on 10th Feb 2007
DIS PHONE GOT ALL GUD FEATURES,,ND DIS IS DA BEST DEAL....I CN SAY DA
REAL DEAL...
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Reviewed by Hannah from UK on 9th Feb 2007
Original, easy to use and has camera, mp3, voice recorder and blootooth.
What more could you want?
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Reviewed by mayank from india on 21st Jan 2007
in India many of features are not usable.still the maintenance is very
high.evry week you are required to visit to the shop.
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Reviewed by M. Emin ÖNER from Turkey on 25th Dec
2006
Cool phone. A bought it due to internal GPS, i'm using it when flying
my hangglider. Battery is a problem, espacially at the terrain or hangglider
flight. I'm planning to extend battery life by attaching a 6500mAh Li-Poly
or Li-Ion back to the phone. I tried supply phone in the charger port
but it's going to sleep. I'll try to weld new 6500mAh cell to it's original
spare battery cell. So original battery has 4 pins. I need to weld li-ion
cells before the PBC circuit. Screen calibration is can be done in the
"control panel/screen/calibrate". for the first it's not easy to find
touching points for the buttons but not much hard. for any other general
failure you can re install flash data to the phone by yourself, without
putting it to service. I'll describe, Reflashing A925: Download flash
files, http://www.lokalen.org/~facio/ generix/REL_35.80.61_full_SHX.rar
http://www.lokalen.org/~facio /generix/REL_35.80.61_small_SHX.rar small
flash will only clear A and Z drives, phone settings and contacts will
not be go away. full flash will make a complete cleaning process and
probably exact solution for any software related problems. After downloading
flash files, download RSD Lite 2.5 from here: http://upload.dvhk.pl/files/2006-02-17/RSD_Lite_2.5_Release.zip
you need p2k drivers also: http://storage.e398mod.com/soft/p2Kdrivers.zip
you also need a USB Data cable. if links broken you can search at google.
easy to find. now install all drivers and rsd software to you pc. remove
battery from phone, connect cable to you phone and pc. press and hold
two game buttons top of the phone and insert battery. after 2 seconds
release buttons. phone will connect to pc. if you asked for driver show
p2k driver folder to windows. open RSD software and open *.SHX file
from harddisk. click start and wait until it's done. Don't touch the
phone and pc until it's done. don't loo at phone too :) (it will be
seeming awful :P ) now the phone software renewed. *** Thess files and
method has been tried in Turkey and there is no problem with it. Anyway
use at your own risk. i just didn't want to pay to service for this
easy operation. *** EDITOR'S NOTE: WE INCLUDE THIS LINK FOR INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT MOBILE-PHONES-UK.ORG.UK HAS NOT TESTED THIS
LINK AND YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE CONTENT OF EXTERNAL WEBSITES
IS NOT SUBJECT TO OUR CONTROL AND WE ACCEPT NO LIABILITY FOR THEIR USE.
***
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Reviewed by aziz from india on 28th Nov 2006
a fantastic phone with state of the art tectonology
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Reviewed by Wilco from UK on 17th Aug 2006
Great idea, bad implementation. The battery life and form factor make
it very impractical, but... As a GPS (it has a GPS chip built in, that
you can use with software from NHGPS) it is not bad. It's about the
cheapest GPS I ever had (paid 40£ for the phone, 18£ for the software).
I downloaded the speedcam database for UK on it, and now it saves me
£££ by avoiding those speed tickets :) But as a phone it is simply terrible.
I used to get about 4-6 hours out of it between charges, with only moderate
use. But in terms of hardware & OS design this phone was far ahead of
its time when it came out.
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Reviewed by mayowa ade, mj from nigeria on 12th
Aug 2006
it's a nice phone, oppressive!, easy to use...great performance etc
quite a fefw lapses though- size and volume, and 1 more thing, if u
can download any games, pls lemme know!
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Reviewed by James from England on 19th Jul 2006
This phone is ok as I have previously owned one. I would advise you
to never buy a 3 phone as the network is use less. This phone is to
bid but is a very, very smart phone.
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Reviewed by Ted Olwasegun from Nigeria on 14th
Jul 2006
Generally I dont think much of the phone.But it is a good PDA, I cannot
configure it to browse on Vmobile Nigeria,The ringer is not loud, there
are no games to pass time,it's big, heavy etc.
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Reviewed by Apocalypse from Bulgaria on 13th Jul
2006
The Phone is excellent, forget what those idiots with 1-2 stars are
saying. The only backs of it are the short battery life in heavy usage
(normal for EVERY smartphone), little bluetooth trouble, and the need
to search a little more in google :)
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Reviewed by Russell from Goa-India on 15th Jun
2006
A very nice phone after such a log time it's got everything i mean what
a person can wish for , but the only problem is that it consumes oo
muh battery life and the volume is a bit low othewrise it's realy good.The
good thing about it is it's got GPS which i can use on ships for navigation
way to go MOTO.
