beachcaster
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Well Ive gone and done it ...........changed my old trusty windup nokia with a battery that lasts for about 2 weeks.......for a new Smart phone which needs to be charged every other day. The Motorola MOTO G...motorola is now owned by google....so its a google phone...this is good....I think.
Its new and is getting rave reviews by one and all... as a cheap well designed and made smartphone with good specs to rival much more expensive gear.It really looks and feels a much more expensive bit of kit.
Its for sale in Tesco for £99..........most other places are a lot more expensive.
SWMBO had a few vouchers so it actually cost about £45 squid.....not bad.
I got it home and managed to charge it with my playbook charger( it doesnt come with a dedicated charger ) Later after about and hour I managed to turn it on.
The tesco "destruction" leaflet was pathetic....The tesco helpline was friendly but useless....so I decided I would give up and go back to the old nokia.
Next day I decided to have another go........and visited the Motorola site and dowloaded a detailed instruction manual which was well written and went into great detail about all aspects of the phone.
I say phone............After 2 days of trying out all it can do its more like my desktop with a 4 inch screen..............in a word its amazing.
Some of the many things that impress me are ...
I can talk to it.......and as I talk it types......its incredible. I talk fast and it keeps up with me rarely making a mistake. My fat fingers are not going to be a problem with any keyboard here !
You can use your voice for internet searches........texts....emails .
I can watch tv on it.............the speakers are fine but I link it to a blue tooth remote speaker and it is superb.....the screen is incredible.
I listen to the radio .......All this via my home wireless so "no cost"
Loads of games.....checkers and chess being my bag.......but loads of more visual stuff too.
And ths afternoon I played around and found out how to watch films
via an OTG cable and a bit of software........so you can use an external flash stick to make up for a lowish memory.(8 gig) But I have loaded quite a bit of music and I still have 5 gigs left.
There is a translation app that comes with it ...........and you can talking into it...its types up what you are saying....types it translated in your chosen language...then actually speaks it to you ..........brilliant !
It will sinc all your email accounts.......take and store your photographs online...its also a video recorder...and alarm clock, calculator, and its will doubleup as an alternative to tomtom with tom tom software as its got GPS and it works offline.............oh and last of all you can make phone calls
The more tech savvy here will say android phones have been around for ages.....true...but not with me. Having made the jump and spent 3 days working out what it can do.....I am gobsmacked what a lovely bit of kit it is.
And all for £99 or less with vouchers... and a free update to kitkat operating system in january.....or that might just be a free bar of choc...not sure.
Have a look at the Motorola MOTO G online..its fantastic value for money.
barry
Its new and is getting rave reviews by one and all... as a cheap well designed and made smartphone with good specs to rival much more expensive gear.It really looks and feels a much more expensive bit of kit.
Its for sale in Tesco for £99..........most other places are a lot more expensive.
SWMBO had a few vouchers so it actually cost about £45 squid.....not bad.
I got it home and managed to charge it with my playbook charger( it doesnt come with a dedicated charger ) Later after about and hour I managed to turn it on.
The tesco "destruction" leaflet was pathetic....The tesco helpline was friendly but useless....so I decided I would give up and go back to the old nokia.
Next day I decided to have another go........and visited the Motorola site and dowloaded a detailed instruction manual which was well written and went into great detail about all aspects of the phone.
I say phone............After 2 days of trying out all it can do its more like my desktop with a 4 inch screen..............in a word its amazing.
Some of the many things that impress me are ...
I can talk to it.......and as I talk it types......its incredible. I talk fast and it keeps up with me rarely making a mistake. My fat fingers are not going to be a problem with any keyboard here !
You can use your voice for internet searches........texts....emails .
I can watch tv on it.............the speakers are fine but I link it to a blue tooth remote speaker and it is superb.....the screen is incredible.
I listen to the radio .......All this via my home wireless so "no cost"
Loads of games.....checkers and chess being my bag.......but loads of more visual stuff too.
And ths afternoon I played around and found out how to watch films
via an OTG cable and a bit of software........so you can use an external flash stick to make up for a lowish memory.(8 gig) But I have loaded quite a bit of music and I still have 5 gigs left.
There is a translation app that comes with it ...........and you can talking into it...its types up what you are saying....types it translated in your chosen language...then actually speaks it to you ..........brilliant !
It will sinc all your email accounts.......take and store your photographs online...its also a video recorder...and alarm clock, calculator, and its will doubleup as an alternative to tomtom with tom tom software as its got GPS and it works offline.............oh and last of all you can make phone calls
The more tech savvy here will say android phones have been around for ages.....true...but not with me. Having made the jump and spent 3 days working out what it can do.....I am gobsmacked what a lovely bit of kit it is.
And all for £99 or less with vouchers... and a free update to kitkat operating system in january.....or that might just be a free bar of choc...not sure.
Have a look at the Motorola MOTO G online..its fantastic value for money.
barry