Motorola PEBL U6/V6

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Motorola PEBL U6/V6

Frazier Barretto, Jun 29, 2006 1701 hrs IST

Motorola now has another new design circulating the market, the Moto PEBL. As the name goes this phone resembles just that, a PEBL.

Stylish design, Cool flip mechanism, Great finish, Good screen, Outer monochrome display, Bluetooth, Loud speaker, Good battery life.

Heavy, Bad software/interface, No memory expansion slot, Centre button of the D-pad scratches the screen.

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Motorola has become a pioneer in mobile handset designs. The RAZR V3 was just the beginning of a saga of slim and light mobile phones. All other mobile phone makers soon followed the lead and there was a beeline of slim phones that flooded the market. The race to make the slimmest phone is still going places.

Motorola now has another new design circulating the market, the Moto PEBL. As the name goes this phone resembles just that, a PEBL.

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The package of the Motorola PEBL contains:
- The Motorola PEBL handset
- 3.7V Li-Ion battery 820 mAh
- Manual
- Charger
- Mono Handsfree
- USB Cable
- Custom Cover
- Hand Strap
- Belt Clip-on
- CD with Mobile Phone Tools
- A lot of leaflets explaining how to open the phone.

It's a Stone

The Motorola PEBL is a clamshell to begin with that has ample STLYE and loads of STLYE to flaunt. The company claims the phone to be of one handed usage. You don't have to take the trouble to open the phone using the other hand.

The phone has been designed with magnetic and spring mechanism to flip it open automatically. All you have to do is push the outer surface downwards and the flip is released from the clutches of the magnets, and with the support of the springs it opens up to reveal the 176 x 220 pixels 256K color TFT screen. The screen is sharp and the contrast level is good. The keypad is the proprietary RAZR keypad. Both the screen and the keypad have a gloss finish that consequently preserves fingerprints. The body of the phone is a mixture of plastic and rubber giving the phone a dull look, but at the same time, it doesn't slide off a table or slip from the palm of your hand due to the finish. The phone is a beauty to look at even with its dull look and a pleasure to hold even though it's rubbery. All this is good but that's where it all ends.

Motorola, for some reason, have sidelined the feature set that most mobile phones have to offer as of today. The phone has a VGA, a camera that takes pictures with decent quality. It has night mode which doesn't seem to work unless there are sufficient lights around. There is even an auto mode wherein the phone adjusts the camera automatically to the lighting conditions. It's a VGA camera, so the auto feature doesn't really make much sense. Videos can also be recorded with a limitation of 490 KB per clip which converts into just about a minute-long clip. After all, the phone has 5 MB of internal memory to play around with, more like a strategy game wherein you have to pace yourself between clicking snaps, taking videos, and then most of the space will be taken up by your ringtones. All this wouldn't have been much of a problem if there was a memory slot included, these days 5MB is like nothing (or should I say like a stone). The phone features Bluetooth which isn't fully functional. You can use it for transferring files and also with your accessories like Bluetooth headset and PC synchronization. The funny part that makes me giggle is that the phone accepts incoming files so much so for 5MB. The phone supports MP3 along with polyphonic ringtones.

The phone has 2 buttons on the left and one on the right, of them two can be customized as per your choice of function. The long button on the left is only meant for changing profiles. It has GPRS Class 10 support as well. USB is also supported by the phone; there is a common mini-USB on the top of the phone for PC synchronization, charging, and for attaching your handsfree as well.