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Reviewed by RICKY from SINGAPORE on 6th Jun 2006
THE PHONE IT EXCELLENT.BUT I GOT THE PROBLEMB TO FIND MY CD I LOST IT
,I DON,T KNOW WHERE CAN I PURCHASE IT .CAN ANYONCE HELP ME.THANKS MY
EMAILIS ricky@madeira.com.sg
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Reviewed by mudashiru Abdel maleeq from NIGERIA on
9th May 2006
A925 is very good
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Reviewed by Stojan Malesev from Serbija on 30th
Apr 2006
I had Motorola acomplli 008, a good machine for it's time. Sadly technology
moved on so I needed an upgrade. Man in Motorola shop told me "I got
the thing for you". He was right. This is the future how I imagine it.
Every thing works beautifully as long as you understand that all breakthroughs
come at a price. Regarding the battery life, neither Ferrari comes with
a small tank nor do you ask about fuel economy. Maybe if Motorola realized
that this all in one device could be every thing man needs in his car,
just maybe they would offer some kind of device that resembles car radio
and is connected to headset thus providing us with GPS, MP3, Phone and
FM. Please do not mistake this idea for ordinary car stereo with Bluetooth
and such. As technology moves on those things will achieve greater battery
life and will reduce in weight, but till then this is best that there
is and of course there is price factor. All in all this is "Beam us
up Scottie" device and probably just early spring bird of what's to
come in a few years. To girls and boys of Motorola I can say only "Keep
integrating" and to you who read this lines I can say that I did not
regret a second carrying this "machine" around
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Reviewed by Srinnivasa Reddy from India on 27th
Mar 2006
Good phone with very Interesting features.
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Reviewed by Mortaza Doulaty from Iran on 28th
Dec 2005
no that bad! if you get used to it's short battery life, you can olerate
it,other features may overcome to that. It's size is somehow too big!
you may have problems in carrying, I think A1000 is much better than
this. (a generic problem that I overcome to it is: the problem of truing
off, let the phone have free space too much. it should work...
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Reviewed by Olivier from Australia on 17th Dec
2005
i had this phone 4 7 mouths and one day it fell lightly on the floor
and now it dose not turn on and it cannot be fixed to i say dont spend
ur money on this phone i am now getting a motorola e1 rokr with evrything
i need
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Reviewed by SINGH from UK on 24th Nov 2005
overall good phone..restarts once or twice but thats what you expect
from a smartphone a bit big and out of date..get the a1000 if you want
a good smart phone on 3 but this is just as good
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Reviewed by nick ball from England on 18th Nov
2005
this phone is alright it has some faultys like the screen is big and
you can not use all of it because there is not that much on this phone.
so i would recomend this phone but not in few years time
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Reviewed by Kedge from United Kingdom on 17th
Nov 2005
Well what can I say about this phone. Decided I wanted a smart phone
(pda) so opted for the A925 *coughs* if I knew I was getting a brick
and a brick that uses 2 batteries in normal day use and the fact the
thing cant and wont accept calls whilst in the cradle charging even
more batteries!! The good points are the phone itslef is easy enough
to use thats if you are not wearing jeans out or you will never find
a pocket big enough to fit it in. So I just leave my next to my pc (off
charge) or else cant get calls and just play around for 20 mins each
morning trying to get it to be reconised by the PC a bit hit and miss
there, as for the blue tooth well allow atleast 30 mins a day to configure
this and then dont move the phone out of range normally about 10 feetor
else you will have to run through the whole set up process again. My
advice if you want a brick with ok graphics some cool applications that
sometimes crash then this is the phone for you. My phone will be on
e-bay very soon if anyone wants to buy it
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Reviewed by Hans from Sweden on 2nd Nov 2005
Part of the positive aspect of this phone were the price and the amount
of peripherals one got with it. Admittedly I'm a bit of a technophile,
but even so there are no serious usability issues. However, that's about
it on the positive side. Aside form the rotten battery life, the phone
is extraordianrily sensitive. I haven't seen such moisture sensitivity
since the early 90s. I have already had mine in for service twice and
am considering requesting a new phone next time. Moisture problems cause
the reported turning off problem (very annoying, especially since it
doesn't restart quickly). Placing the phone in the cradle or attaching
a power cable can also casue it to turn off suddenly.
