Quickie review of Verizon Q9c

[PacoJr67]

having the sprint Q9c, I'd rather not have the silver. It looks too iphoneish for me...

[sulster]

I won't quit my day job anytime soon, but here are these taken with my old Q and downloaded via USB to my desktop:

[n99hockey]

aaaah so its where the red from the Q9m was is silver...i think the sprint Q9c has more silver...

thanks for the pics!!

[sulster]

Originally Posted by n99hockey

aaaah so its where the red from the Q9m was is silver...i think the sprint Q9c has more silver...

thanks for the pics!!

Why come you don't ever "Thank" me with the button, per your signature??

Yeah, I consider it a black phone. it's just got that silver band around the side. It's pretty sweet looking.

[n99hockey]

Originally Posted by sulster

Why come you don't ever "Thank" me with the button, per your signature??

Yeah, I consider it a black phone. it's just got that silver band around the side. It's pretty sweet looking.

i did!
see post with pictures...

[PacoJr67]

the sprint Q9c does have more silver (just on the front of the faceplate though) now I just have to wait for cnn.cn to have that faceplate and I can switch...

[Migdalor Guy]

well, just got my Verizon Q9c today. we'll see if it meets your rather positive review. Here's hoping so.

Originally Posted by sulster

Okay, here is my brief review of the Q9c on Verizon. I have never written a review before, so please bear with me as I try to anticipate questions and comment on the things that are important to me. Just so you know, I was running an original silver Q.

First, the case of the unit is simply lovely. It appears flatter and wider than the original (especially since I had the 3200 mah battery on the other one) The edges are rounded and it fits nicely in my hand. It has that “sticky” black coating on the back and on the front under the keyboard, and the edges are made out of a quality-feeling plastic/resin. The sides are silver metal. It feels much more sound (less cheap) than the other Q.

The keyboard is quite simply fabulous. The keys are square and flush against each other, more like a real keyboard. They are made of a soft rubbery-plastic and don’t have quite such a hard click. You are able to type faster b/c your fingers aren’t sliding off the slick round surface of the old keys. Seriously, this keyboard is super compared to the old Q and to the other Smartphone’s I’ve played with. My typos have decreased tremendously.

They changed the configuration of the Send/End keys and the soft keys. The send/end keys are now more vertical at the edge of the phone and are much easier to reach and use while holding the phone without looking. It makes a bigger difference than I anticipated in ease of use.

There isn’t a dedicated “camera” key. There’s a dedicated “Media” key that brings up a choice ofWindows Mediat, Camera, Video Camera and Pictures/Videos. I kinda like it, actually.

The Windows 6.0 is certainly a vast improvement over 5.0 in terms of not feeling so dated. The built-in sounds are much more gentle and multi-chorded, rather than the angry blips of before. Of course, I am sure after some point even those will grate on me, but I like them for now—for example, the start-up sound that used to cause me to cringe is now relatively palatable. The icons are also nicer. I guess it is “Vista”-esque, even the “working” symbol on PIE is the turning Vista ring. (This is cool for me b/c I like Vista.)

The Email is updated, and promises HTML email. However, I have yet to see true HTML emails to my Outlook/Exchange account on the phone. Also, you still are forced with the two line listing of emails in the built in program, so I have gone back to FlexMail as you can have a multi-column view of your Inbox. Not sure why they didn’t fix this. All of the “Messaging” is still tied together, which is a PITA for users of Extreme Text. (which is still required b/c there isn’t threaded texting on this phone.)

I don’t know if the Calendar is improved any as I never looked at the old one after the first time (when I ran screaming to buy something else.)

It seems more smoothly integrated. There appear to be more options that link apps together and additional options that they forgot to put on the original Q. (For example, you can now send contacts as vcards.) There are some additional view options for the Start Menu, which I have way too many apps to take advantage of.

Autodimmer seems to work well. I have been using a larger battery for a while now, so I can't remember how long the old one lasted. I charged this over night on Friday and it finally got below 50% Saturday evening, with more than usual weekend use. (yes, Mr. Sulster was sick of my new phone by the end of the weekend...)

The battery door slides on and is secure and flush to the unit. (standard battery). No play or give.

In short, it is pretty much the same Q (which I loved) with some much-needed updates in a tremendously improved shell! J

[sulster]

Originally Posted by Migdalor Guy

well, just got my Verizon Q9c today. we'll see if it meets your rather positive review. Here's hoping so.

Hope it does, too! I'm still loving mine!

[n99hockey]

sooo im on the verizon site right now checking out the Q9c price and this is what it breaks down like for me...

$229-100advance device credit=129-100 NE2 discount=29-50 mail in rebate

sooo i would make roughly 20 by buying this phone....

[sulster]

well,that pretty much sounds like a no-brainer to me...