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Reviewed by Mikael from Sweden on 31st Oct 2005
This phone really didn't left the buyer with much more demands, it had
it all. i used this for about 4 months and then sold it, but those four
months was incredible. Since i am a real Gadget geek i loved this phone
like a girlfriend. Since i used it in Sweden i had 3G cover even in
my house out on the country. COUNTRY!!! It had so many features i could
swim in them. The thing i liked most about it must be the fact that
you could install any kind of software on it. I for example had an Office
package and a Gameboy emulator on it (I played Pokemon on my cell-phone
:P). There was also a lot of programs that was to exploit the GPS funktion
in this phone, but they weren't funktional. Most of the software though
was made for the P900 Sony-Ericsson, but if you just downloaded one
little program all P900 programs worked on this phone too. everything
else was working superb. Phone, video-phone, SMS, MMS and everything.
The batteries lasted more than one hour in hard use, i can tell you.
I had always the two batteries with me just in case. It could take about
5-6 hours of intense usage before i had to change them. well, thats
my thougt :D
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Reviewed by grego from yugoslavia on 24th Oct
2005
heeeeeej......motorola a925,best model of the world,space,universe....ok...best...
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Reviewed by Dr.MOHIB from Libya on 21st Oct 2005
Very Smart
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Reviewed by Rob from Canada on 1st Oct 2005
This is a very colorful phone. But I have problems with the device driver.
Cannot be connected to the PC. Desktop Suite cannot locate it. So Now
I can't see any different between this or any "regular phone".But I
like it! If somebody has any good idea how can I install the programs
for "file transfering"or has a good setup cd for this phone /maybe my
cd is does'nt fit.. I'll be very happy.I try since 2 months! Please
contact me! bognarca@yahoo.com Thanks Rob
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Reviewed by joe from china on 14th Sep 2005
so bad phone, I bought only 2 month, it was burn out, I bring it to
MOTOROLA service center, they refuse to repire. up to now my A925 still
died on my desk. and I also have a A920 I bought only 3 month, it can
not serch and GSM station.
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Reviewed by ashruf ben aoun from libya on 12th
Sep 2005
very very easy and simple used, hi tech and soooooooo gooood
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Reviewed by Vlad from Romania on 11th Sep 2005
The Motorola a925 is one of the best phones y ever saw, and i had a
lot! The batterye life really enoys me, but i have leard to get over
it! I have instaled programs on it, but i have 1 problem, i don't know
how 2 install a game on it!So i'm asking you, pls, make the time and
try 2 explain me! don_freak_1988@yahoo.com
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Reviewed by Wojtek from Poland/UK on 7th Sep 2005
Here's the tip: DON'T buy it.... guys writing those good reviews had
to be really lucky to get some flawless examples of this phone... Apart
from low battery life, frequent rebooting and loads of other annoying
issues i came across one thing that totally eliminates this piece of
equipement as a phone... It tends to ring much later than an actual
call is coming.. sometimes it is seconds, but once or twice my phone
started ringing a couple of HOURS later than the call!! It is not incommon
that my wife pickups a call on her phone at the same time as my A925
starts ringing... a call incoming from the same phone number... I tested
the phone in Poland as well as in UK... Poland has advantage of not
present 3G network - which saves alot of battery life - i can use the
phone even for 3 days on one battery in poland while in UK i had to
take the spare one to work to survive the day... the only use of this
phone i can think of is as a solely car phone. use it with some good
BT headset and car charger and you have a fairly good GPS/phone - as
long as you keep the GPS on, because finding a fix takes terribly long
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Reviewed by bb from texas on 30th Aug 2005
neva gt this phone i mean its rubbish cause my mom brought this 1 and
she flipped i mean only ppl without hardly any money wld buy this
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Reviewed by Dennis from UK on 14th Aug 2005
This is not a phone.... It is a little computer with a built-in GPS
that can be used with commercial or free GPS software, such as MapViewGPS
(which is excellent BTW. I have just bought a 512MB SD card from ebay
for about £18 with shipping included and now I it holds in excess of
100 MP3's on it and listen to music all day long. So it's an ipod as
well. To bad about the battery life but i consider this phone was made
for geeks like me but not for the mainstream crowd, who constantly complain
about battery life and its size. I Love it!
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Reviewed by Wilco from Sweden on 21st Jul 2005
Ok, let's start by saying I'm a gadget geek & programmer. So I loved
this phone for it's features. The GPS chip is ok, and with a 25 euro
program www.nhgps.com you have an awesome GPS, that can make calls as
well. This is basically how I consider the usability of the phone. It
almost seems to have been an afterthought to add the phone functionality.
I use it to synch with outlook via bluetooth, when my girlfriend monopolizes
the PC (=works) I surf via the bluetooth and read the news etc. The
MP3 player is quite decent, as are some of the games (try Legacy, or
Doom1). Now the bad. Yes the battery life is hard to bear. People have
been begging me to get another phone, so they can call me after 4pm
when my battery is dead and I forgot to take the spare... So if you
like the functionality, buy it as a PIM+GPS with which you can make
the occasional call.
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Reviewed by Tik0 from Slovenia on 15th Jul 2005
This fone is the best fone y ever see!You can do a lot of things on
it!It's simpli the best!
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Reviewed by Kale from UK on 7th Jul 2005
I must admire the patience of all the people who find the phone useful.
I have used it for about ten months now but I cannot take it anymore.
I have just called for help and am getting a Nokia from Orange tomorrow.
The A925 is awful. I have to keep one of its batteries to charge and
the other one in use. If its used heavily, both of its batteries get
used up, and thats just for tha calls. If you plan to use video calling
regularly then I believe you would use up three in a day atleast. One
cannot get out of the 3 services an d connect to the internet. When
I got this phone, I was prepared to use all the functions of the phone
for the simple reason that if I had to put up with a phone of this size
then I'd rather do something with it. Hard luck though. You cannot do
anything other than browse the contents that 3 has to offer. At this
point in time, if I try to access camera, the phone just shuts off and
reboots on its own ( which puts me off to sleep). Its a huge problem
taking it with you anywhere and if you are wearing jeans you wuold have
to hold it in your hands or use a shoulder sack like I do. There have
been many instances when I have forgotten to take my mobile phone with
me for the simple reason that it is too bulky. PLease think twice before
you buy it. Better still.... dont think about it, just dont buy it
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Reviewed by Michael from UK on 7th Jul 2005
I've had this phone now for 1year, sent it back recently for a routine
OS upgrade and can say it is a fantastic phone. Pity about the Network
provider (won't say who but its a NUMBER between 2&4!). They are pants,
this is the only thing letting down the A925 & A1000. Motorola do yourselves
a favour and DUMP 3!!!! Their customer services are diabolical. I posted
my letter cancelling my contract today and it took A FULL A4 SHEET!
Definately 5/5 for the phone & 0/5 for 3s terrible customer services!!!!!
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Reviewed by Chacha from Australia on 29th Jun
2005
Very poor functionality. Poor audio quality, poor picture quality, very
weak battery....just got trouble since bought it !!!! Feeling very dissapointed
with this one!!!!
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Reviewed by samwel from USA on 8th Jun 2005
i bought this phone and i just love it.apart from the style it is amazingly
easy to use holds a tonne of info.it is handy, has a classy leather
case and i just got a car charger for it and i now can talk endlessly.everyone
is asking where i got the phone from.
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Reviewed by betty from wales on 1st Jun 2005
this is a nifty gadget for all ages. WOW!!!
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Reviewed by ben from england on 18th May 2005
i got this phone 3 weeks ago and i hate it! i have now gave it back
and i have a v3 thats is great.
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Reviewed by insy from Germany on 9th May 2005
I bought this cell phone by coincidence and now I must admit that I
like it. At the beginning it was kind of strange because I wasn't used
to have a mobile without keys. But after a period of training I'm really
content and I can handle it now. ;) There's still the protection foil
on it, because I do not want to scratch the display. I'm really careful
with it. But there's one thing I have trouble with: the battery gets
low very soon. That's not that hard, because I'm not a hardcore cell-phone
user, but when I think of my predecessor Nokia 3330 it's a big difference
when it comes to the battery. I had to load the battery once a week,
now I have to load it after 2 days. So when when I'm away from home
longer than a few hours, I'll always have to take a look, if the battery
is still strong enough.
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Reviewed by Adam from Canada on 6th May 2005
This is an amazing phone. My previous phone was a Motorola V220 and
the reception alone is night and day. my v220 always had trouble finding
a signal near my house and had no signal at al in my basement... well
with this phone, i get full reception almost everywhere... with the
exception of my basement because down there i get 3-4 bars. The features
are crazy too with the ability to use GPS and have bluetooth cabability.
This phone also multitasks quite well. the v220 was horrible for trying
to enter in a phone # while talking to someone, no problems with the
phone... heck, u can be talkin on speaker phone and be playing Doom1
at the same time! The only downside that i can think of is the battery
life... but thats no biggy considering the docking bay it comes with
and the extra battery so u can always be charging a battery while using
the other one. This phone rox.
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Reviewed by Emyr from UK on 20th Apr 2005
Thought it was me, but after reading these forums I have exactly the
same problems as other users. This phone is fully featured, but to get
most of it to work you've got to be quite IT liteate. GPS, a fab feature,
but the phone needs aditional software like "find the place" (free)
for it to work. It's a money grabbing ploy by 3G to use their own pay
to use program which is rubbish anyway. Apart from being the size and
weight of a house brick, it's worth it for the features. If someone
has been able to get the modem working for use with a PC then please
let me know how :-) Thanks
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Reviewed by david from england on 11th Apr 2005
This phone is good because of it's features but i say it could include
some more things like real music or mp4 players aswell as mp3 or mabye
that should have been included in the upgrade that i have
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Reviewed by Daniel from UK on 22nd Mar 2005
I bought this phone based on its impressive feature list; but after
7 months of infuriating ownership I have now smashed it (stabbed it
with its own stylus) through sheer frustration. Here is why: Motorola
& 3 is a marriage made in hell. Poor network coverage and service coupled
with temperamental phone - not good news. It turns itself off at will
and takes a geological epoch to re-boot. I found it nearly impossible
to get it to work abroad. The reception is terrible and teases you by
showing a healthy reception and dying as soon as you pick it up. Ironically
it usually turns itself off when you try to adjust the network settings
to resolve the problem. The 3 call centre in Mumbai is shocking. I have
had 2 replacement phones and they have all had glitches. If you can
fit the damn thing in your pocket you will invariably miss calls because
of the quiet polyphonic ringtones. I now own a Nokia 8910i on the Orange
network - which is practically featureless - and I love it! Excellent
phone reliability, network coverage and customer service - makes you
realise that all those extras are totally unnecessary and I would take
reliability every time, over loads of crappy kids extras. Summary: Avoid
3 and Motorola like the plague!
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Reviewed by ao_76 from france on 1st Feb 2005
Hello, I have a 925 motorola. The screen is alwyas illuminated. I can
not see any think on the screen. please help a.ouertani@free.fr
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Reviewed by Mike from UK on 1st Feb 2005
What a fantastic phone. Easy to use. I use mine to listen to mp3's,
watch movies in mpeg4, read e-books,send sms and make calls. Yes its
big but its got widescreen feature when watching Star wars on. Yes it
eats the battery, but when i'm playing Doom on it for an hour in work
its better than any other mobile phone I've had before. Its the only
phone I've had where I'm not counting the days for my 12 month upgrade.
Well done Motorola Five stars.
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Reviewed by - from Australia on 28th Jan 2005
Have problems with the device driver. Cannot be connected to the PC.
M router says connected but Desktop Suite cannot locate it. Have spent
more ringing India rather than using the phone.
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Reviewed by Tim O Keeffe from UK on 22nd Jan 2005
Call quality average to dreadful (apparently attributed to sotware versus
call conflicts) - in any 5 min telephone conversation you will get dead
time. Terrific functionality with ability to link and backup to your
PC. Dreadful battery life - you will use both batteries in a typical
day. Software to connect to your PC difficult to use. Phone locks about
once a week and has to be rebooted. Some menus not intuitive. Big phone
but commensurate with functionality. For a big company, the overall
quality of the phone is remarkably bad. Contract expires in 7 months
and will just have to change it - largely due to poor call quality
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Reviewed by from sweden on 7th Jan 2005
Really good phone, if you could accept the poor standby time.
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Reviewed by Dee from UK on 21st Dec 2004
The A925 has everything you could possibly want in a phone. The camera
was of great quality, the email service it provides is free, you could
download games and the expansion slot was brilliant for storing MP3s.
This phone to me has the edge on most if not all the PDAs on the market.
However my only criticism of the phone is its size and inability to
read MS Word documents
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Reviewed by Andy65 from uk on 10th Dec 2004
Apart from eating batteries, the A925 is the business.i only wish 3
hadnt locked the wap system up so i could make full use of its potential,
what a dumb idea of 3s that is.
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Reviewed by DISSAPIONTED PERSON from DISSAPOINTED UNION
on 6th Dec 2004
ONE WORD- TERRIBLE 3 WOS A DISSASTER! I TOOK IT BACK AS SOON AS I GOT
IT!
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Reviewed by Bahtiyor from Sweden on 4th Dec 2004
Don't get even for free, it is perfect headache. You have to carry it
in your bag, no pocket fittable. I could not found belt-bag for this
phone, no hanging is possible. Battary dies in 12 hours, even if you
don't use. Always have conflicts in programmes. It is big as three normal
phone and you don't need to go to gym, if you are carrying it.
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Reviewed by Phillip from England on 12th Nov 2004
I have read in alot of forums of this phone having a bad battery life.
well i have been using it for a week now and it really isn't as much
as an issue as you might think.as for the phones features there great!
and i orderd mines with a free bluetooth! all in all this is a good
phone but is your looking for perfect go for the A1000!
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Reviewed by Sarah from United Kingdom on 12th
Nov 2004
this phone is just like a remote control in ur pocket a long remote
control its horrible look how big it is ITS A BRICK my step dad bought
it and when he was gettin it he was like its the best phone around i
thught so too until i saw it and had a go on it its just wack! they
should stop insulting the mobile phone company and make some good phones
for a change instead of their bricks they make if they want to make
some bricks go to a building yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by liam lennon from england on 3rd Nov
2004
this phone is the biggest load of **** i have ever used.it has nothing
and shuts down all the time . dont buy it
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Reviewed by Georges from united Kingdom on 31st
Oct 2004
I wanted a mobile phone that I can really use without fiddling with
the small keys. I wanted a mobile phone that I can read my emails from
(any pop3 email). I wanted a mobile phone that I can keep large amount
of contacts, alarms, notes, decent pictures, occasional videos and occasional
MP3 files. I bought the A925 despite the reviews because I believe it
will le tme ditch my PDA and phone and jsu tuse one device. The touch
screen is excellent and quick to respond and I can dial a number without
using the the provided pen or the virtual keyboard or the hand recognition.
Yes it is damn as fast as using the small keys on a small mobile and
I don't do any mistakes (I have large thumbs :-) ). Yes it is large
but it fits neatly in my palm, and it is larger than average but I got
used to it. Setting email accounts to get it from my POP3 email was
a breeze, setting my 3mail account took next to nothing other than providing
user name and password. its excellent for taking down notes too using
the hand recognition, the word completion is a time saver and once you
get used ot it (just a couple of usage) it is a breeze and quick to
send messages or notes. Or you can use the virtual keyboard, I did not
know I can input texts so fast with just a pen and a virtual keyboard.
It comes with a headset, and believe me you will amazed at the quality
of the stereo sound coming out form Ringtones, MP3 files or recorded
videos. Try the examples on the supplied CD, it is outstanding. Use
the control panel and you can setup anything from borwser to calculator
to calendar, camera, video, sychrnoization etc.. Click ont he contacts
icon at the top and you have an alphabetically tabbed contact manager.
Click the mail icon at the top and you can access yoru 3mail accounts.
The browser icon will only take you to the "walled garden" of 3. I thas
ntohing to do with the device. It is powerfull and fully featured to
allow you to use the full internet if only 3 allows you. Click o n the
phone icon at the top again and you have the virtual phone keyboard
and from a host of applications from monitoring your calls to adjusting
the tones. All highly and easily configurable. Finally click on the
hoem icon top left corner and you immediately have access to 3 netwoprk,
such as personalising your ahndset, do a content search or a quick map.
You can also at a galnce see your emails, voicemails, multimedia messages,
text messages, appointments etc.. all on a large colorfull, clear screen.
Athe bootom of the screen you can configure the most used three applications
to always display their icons jsut above the status bar. synchronizing
with a PC is maater of installing the supplied software on the PC, attach
the supplied motorola cable to yoru handset and the USB end to the PC,
go to control panel, choose desktop suite and choose connect and voila
yoru PC can see the handset as drive C (and if you installed the memory
card) as Drive D. From there just use Microso ft explorer to add, delete,
create files etc.. Or you canuse the supplied software to synchronize
your handset with outlook etc... Or you can buy a US-bluetooh dongle
and do the same thing, just the tell the handset which method are you
using through control panel. Same goes for infradred too. Try the speakerphone,
it is loud and clear, volume can be adjusted ont eh side of the handset
as well as the voice calls if you attached voice to your contacts. You
get two batteries, I drained them over three nights and recharged them
for at least twelve hours (as recommended). The cradle if very useful
is recharging your phone and the additional battery at the same time,
and you can even synchronise through it. I liked the fact the at the
camera can be easily swiveled (with yoru thumb) to face forward or backward.
At the back there are sockets for GPS antenna, but i haven't been able
to find any info about it, and sadly the manual does not mention them.
All in all, the OS is fast and responsive with excellent features and
configurations, the screen is large, crisp and colorfull and the device
is a speed demon, if only 3 allows more of the internet then you will
see its true power. So to summarise, the handset is larger than average
and it is not targeted or desgined for games addicts or text messaging
addicts although I found it quite reasonable. It is slightly large than
my palm but i got used to it, and now I can easily use it and navigate
without the need for the pen. It has never dropped a call or switched
itself off ever, even though I shoved in my pocket almost all day while
driving around my children,a dn getting in and out of the car all day.
I admit I am not a heavy user, I do make a lot of calls a month and
I do finish my 500 minutes, I do few texts (don't have time for this).
I take a lot of pictures and few videos of my 2 year old son. I do keep
a lot of contacts, lot of emails, lot of appointments and lots of notes,a
dn this handset does it all. As for the battery, doing all the above,
I need to recharge it late night before I go to bed but then again I
have spare ready. i dont find it any better or worse than my previous
mobile phone. if you are using the video calls then its usage of battery
is heavier so prepared to buy a better battery that last longer. i live
in Swindon and the signal is very good for calls all the time, but for
videos you will have to move around. But then again ti has nothign to
do with the device, it is 3 that should be blamed for this. All in all,
excellent and I will buy the next version. Large, but I got used to
it. Battery does not last as logn as a small mobile phone (without the
sophisticated applications :-) ) but it does last me all day and I have
a spare. ***** stars definitely.
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Reviewed by Chris R from United Kingdom on 23rd
Sep 2004
To all the people giving this phone 2 Stars. You have to realise that
this phone is not really built for being trendy or for a quick game.
Most peole probally saw the touch screen feature as cool and went for
it. It's a business phone, pure and simple. The organisers and email
functions are best suited for PC Docking and I find them very useful,
as I didn't really fancy carring a PDA and a phone around as well as
a laptop It's excellent and copnsidering I got free on my contact I
think it's the ultimate in mobile organisation. True the 3G network
is limited to the content they specify, but with Stuff like Map Finder
and Video news I find it quite handy, all without having to turn on
my laptop! And when I docked it with my pc I found I got a better Modem
connection than most of the 'Modem' phones I have tried (My Old GX10
oly gave me 8kps) I have since moved on to Openzone Cards, but I know
its there should I find myself out of an Openzone area. The large screen
and better than most camera are handy when out on call and the sketchpad
is a neat little addition that most PDAs lack. The Symbian OS is quick
to respond and I have yet to encounter the 'Random Death' power problem
I read on these pages. If you are looking for games I would suggest
you download game made FOR the A925 as the arrow keys then to 'Repeat'
when held down. I have downloaded an MegaDrive Emulator and stored ROMS
on an SD card which are interchangeable. and if youre bored you can
have MP3 stored to the phone as well. Most menus a laid out in a kind
of Outlook style with easy to read menus and each is easy to read, and
zoomable fom about 8pt to about 16pt so if you find most phones hard
to read it's handy. Video Calls are the Meat and two Veg of any 3G phone
and the A925 doesn't fail to deliver, a nice large picture that is clear
as most with a nifty picture in picture showing you your cameras view,
quick to connect and a smooth video stream are the phones strong points.
The speakerphone is better than most but I have compliants at the other
end that it can be a little quiet when behind the wheel and the touch
screen makes dialing and hanging up a breeze. Summing up. - Exceptional
business phone, if you want that WOW factor though, buy a 'Trendy' Nokia
or Sony. If you need to keep yourself organised on the move with a clear
and easy to use interfaces, get one of these.
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Reviewed by MidNight Mapper from Australia on
19th Sep 2004
I provide a 4-Star rating for this UIQ "smartphone". I have been using
the A925 for better than a week. I received it as a test platform for
a UIQ Symbian application in developement. UIQ is the next step for
Symbian and large screen formated "smart phones". I have many hundreds
of hours of direct experience with several versions of WinCE/PocketPC
as well as years of pocketing Treo and Sony PalmOS PDAs. I hate the
PocketPC solution but use it due to applications and have praise for
the KISS PalmOS. The PocketPCs have endlessly croaked and jammed but
you can always get an almost fixed update. The PalmOS SONYs I have used
are worn and scrached because they have remained reliable despite hard
use on the farm. My impression of the UIQ interface on the A925 suggests
that it has an easy to use Palm-like feel and so far without WinCE/PocketPC
lockups and resets. As far as the Motorola A925 package I like it. I
wanted a "smart phone" and I am using it via Telstra here in Australia.
It orginally was a "3" phone and still contains locked features for
internet and email - a pain/induced limitation I intend to over come
soon. Operationally the device is capable. It has daily maintained Bluetooth
connection to GPS, has flawlessley handled switching back and forth
to the camera, as well as allow me to make phone calls. As far as compatabilty
to UIQ standards I have had good success with several popular mapping
solutions, the most powerful being Power Navigator. Since I have not
as yet over come the locked features for MMS and email from "3" to Telstra
I can not confirm that side. This is not to say I have not explored
the writting pad (it works well but slightly different from my PalmOS
skill) and the build emails and add attachments easy to use and intuitive.
I have stacked up over thirty only waiting the "3" work-arounds. My
exporations on the email side suggests that a number of the Symbian
60 design faults faced in my Nokia 3650 are eliminated and far better
organized in the UIQ design. Overall I like my first "smartphone". Motorola
has been very helpful as has Telstra in attempting to get all the 2.5G
features connected while I await Telstra's pending 3G trun-on. I have
discovered that there is a pending upgrade in the works that I can get
loaded by Motorola when it goes commercial in a couple of weeks. Yes,
it is a large mobile but then again after having to suff pocketes with
a Nokia, a Bluetooth GPS, and a digital camera for most of the last
18 months, I like the idea of one device. And once the network is ready,
the A925 also has on-board a 12-channel "aGPS" chip set from Sirf. MidNight
Mapper midnight@midnightmapper.com aka neil havermale
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Reviewed by 0121 459 8877 from England on 16th
Sep 2004
Naff! anyone who gives this phone more than 2 stars needs shooting!
as said before this phone likes nothing more than to turn itself off.
Even in my pocket while locked it does this! Bluetooth does not work
well. When my headset is turned off and then on again the phone cannot
see the device and has to be repaired with it! So in other words you
have to leave the B/tooth headset on and when you want to use the handset
to make a call you need to put the headset out of range to use the phone!
My father owns the same headset and has a Sony Ericsson T610 both his
and my own headset worked fine with his phone. So it has to be the A925
that has the issue. Battery life is awful! i have to charge it each
night! Sometimes with minimal use i'm lucky if i get 18 hours! The size
and weight are also awful!
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Reviewed by Neil Holton from UK on 11th Sep 2004
This is a terrible peice of equipment. Turns itself off at will, although
somehow, it manages to synchronise this groovy feature with the times
when you need it most urgently, it then takes a full four minutes just
to get it booted up and running again, whereupon it may well switch
off one more time just for the kick. The charge held on the battery
is so inadequate that some days I have to charge it in the morning and
again before I go out. The screen is ok, but text recognition, even
good text recognition, is slow and fussy. The games you can download
form 3 are terrible, you might as well poke yourself in the eye for
fun. It also has problems with network coverage, when it re-enters 3
coverage from O2, O2 locks the phone to the network so no calls can
be made, even though it may well be in reception for either network.
Overall: bad design, bad size, bad features, bad battery Redeeming features:
quite hard to smash
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Reviewed by MThomson from Australia on 6th Aug
2004
Had this phone for approx 7 months, It took hours to get it to work
on the provided software to sync with a PC, I tried 2 desk tops and
2 laptops!! Phone would & still does reboot when put into charger, screen
freezes and reboots when it wants. Has been re flashed and upgraded,
now Infra-Red works...yiiipeee (no charge either) Doesn't work when
in tall 20 plus floors buildings ( carrier issue) I have a Nokia Blu-Tooth
car kit, in the car I have had a Nokia 6210, Sony-Ericcson, a NEC and
a Motorola A835 all work beautifully...the A925 (one of the reasons
I bout the thing) can't make or recieve a call, screen shows it has
joined the carkit...that's all it does. Even after upgrade first few
seconds of me making a call I hear a hi pitched sqealing noise before
ring tone. The memory some times refuses to allow data to be added to
the contacts etc...push reset inside cover and reboot usually fixes
it!!!...have given up talking the Arpoo's in Bombay pretending to be
Steve or Dave or Bruce (couldn't stop laughing when he told me his name
with hint of Punjab accent) they are polite, well drilled and totally
usless technically......why is this sooo hard!!! $780.00 bucks wasted,
lost business and worn out customer!!! mthomson@three.com.au for more
tales of woe.
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Reviewed by Daiel Ashtiany from England on 31st
Jul 2004
If it had games,it would get 5.
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Reviewed by Alfred S from Australia on 12th Jan
2004
INTRO The Motorola A920 is a good device, and it is very much underrated.
The A925 and the A920 are almost the same and the A920 software is upgradeable
to the A925. Actual hardware differenced are shrouded in mystery. It's
the best featured phone around. People buy mostly Nokias, because that's
the "in" thing, but I had Ericssons which had better performance and
were of more solid build, LG with better battery life and smaller size
and of course Motorola with more extensive features than the equivalent
Nokias. Talking about the A920: STRENGTHS Features galore too long to
list and they actually do work well. It's got a few features which even
if you find other phones, they will miss some of the other things the
A920 can do. Easy to use user interface, great hand writing recognition,
large screen. WEAKNESSES Poor screen protection, the size of phones
of yesteryear, the life on one charge is so-so, you need gorilla arms
to be able to get more than the middle of your face on the screen for
pictures or video call and have to hold it at a funny angle, no 0-9
number keys. SUMMARY Overall, it's a really likable phone and the size
and battery life are not such a big deal as you might think. Most complaints
relating to this phone are more to do with the service provider than
the A920 itself (like disabled features, wobbly network). Still, if
you are after the perfect phone, wait a few months - when the successor
arives. It should be a real treat.
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